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这个板块的文章来自the Boston Globe的专栏记者Meredith Goldstein运营的网站loveletters.boston.com。网站上的文章都是读者给Meredith发来的信件,询问一些我们平时都可能遇到的情感问题,网友会在上面评论留言,Meredith也会给出自己的建议,给许多困惑中的读者带来帮助。
在我看来,这些文章都是相当棒的英语阅读材料,文字浅显易懂又贴近生活,也会有许多地道的用语表达,同时也提供了很好的讨论的素材。我会将文字贴出,并作朗读。因为近期发现一些好的文章篇幅比较长,由于个人时间问题,我仅作朗读。
如果同学们对文本有不懂得地方,欢迎直接在推送最后留言,我将一一解答。而且我把我觉得可以学以致用的表达都标记了出来,能猜猜或者告诉大家是什么意思吗?欢迎留言哦~
本期问题: Boss VS boyfriend...
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Hi Meredith,
I think I am falling for my boss. The work is remote. We live in different countries, thousands of miles away. We talk almost every day via messaging app. Most of the conversations revolve around work; there's no flirting, and I am 100 percent sure he really has no other feelings for me than liking me as a great employee/business partner. I report to him directly, and he discusses most decisions with me.
Everything has been great, but all of a sudden I can't get him out of my head. We are close in age, and he's charming, smart, inspiring, and exciting. There are definitely more than enough reasons to like him. The tough part is that I am engaged and living with my boyfriend who I've been with since I was in my late teens (we've been together for six years). He is my first love and has been with me through hell and back, and he knows me even better than I know myself. I love him completely, and our relationship is good. Of course there are things that annoy me, and I'd say that he and my boss are polar opposites. My boyfriend works, but I'm the one who actually earns the income. This might be one of the reasons I have started to feel this way. With my boyfriend, even though he is brilliant in his own way, I do not agree with many of his plans, he's very stubborn, sometimes even rude, and I don't have confidence in his decisions. Also, I am having second thoughts about the future. He would like to move to the country and live a very quiet life, but I'm not sure if that's what I want. I would like to travel the world a bit.
Neither of them have any clue about my thoughts, and I don't want them to know. I love my boyfriend and I don't want to hurt him with these silly fantasies. Then again, I would like the other guy to hint that I'm not just a co-worker for him. Am I complete fool to fall for someone who is SO out of reach? Should I just snap out of it and try to just go with the life plans my partner has for us? Or should I just wait, do nothing, and just hope these feelings will pass?
– Second thoughts
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原文地址:
https://loveletters.boston.com/2017/03/boss-vs-boyfriend.html
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