Learn English through Stories Level 3 ⭐ Wedding Test - Emotional English Story for Listening Practic
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My name is Elizabeth.
我的名字是伊丽莎白。
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I am 23 years old.
我23岁了。
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I need to tell you about a girl named Arabella.
我要告诉你一个叫阿拉伯拉的女孩。
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She moved into our apartment building.
她搬进了我们的公寓大楼。
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She was around my age, kind, and confident.
她在我的年龄左右,善良,自信。
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My mother loved her.
妈妈爱她。
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My mother said to me, look at Arabella.
妈妈告诉我,看看阿拉伯。
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She's so responsible, so organized.
她如此负责,如此有组织。
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You should learn something from her.
你应该从她身上学到一些东西。
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Try to be more like her, I rolled my eyes at first, but after a while, it began to bother me. I didn't dislike Arabella.
试着更像她,我一开始就滚动了眼睛,但过了一会儿,它开始打扰我,我不喜欢阿拉贝拉。
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I didn't even know her that well, but hearing her name all the time made me angry.
我甚至不知道她那么好,但听到她的名字一直让我生气。
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It had been three months since Arabella moved in.
阿拉伯利亚搬进来已经三个月了。
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One afternoon, my mother said, Arabella's boyfriend had proposed.
有一天下午,我妈妈说,阿拉贝拉的男朋友提议了。
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Arabella is getting married next month.
阿拉贝拉将于下个月结婚。
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I was shocked.
我震惊了。
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I looked at my mother.
我看着我的母亲。
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I said, what already?
我说,已经怎么了?
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How old is she?
她多大年纪?
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My mother said she was 24.
妈妈说她24岁了。
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I couldn't believe it.
我不能相信它。
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Arabella was so young.
阿拉贝拉太年轻了。
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Two weeks later, Arabella got married.
两个星期后,阿拉贝拉结婚了。
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She wore a beautiful white dress.
她穿着一件漂亮的白色衣服。
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She looked happy.
她看起来很开心。
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I didn't talk to Arabella much.
我没有和阿拉伯拉多说话。
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Still, I didn't wish her any harm.
尽管如此,我并没有祝愿她任何伤害。
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I hoped things would go well for her.
我希望事情对她来说会很好。
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Two days later, everything changed.
两天后,一切都改变了。
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I came home from work that evening.
那天晚上我从工作回来。
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I opened the door to our apartment and there she was.
我打开了公寓的门,她就在那里。
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Arabella, sitting on our couch in our living room, I froze.
阿拉贝拉坐在我们客厅的沙发上,我冻死了。
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Her face was pale.
她的脸是苍白的。
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Her eyes were red and swollen.
她的眼睛是红色的和肿胀。
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She had been crying.
她一直在哭。
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My mother was sitting beside her.
妈妈坐在她旁边。
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She was crying too.
她也哭了。
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Next to them was Arabella's mother.
他们旁边是阿拉伯拉的母亲。
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She was holding my mother's hand.
她抓住了我母亲的手。
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People from the building began to gather.
楼上的人们开始聚集起来。
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The word had spread quickly.
这个词迅速传播。
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The bride had come back on the third day of her marriage.
未婚夫在她结婚的第三天回来了。
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My mother looked up and saw me. Her eyes were full of tears.
妈妈抬头看着我,她的眼睛充满了泪水。
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She said, Go to your room!
她说,去你的房间!
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I nodded.
我点了点。
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I didn't ask any questions.
我没有问任何问题。
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I just turned and walked down the hall.
我刚刚转过身来,走下大厅。
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Everyone wanted to know what had happened.
每个人都想知道发生了什么。
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Everyone had advice.
每个人都有建议。
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They tried to talk to Arabella.
他们试图和阿拉贝拉谈话。
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They told her what she should have done.
他们告诉她她应该做什么。
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What she shouldn't have done.
她不该做的事情。
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What was right.
什么是对的。
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What was wrong.
什么是错的。
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But no one told me anything.
但没有人告诉我什么。
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Maybe they thought I was too young.
也许他们认为我太年轻了。
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Maybe they thought I wouldn't understand.
也许他们以为我不会理解。
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So, I stayed quiet.
所以,我保持沉默。
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Then when evening.
然后,当晚上。
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I heard my parents talking.
我听到父母在说话。
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I was in my room.
我在我的房间里。
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The door was slightly open.
门稍微开了。
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My mother was talking to my father.
妈妈正在和我父亲说话。
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She said, tomorrow you need to go to Arabella's in -laws.
她说,明天你需要去阿拉贝拉的法律。
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Talk to them.
跟他们说话。
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Ask them to take her back.
请他们把她带回来。
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Mistakes happen.
错误发生了。
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There has to be some kind of solution.
必须有某种解决方案。
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Marriages don't just end like this.
婚姻不只是这样结束。
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My father agreed.
父亲同意了。
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He said he would go.
他说他会去的。
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The next morning they left.
第二天早上,他们离开了。
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I stayed home.
我留在家里。
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Arabella was upstairs with her brother.
阿拉贝拉和她的哥哥在楼上。
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I didn't have the courage to go up there.
我没有勇气爬到那里。
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I didn't have the courage to ask her what had happened.
我没有勇气问她发生了什么事。
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So I stayed downstairs, waiting, praying that they would come back with good news.
所以我站在楼下,等待,祈祷他们会带着好消息回来。
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They returned in the evening.
他们晚上回来了。
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I was sitting on the couch when the door opened.
我坐在沙发上,门打开了。
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I looked up.
我抬头看了。
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Arabella's mother was holding a white bed sheet in her hands.
阿拉贝拉的母亲手里拿着一张白色的床单。
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Her face was full of anger.
她的脸充满了愤怒。
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She yelled at Arabella.
她在阿拉伯拉发出尖叫声。
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She screamed at her.
她对她大喊大叫。
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And then she said something I will never forget.
然后她说了一句话,我永远不会忘记。
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She said, it would have been better if girls like Arabella were never born.
她说,如果像阿拉贝拉这样的女孩永远不会出生,那就更好了。
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I should never have had a daughter.
我从来不应该有女儿。
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It would have been better if you had died with your father.
如果你和你的父亲一起死了,那就更好了。
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My heart stopped.
我的心停止了。
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I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
我不敢相信我听到的。
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My mother looked at me and said, Take Arabella upstairs.
妈妈看着我,说,把阿拉贝拉带上楼。
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I nodded.
我点了点。
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I stood up and walked over to Arabella.
我站起来,走向阿拉伯利亚。
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I gently took her by the arm and led her toward the stairs.
我轻轻地握住她的胳膊,带她走向楼梯。
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I still didn't know what had caused all of this.
我仍然不知道是什么导致了这一切。
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No one had told me. Arabella's mother didn't stop at words.
没有人告诉我,阿拉贝拉的母亲没有停止说话。
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She raised her hand.
她举起了手。
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She slapped Arabella right across the face.
她把阿拉贝拉打在脸上。
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Arabella didn't fight back.
阿拉伯拉没有反击。
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She didn't defend herself.
她没有捍卫自己。
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She just stood there crying.
她只是站在那里哭泣。
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My mother quickly stepped between them.
妈妈很快就走在他们之间。
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She told me to take Arabella back downstairs.
她告诉我把阿拉贝拉带回楼下。
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She said she would handle Arabella's mother.
她说她会处理阿拉贝拉的母亲。
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So, I brought Arabella down.
所以,我把阿拉伯拉拉带下来。
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I gave her a glass of water.
我给了她一杯水。
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I asked if she was alright.
我问她是否没事。
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Arabella didn't answer.
阿拉伯拉没有回答。
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She just stared at the floor.
她只是盯着地板。
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Her hands were shaking.
她的手颤抖了。
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After a few minutes, I asked her again.
几分钟后,我又问她。
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I asked if she could tell me what had happened.
我问她能不能告诉我发生了什么事。
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Arabella looked at me. She said, She said, she said she just surveyed.
阿拉贝拉看着我,她说,她说,她说她刚刚调查。
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So, she said, She said,
她说,她说,
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I didn't bleed.
我没有流血。
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I didn't understand.
我不明白。
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I said, what?
我说,什么?
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I had no idea what she meant.
我不知道她是什么意思。
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Arabella was about to explain, but before she could, my mother came.
阿拉贝拉即将解释,但在她可以之前,我的母亲来了。
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She walked over to us.
她向我们走过。
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She told Arabella to go back to her house.
她告诉阿拉贝拉回到她的家。
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I felt angry because I still didn't understand.
我很生气,因为我还不明白。
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After six months, Arabella got divorced.
六个月后,阿拉伯拉离婚了。
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That's it.
这就是它。
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The story is over.
故事结束了。
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Well, almost.
好吧,几乎。
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I forgot to mention something important.
我忘了提到重要的事情。
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Arabella's in -laws threw her out for one reason.
阿拉贝拉的法律因为一个原因把她扔出去。
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She was not a virgin.
她不是处女。
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That was it.
这就是它。
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That was the crime.
这就是犯罪。
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That was the shame.
这就是耻辱。
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Losing virginity before marriage?
结婚前失去童贞
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How dare she?
她怎么敢?
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How shameless, people said.
多么无耻,人们说。
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Well, her father died when she was young.
她的父亲在她年轻时去世了。
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This is what happens.
这就是发生的事情。
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This is what you get when you send girls to college.
这就是你送女孩去大学时得到的。
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His is what you get when you give them freedom.
他的就是你得到的,当你给他们自由。
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Even here in America, there are still countless ways people judge whether you are pure or not.
即使在美国,人们仍然有无数的方式来判断你是否纯洁。
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In some areas, the white bedsheet test still exists.
在某些地区,白色床单测试仍然存在。
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If you don't bleed on your wedding night, you fail.
如果你在婚礼之夜没有出血,你就失败了。
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You don't get your
你没有得到你的
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approval.
批准。
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You don't get your validation.
你没有得到你的验证。
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You are labeled.
你被标记了。
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You are shamed.
你害羞了。
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You are sent away.
你被送走了。
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But the question was never whether Arabella was a virgin or not.
但问题从来不是阿拉贝拉是否是处女。
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The real question was whether she was pure.
真正的问题是她是否纯洁。
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And who gets to decide that?
谁能决定这一点呢?
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Society.
社会。
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Always society.
总是社会。
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You know, our whole lives, we try to be good.
你知道,我们一生都在努力做善事。
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Good daughter, good sister, good wife, good friend, good lover.
好女儿,好妹妹,好妻子,好朋友,好情人。
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But we forget that relationships come and go.
但是我们忘记了,关系会来,会去。
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People come and go.
人们来和去。
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But first, we have to be good humans.
首先,我们必须是好人。
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We tried so hard to make everyone happy.
我们努力让每个人都快乐。
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But no one was satisfied.
但没有人满意。
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Not our families.
不是我们的家庭。
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Not our partners.
不是我们的合作伙伴。
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Not our lovers.
不是我们的爱人。
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Not society.
不是社会。
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Your reputation can be destroyed in a single moment.
你的声誉可以在一瞬间被摧毁。
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One mistake and everything you built is gone.
一个错误,你所建造的一切都消失了。
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Arabella was never my enemy.
阿拉伯拉从来不是我的敌人。
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She was my friend.
她是我的朋友。
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She taught me that someone's opinion can never define your character.
她告诉我,别人的意见永远不能定义你的性格。
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Only you can do that.
只有你才能做到这一点。
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I felt proud of her.
我为她感到骄傲。
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She fought for herself.
她为自己而战。
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There are many medical reasons why women don't bleed on their first night.
女性在第一天晚上不流血的原因有很多。
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And none of them have anything to do with who a woman really is.
这些都与一个女人真正是谁无关。
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So before you judge, maybe take a moment and learn the truth.
所以,在你评判之前,也许要花一点时间去了解真相。
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