Lesson 32 Sentences Flashcards
There are more and more divorced people, which means that the moral standard of Chinese people has dropped/decreased.
离婚的人越来越多这表示中国人的道德水平下降了/降低了。
下降 vs. 降低
下降：intransitive verb; It doesn’t take any objects
成本下降/降低了
降低：transitive verb
降低商店的成本
Yes, divorce does cause social problems.
对，离婚的确会造成社会问题。
The increase in the number of divorces is not so much a decline in moral standards as it is an increase in the status of women.
离婚人数的增加与其说是道德水平的下降，不如说是妇女地位的提高。
In the past, women depended on men financially.
以前,女人在经济上依靠男人。
If a woman divorces her husband, she loses her security.
如果一个女人跟丈夫离婚就失去了生活保障。
The safety of pedestrians in Beijing is not guaranteed.
The responsibility of the government is to ensure the safety of the people.
在北京行人的安全没有保障。
政府的责任是保障人民的安全。
Even if he is rich, I don’t want to marry him.
即使他很有钱，我也不想跟他结婚。
Now that the contacts between men and women are becoming more and more open, the possibility of extramarital relations has increased. Women should not live with men.
现在男女的交往越来越公开，发生婚外关系的可能也就增加了。妇女不应该跟男人一起生活下去。
There is no love between the husband and wife, but they still maintain their marriage.
夫妻之间没有了爱情，可是他们还维持他们的婚姻。
Women’s status has improved. Besides, their income is getting higher and higher, so more and more women get divorced.
女人的地位提高了，再说，他们的收入也越来越高，所以离婚的女人越来越多。
In some countries, the people cannot criticize the government publicly.
在有的国家，人民不可以公开批评政府。
What he said hurt me。
. . . The child’s hurt. . .
他说的话伤害了我。
。。。孩子受到的伤害。。。
If it were not for the children, they would have divorced long ago.
要不是为了孩子，他们早就离婚了。
They want to divorce, but for the sake of their children, they reluctantly live together.
他们想离婚，可是为了孩子，还勉强生活在一起。
