英文原版对话1000个:1219 Men Cry
时间：2018-12-25 作者：英语课 分类：原版英语对话1000个
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Vella: So Daniel, we're talking about emotions and let's talk about emotions in men. Do you think it's OK for men to cry?
Daniel: Well, I do think it's all right. There's nothing wrong about it. If you want to cry, if you're sad, if you are angry, if you are disappointed, I think it's normal. The normal reaction would be to cry but unfortunately there is a huge stigma 1 attached to men crying. For some people it is a big issue. For me, personally, it isn't.
Vella: I agree a hundred per cent with you. For me personally, I think it's totally OK for guys to cry.
Daniel: Hm, hm.
Vella: But I think it's in my culture, Indonesian, it's really uncommon 2 to, you know, for guys to show this emotional expression when they cry. For example when, even when you're little, if you cry in the classroom and when you are a guy and if you cry, people are just going to make fun of you and they're going to start laughing and calling you names.
Daniel: I know totally. It's the same in Chile actually. Well, I was raised in a really, really strong kind of macho culture. I mean crying was a sign of weakness so boys were not, I mean I can say, were not allowed to cry, right, because of, because of the whole macho thing and you have to be a man, you have to be brave so you're not supposed to cry. But now I think it's, kids shouldn't be, well they shouldn't be encouraged to cry but they should be told that it's all right. I mean it's a natural reaction and you have to show your feelings so I think if you want to cry, if you're sad and if you want to cry, you should just do it but there's nothing to be embarrassed about.
Vella: I think that's just how it is inside or they expect men to be macho and masculine 3 and I think showing tears kind of takes away a lot of masculine, like masculinity 4 out of men.
Daniel: I think it's more masculine just to assume that you are sad and you are showing it. You're not afraid to show your emotions. I think that's more valuable, that's more, I mean I'm a boy and because I cry that doesn't make me less of a man. I mean, I'm a man and therefore, I don't know because I'm a man, I can show my expressions and I'm not afraid of it. I don't know, that's what I think.
1 stigma
n.耻辱，污名；(花的)柱头
- Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.做未婚母亲在社会上曾是不光彩的事。
- The stigma of losing weighed heavily on the team.失败的耻辱让整个队伍压力沉重。
2 uncommon
adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的
- Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
- Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。
3 masculine
adj.男性的，男子的，男子气的
- She has a rather masculine voice.她的声音有点男性化。
- The ceremony is exclusively masculine.典礼上清一色的全是男人。
4 masculinity
n.男子气慨
- He felt it was a threat to his masculinity.他觉得这对他的男子气概是一种威胁。
- Football is a bastion of masculinity in this area.在该地区足球是男子汉的天地。
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