时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:英语早间课堂


英语课
常说“婚姻是爱情的坟墓”,但是我们以积极的心理去看待,即便是让我们心灵受到累累创伤的婚姻,它也给我们的生活增添了一道光景。更重要的是我们从中拥有了一笔丰厚的财富,这笔财富就是我们冷静下来,思索过去,以矛盾论去看待失败的婚姻,找到失败的根基,总结经验,重新去拥有一片阳光而又浪漫的爱的天地。可是,有的人是“一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。”,畏惧心灵再受创伤而不愿结婚,保持独身生活,过单身日子。
 
好,我们今天就来看看“保持独身生活”“过单身日子”在英文中用一个有趣的词语如何来说。我们先来听下面的2个句子:
 
例句-1:If that is the marriage like, I would choose to wear bachelor's buttons.
 
(译文:如果婚姻就是那个样子的话,我宁愿独身。)
 
例句-2:He is still wearing bachelor's buttons.
 
(译文:他还是个光棍。)
 
在我们刚才听到的2个例句中,我们都可以听到同一个词语:wear bachelor's buttons。这是一条在1570~1580年经常使用的动词性习惯用语。习语中的wear(It is spelled w-e-a-r,)是“穿戴”的意思,bachelor(It is spelled b-a-c-h-e-l-o-r.)是单身男子的意思,button(It is spelled b-u-t-t-o-n.)是指“纽扣”。Wear bachelor's buttons作为习惯用语,它的意思是:not to marry any one and remain single,意思是指男性不结婚而保持独身生活,过单身日子。
 
此外,习语中的bachelor's button是指开纽扣花的植物,例如:千日红(Gomphrena globosa)、雏菊(Bellis perennis)、橘黄远志(Polygala lutea)、庭菖蒲(Sisyrinchium)等等。Wear bechelor's button是做单身汉,独身生活的意思了,起源于这样一个习俗文化:乡村小伙子把纽扣花放在口袋里,以其枯萎与否作为心上人是否变心的征兆;而姑娘则把花放在围裙里面。
 
我们再来看一些例子。首先是一个小对话:
 
A:I cannot figure it out. He is so billiant and had been wearing bachelor's buttons since he got divorced 1.
 
A:我真弄不明白他是如此才华横溢,可是自从离婚后就一直不结婚。
 
B:You don't konw? That's called "once bitten, twice shy".
 
B:你不知道吗?这就是所谓的“一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳”。
 
(这个小对话中,我们可以看到:This man doesn't want to get hurt any more. 这个男人要做单身汉是因为不想再受到伤害。)
 
那么除了恐惧再受伤害这个原因,还有什么原因呢?我们接着来看下面的句子:
 
Eg.He doesn't want any ties, which is why he wears bachelore's buttons.
 
因为他不愿受到约束,所以他不想结婚。
 
(这个例子中,我们可以看到:The man need freedom. 因此了,在英美国家有这样一个习俗,就是无论男女在结婚之前,其好友要为他们举办一个告别单身生活的聚会,这个在我们前些日子已经学习过了。)
 
Eg.Distrusting any women, he wore bachelor's buttons all his life.
 
由于不信任女人,他打了一辈子光棍儿。
 
(这个例子中,我们可以看到:The man distrust any women, it's related 2 with his charactistics. 这个人是不信任任何女人,这个跟他的性格有关。)
 
注解:Distrusting any women是现在分词短语在句子中做原因状语,我们可以将之改为原因状语从句:Because he distrusted any women. he wore bachelor's buttons all his life.
 
Eg.There's only one way —— wear bachelor's buttons if you take up this trade!
 
只有一条路,没法,干咱们这行儿的就得打一辈子光棍儿!
 
(这句话是老舍先生笔下的《骆驼祥子》中的一句话的翻译。从这句话中,我们可以看到:The man is tied by making a living. 这个男人指是由于生计和工作所迫。)
 
注解:take up:从事
 
Eg.He did not particularly want to take up a competitive 3 sport.
 
他并没有特别想要开始从事竞技性运动项目。
 
好,各位亲爱的朋友们,我们今天的这招说“Marriage”——wear bachelor's buttons,意思是指男性保持独身生活,打着光棍的日子。
 
It is reported that 10% of men will ever wear bachelor's buttons.(据报道10%的男人不想结婚。) Some people think one has to bite the bullet 4 when he or she decides to marry. (一些人认为一个人决定结婚就意味着吃苦。) Well, will you wear bachelor's buttons for some reasons? (你这会因为一些因素而打光棍儿吗?)好,不管是还是不是,只要我们每天过着阳光般的生活,每天都微笑着去面对生活就是我们莫大的幸福和快乐。
 
那么,在今天的学习小节目结束之前,我们一起来欣赏一首经典的英文歌曲。It is named Love To Be Loved By You.
 
转自可可英语

1 divorced
adj.离婚的;分开的;不相干的;脱离的v.与…离婚(divorce的过去式和过去分词);分离;与某人离婚,判某人离婚
  • Apparently they are getting divorced soon. 看样子,他们很快就要离婚。
  • Many divorced men remarry and have second families. 许多离婚的男子再婚组成了新的家庭。
2 related
adj.有关系的,有关联的,叙述的,讲述的
  • I am not related to him in any way.我和他无任何关系。
  • We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。
3 competitive
adj.竞争的,比赛的,好竞争的,有竞争力的
  • Some kinds of business are competitive.有些商业是要竞争的。
  • These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实。
4 bullet
n.枪弹,子弹
  • The bullet wound in his shoulder was opened up for treatment.切开他肩上的枪伤进行治疗。
  • The bullet missed me by a hair's s breadth.那颗子弹差一点就打中了我。
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acuted
address as
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Hoc Mon
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wilce