情景交际-跨国婚姻
英语课
S: why? Did tom pop the question?
N: not yet. But I wonder if I can get my parents’ consent 1.
S: let me guess, your parents want you to marry a Chinese man, right?
N: you are right. It is giving me a real headache. I feel like I’m between a rock and a hard place.
S: I used to have the same problem when I was with my ex.
N: oh, how did you deal with it?
S: I just let it go and continued dating with my Korean boyfriend. But finally we broke up.
N: oh, it’s a pity. What was the matter?
S: simple. We had personality 2 clashes 3 and there were too many cultural differences.
N: like what?
S: he hoped to live in the Korean way and asked me to give up working and stay at home to take care of the family.
N: Oh, I see. In their culture women should put family first.
S: yes, he said it would be batter 4 for me and for the whole family. But I simply can not quit working.
N: so that's why it’s hard to have a happy marriage with a foreigner.
S: not really. There are many successful mixed marriage around us.
n.同意，准许；vi.同意，准许
- I agree with you, but yet I can't consent.我同意你的意见，但是我不能答应。
- My father would not consent to my leaving school.父亲不会答应我辍学。
n.个性，人格，名人
- Einstein was a great personality.爱因斯坦是个伟大的人物。
- She has a powerful personality.她有坚强的个性。
冲突( clash的名词复数 )； 不协调； （两群人之间的）打斗
- Clashes broke out between police and demonstrators. 警方与示威者发生了冲突。
- Several policemen were injured in the clashes. 几名警察在冲突中受伤。