VOA慢速英語：詞匯掌故：愛受傷

'Love Hurts', Other Love Expressions

詞匯掌故：愛受傷

Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories.

現(xiàn)在是美國之音慢速英語詞匯掌故節(jié)目。

February 14 is Valentine's Day – a day to celebrate love, romance and relationships.

2月14日是情人節(jié)，這是慶祝愛情、浪漫史和情侶關系的一天。

But today we will talk about some of the most overused romantic sayings in the English language. Throughout the years, people have used them WAY too much. So, they have come to mean almost nothing. They have become clichés.

但是今天我們將討論英語中過度使用最為嚴重的一些浪漫的說法。這些年來，人們過多地使用它們。所以它們幾乎變得沒有任何意義，它們變成了陳詞濫調。

We will start with one that breaks the laws of physics: 'Love makes the world go ‘round.'

我們將從一句打破物理規(guī)律的說法開始：愛讓世界轉動。

Love, of course, does not make the Earth go around. Just ask a scientist. The expression ‘love makes the world go ‘round' has nothing to do with the planet spinning. It means love is so important that without it, life would be sad and not worth living. Please, don't get me wrong. It is a lovely thought but to be honest, very overused.

當然，愛并不能讓世界轉動，不信問問科學家去。這句話跟地球轉動沒有關系，它的意思是愛非常重要，如果沒有愛，生活就會充滿悲傷，人生將會變得沒有意義。拜托不要誤會我的意思，這是一種可愛的想法，但是說實話，這句話被過度使用得太多了。

Love means never having to say you're sorry.

愛就永遠不用說抱歉

Another cliché is the expression ‘love means never having to say you're sorry.' Of all the romantic sayings, this is probably the one that people make fun of the most.

另一句陳詞濫調是“愛就永遠不用說抱歉。”在所有浪漫的說法中，這可能是人們嘲笑最多的一句。

How could you not? Apologizing to someone you love is important! As children, it is one of the first rules we learn: If I do something wrong or hurt someone else, I should say ‘I'm sorry.'"

你怎么就能不說抱歉呢?向你所愛的人道歉非常重要。這是我們作為孩子時最先學到的規(guī)則之一：如果我做錯事或者傷害別人，我就應該說“對不起”。

This expression comes from the 1970 movie Love Story. A young man is rich, while his love interest is poor. The rich man's father wants to keep the two apart. So, you know the story is not going to end well. To make matters worse, the young woman is dying, but they get married anyway. So, when he does something hurtful and apologizes, she says this now-famous and often parodied sentence.

這種表達出自1970年的電影《愛情故事》。一位男子很富有，而他所愛的人很貧窮，這位富有男子的父親希望將兩人分開。所以，你知道這個故事就不會有好結果。更糟糕的是，這位女子即將死去，但是無論如何他們還是結了婚。因此，當他做了一些傷人的事并為之道歉時，她說出了這句現(xiàn)在非常著名并且經常被夸張模仿的話。

Oliver: Jenny, I'm sorry.

奧利弗：珍妮，對不起。

Jenny: Don't. Love means never having to say you're sorry.

珍妮：不要說對不起。愛就永遠不要說抱歉。

Writing on the website Psychology Today, psychologist Barbara Rose explains the expression and defends it. She writes that if you really love someone without conditions, or as we say unconditionally, you will forgive them of everything. So, there's no need to apologize.

心理學家芭芭拉·羅斯在《今日心理學》網站上撰文解釋了這句表達并捍衛(wèi)這種說法。她寫道，如果你真的無條件地愛一個人，你就會原諒他的一切，所以就沒有必要道歉。

Well, that may sound good on paper. But I still want an apology if someone I love does something bad to me. A mother loves her child unconditionally. But she still deserves an apology if that child lies to her or says something mean.

好吧，這寫得似乎很有道理。但是如果我愛的人傷害了我，我還是想要一句抱歉。母親無條件地愛著她的孩子，但是如果孩子說謊或者說了什么不好聽的，她仍然應該得到一句抱歉。

Love hurts.

愛受傷

Anyone who has experienced unrequited, or unreturned, love knows that it can hurt like nothing else. To love someone who does not love you back can be difficult -- even painful.

任何經歷過單相思的人都知道這會受到一種截然不同的傷害。愛一個不愛你的人很難，甚至會非常痛苦。

Love hurts, Love scars

愛會受傷，也會留下傷痕

Love wounds and marks ...

愛會傷害，也會帶來毀滅

Saying "love hurts" to a friend in great pain from a broken heart does nothing. It is an empty statement that has been said a million times before. You would be better off not saying anything than saying this cliché.

對一位陷入傷心這一巨大痛苦中的朋友說出“愛會受傷”這句話并沒有什么意義。這是一句之前曾經說過無數次的空話。你最好不要說這種陳詞濫調。

And that's our Valentine's program on Words and Their Stories.

以上就是情人節(jié)詞匯掌故節(jié)目的全部內容。

Until next time ... I'm Anna Matteo.

我們下期節(jié)目見。安娜·馬特奧報道。