留学生在中国 第40期:坠入爱河 Falling in Love

 　　Chapter 44 Falling in Love第44章 坠入爱河David: When do you think people normally fall in love? How can people know when they fall in love?

　　你觉得人们什么时候会坠入爱河呢？别人怎么知道他们相爱了呢？

　　You: I don't know. I have never had a boyfriend.

　　我不知道。我没交过男朋友。

　　David: Just imagine.

　　想想看。

　　You: I imagine that they will think about their lover every second of every minute of every day. And they will want to live together, I think that's a part of being in love. The feeling of being in love, or having a crush is different from other types of love.

　　我猜他们会每时每刻想着他们的爱人。他们会想一起生活，我觉得这是相爱的一部分。相爱或热恋是与其他的爱不同的。

　　David: At what age do people usually fall in love? Or how old do you think they have their first boyfriend or girlfriend?

　　你认为人们通常多大开始恋爱或者说有第一个男朋友、女朋友？

　　You: 2020岁。

　　David: 20？People have the first boyfriend or girlfriend?

　　20岁？他们才有第一个男朋友或女朋友？

　　You: Yes, although some people are more precocious¹. They might meet in middle school. I also know some people who wait until they are 25 or 30. Then they find a partner. Normally in the past city kids start going steady at a slightly younger age than those from the countryside.

　　是的。虽然有些人要早熟一些——可能在中学就约会了，但我也认识一些一直等到25岁或30岁才开始找对象的人。但是一般来讲，过去城市里的年轻人找男朋友或是女朋友要早于农村的年轻人。

　　David: But one of my students told me that nowadays rural kids date at the age of 20, just as old as city kids do.

　　听我一个学生讲，现在城市的孩子和农村孩子开始恋爱的时间都大概在20岁左右。

　　You: Possibly. So far it's concerned the difference between country side and cities are not so conspicuous².

　　可能吧。城市和农村在这方面的差异并不太明显。

1 precocious   

adj.早熟的；较早显出的

参考例句：

• They become precocious experts in tragedy.他们成了一批思想早熟、善写悲剧的能手。
• Margaret was always a precocious child.玛格丽特一直是个早熟的孩子。

2 conspicuous   

adj.明眼的，惹人注目的；炫耀的，摆阔气的

参考例句：

• It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health.很明显，抽烟对健康有害。
• Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous.它的色彩使它非常惹人注目。