跟艾米莉一起學(xué)口語(yǔ) 第820期:爭(zhēng)吵與和好

單詞解析

quarrel

爭(zhēng)吵；口角

quarrel with sb about/over sth

和某人爭(zhēng)吵關(guān)于某事

I quarrelled with my wife about money.

我和我妻子為了錢吵了起來。

patch up

平息（爭(zhēng)吵）；修補(bǔ)（關(guān)系）

She has gone holiday with her husband to try to patch up their marriage.

她跟她丈夫度假去了，以補(bǔ)救他們的婚姻。

經(jīng)典對(duì)話

A: You look so upset. What's wrong with you?

你看起來很沮喪，怎么啦？

B: I quarreled with my wife yesterday, so she has run away from home for about an hour. I immediately regretted. I really want to make peace and patch up our quarrel. I didn't figure out how to do it.

昨天我和妻子吵架了，所以她已經(jīng)離家出走大約十個(gè)小時(shí)了。我立刻就后悔了，我真的想言歸于好，結(jié)束我們之間的爭(zhēng)吵。我不知道該怎么辦。

A: Listen to me. Firstly of all, you should keep looking for her until you find her.

聽我說，你應(yīng)該一直找，直到找到她。

B: But I don't know where she is. I didn't find her in our house and her mother's house.

我不知道她在哪里，我在家里和她媽媽家里都沒有找到她。

A: You might go to her friend's house.

你可以去她朋友家找她。

B: I'll give a try.

我會(huì)試一試。

A: Secondly. You should think carefully about what is the key point of contention. And whose fault is it?

其次，你還需要考慮清楚你們的爭(zhēng)論的焦點(diǎn)是什么，到底是誰的錯(cuò)？

contention表示“爭(zhēng)論”

A: I understand. I don't know if she can give me another chance.

我明白了，我不知道她是否還能再給我一次機(jī)會(huì)。

B: Don't think too much. The most important thing for you is to find her first. I will help you.

別想太多，對(duì)你來說最重要的還是先找到她，我會(huì)幫你的。