看美剧学英语：《欲望都市》— 未婚优质男青年都去哪儿了？

《欲望都市》中有一集Carrie在专栏中写道：” There are thousands of women like this in the city. We all know them and we all agree they're great. They travel, they pay taxes, they'll spend $400 on a pair of Manolo Blah-nik strappy sandals, and they're alone. It's like the riddle of the Sphinx.  Why are there so many great unmar-ried women and no great unmarried men?”

在曼哈顿这座城市里有上千万的优秀女子。她们热衷旅行，依法纳税，穿时尚品牌的鞋子，最重要的是，她们单身。这就是一个解不开的迷：这个城市有那么多优质未婚女人，却不见一个未婚的好男人。

这究竟是为什么呢？为此，Carrie采访了许多单身朋友。我们也可以在网上学习英语，一起来了解他们。

When you're in your 20s, women con-trol the relationships.  By the time you're in your 30s, you're being devoured by women. Suddenly the guys are holding all the chips. I call it ''the mid-thirties power flip''.

二十岁时，女人在恋爱关系掌握主动权，然而三十岁之后，男人翻身做主了，开始被女人追逐。突然间男人占尽优势，称之为“三十几岁的权力大逆转”。

It's all about age and biology. If you want to get married, it's to have kids, right? If you do it with someone older than 35, you have to have kids right away. And that's about it. These women should forget about marriage and have a good time.

都是年龄和生理的锅，要是结婚了，不得赶紧生个孩子？如果35岁之后才结婚，肯定是要尽快生孩子的。所以说，女人应该忘记婚姻，好好得乐一乐。

I totally believe that love conquers all.  Sometimes you just have to give it a little space.  That's what's missing in Manhat-tan———the space for romance. 我相信爱情是可以克服一切困难的。只是有时你需要给它一点空间，曼哈顿就是缺少这样一种浪漫氛围的空间。

There's not one woman in New York who hasn't turned down ten wonder-ful guys because they were too short, or too fat, or too poor. Why don't these women marry a fat guy?  Why don't they just marry a big fat tub of lard?

居住在纽约的女人没有一个不是至少拒绝过十个好男人以上，就因为他们矮，胖，穷。为什么女人们不随便嫁个胖子就好了？问题就是女人们不要轻易到手的男人。

什么？ 年龄大了就得随意讲究嫁个矮胖丑的男人？ 女人可不是这么想的？

I've been out with short, fat and poor guys. It makes no difference. They are just as self-centered as the good-looking ones.

我也曾试图跟矮胖丑的男人约会，但是他们自大无知的熊样和帅男人完全没区别！

Trust me, this is not a story that makes men feel bad. Most men are threatened by successful women. If you wanna get these guys, you have to keep your mouth shut and play by the rules.

大多数男人面对女强人时总有压迫感。如果你想钓到男人，最好闭上嘴按规矩办事。

Sweetheart, it's the first time in the his-tory of Manhattan that women have had as much power as men, plus the e-qual luxury of treating men like sex objects.

亲爱的，这是曼哈顿历史上第一次，女性拥有和男性一样的权力，把男人当做满足性欲的物品。

学习提升英语的，还可以试试以下几个方面，我觉得还是很有帮助的

1、加强英语的词汇量和语法方面的知识，这是基础。

2、多朗诵一些脍炙人口的英文，最好是会背诵，培养语感。

3、听你喜欢的英语歌曲，还有看欧美电影，保持兴趣的同时学到口语。

4、若有机会的话，跟老外多说英语。比如现在的在线英语培训效果就比线下的更好。

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