第 64 集

I'm Sorry I Love You VI

Daily Life

扩展学习音频 2
Dialogue 对话 01:57
Phrases and Vocabulary 短语与词汇 05:47

Marco: Hello, English learners. Welcome back to EnglishPod. My name is Marco.

英语学习者们大家好,欢迎回到 EnglishPod。我是 Marco。

Erica: And I'm Erica.

我是 Erica。

Marco: And today we're bringing you again the great series, I'm Sorry I Love You, Part 6. The newest installment in the EnglishPod soap opera.

今天我们再次为大家带来经典系列剧《对不起我爱你》第 6 集。这是 EnglishPod 肥皂剧的最新续集。

Erica: Drama, romance.

戏剧冲突,浪漫爱情。

Marco: Love, tragedy.

爱恨纠葛,悲剧色彩。

Erica: All of it here at EnglishPod and in our series.

这一切尽在 EnglishPod 和我们的系列剧集中。

Marco: So today we have a really great dialogue. I just can't believe what's happening here.

今天我们有一段非常精彩的对话。我简直不敢相信这里发生的事情。

Erica: But before we get into it, we need to preview one word.

不过在进入对话之前,我们需要先预习一个词。

Marco: That's right. So let's take a look at it in Vocabulary Preview.

没错。让我们在“词汇预习”中了解一下。

Voice: Vocabulary Preview.

词汇预习。

Erica: Well, we're going to preview this word. Sleeping with.

嗯,我们要预习这个短语:Sleeping with(与……睡在一起/发生关系)。

Marco: Sleeping with.

Sleeping with。

Erica: Sleeping with someone. Sleeping with him.

与某人发生关系。与他睡在一起。

Marco: Yes. So, it seems pretty easy. I mean, sleeping with, it just sounds like you are in bed with somebody.

是的。这看起来很简单。我的意思是,sleeping with 听起来就像是你和某人在同一张床上睡觉。

Erica: Yeah, but you are doing a little bit more than sleeping.

对,但你们做的事可不仅仅是睡觉那么简单。

Marco: All right. So, in English, this phrase actually means that you are involved with someone and have an intimate sexual relationship, right?

好的。所以在英语中,这个短语实际上意味着你和某人有密切交往,并保持着亲密的性关系,对吧?

Erica: Yes. You are in a relationship with someone and you are having sex.

是的。你和某人在谈恋爱,并且有性生活。

Marco: Exactly. So be careful how you use it because I know that sometimes you want to translate and just say, well, they are in the same bed together, but it's not that they're having sex.

一点也不错。所以使用时要小心,因为我知道有时你可能只是直译,表达“他们碰巧躺在一张床上,但并没有发生关系”。

Erica: Right. And most of the time in English, the phrase sleeping with means sex.

对。而在英语中,绝大多数情况下 sleeping with 都特指发生性关系。

Marco: Right. Okay. Sleeping with. Be careful.

对的。好的。Sleeping with,使用时要谨慎。

Erica: Okay. Well, let's find out why are we talking about sleeping with?

好的。那让我们来看看,为什么我们要讨论这个词?

Marco: Well, obviously, somebody is sleeping with somebody. So let's listen to the dialogue and then we'll come back and talk about it.

嗯,很明显,有人和别人发生关系了。让我们先来听听对话,然后再回来讨论。

Steven: This is ridiculous. I can't believe you've been sleeping with someone else. How could you do this? You know what? I'm out of here.

史蒂文:这太荒谬了。我不敢相信你竟然一直在跟别人睡!你怎么能做出这种事?你知道吗?我不干了,我走!

Veronica: Wait. Doctor, how is this possible? I haven't cheated on my boyfriend.

维罗妮卡:等等!医生,这怎么可能?我根本没有背叛过我男朋友!

Doctor: I have something to confess. I'm sorry, Veronica. I lied.

医生:我有件事要坦白。对不起,维罗妮卡。我撒谎了。

Veronica: Wait, what? What do you mean?

维罗妮卡:等等,什么?你这是什么意思?

Doctor: I lied. You aren't even pregnant. There's no bun in the oven. I was just so overwhelmed with jealousy that I couldn't help myself. Veronica, I love you.

医生:我骗了你。你根本没有怀孕。你肚子里根本没有孩子。我只是被嫉妒冲昏了头脑,情不自禁才这样的。维罗妮卡,我爱你。

Veronica: What are you talking about? Who? Who are you?

维罗妮卡:你在说什么啊?谁?你到底是谁?

Doctor: It's me, Daniel. Don't you remember me from high school? I sat behind you in science class. I used to go to every football game and watch you in the cheerleading squad.

医生:是我,丹尼尔。你不记得我高中时的样子了吗?我在科学课上坐在你后排。我以前每场橄榄球赛都去,看你在啦啦队里的表演。

Veronica: You're insane. We never even spoke. Why did you lie like that to my boyfriend?

维罗妮卡:你疯了吧。我们甚至都没说过话。你为什么要对我男朋友撒那种谎?

Doctor: Because Veronica, it's not fair. I love you. I have since the first day we met. Everything was going fine until that jerk came into the picture and ruined everything. I went to med school and became a doctor for you. You always said how you wanted to marry a doctor. You will be mine now, one way or another.

医生:因为维罗妮卡,这不公平。我爱你。从我们第一天见面起我就爱上你了。在那个混蛋闯入你的生活并毁掉这一切之前,一切都很顺利。我为了你上医学院、成为一名医生。你以前总是说你想嫁给一个医生。不论用什么手段,你现在都必须是我的。

Steven: I heard everything, you lying bastard. Get your hands off of her.

史蒂文:我全都听到了,你这个撒谎的混蛋!把你的脏手从她身上拿开!

Erica: Scandal again. Just poor Veronica and Steven, I just, I don't know how their relationship could get more complicated.

又出丑闻了。可怜的维罗妮卡和史蒂文,我真不知道他们的关系还能变得多复杂。

Marco: It's amazing. They're having an amazing adventure in their love life.

太不可思议了。他们的感情生活真是一场惊险的冒险。

Erica: I'm sure glad my love life looks nothing like this.

我真庆幸我的感情生活完全不是这个样子的。

Marco: All right. So we saw some really great words. So let's take a look at them in Language Takeaway.

好的。我们在对话里看到了不少很棒的词汇。让我们在“核心词汇”里好好看看吧。

Voice: Language Takeaway.

核心词汇。

Erica: The words we're looking at now are about feelings. And so let's take a look at the first one. Confess.

我们现在要看的这些词都和感受或情绪有关。来看第一个词:Confess(坦白/忏悔/承认)。

Marco: Okay. Confess. To confess. To confess.

好的。Confess。To confess。To confess。

Erica: So confess. What does that mean?

那么 confess 是什么意思呢?

Marco: When you confess something, you tell a secret that you've been hiding.

当你 confess 某事时,意味着你把你一直隐瞒的秘密说出来。

Erica: Okay. So that's pretty easy. So you have a secret and you want to tell it to someone. So you are confessing.

好的。这挺简单的。也就是说你心里藏着秘密并想告诉别人,你就在坦白(confessing)。

Marco: Yeah. And it's usually something negative.

是的。而且通常是一些负面或不好的事情。

Erica: Negative. Oh, okay. So Marco, I confess that I stole $5 from you.

负面的事情。哦,好的。比如 Marco,我向你坦白,我偷了你 5 块钱。

Marco: Oh, you did?

哦,是你偷的?

Erica: Yeah. Sorry.

是的。对不起啦。

Marco: No wonder my wallet was lighter.

难怪我钱包变轻了。

Erica: Yeah.

对呀。

Marco: All right. So confess. I shall not forgive you for this.

好吧。这就是 confess。我可不会原谅你这件事的!

Erica: Oh, no.

哦,不。

Marco: All right. Let's take a look at our next word. Overwhelmed.

好的。让我们看下一个词:Overwhelmed(被……淹没/压倒/情绪失控)。

Erica: Overwhelmed. I am overwhelmed.

Overwhelmed。我感到彻底被情绪压垮了。

Marco: So when I am overwhelmed, I am filled with emotion.

当我说 I am overwhelmed 时,意味着我内心充斥着某种强烈的感情。

Erica: Okay. With emotion. It can be good emotions and bad emotions, right?

好的。充斥着情感。可以是正面的情绪,也可以是负面的情绪,对吧?

Marco: Yeah. But you just feel too much. Like you're going to explode.

是的。就是感觉某种情绪堆积到了极点,好像快要爆炸了一样。

Erica: Okay. I am overwhelmed with joy.

好的。比如:I am overwhelmed with joy(我欣喜若狂)。

Marco: Yes. Or I'm overwhelmed with work. And I am overwhelmed with jealousy. Like this guy.

是的。或者是:I'm overwhelmed with work(我被工作压得喘不过气)。还有:I am overwhelmed with jealousy(我被嫉妒冲昏了头脑)。就像剧里的这个医生一样。

Erica: Right. And that's our third word. Jealousy.

对。这就是我们的第三个词:Jealousy(嫉妒)。

Marco: Jealousy.

Jealousy。

Erica: So this is interesting because jealousy is the noun.

这很有意思,因为 jealousy 是名词。

Marco: That's right. It's the feeling of being jealous. Which is the adjective. Which is the adjective.

没错。它是“吃醋/嫉妒”的感觉。形容词形式是 jealous。

Erica: So what does it mean when you are jealous?

那么当你感到 jealous 时,是什么意思呢?

Marco: It means that you see somebody and you want what they have.

意思是当你看到别人时,你眼红并想占有他们拥有的东西。

Erica: Okay. You want what they have.

好的。想要别人拥有的东西。

Marco: Yeah. So in this case, the doctor is jealous of Veronica's boyfriend because the doctor wants Veronica.

是的。在这个案例中,医生嫉妒维罗妮卡的男朋友,因为医生想要得到维罗妮卡。

Erica: Okay. Jealous. So, Marco, are you a jealous husband? Or am I a jealous wife?

好的。Jealous。那么,Erica,你是个占有欲强/爱吃醋的妻子吗?

Marco: I don't know. Maybe a little bit.

我不知道。可能有一点点吧。

Erica: A little bit. Maybe even to the extent of telling someone that they're pregnant.

一点点。甚至可能到了跑去告诉别人说“你怀孕了”的夸张地步。

Marco: All right. Jealousy. Okay. And let's take a look at our next two words which are actually kind of insults, right?

好的。Jealousy。接下来让我们看最后两个词,它们实际上属于某种程度的辱骂/骂人词汇,对吧?

Erica: Yeah. They're not very kind words at all.

对。它们绝对算不上什么友善的词。

Marco: Okay. But you got to learn them anyways.

好的。但不管怎样你还是得学会并能听懂它们。

Erica: Yeah. Okay. Let's take a look at this one. Jerk.

对。好的。来看看这一个:Jerk(混蛋/渣男/讨人厌的人)。

Marco: Jerk. He's a jerk. J-E-R-K. Jerk.

Jerk。He's a jerk。J-E-R-K。Jerk。

Erica: Jerk. So what does it mean if someone is a jerk?

Jerk。如果说某人是个 jerk,这是什么意思?

Marco: A stupid and mean person. Plain and simple as that.

指一个既愚蠢又刻薄讨人厌的人。就这么简单粗暴。

Erica: Yeah. Stupid and mean. So, can a woman be a jerk?

是的。愚蠢且恶劣。那么,女人可以用 jerk 来形容吗?

Marco: It's mostly male but now it's becoming more common to use with women as well.

主要用来形容男性,但现在用来形容女性也越来越常见了。

Erica: Okay. So I can say he is a jerk or she is a jerk.

好的。所以可以说 he is a jerk 或者 she is a jerk。

Marco: Yeah. But it is more common for men.

是的。不过形容男人更普遍。

Erica: Okay. And now, let's take a look at our last word. You lying bastard.

好的。现在来看看我们最后一个词:“你这个撒谎的混蛋(bastard)。”

Marco: Bastard. Bastard. Bastard.

Bastard。Bastard。Bastard。

Erica: Wow, this is pretty strong as well.

哇,这个词的分量也相当重。

Marco: Yeah. You got to be careful about this one. This one is almost a swear word.

对。用这个词得格外小心。这几乎已经算是一个脏话/骂人词汇了。

Erica: Almost. Yeah. Like on the line.

几乎是了。对,游走在边缘。

Marco: Yeah. So what does it mean if you call someone a bastard?

是的。如果你叫某人 bastard,字面上是什么意思?

Erica: Well, literally, it means your mother and father were not married when you were born.

嗯,字面意思是指你出生时你的父母并没有结婚(即私生子)。

Marco: When you were born. Exactly. So, it is a pretty big insult.

当你出生时。一点也不错。所以这是一个相当大的侮辱。

Erica: Yes. A little bit, I guess. But it doesn't really, really mean that your mother and father weren't married. It means that you are a jerk. You are a jerk. You are a really big jerk. You are a mean person. A really mean person.

是的。可以这么说。但日常口语里它并不一定真的指对方父母没结婚。它的实际含义就是说你是个彻头彻尾的混蛋(jerk)、极度恶劣阴险的人。

Marco: So jerk isn't as strong as a bastard, right?

所以 jerk 语气没有 bastard 那么重,对吧?

Erica: Yes. Bastard is stronger.

是的。Bastard 语气强烈得多。

Marco: Okay. So you got to be careful when you throw that word in there or how you would use it. And again, it's for men, right? Not for women.

好的。所以抛出这个词或者使用它时必须非常谨慎。另外,这个词也是针对男性的,对吧?不能对女性用。

Erica: Yeah. You can't use this word with women.

对。你不能把这个词用在女性身上。

Marco: Okay. There is another one out there but that will have to wait for another EnglishPod.

好的。形容女性对应的骂人词汇也有,但那得等以后别的 EnglishPod 课程再讲了。

Erica: Well, apparently, all of these words are just for men. What did we do wrong?

嗯,显然,今天这些词全都是用来骂男人的。我们男人到底做错了什么?

Marco: Marco, I can't begin to tell you.

Marco,要数落你们做错的事,我一时间都不知道从哪说起。

Erica: Okay. Okay. So let's listen to our dialogue again and then we'll come back and look at some great phrases.

好吧,好吧。那么让我们再听一遍对话,然后回来看看一些超棒的日常短语。

Steven: This is ridiculous. I can't believe you've been sleeping with someone else. How could you do this? You know what? I'm out of here.

史蒂文:这太荒谬了。我不敢相信你竟然一直在跟别人睡!你怎么能做出这种事?你知道吗?我不干了,我走!

Veronica: Wait. Doctor, how is this possible? I haven't cheated on my boyfriend.

维罗妮卡:等等!医生,这怎么可能?我根本没有背叛过我男朋友!

Doctor: I have something to confess. I'm sorry, Veronica. I lied.

医生:我有件事要坦白。对不起,维罗妮卡。我撒谎了。

Veronica: Wait, what? What do you mean?

维罗妮卡:等等,什么?你这是什么意思?

Doctor: I lied. You aren't even pregnant. There's no bun in the oven. I was just so overwhelmed with jealousy that I couldn't help myself. Veronica, I love you.

医生:我骗了你。你根本没有怀孕。你肚子里根本没有孩子。我只是被嫉妒冲昏了头脑,情不自禁才这样的。维罗妮卡,我爱你。

Veronica: What are you talking about? Who? Who are you?

维罗妮卡:你在说什么啊?谁?你到底是谁?

Doctor: It's me, Daniel. Don't you remember me from high school? I sat behind you in science class. I used to go to every football game and watch you in the cheerleading squad.

医生:是我,丹尼尔。你不记得我高中时的样子了吗?我在科学课上坐在你后排。我以前每场橄榄球赛都去,看你在啦啦队里的表演。

Veronica: You're insane. We never even spoke. Why did you lie like that to my boyfriend?

维罗妮卡:你疯了吧。我们甚至都没说过话。你为什么要对我男朋友撒那种谎?

Doctor: Because Veronica, it's not fair. I love you. I have since the first day we met. Everything was going fine until that jerk came into the picture and ruined everything. I went to med school and became a doctor for you. You always said how you wanted to marry a doctor. You will be mine now, one way or another.

医生:因为维罗妮卡,这不公平。我爱你。从我们第一天见面起我就爱上你了。在那个混蛋闯入你的生活并毁掉这一切之前,一切都很顺利。我为了你上医学院、成为一名医生。你以前总是说你想嫁给一个医生。不论用什么手段,你现在都必须是我的。

Steven: I heard everything, you lying bastard. Get your hands off of her.

史蒂文:我全都听到了,你这个撒谎的混蛋!把你的脏手从她身上拿开!

Marco: Alright so great stuff, jerk, bastards, all that good words going around. But we've also got some amazing phrases. So why don't we take a look at those now in Fluency Builder.

好的,太精彩了,jerk、bastard,各种有意思的词满天飞。但我们还有一些非常地道的实用句型。不如现在就在“流利表达”里看看吧。

Voice: Fluency Builder.

流利表达。

Erica: Alright so in Fluency Builder today we have three great phrases. Let's take a look at the first one. Bun in the oven.

好的,今天在“流利表达”里我们有三个极佳的短语。看第一个:Bun in the oven(怀孕/肚子里有娃)。

Marco: A bun in the oven. A bun in the oven.

A bun in the oven。A bun in the oven。

Erica: Okay, this is obviously an idiomatic phrase, right?

好的,这显然是一个习惯用语/成语,对吧?

Marco: Well, it could be literal as well, right? Like you could actually have a piece of bread in your oven.

嗯,字面意思也成立,比如你烤箱里确实放着一块面包(bun)。

Erica: Right, bun is a piece of bread in the oven. But in this context we're not using it.

对,字面上是烤箱里的小面包。但在我们这个语境里显然不是这个意思。

Marco: No, it means you're pregnant. So the baby is the bun. And the oven is your stomach.

不,它的意思是“你怀孕了”。宝宝就像是烤箱里正在烘焙的小面包(bun),而烤箱(oven)指的就是妈妈的肚子。

Erica: So you say she has a bun in the oven.

所以你可以说“She has a bun in the oven”。

Marco: Yes, she's pregnant. She's pregnant. Okay. So it could be difficult to understand if you don't really have the explanation, right? You would say what? She has bread in the oven?

是的,意思就是“她怀孕了”。好的。所以如果没有人给你解释,可能很难理解对吧?你会纳闷:“啥?她烤箱里有面包?”

Erica: Yeah, a bun in the oven. Okay. Now let's take a look at a second one. Couldn't help myself.

对,a bun in the oven。好的。现在看第二个表达:Couldn't help myself(情不自禁/忍不住/控制不住自己)。

Marco: I couldn't help myself. I couldn't help myself.

I couldn't help myself。I couldn't help myself。

Erica: So when you can't help yourself, you can't control yourself.

所以当你 can't help yourself 时,说明你无法控制你自己。

Marco: Right. You did something but you couldn't control it. You couldn't stop it. You couldn't stop it.

对。你做了某件事,但你无法克制,没法让自己停下来。

Erica: Okay, so let's listen to some examples of how you would use "I couldn't help myself" because it's a phrase that you can use in many different ways, right?

好的,让我们听几个关于“I couldn't help myself”的例句,因为这个表达可以在许多不同的场景中使用,对吧?

Marco: That's right. Let's listen.

没错。听例句。

Example 1: I just couldn't help myself when I saw your car. I just had to buy it.

例句 1:我看到你那辆车时真的控制不住我自己,我必须把它买下来。

Example 2: I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself. I just started laughing.

例句 2:对不起,我实在没忍住,直接笑出声了。

Example 3: The cake was so good. I couldn't help myself. I ate it all.

例句 3:那个蛋糕太美味了,我根本克制不住自己,全给吃光了。

Marco: All right, perfect. Couldn't help myself. Easy. Now, the doctor, he couldn't help himself from lying to Veronica because he was angry that her boyfriend, Steven, came into the picture.

好的,太棒了。Couldn't help myself,简单明了。剧里的那个医生,他情不自禁对维罗妮卡撒谎,是因为他很气恼她的男朋友史蒂文闯入了她的生活(came into the picture)。

Erica: Came into the picture. To come into the picture.

Came into the picture。To come into the picture(介入/出现/闯入生活)。

Marco: Okay, so what does it mean when somebody comes into the picture?

好的,当说某人 comes into the picture 时是什么意思呢?

Erica: Well, basically, you appear in somebody's life. You come into somebody's life.

嗯,基本上就是指你突然出现在某人的生活中,介入了他的生活。

Marco: So imagine that your life is a picture and somebody all of a sudden comes into it. They come into the picture. They come into your life.

想象一下你的生活就像是一幅画面(picture),突然有人走进了这幅画面里。他们走进了你的视线和生活。

Erica: Come into your life. Yes. So he's angry that Steven appeared into Veronica's life and they're in love and all that stuff.

闯入你的生活。是的。所以他很气愤史蒂文出现在维罗妮卡的生活中,而且他们还相爱了等等。

Marco: Yeah. All right. Well, these are some great phrases and why don't we listen to them again in context? So let me listen to the dialogue.

对。好的。这些都是非常棒的实用短语,不如让我们把它们带入语境中再听一遍对话吧。

Steven: This is ridiculous. I can't believe you've been sleeping with someone else. How could you do this? You know what? I'm out of here.

史蒂文:这太荒谬了。我不敢相信你竟然一直在跟别人睡!你怎么能做出这种事?你知道吗?我不干了,我走!

Veronica: Wait. Doctor, how is this possible? I haven't cheated on my boyfriend.

维罗妮卡:等等!医生,这怎么可能?我根本没有背叛过我男朋友!

Doctor: I have something to confess. I'm sorry, Veronica. I lied.

医生:我有件事要坦白。对不起,维罗妮卡。我撒谎了。

Veronica: Wait, what? What do you mean?

维罗妮卡:等等,什么?你这是什么意思?

Doctor: I lied. You aren't even pregnant. There's no bun in the oven. I was just so overwhelmed with jealousy that I couldn't help myself. Veronica, I love you.

医生:我骗了你。你根本没有怀孕。你肚子里根本没有孩子。我只是被嫉妒冲昏了头脑,情不自禁才这样的。维罗妮卡,我爱你。

Veronica: What are you talking about? Who? Who are you?

维罗妮卡:你在说什么啊?谁?你到底是谁?

Doctor: It's me, Daniel. Don't you remember me from high school? I sat behind you in science class. I used to go to every football game and watch you in the cheerleading squad.

医生:是我,丹尼尔。你不记得我高中时的样子了吗?我在科学课上坐在你后排。我以前每场橄榄球赛都去,看你在啦啦队里的表演。

Veronica: You're insane. We never even spoke. Why did you lie like that to my boyfriend?

维罗妮卡:你疯了吧。我们甚至都没说过话。你为什么要对我男朋友撒那种谎?

Doctor: Because Veronica, it's not fair. I love you. I have since the first day we met. Everything was going fine until that jerk came into the picture and ruined everything. I went to med school and became a doctor for you. You always said how you wanted to marry a doctor. You will be mine now, one way or another.

医生:因为维罗妮卡,这不公平。我爱你。从我们第一天见面起我就爱上你了。在那个混蛋闯入你的生活并毁掉这一切之前,一切都很顺利。我为了你上医学院、成为一名医生。你以前总是说你想嫁给一个医生。不论用什么手段,你现在都必须是我的。

Steven: I heard everything, you lying bastard. Get your hands off of her.

史蒂文:我全都听到了,你这个撒谎的混蛋!把你的脏手从她身上拿开!

Marco: Okay so Veronica's not pregnant. That was a close one.

好的,所以维罗妮卡并没有怀孕。真是虚惊一场。

Erica: Actually they're not married. So this is a very controversial topic, right? Being knocked up.

其实他们还没结婚呢。所以这是一个非常有争议的话题,对吧?比如未婚先孕(knocked up)。

Marco: Yes, nice phrase. So there's a lot of interesting phrases and ways you can talk about pregnancy. So if you're knocked up, you're pregnant.

是的,这个表达很地道。所以关于怀孕有很多有趣的说法。如果你被说 knocked up,意思就是你怀孕/搞大肚了。

Erica: Right, so you could hear that in movies. It's not really, I would say, a proper way of saying it.

对,你在电影里经常能听到。不过我得说,这不是一种特别正规/有礼貌的说法。

Marco: No, it's not that polite because it gives you the idea that it was a mistake. So you would say, she got knocked up.

对,没那么有礼貌,因为它给人一种“不小心搞大肚子/意外怀孕”的感觉。所以你会说:She got knocked up。

Erica: Yes, another common phrase is preggers.

是的,另一个常见的俗语是 preggers(怀上了)。

Marco: Preggers, I heard this is more Australian, right? She's preggers, so she's pregnant.

Preggers,我听说这个在澳大利亚更常用是吧?She's preggers,就是她怀孕了。

Erica: So it's actually a pretty interesting topic. I know that for example, in Latin America, if a girl that's maybe in her early 20s gets pregnant accidentally by her boyfriend, usually the families expect them to get married.

所以这其实是一个非常有趣的话题。例如我知道在拉丁美洲,如果一个二十出头的女孩意外怀上了男朋友的孩子,通常双方家庭都会期望他们结婚。

Marco: Really?

真的吗?

Erica: Yeah, so it's kind of like, should they get married, should they not? So there's a lot of pressure.

是的,所以这就变成了“他们到底该不该结婚”的问题,会有很大压力。

Marco: A lot of pressure. But it's different in other countries, right?

压力确实很大。但在其他国家情况可能就不一样了,对吧?

Erica: So I don't know, for you guys, what's it like in your country where you live? Is there pressure on the guy and the girl to get married?

所以我不知道大家在各自的国家情况是怎样的?男方和女方会有必须结婚的压力吗?

Marco: I mean, should Steven and Veronica get married in this situation? Or what about just living together? Or as they say, living in sin, right?

我是说,在剧中这种情况下,史蒂文和维罗妮卡应该结婚吗?还是说直接同居就好?或者用传统老话说叫“同居/未婚同居(living in sin)”,对吧?

Erica: Living in sin. Living together, living in sin.

Living in sin(旧时指未婚同居)。同居,未婚同居。

Marco: So is it okay to just live together with your girlfriend or should you get married before? This is a controversial topic, so we'll have a lot of different opinions, but it should be interesting.

那么只和女朋友同居是可以接受的,还是说必须先结婚?这是一个很有争议的话题,相信大家会有很多不同的观点,讨论起来一定会很有意思。

Erica: Yes, so visit our website and tell us what you think, EnglishPod.com.

是的,欢迎大家访问我们的网站 englishpod.com 告诉我们你的看法!

Marco: All right guys, we'll see you there.

好的同学们,我们网站上见!