生活場景口語實戰人際篇 第55期:離婚(1)

1. I'm going to divorce my wife.
我要和我妻子離婚了。
還能這樣說：
My wife and I will get divorced.
My wife and I have decided to break our marriage.
應用解析：
be divroced from/divorce oneself from 與……離婚；脫離；與……分開
2. Marriage is compared to a cage fro me.
對於我來說婚姻就是牢籠。
還能這樣說：
I am always controlled since marriage.
For me, once married, I am caught in a trap.
應用解析：
compared with 和……比較起來；
beyond compare 無與倫比的，不可及的；
not to be compared with 相差極遠，遠不如；
compare to 比擬，比作
3. After two years of marriage, they are divorcing.
他們結婚剛兩年，現在正在鬧離婚。
還能這樣說：
They are calling it quits after two years of marriage.
They are getting divorced after two-year marriage.
諺語：
There are no birds of this year in last year's nest.
年年歲歲花相似，歲歲年年人不同。
4. She got a divorce from him last week.
她上週和他離了婚。
還能這樣說：
Their marriage ended in divorce last week.
They ended their marriage last week.
諺語：
Something you get as the product of making something else.
有心栽花花不開，無心插柳柳成蔭。
5. My wife's a two-timer.
我妻子對我不忠。
還能這樣說：
My wife is unfaithful to me.
My wife is disloyal to me.
諺語：
Time and tide wait for no man.
歲月不待人。
6. We just can't get along.
我們感情不和。
還能這樣說：
We are on the outs these days.
My wife and I do not agree with each other.
應用解析：
affair of love 私通；
affair of the heart 戀愛事件；
current affairs 時事，新聞；
domestic affairs 內政，家事
7. I'm separated from my wife.
我和我妻子分居了。
還能這樣說：
We are living separately right now.
I am estranged from my wife now.
諺語：
Never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。
8. It's not my fault in the breakdwon of the marriage.
婚姻破裂不是我的錯。
還能這樣說：
I am not the person who is to be blamed for the falling apart of the marriage.
It is not me who caused the break-up of the marriage.
諺語：
A fault confessed is half redressed.
肯認錯就改正了一半。