时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

 


我这个人特别喜欢整齐,不论是在办公室里,还是在家里,我都会收拾得有条有理;东西的摆放也有一定之规。不过,坐在我旁边的Emma跟我截然不同;她桌上永远堆得乱糟糟的。老板好几次提醒她赶紧收拾干净。


可我倒是觉得,我们应该,live and let live. Live是生活的意思,Live and let live自己活也让别人活,换句话说,就是要相互宽容,互不干扰。Emma的风格跟我截然不同,但我觉得,这也没什么不好,要让我说,就应该,live and let live。只要她自己喜欢,又不会影响到别人,那就应该给人家自由。


在下面这个例子里,一个男子谈到自己的姐姐时说,


例句-1:My sister is raising her adopted son as a single parent. While that wouldn't be my preference, I'm not about to criticize her. My attitude has always been live and let live. I accept people as they are even though they may do things differently from the way I do.


他说:我姐姐自己一个人,抚养抱来的儿子。虽然我不会选择这么做,但是我也不会对她横加指责。我始终觉得,各人有各人的生活,大家应该相互包容,虽然别人的行事规则可能跟我不同,但我还是会毫无保留地接受他们。


前不久,我到麻萨诸塞州去开会。那里是美国著名学府哈佛大学的所在地,但是如今,麻萨诸塞也是美国第一个承认同性恋婚姻合法化的州。


由此可见,当地人是相当开明的,对同性恋的生活方式采取了包容的态度。这就叫live and let live;他们认为,任何人都有权选择自己的生活方式。


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刚才我们说到同性恋婚姻合法化在美国引起的争议。其实,在公共场所禁止吸烟的法律也曾引起过激烈的辩论,但是如今,已经越来越普及了。记者在下面这则健康新闻里报道说,


例句-2:Should smoking be allowed in places like offices and restaurants? Most Americans used to have a live and let live attitude about it. But more have become far less tolerant 1. That's because research clearly shows that when smokers 2 light up, they can create serious health problems for nearby non-smokers.


报道说:办公室和餐厅里应该允许吸烟吗?以前,大多数美国人都对吸烟持有一种包容的态度,但是如今,拒绝采取包容态度的人已经越来越多了,因为科学研究结果明确显示,吸烟不仅对烟民本人有害,也会伤害到待在旁边的非吸烟者。


这就是大家都知道的二手烟,在英语里叫second-hand 3 smoke,对非吸烟者间接造成伤害,因此,主张在公共场所禁止吸烟的人现在越来越多了。你的态度如何?是赞成在公共场所禁烟?还是主张live and let live呢?


每个人都会有一些自己难以容忍的事情。就说我老公吧,我家邻居Browns夫妇对自己房子的保养特别不注意,院子里凌乱不堪。对此,我老公的态度绝对不是live and let live。他的理由是,一栋房子缺乏保养,会影响到我们整个社区的形象和居住环境。



1 tolerant
adj.容忍的,有耐力的
  • She's tolerant toward those impudent colleagues.她对那些无礼的同事采取容忍的态度。
  • A tolerant person usually has breadth of mind.有宽容精神的人通常胸襟开阔。
2 smokers
吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )
  • Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
  • Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。
3 second-hand
adj.用过的,旧的,二手的
  • I got this book by chance at a second-hand bookshop.我赶巧在一家旧书店里买到这本书。
  • They will put all these second-hand goods up for sale.他们将把这些旧货全部公开出售。
学英语单词
1-aminoethylpiperazine
a long way from
ABATUM
Anderson shelter
annotatrix
automatically tuned short-wave receiver
banner years
basket plating
bidembach
book slide
Boring-powder
buggalow
bullet proof cloth
bus-based
canned corned beef
capitals of the netherlands
Cinco Saltos
cis-male
colorforms
colorless
costal fovea
crescents
crystal twin
cut-off amplification factor
Cyder.
d-wi
Dasymaschalon trichophorum
diascopic projection
diffraction-limited mirror
dismality
dry box
Duncan James Corrow Grant
educational geography
establish-ment
fixed eyepiece
forced-choice
formal custody
FTND
full-professor
get someone's ear
had an objection to
hallisaka (india)
herm
human old tuberculin
Humbermouth
ice drift
individual worker's association
intensive, labor
interface controller
intestinal stasis
iron-core coil
kaneshiro
Karakobis
kouse
lay band
loan collateral
loza
made-in-canada
megacentre
Mentha rotundifolia
meridional division
Meymac
microroasting
microseismic period
mitose
mounted moldboard plow
Muller's tubercles
multiple star equal altitude method
nerodias
nitrite lye
non-commitments
non-euploid
Notre Dame, University of
Novaban
Osmorphore
palmilla
photographic document
plethorically
potato-sack
pressed dripping
pripyats
San Francisco de Paula, C
scolices of tapeworm
sea clutter suppression
sheep herder
slow-neutron capture reaction
soil bitumen
split series servomotor
statefunction
stitchless
sub-zero treatment device
Swaziland System
tmper
tolentinoes
tractility
tungsten-carbide composition
two-addresses
universal access clause
us findings
Wankel RC configuration
wojdyla
Zharkovskiy Rayon