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今日主題:How romance ruined love 浪漫是如何毀掉愛情的

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康康精選雅思會考的主題,堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦!!

建議方法:
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
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再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍,直到寫出85%以上的字)
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最後check文稿,看哪聽不出來,單字沒背過,還是發音不熟。
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堅持天天聽,就能每天進步哦。
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六分鐘英語 
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只有音檔怎夠,聽不懂地方,不用怕,
康康幫你準備好中英文稿了:

中英文稿:
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English– the show that brings you an interesting topic, authentic listening practice and vocabulary to help you improve your language skills.I’m Dan…
大家好,歡迎收聽六分鐘英語。該節目會向你呈現有趣的話題,純正的聽力練習和單詞,説明你提高語言技能。我是丹。


And I’m Neil. In this programme we’ll be discussing romance, as well as teaching you 6 new items of vocabulary, of course. Now, Dan, why are you looking so upset?
我是尼爾。今天的節目我們將探討浪漫,同時教你六個新單詞。丹,為什麼你看起來這麼沮喪?


Oh Neil, it’s all over! She broke up with me on Valentine’s Day!She said I wasn’t the one.
尼爾,一切都結束了!她在情人節那天跟我分手了!她說我不是命中註定那一個。


Cheer up Dan, cheer up. It’s not your fault.
振作起來,丹!振作!這不是你的錯。


No?
不是嗎?


You can blame romanticism.
你可以歸咎於浪漫主義。


Romanticism? What’s that?
浪漫主義?那是什麼?


Romanticism was a movement that started in Europe and spread worldwide. It influenced literature, art, poetry, music and the way people behaved.
浪漫主義是由歐洲開始,後蔓延至全世界的一項運動。它影響了文學、藝術、詩歌、音樂以及人們的行為方式。


A movement meaning a group of people working together to support an idea?
運動是指一群人為了一個觀點而共同行動。


Yes. And that bring us on to this week’s question. When was the start of the romantic period? Was it a) the beginning of the 18th century, b) the middle of the 18th century or c) the end of the 18th century?
沒錯。這也帶來了今天的問題。浪漫主義時期是什麼時候開始的?a) 18世紀初, b) 18世紀中期,還是 c) 18世紀末?


Well, I honestly have no idea, so I’m going to go smack in the middle… the middle of the 18th century.
老實說我不知道,我蒙中間的那個,18世紀中期。


And we’ll find out later on in the show if you got the question right. Now, going back to your ex-girlfriend, let me take a wild guess… love at first sight, was it?
之後我們再看你回答得是否正確。現在繼續說你的前女友,讓我大膽猜一下,你們倆是一見鍾情,是嗎?


Well… yes. What’s your point?
是的。你想說什麼?


Well, it’s not your fault, Dan. The idea is romantic, and by that I mean it originated from the romantic era.It was part of the zeitgeist, and many of these ideas still continue today.
這不是你的錯,丹。這很浪漫,我是指,它興起於浪漫主義時期。它是時代思潮的一部分,其中很多觀點延續到了現在。


Zeitgeist - the word comes from German and literally means the spirit of the time.
時代思潮,這個詞來自德語,字面意思是一個時代的精神。


A lot of what we believe about love today– for example, the idea that two people will live happily ever after - comes from the romantic period.
我們今天很多關於對愛情的信仰,例如,兩個人會永遠幸福地生活在一起,都起源於浪漫主義時期。


But, everyone loves a bit of romance!
但是每個人都喜歡浪漫。


Well, that’s true. However, it’s one thing to enjoy romance, but it can be dangerous to judge your relationship against romantic ideals.
沒錯。但是,享受浪漫是一方面,同時用浪漫的理想觀點來判斷你的愛情關係很危險。


True, it might not be a realistic benchmark, and by that I mean a standard from which other things are judged. So we grow up hearing these romantic stories, which leads us to develop an idea of what a relationship is meant to be… and then we get disappointed by the real thing?
沒錯,這也許不是一個現實的基準,這裡我是指判斷其他事物的標準。所以我們聽著這些浪漫的故事長大,這導致我們形成了一種所謂戀愛關係應該是什麼樣子的觀念。然後現實情況讓我們很失望。


Well, to put it bluntly, yes. The romantic ideal is just that – an idealised version, or perfect version, of a relationship. But it often leaves out the nitty-gritty, meaning practical details. Details like work, stress, children… all of the things that we have to deal with in everyday life.
坦白的說,是這樣。浪漫的理想狀態,是指戀愛關係的理想版本或完美版本。但它經常忽略了一些細枝末節,也就是實際的細節。例如工作、壓力、孩子等細節,這些我們在日常生活中都必須要處理。


Not to mention, the fact that everyone is flawed, or imperfect, in their own way. That means we get angry or moody or upset for all sorts of reasons.
更不用提,事實上每個人都有自己的缺點,不完美的地方。這是指我們都會因為各種各樣的原因感到生氣、情緒化或沮喪。


Exactly! Many popular love stories end at the point where the characters get together or marry.But very few show us how to keep that someone special over a long period of time. A relationship is hard work.
確實如此!許多喜聞樂見的愛情故事都在男女主人公在一起或結婚就結束了。很少有向我們展示,如何讓某個人長時間的成為自己特殊的另一半的故事。維持戀愛關係是一項很不容易的事。


And if the relationship you are in isn’t as perfect as the story said it should be, then maybe you’re with the wrong person, which could explain why so many marriages end in divorce. I wonder if that’s true for other people’s relationships. Fortunately, I found some people with partners and asked them.
如果你如今的戀愛關係並不像故事中所說的那麼完美,也許那個人並不是對的人。這也能解釋為什麼很多婚姻都以離婚收場。我在想其他人的戀愛是不是也是這樣。幸運的是,我找到了一些處於戀愛中的人,詢問他們的看法。


Is your partner 100% perfect for you?
你覺得你的伴侶是百分之百適合你的人嗎?


No.
不是。


Not 100%.
不是百分之百。


No, I don’t think that’s true.
不是,我覺得不是。


Does that mean true love doesn’t exist?
難道這是指真愛不存在嗎?


No. It just means that all relationships must be worked on and that perfection is impossible. But we should never give up trying.
不是的,這只是說明所有的戀愛關係都必須經營,達到完美狀態是不可能的。所以我們不能放棄嘗試。


You’re right! She wasn’t the one for me! I need to find my next Juliet. She’ll be just perfect!
你說得對!她不是我命中註定的那一個!我需要找我下一個茱麗葉。她一定會是完美的!


Oh Dan. You haven’t learnt anything! You’re just a hopeless romantic. Now, can you remember the quiz question? I asked you when the Romantic period originated: was it a) the beginning of the 18th century, b) the middle of the 18th century or c) the end of the 18th century?
天啊,丹。你什麼都沒學到!你就是一個沒救的浪漫主義者。還記得今天的問題嗎?我問你浪漫主義時期是何時開始的:a) 18世紀初, b) 18世紀中期,還是 c) 18世紀末?


And I said: the middle of the 18th century.
我選的是18世紀中期。


Wrong I’m afraid! It was towards the end of the 18th century.
恐怕你答錯了!它將近18世紀末才興起。


I have nothing good in my life at the moment.
現在我的生活中就沒有什麼好事。


Shall we take a look at the vocabulary too?
我們看看今天的單詞吧?


Sure. The first word we had was movement - a movement is a group of people working together to support an idea. Can you think of any modern day movements, Neil?
好的,第一個單詞我們提到的是運動,也就是一群人為了支持一個觀點而共同行動。你能想起什麼現代運動嗎?


The environmental movement is very strong and popular at the moment, as is the movement for equality – gender equality, for example. And the next word we had was zeitgeist- now, a zeitgeist literally means the spirit of a particular time. What would you say that the zeitgeist is these days, Dan?
如今環保運動很強大,很流行,還有支持平等的運動,例如性別平等運動。下一個單詞是時代思潮,字面意思是指某一個時代的精神。你覺得如今的時代思潮是什麼呢?
Well, I think there’s a focus on personal freedom. There’s environmental concern, and of course, let’s not forget the rise of social media. The next word we had was benchmark – a benchmark is a standard from which other things are judged. If you were looking for a new house, Neil, what would your benchmark be?
我覺得重點在於個人自由。還有關注於環保,當然,我們也不能忽略社交媒體的興起。下一個詞是基準,基準是指我們判斷其他事物的標準。如果你要找一個新房子,你的基準是什麼?


Well, my current house has a garden and it has somewhere I can park my car, so that would be the benchmark for a new house. It would have to have that at least, and more. Next we have idealised – an idealised thing is an often imagined, perfect version of something. Now, what three things would exist in an idealised world for you then, Dan?
我現在的房子有一個花園,還有停車的地方。所以新房子的標準也是這樣。至少得有這些。下一個單詞是理想化的,理想化的事物是指想像中的某物的完美版本。對你來說,理想化的世界應該存在哪三種事物?


I would say, personal freedom, religious tolerance and free ice-cream for everybody on a daily basis.
我想說的是,個人自由,宗教寬容性,以及每個人每天都有免費霜淇淋。


Brilliant! Ok!
不錯!


Next we have nitty-gritty – the nitty-gritty is the important or practical detail involved in a situation or thing. Now, getting married is supposed to be a wonderful thing, but what about the nitty-gritty of the ceremony, Neil. Give us a few examples!
下一個單詞是nitty-gritty,是指一個情形中或一個事物涉及的重要的或實際的細節。如今,結婚是一件很奇妙的事,但結婚儀式有很多細枝末節的東西。給我們舉幾個例子吧!


Well, you have to decide who’s going to sit next to who, who to invite, the food- some people don’t like this, some people don’t like that. You’ve got to get the flowers right. Oh, there’s so much to think about – makes you think that marriage might be flawed…and flawed is a thing which is imperfect in some way. London’s a great city, but how do you feel about it, Dan?
你要決定誰挨著誰坐,邀請哪些人,準備什麼食物,一些人不喜歡這個,一些人不喜歡那個。你還得準備合適的花。有很多需要考慮的事,會讓你覺得婚姻也許是有瑕疵的,flawed是指一個事物在某方面是不完美的。倫敦是個不錯的城市,你感覺如何呢?


Well, I think it’s flawed in the way that the public transport could use an upgrade- there’s never enough space on the carriages. Well, that’s the end of today’s 6 Minute English. Please join us again soon!
我覺得公共交通方面有缺點,需要升級,車廂裡從來沒有足夠的空間。今天的六分鐘英語就到這裡。我們下次再會!


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我們還有社交媒體。你可流覽我們的Facebook,TwitterInstagram YouTube 網頁。


Bye!
再見!

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