生活英语听力文章 第160期:25个保持婚姻新鲜感的秘密(6)
时间：2018-12-18 作者：英语课 分类：生活英语听力文章
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23. Show your appreciation 1. In a marriage, it’s easy to take things for granted. 表达对你的感谢。在婚姻中,很容易将事情视为理所当然。
Tell your spouse 2 how much you appreciate the little things he or she does for you. 告诉你的爱人你有多欣赏他或她对你的小事情。
Cleaning the house, picking up the dry cleaning, walking the dog, doing the laundry, cooking dinner for the family, and fixing the leaky faucet 3 are just a few examples. 打扫房子,干洗,遛狗,洗衣服,做饭的家庭,和修复漏水的水龙头只是几个例子。
Don’t let one good deed go unnoticed. 不要让一个好事被忽视。
24. Be honest with each other. Once trust is lost, it is difficult to regain 4 and this adage 5 is especially true in marriage. 对对方忠诚，一旦诚信丢失，很难收回，这个箴言尤其在婚姻张正确，
Being honest also includes being honest with your feelings. 忠诚也包括忠诚于你自己的感受。
25.Don't hold grudges 6. After you work through an issue, move on and don’t harbor ill feelings. 不记仇。解决一个问题后,继续前进,不要增加厌恶感。
We also strongly encourage you to not bring up past challenges. 我们也强烈建议您不提过去。
The past is the past. It’s been years since either of us has brought up a negative issue from the past. 过去是过去。好多年没有我们从过去带来了负面的问题。
For those of you who are married, we want to encourage you to review this list with your spouse and discuss the steps you can both take to make to improve your marriage. 对于那些已婚的人,我们想要鼓励你与配偶看看这个列表和讨论你既可以采取的措施来提高你的婚姻质量。
If you are reading this podcast and you are not yet married, we strongly recommend pre-marital counseling. 如果你正在阅读这篇文章,你还没有结婚,我们强烈建议婚前咨询。
We suggested this to both of our married children and their spouses 7 and they will readily tell you that it was valuable, enlightening, 我们建议我们的结婚的两个孩子和他们的配偶,他们会马上告诉你,这是有价值的的启发,
and set the foundation for the marriage they now enjoy. 他们现在享受的婚姻的基础。
1 appreciation
n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨
- I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
- I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。
2 spouse
n.配偶(指夫或妻)
- Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
- What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么？
3 faucet
n.水龙头
- The faucet has developed a drip.那个水龙头已经开始滴水了。
- She turned off the faucet and dried her hands.她关掉水龙头，把手擦干。
4 regain
vt.重新获得，收复，恢复
- He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
- The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。
5 adage
n.格言，古训
- But the old adage that men grow into office has not proved true in my experience.但是，根据我的经验，人们所谓的工作岗位造就人材这句古话并不正确。
- Her experience lends credence to the adage " We live and learn!"她的经验印证了一句格言: 活到老，学到老！
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