地道美語聽力播客837:和家人相處的問題（雙語）

Oscar: So you’re back from your mother’s birthday dinner. How was it?
奧斯卡：你回來啦，參加完你母親的生日晚宴，感覺怎么樣？
Priscilla: Same old, same old. It isn’t a family gathering without a major meltdown or blowup.
普里西拉：老樣子，老樣子。不爆發(fā)一場爭吵就不叫家庭聚會。
Oscar: Yikes, what happened?
奧斯卡：啊？發(fā)生什么事了？
Priscilla: You know how it is. It starts out with bickering and somebody taking offense at some slight or dig, or bringing up some old grievance.
普里西拉：其實你應(yīng)該知道。最開始是爭論，有人為了一點小事就開始輕蔑或挖苦地冷嘲熱諷，或者提起一些老掉牙的恩怨來。
Oscar: Well, that happens in most families.
奧斯卡：其實大多數(shù)家庭都會這樣。
Priscilla: Yeah, but in mine, they often turn into screaming matches. We all raise our voices and somebody always storms out.
普里西拉：但在我家，他們經(jīng)常會變成大喊大叫。我們都會提高嗓門，然后總有人會發(fā)飆。
Oscar: Even at your mother’s birthday dinner?
奧斯卡：即使是在你母親的生日晚宴上？
Priscilla: The occasion doesn’t matter. My mother tries to be the peacemaker, but it doesn’t take much for tempers to flare.
普里西拉：不管在哪都一樣。我媽媽試著當(dāng)個和事佬，但她很快也就發(fā)起脾氣來了。
Oscar: That never happens in my family.
奧斯卡：我們家從來不會這樣。
Priscilla: What?! Your family doesn’t fight when it gets together?
普里西拉：什么？！你們家聚會的時候不吵架嗎？
Oscar: No, we try to sweep things under the rug and put on a brave face.
奧斯卡：不吵。我們盡量去忽略那些不愉快的事，然后假裝若無其事的樣子。
Priscilla: What happens when you get mad at each other?
普里西拉：那你們生彼此的氣了怎么辦？
Oscar: Nothing.
奧斯卡：無所謂。
Priscilla: What do you mean nothing?
普里西拉：“無所謂”是什么意思？
Oscar: A lot of our family meals are eaten in stony silence.
奧斯卡：我們的家庭聚餐大都沉重且寂靜。
Priscilla: Wow, I think I prefer our knock-down, drag-out fights!
普里西拉：哇哦，相比之下我更喜歡我家這種混戰(zhàn)或者拉鋸戰(zhàn)！