情景交际-跨国婚姻

 　　S: why? Did tom pop the question?

　　N: not yet. But I wonder if I can get my parents’ consent¹.

　　S: let me guess, your parents want you to marry a Chinese man, right?

　　N: you are right. It is giving me a real headache. I feel like I’m between a rock and a hard place.

　　S: I used to have the same problem when I was with my ex.

　　N: oh, how did you deal with it?

　　S: I just let it go and continued dating with my Korean boyfriend. But finally we broke up.

　　N: oh, it’s a pity. What was the matter?

　　S: simple. We had personality² clashes³ and there were too many cultural differences.

　　N: like what?

　　S: he hoped to live in the Korean way and asked me to give up working and stay at home to take care of the family.

　　N: Oh, I see. In their culture women should put family first.

　　S: yes, he said it would be batter⁴ for me and for the whole family. But I simply can not quit working.

　　N: so that's why it’s hard to have a happy marriage with a foreigner.

　　S: not really. There are many successful mixed marriage around us.

1 consent   

n.同意，准许；vi.同意，准许

参考例句：

• I agree with you, but yet I can't consent.我同意你的意见，但是我不能答应。
• My father would not consent to my leaving school.父亲不会答应我辍学。

2 personality   

n.个性，人格，名人

参考例句：

• Einstein was a great personality.爱因斯坦是个伟大的人物。
• She has a powerful personality.她有坚强的个性。

3 clashes   

冲突( clash的名词复数 )； 不协调； （两群人之间的）打斗

参考例句：

• Clashes broke out between police and demonstrators. 警方与示威者发生了冲突。
• Several policemen were injured in the clashes. 几名警察在冲突中受伤。

4 batter   

v.接连重击；磨损；n.牛奶面糊；击球员

参考例句：

• The batter skied to the center fielder.击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手。
• Put a small quantity of sugar into the batter.在面糊里放少量的糖。