胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯042：尋找如意郎君 Finding the Perfect Man

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2015年12月09日

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Lesson 42 Finding the Perfect Man 尋找如意郎君

“I want to get married, but I’m having trouble funding a compatible man!” Mary said with a sigh. “He must possess a measure of competitiveness because I hate complacence. However, his desire for competition has to be complemented with a degree of compassion.”

“我想結(jié)婚，但又找不到合適的男人!”瑪麗嘆了口氣說(shuō)道。“他必須擁有一定的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)能力，因?yàn)槲矣憛捘腥俗砸詾槭?。但他的?jìng)爭(zhēng)欲還得有一定程度的同情心做補(bǔ)充。”

“That type of man won’t be easy to find!” Jane replied. “I would prefer a man with a personality that is complementary to mine. He’d have to be a competent cook because I have absolutely no competence in that area. I’d also want him to be intelligent so that he can compensate for my inability to solve complex problems. ”

“那樣的男人很難找!”簡(jiǎn)回答說(shuō)，“我更喜歡一個(gè)跟我個(gè)性互補(bǔ)的男人。他必須是個(gè)稱職的廚師，因?yàn)槲医^對(duì)沒(méi)有能力勝任做飯的工作。他還得是個(gè)聰明的男人，這樣他就能彌補(bǔ)我解決復(fù)雜問(wèn)題時(shí)的無(wú)能為力了。”

“You two girls are crying for the moon.” Ruth said. “What you really need in someone who will love you without complaint, like my last boyfriend. I never had to compel him to express his feelings to me. I think, in his mind, love was not a complexity. But how am I ever going to find someone who is comparable to my ex-boyfriend?”

“你們倆是在緣木求魚(yú)，簡(jiǎn)直是異想天開(kāi)!”魯絲說(shuō)道，“你們真正需要的是一個(gè)無(wú)欲無(wú)悔愛(ài)你們的男人，就像我的前任男友。我從來(lái)不用強(qiáng)迫他向我傾訴感情。我想，在他心里，愛(ài)情不是件錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜的事。但我上哪去找能跟我前任男友相媲美的男人呢?”

“I suppose you can do a comparative study of every new guy you meet,” Mary replied with a laugh. “Or you can call up your ex-boyfriend and beg him to take you back. But why would he want you back after you made him compete with his best friend for your affection? It’s not like you can make things right with compensatory affection, can you? ”

“我想你可以對(duì)你遇上的每一位新男友做一番比較研究，”瑪麗笑著回答，“或者你可以給你前任男友打電話，求他再續(xù)前緣。但你弄得他為了獲得你的愛(ài)情而同他最好的朋友競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，他又怎么會(huì)再續(xù)前緣呢?補(bǔ)償性的愛(ài)情好像不管用，對(duì)吧?”

“Look, girls, ” Jane said with a tone of dismay. “We’re not exactly princesses. We’re 30 years old and we’re still being too picky. Don’t you think we have enough compelling reasons to lower our standards? Why don’ t we just compile a list of all single men over 3 who wouldn’t mind going out with us? ”

“我說(shuō)，姑娘們，”簡(jiǎn)不無(wú)沮喪地說(shuō)道，“我們又不是什么公主，我們已經(jīng)30多了，還那么挑三揀四。難道我們沒(méi)有足夠令人信服的理由降低標(biāo)準(zhǔn)嗎?我們干嘛不寫一張清單，列出所以愿意同我們約會(huì)的30歲以上的單身漢呢?”

“Good idea!” replied Mary and Ruth.

“好主意!”瑪麗和魯絲齊聲答道。

Words:

comparable adj. 可比的，比得上的;類似的

comparative adj. 比較的

compassion n. 憐憫，同情

compatible adj. 可以并存的，相容的，協(xié)調(diào)的

compel vt. 強(qiáng)迫，使不得不

compelling adj. 緊迫的，使人非相信不可的

compensate vt. 補(bǔ)償，賠償

compensatory adj. 補(bǔ)償性的

compete vi. 競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，比得上