


家庭生活
1.First of all, increasing work pressure is responsible for distant familyrelationships.
家庭关系疏远的第一个原因是工作压力的加大。
2.As today's economy is more demanding wage-earners often have to workovertime into the night or during weekends when, traditionally, familymembers used to cook together, watch a movie or even go on trips.
现代经济耗费了人们不少精力,工薪阶层常常超负荷工作,有时工作至深夜,有时他们在周末加班;而传统家庭的成员常常一块做饭、看电影、旅游。
3.Day after day, lack of communication creeps into homes, and thendisputes appear and an icy gulf grows between them.
日积月累,家庭成员之间的相互沟通逐渐减少,彼此间出现了争执和隔阂。
4.The media have discouraged spontaneous communication within familiesand led to greater emotional distance.
媒体使得家庭成员之间的主动联系渐少,并且产生巨大的精神隔阂。
5.With most families owning more than one TV set, people now spend a lotof time watching soap operas in their own separate room, whereas in thepast, they may have sat and talked to each other about everything from lifeto work when they were free.
由于许多家庭有不止一台电视机,人们常常泡在自己的房间里看肥皂剧,而过去他们如果有时间的话,则可能会坐在一起谈论生活的点点滴滴。
6.We humans enjoy more convenient lives, but at the expense of theintimacy and pleasure of doing things together.
我们人类喜欢更加便捷的生活,可是付出的代价就是家庭关系的疏远,并且会丧失大家一起工作的乐趣。


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