地道美語聽力播客900：兄弟姐妹間的明爭(zhēng)暗斗

Nancy: Isn’t this a great time of year? Families get together over the holidays.

　　南希：這不是一年中最美好的時(shí)光嗎?節(jié)日里家人合家團(tuán)圓。

　　Yasmani: Maybe it’s nice for some families, but I dread my family get-togethers.

　　亞馬尼：對(duì)于某些家庭來說，可能是吧，我挺害怕家庭聚會(huì)的。

　　Nancy: How come?

　　南希：怎么會(huì)這樣呢?

　　Yasmani: I have a big family and there has always been a lot of sibling rivalry.

　　亞馬尼：我們家是一個(gè)大家庭，兄弟姐妹間少不了明爭(zhēng)暗斗。

　　Nancy: I’m sure that was true when you were growing up, but you’ve all grown out of it, haven’t you?

　　南希：我相信小時(shí)候會(huì)是這樣的，可現(xiàn)在你已經(jīng)不這樣了，不是嗎?

　　Yasmani: Not us. The firstborn still thinks he’s in charge, the middle children still act up to get attention, and the baby of the family is still rebellious.

　　亞馬尼：不是我們。長(zhǎng)子還認(rèn)為他掌管一切，排行中間的孩子還在為得到重視努力，最小的孩子還是很叛逆。

　　Nancy: That’s true in a lot of families.

　　南希：很多家庭就是這樣的。

　　Yasmani: Yes, but when we get together, we compete to show up the others. We brag, argue, and nitpick. It’s rather pathetic, actually.

　　亞馬尼：嗯，我們聚在一起的時(shí)候，大家都爭(zhēng)著向別人炫耀，吹噓，辯論，吹毛求疵，其實(shí)，挺討人厭的。

　　Nancy: How do your parents handle all that?

　　南希：你的父母怎么做?

　　Yasmani: They’ve always left us to our own devices. We just fight it out amongst ourselves.

　　亞馬尼：他們總是讓我們自己解決。我們就要爭(zhēng)到底。

　　Nancy: So, there’s no loving bond between the siblings.

　　南希：那么。兄弟姐妹之間就談不上什么手足之情了。

　　Yasmani: Oh, we love each other, but we compete with other, too. It’s complicated.

　　亞馬尼：哦， 我們互敬互愛，但我們彼此之間也相互競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，這很復(fù)雜。

　　Nancy: Then I should be glad to be an only child?

　　南希：那我是獨(dú)生女，我應(yīng)該很高興了?

　　Yasmani: That’s right. Count your blessings!

　　亞馬尼：對(duì)啊。知足吧!