10.17-10.21爱情口语翻译练习口语翻译练习

10.17-10.21口语翻译练习--123. 爱情

爱情要求忠诚，而忠诚要求坚定。

Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness.

爱情不在了，我们就可以看到所有的缺点了。

When love fails, we can see all faults.

不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。

Don`t waste your time on a man or woman, who isn`t willing to waste their time on you.

没有人值得你流泪，值得你这么的人不会让你哭泣。

No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won`t make you cry.

真正的爱是给予，而不是索取。

True love is giving, not taking.

爱情是不能被强迫的。

Love can not be compelled.

一个人开始恋爱的时候，他有所选择，但当他要结束爱情的时候，他就没有选择了。

A man has a choice to begin love, but not to end it.

爱使世界转动。

Love makes the world go round.

爱情可化陋室为金殿。

Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace.

友谊就像陶器，被了可以修补；爱情好比镜子，一旦打破就难重圆。Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it.

在爱情面前讲理智是没有用的。

It`s useless to be reasonable in love.

On Love

Father: It seems like you are in love with Jim.

Lily: That`s not true. We`ve only just been dating, nothing more.

Father: But I heard he`s head over heels in love with you.

Lily: Maybe he is, but that`s just him. I can`t fall in love with someone in such a short time.

Father: You don`t believe in love at first sight?

Lily: Is that what happened with you and mom?

Father: Absolutely. The first time I saw her, I knew she`d be my wife.

Lily: You are such a romantic.

Father: It`s useless to be reasonable in love.

Lily: So mom was the girl of your dreams?

Father: She still is.

Lily: How does mom feel about you?

Father: You`ll have to ask her that question.

10.17-10.21口语翻译练习-- 124，.婚姻

婚姻是两个人的结合。

Marriage is an alliance between two people.

婚姻好比鸟笼；外面的鸟儿想进进不去，里面的鸟儿想出出不来。

Marriage may be compared to a cage; the birds outside despair to get in and those within despair to get out.

婚姻决定一个男人的成败。

Marriage makes or breaks a man.

不要让小小的争论毁掉了美满的婚姻。

Don`t let a little dispute break up a great marriage.

婚姻对于合适的人来说都是美满的。

Marriage is great for the right people.

无论国王还是农夫，家庭和睦是最幸福的。

He is the happiest, be the King or the peasant, who finds peace in his home.

草率成婚，后悔莫及。

Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.

要使婚姻长久，就要克服以自我为中心的意识。

To make lasting marriage, we have to overcome self-centeredness.

成功婚姻的秘诀在于：把大灾难看成小事故，而不要把小事故看成大灾难。

The great secret of successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents, and none of incidents as disasters.

婚姻中的幸福不是自然而然就有的。幸福的婚姻是需要努力创造的。

Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created.

On Marriage

Maria: Look at those newlyweds. They look like they`re on the top of the world.

Beck: Yes,they centainly do. Love is a wonderful thing. And the marriage is great for the right people.

Maria: I think many recently married people feel like the world is still in front of them.

Beck: It seems that nothing could make them happier.

Maria: It may just be one of the most important dicisions they make in their whole lives.

Beck: So once they find their partner, they should cherish the feeling. They should respect and believe in each other.

Maria: Right, without respect, love cannot go far.

Beck: "Love" is maybe the greatest word and certainly a universal emotion in our world. Maria: I wish them eternal happiness.

Beck: Me too.