dialogue 1
M: hello, Deva, how are you?
嗨，迪娃，你好吗?
D: can't complain. What about you?
还行吧，你呢?
M: not bad. Have you heard Wendy divorced her husband?
还成。你听说了吗?温迪和她的外国丈夫离婚了。
D: I've heard. She looks quite depressed.
嗯，听说了。温迪看上去闷闷不乐的。
M: Yes. They used to be joined at the hip.
是啊，他们以前好得如胶似漆。
D: I heard they were just married for 5 months.
可是我听说他们结婚才5个月。
M: yes, she said they couldn't communicate well with each other and they often argued over trivial things.
是啊，温迪说他们沟通不好，经常为一些小事吵架
D: yeah. Mixed marriage is tempting but crisis-ridden.
是啊，跨国婚姻虽然很吸引人，但是隐藏着危机。
M: you said it. You know, they fall in love at first sight and quickly jumped into marriage.
是这样。他们一见钟情，然后就草草结婚。
D: maybe they were just attracted to each other but too different to be married.
也许当时他们只是互相吸引，但是差别太大，不适合结婚。
M: yeah. We Chinese have quite different lifestyles and values from foreigners.
对啊，我们中国人和外国人的生活方式，价值观念相差太大。
D: definitely. That's why many cross-cultural marriages end in divorce.
的确如此，所以许多跨国婚姻都以失败告终。
M: we've heard so much about Chinese film stars divorcing foreigners.
经常听说某个中国影星和外国人离婚了。
D: that's true.Just hope Wendy can recover from the pain of divorce soon.
的确。希望温迪尽快从离婚的阴影中走出来吧。
dialogue 2
M: Hi, how are you doing?
嗨，过得好吗?
D: Everything's great. And you?
挺好的，你呢?
M: Same here.Havc you seen any new films recently?
还老样子。最近看什么新电影了吗?
D: No, I haven't had a chancc to. But Iire becn watching a Chinese TV scrics called "Chinesc-Style Divoroc.
没有，没机会去啊。但是我在看一部中国电视连续剧，叫<中国式离婚》。
M: Oh. reajly? I saw it two ycears ago. It's worth sceing and it's thought-provoking.
哦，是吗?我两年前兢看过'r.值得一看，很启发人.
D: Yeah. I found it is so close to our life.
的确，我觉得很贴近生活.
M: It reflects some of our difficulties in this cvcr-changing wodd.
反映了我们这个变化莫测的社会中的很多现实问题。
D: You said iL You know, the divOrcc rate has been on the risc in recent year.
的确.近年来，离婚率不断增长.
M: Well, it's said that a lot of youag people favor getting married quickly which tend cnd quickly too.
是啊，现在的年轻人流行闪婚，然后很快婚姻就破裂了.
D: I know a couple who divorced a week after gctting married.
我认识—对夫妻，他们结婚后一周筑离婚了。
M: Oh, that's too short-lived.
那简直是太昙花一现了.
D: That's true. It's said the short-lived marriage is typical of the post -80s' generation.
是啊.据说，短暂的婚姻在“80后”一代中很典型。
M: I can't agrcc more. The "only-child- generation in China tends to know littlc about marriage.
完全同意.中国的独生子女一代，不太明白婚姻的含义.
D: Defrnitely.Thcy don't take relationsbips and marriages very seriously.
的确，他们对待恋爱和婚姻都不那么认真。
M: In thcir mind, love is nothing but passion and marriagc is over once the passion is gone.
在他们看来，爱情就是激情，激情没了.婚姻也就结束了.
D: I think, as the sayjpg goes "haste makcs waste- , it is the same with marriage.
我认为，欲速则不达，婚姻也是如此。
