轻松英语之旅24:经济衰退致使离婚率下降

[00:13.68]知行快报 [00:16.11]双语新闻 [00:21.52]Financial woes often drive couples apart [00:24.24]but the current recession seems to [00:26.27]be having the opposite effect, [00:28.45]with less couples able to afford [00:30.75]the cost of a divorce. [00:38.03]财务状况恶化经常会让夫妇分离， [00:41.12]但目前的经济衰退似乎起了反作用， [00:44.12]因为离婚的人反而少了。 [00:46.45]原因在于有些人实在太穷了， [00:48.39]想离都离不起。 [01:02.19]即时讲解 [01:04.82]对于美国人来说， [01:06.04]结婚对于很多人来说可能就是寻找一个玩伴， [01:08.52]或说找一个人来一起享乐， [01:10.80]但两人都囊中羞涩时， [01:12.62]分开似乎是一个不错的选择。 [01:15.19]不过，穷到离婚都离不起， [01:17.42]那不能不说是一种痛苦了， [01:19.70]就如今天报道中的一个词woe， [01:22.68]woe的英语意义是Deep distress or misery， [01:26.63]"深深的苦恼与不幸"。 [01:28.90]woe这个词平时用得不多， [01:31.35]意思其实与suffering比较接近， [01:34.28]看两个例子，He told a tale of woe. [01:37.97]"他讲了一个不幸的故事"; [01:40.34]You need to forget your woes for a while [01:43.97]and go out to have some fun. [01:46.25]"你暂时需要放下这些悲伤的事情，出去找点乐子"。 [01:50.40]对于这些想离但又离不起的人们来说， [01:53.63]他们要做的是在damaged marriages"已破损的婚姻"和 [01:58.07]tight budgets"紧缩的预算"之间作出出决择。 [02:02.13]我想，在TA们作出决定时， [02:04.10]心中可能会默念这几天曝光率极高的一句话： [02:07.70]This is it! [02:13.96]原文重听 [02:15.78]Financial woes often drive couples apart [02:18.61]but the current recession seems to [02:20.49]be having the opposite effect, [02:22.66]with less couples able to afford [02:25.20]the cost of a divorce.

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