家是一只瓷碗(中英对照).doc

家是一只瓷碗（中英对照）

现代的家并不是缺乏爱情，而是缺乏包容和珍惜。

The modern marriage isn’t lack of love but tolerance and cherishment.

妻子洗碗时失手摔了一只碗，丈夫说一句：“怎么搞的，一只碗都拿不牢。”妻子不服气，顶一句：“一只碗值几毛钱，也值得你心疼半天，怎么不心疼我割破了手？”丈夫一听来气了：“你这个人怎么这样无理，做错了事，说你一句都不成。”妻子便一蹦老高：“我又不是你家的保姆，凭什么要让你说，你也有手有脚，你怎么不洗碗？”丈夫一拍桌子：“你这个人简直不可理喻，胡搅蛮缠。”女的一叉腰：我就这么蛮，你怎么着？当初怎么不把眼睛睁大点！怎么啦，后悔啦，又想起先前的小情人了吧……”话音未落，男的一扬手，“呼”的一巴掌甩过去。女的捂着脸：“你这个畜生，你竟敢打我，老娘不跟你过了。我要离婚！”“离就离，吓唬谁呢？”

Wife dropped a bowl and broken when she did the dishes. Husband said:

“What’s up? You did couldn’t hold a bowl?” Wife didn’t concede: “

How much does a bowl that you are care so much? Why don’t you pay a little attention to my cut finger?” hearing about that, husband felt furious: “you are so troublesome! Do not accept any blame on your miss.” The wife was angrier: “I’m not your amah, why should I blame for that? You are not disability or something, why do not do the dishes by yourself? ” Husband pounded the table angrily:” you are no reasoning and importunate.” woman akimbo:” I’m actually importunate, what can you do? Why don’t you take a clear look on me at first? So , regret , missing your little loving honey……”her voice was irrupted by the hand of the man, “Hu…… man raised his hand beating on woman’s face. Woman covered her face with her hand:” you bitch! How dare you beat me! We are done! I wane divorce!” “Divorce? Ok! I wane!”

第二天，真离了。就这么简单。一个家庭的毁灭，就如一只瓷碗，只是不经意地一摔，便碎了。

The next day, divorce is result, so easy. A home’s destroy which is like a Porcelaneous Bowl dropped unexpectedly and broken to pieces.

许多家庭的毁灭，往往就是源于这种貌似潇洒貌似现代的轻率和冲动。家是一只瓷碗，拥有这只碗的人便有了生存的“凭据”。这碗里虽然只是粗茶淡饭，但也足以营养人之一生，因而这只瓷碗就值得人们好生爱惜。瓷碗易碎，毁之极易，成之艰难，/即使我们有回天之术，可以将破碎的瓷碗重新黏合，但那一定是一件呕心沥血、异常艰难的苦差事。并且黏合之后，那曾经破碎的痕迹也许就是永远也不能消弭的疤痕。

It’s seemed to modern rashness and impulses usually result in a lots homes’ destroys. Homes are a Porcelaneous Bowl, once held and hold the “reason” of existence(living). Thought there is only simple diet in this bowl, it can provide the nutrition for a whole life, so this bowl should be cherished. Porcelains are hard to be created but easy to be crisp. It’s a kind of heart out and arduous job to repair the broken porcelaneous bowl, though we are magic. Although repaired, the once vestige may be the forever scar.

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wedlock: as vulnerable as a porcelain bowl

what a present-day married couple lacks is not love at wedding period, but mutual tolerance and admiration in the years to come.

an accident occures this way. while the wife is washing bowls and dishes, one porcelain bowl slips from her hand breaks.

"what's wrong with you? is a bowl so hard to hold?" remarks the husband.

"what worth is it to merit your regret " retorts the wife who feels wronged."my finger cut by the broke pieces is no concern of yours!"

"brook not a word of blame for your own mistake," says the irritated husband," how unreasonable you are!"

"a word of blame! am i your housemaid? by what are you justified to blame me ? why don't you, same as me with two hands, wash bowls and dishes?" the wife has been goaded into an angry reply.

"you simply irrational!" shouts the husband, thumping the table indignantly." you are so savage and absurd!"

"i am born savage and absurd! what can you do about it ?" says the woman defiantly, with arms akimbo."do you think you didn't get married with your eyes open wider? and now regret for it ? think of your old sweetie again……"

before she can finish it, a slap has landed on her face.

"you beast! strike me like that!" the woman covers her cheek and threatens." no getting along with you. divorce!"

"as you like. divorce is no threat to me."

the next day, they got divorced, and the home went to pieces, just like a porcelain bowl——and accidental slip will break it.

how many couples'wedlock is thus brought to an abrupt end ! it ofen results from such indiscreation and impusiveness that are regarded by today's young people as modern and stylish. home is no more than a porcelain bowl, which gives its owners something to fall back on. simple food thoughthe bowl contains it is adequate to nourish one throughout one's life. this porcelain bowl, therefore, needs cherishing. it is so vulnerable that once broken it can hardly be pieced together by painstaking efforts, the glued cracks will still be there as an everlasting reminder of the unpleasant past.