【双语有声阅读】爱情指南 Love Guide(上)

Love Guide

 

爱情指南

Are you really in love? Being in love is a powerful feeling. The emotions are intense¹.

你确实在恋爱吗？堕入爱河是一种轰轰烈烈的感情。情感是激烈的。

It is so exciting that it may be hard to concentrate on school, work, or family responsibilities.

爱情在激荡，使人无法专心学习、工作或专注于家庭责任。

Sometimes people confuse real love with the possessive love seen on TV or in the movies.

有时，人们错把真正的爱情与电视或电影上看到的独占的爱混为一谈。

They believe that love is only love at first sight. But real, mature love takes time to develop.

他们以为一见钟情才叫爱。然而，真正的、成熟的爱是要花时间来培养的。

Many teens believe they are in love. They may be in love in an immature² way.

许多青少年以为他们恋爱了。那可能是不成熟的爱。

Sometimes teens or adults in love give up all their friends. They stop doing activities they enjoy.

有时，恋爱中的青少年或者成年人放弃了所有的培养。他们也不再做喜欢做的事。

Some have jealous³ partners that never let them be alone or with another person.

有些人的恋人爱吃醋，不让他们独处，也不允许他们跟别人在一起。

They are jealous any time their loved one talks to another person.

一旦看到所爱的人跟他人讲话，爱吃醋的恋人便醋意大发。

Others are forced to do things they do not want to do. There is a saying that "love is blind."

而另外一些人则被迫做一些他们本不想做的事情。俗语说，爱是盲目的。

What we think is love may distort⁴ our ability to see the real relationship.

被我们当成爱的东西可能会妨碍我们看到我们恋爱关系的本质。

Mature love lets you be you. People in mature love have common interests, and are honest with each other.

成熟的爱让你做你自己。经历成熟爱情的人们有共同的兴趣，并终于彼此。

People who share mature love do not see the other person as the solution to their problems.

共享成熟之爱的人不把对方当成问题的解决办法。

They see the other person as a wonderful gift. They spend time with each other's families and friends.

而是看成一件奇妙的礼物。他们花时间与对方的家人和培养在一起。

Mature love relationships do not cause people to give up their values.

成熟的恋爱关系不会使人放弃自己的价值观。

1 intense   

adj.认真的，专注的；强烈的；紧张的；热情的

参考例句：

• Susan was an intense young lady.苏珊是一个热情的年轻姑娘。
• The quarrel caused her intense unhappiness.争吵令她极其不快。

2 immature   

adj.未成熟的，发育未全的，未充分发展的

参考例句：

• Tony seemed very shallow and immature.托尼看起来好像很肤浅，不夠成熟。
• The birds were in immature plumage.这些鸟儿羽翅未全。

3 jealous   

adj.妒忌的，猜忌的；精心守护的

参考例句：

• He was jealous when he discovered that she loved someone else.当他发现她爱别人的时候，他吃醋了。
• An honorable Chinese citizen should be jealous of his own rights.一名光荣的中国公民应当珍惜自己的公民权利。

4 distort   

vt.歪曲，曲解，扭曲，使变形；vi.变形

参考例句：

• How dare he distort the facts so brazenly!他怎么敢如此肆无忌惮地歪曲事实！
• This caused the sound to distort.这导致了声音的失真。