婚前想想-会让自己变得更好还是更差(1)

 Is for better or worse making me betteror worse?

 

会让自己变得更好还是更差？

 

Does your partner encourage you to beyour best self, or does he or she get intimidated¹ by any triumphs and feel moresecure when you're not putting your best foot forward?

 

你的伴侣是否鼓励你成为最好的自己，或者他/她对你的成功感到有压力，反而在你不能施展拳脚的时候更有安全感？

 

Do we really accept one another?

 

我们真的认可对方吗？

 

There will always be things you want tochange about the people in your life, but no one should be in a situation wherethey feel they aren't allowed to be authentic² and accepted as the unique,special (yet flawed) person they are.

 

在你生命中总有一些人你希望能够改变他，然而没有一个人必须理所当然地处于一个让他们感觉到无法成为自我的状态中，他们希望自己能够是独一无二的，特别的，“哪怕有缺陷”。

 

Who am I?

 

我是谁？

 

How can you know if your partner is a goodmatch if you have no idea who you are?

 

如果连你自己都不够了解自己，那你如何知道你的伴侣能够成为你的好搭档？

1 intimidated   

v.恐吓；威胁adj.害怕的；受到威胁的

参考例句：

• We try to make sure children don't feel intimidated on their first day at school. 我们努力确保孩子们在上学的第一天不胆怯。
• The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police. 这个贼恫吓那男孩使他不敢向警察报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。