【英语时差8,16】为丈夫的婚外情伤心

 Dear Annie:

I had this vague feeling something was wrong with my marriage, so I looked at my husband's cell phone call log. Imagine my surprise to discover a text message from a woman whose number showed up in three months' worth of phone bills.

I showed my husband what I found. He agreed to let "Lena" know the relationship was over and said he would have no more contact with her. Ten days later, I found a receipt for a US$500 diamond bracelet¹. My husband said he felt sorry for Lena because she didn't have any jewelry². He told me he wouldn't see her again.

Two weeks after that, I discovered him holding hands with Lena at a local restaurant. I confronted them, and they assured me it was just friendship.

I am so devastated³. I love my husband and want so much to have faith in him. Do we have a shot at building back the trust in this 13-year marriage? － Kentucky GirlDear Kentucky Girl:

You can rebuild trust, but only if your husband behaves in a manner that is completely aboveboard. He must stop seeing Lena, and that means no friendly lunches, no gifts of any kind, no phone calls, nothing. Tell him that as a condition of staying in the marriage, he must go with you for counseling.

1 bracelet   

n.手镯，臂镯

参考例句：

• The jeweler charges lots of money to set diamonds in a bracelet.珠宝匠要很多钱才肯把钻石镶在手镯上。
• She left her gold bracelet as a pledge.她留下她的金手镯作抵押品。

2 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

3 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。