New Words
From Lesson: Lesson 1| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生活 | shēnghuó | life; activity; to live; livelihood |
| 刚 | gāng | hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly |
| 浪漫 | làngmàn | romantic |
| 够 | gòu | to reach; to be enough |
| 缺点 | quēdiǎn | weak point; fault; shortcoming; disadvantage; CL:[[個|个<gè>]] |
| 接受 | jiēshòu | to accept; to receive |
Text 3
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听说您跟妻子结婚快二十年了? 到6月9号,我们就结婚二十年了。这么多年,我们的生活一直挺幸福的。 我和丈夫刚结婚的时候,每天都觉得很新鲜,在一起有说不完的话。但是现在…… 两个人共同生活,只有浪漫和新鲜感是不够的。 您说的对!我现在每天看到的都是他的缺点。 两个人在一起时间长了,就会有很多问题。只有接受了他的缺点,你们才能更好地一起生活。
Tīng shuō nín gēn qī zi jié hūn kuài èr shí nián le? Dào liù yuè jiǔ hào, wǒmen jiù jiéhūn èrshí nián le. zhème duō nián, wǒmen de shēnghuó yīzhí tǐng xìngfú de. wǒ hé zhàngfu gāng jiéhūn de shíhou, měitiān dōu juéde hěn xīnxiān, zài yìqǐ yǒu shuō bù wán de huà. dànshì xiànzài...... Liǎng gè rén gòng tóng shēng huó, zhǐ yǒu làng màn hé xīn xiān gǎn shì bù gòu de. Nín shuō de duì! Wǒ xiànzài měitiān kàndào de dōu shì tā de quēdiǎn. Liǎng gè rén zài yīqǐ shíjiān cháng le, jiù huì yǒu hěn duō wèntí. Zhǐ yǒu jiēshòu le tā de quēdiǎn, nǐmen cái néng gèng hǎo de yīqǐ shēnghuó.
I heard you and your wife have been married for almost twenty years? By June 9, we will have been married for twenty years. All these years, our life has always been quite happy. When my husband and I had just gotten married, every day felt very new; when we were together, we had endless things to talk about. But now... For two people to live together, romance and novelty alone are not enough. You're right! Now, every day, all I see are his shortcomings. When two people have been together for a long time, many problems will arise. Only by accepting his shortcomings can you live better together.