Issue 94 “永无止境”的离婚大战

Now the divorce battle between Sir Paul McCartney and his estranged¹ wife Heather Mills is set to drag on to next week. It had been scheduled to end today, but the pair haven't been able to reach an agreement over how much of his 825 million pounds she's entitled to.

The case has been going on all week behind closed doors, giving the waiting media rather too long to think about what might be going on.

The headline writers have had a field day all week and on the basis of if you can't beat them, then join them. Our reporter John Sparks has been at the high court with the Beatles back catalogue.

(The long and winding² road that leads to your door, will never disappear…)

It does seem like a long journey and it's not over, there is little hope now over an agreed settlement, we has become me, love turned to stone.

Court room 34 with its black tiled windows and "do not disturb" sign has been booked up for next week. It's up to the judge now to divide up the spoils and end the affair.

(I once had a girl or should I say she once had me. She showed me her room…)

Sir Paul met Heather at a charity event that was 1 year after his first wife Linda had passed away. She said I was slowly wooed and properly dated, he told his family not to worry about him. Commentators³ winced⁴ and whispered: disaster.

(Oh! Darling, please believe me, I'll never do you no harm. Believe me when I tell you...)

4 years and 1 daughter later, news of their separation was leaked to the papers, Lurid⁵ tales of bad behavior soon followed.

(You never give me your money. You only give me your funny paper and in the middle of negotiations⁶ you break down…)

Representing the former Beatle, Fiona Shackleton, AKA the steel magnolia, Ms. Shackleton, attestment to those who bloomed later in life for a 3rd class degree now long forgotten, and Ms Mills, the teenage runaway⁷ and model and prickly social activist⁸, and she's representing herself of course.

(I'm so tired, I haven't slept a wink⁹. I'm so tired, my mind is on the blink. I wonder…)

For all the arguments over assets, the squabbling over a security and confidentiality¹⁰, will both be poor when the judge breaks them up.

(There will be an answer. let it be. Let it be…)

 

1 estranged   

adj.疏远的，分离的

参考例句：

• He became estranged from his family after the argument.那场争吵后他便与家人疏远了。
• The argument estranged him from his brother.争吵使他同他的兄弟之间的关系疏远了。

2 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

3 commentators   

n.评论员( commentator的名词复数 )；时事评论员；注释者；实况广播员

参考例句：

• Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
• Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 winced   

赶紧避开，畏缩( wince的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He winced as the dog nipped his ankle. 狗咬了他的脚腕子，疼得他龇牙咧嘴。
• He winced as a sharp pain shot through his left leg. 他左腿一阵剧痛疼得他直龇牙咧嘴。

5 lurid   

adj.可怕的；血红的；苍白的

参考例句：

• The paper gave all the lurid details of the murder.这份报纸对这起凶杀案耸人听闻的细节描写得淋漓尽致。
• The lurid sunset puts a red light on their faces.血红一般的夕阳映红了他们的脸。

6 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

7 runaway   

n.逃走的人，逃亡，亡命者；adj.逃亡的，逃走的

参考例句：

• The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
• He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。

8 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

9 wink   

n.眨眼，使眼色，瞬间；v.眨眼，使眼色，闪烁

参考例句：

• He tipped me the wink not to buy at that price.他眨眼暗示我按那个价格就不要买。
• The satellite disappeared in a wink.瞬息之间，那颗卫星就消失了。

10 confidentiality   

n.秘而不宣，保密

参考例句：

• They signed a confidentiality agreement. 他们签署了一份保守机密的协议。
• Cryptography is the foundation of supporting authentication, integrality and confidentiality. 而密码学是支持认证、完整性和机密性机制的基础。