Upper-Intermediate - The Wives of Gay Men (D2103)

A: 绵绵回来啦!
Miánmián huílai la!
Mian Mian's back!
B: 嗯。兔姐你干嘛呢?
ng4. tùjiě nǐ gànmá ne?
Yeah. Tu Jie, what are you doing?
A: 我刚看了一个访谈节目,讲“同妻”的。
wǒ gāng kàn le yī gè fǎngtán jiémù, jiǎng" tóngqī” de.
I just watched a talk show about “beards”.
B: 什么是“同妻”?共同的妻子?
shénme shì" tóngqī”? gòngtóng de qīzi?
You watched a show about facial hair? Like guys showing off their beards?
A: 不是不是,就是同性恋男人的妻子。
bùshì bùshì, jiùshì tóngxìngliàn nánrén de qīzi.
No, no. It's the wife of a homosexual man.
B: 哦。
ò.
Oh.
A: 节目里说,目前大概有2000万同性恋,有90%会选择跟异性结婚。因为父母逼婚等原因,大部分同性恋会结婚生子。嫁给同性恋,一生的幸福就被毁了。冷暴力,出轨,还有艾滋!
jiémù lǐ shuō, mùqián dàgài yǒu liǎngqiānwàn tóngxìngliàn, yǒu bǎifēnzhījiǔshí huì xuǎnzé gēn yìxìng jiéhūn. yīnwèi fùmǔ bīhūn děng yuányīn, dàbùfen tóngxìngliàn huì jiéhūn shēngzǐ. jiàgěi tóngxìngliàn, yīshēng de xìngfú jiù bèi huǐ le. lěngbàolì, chūguǐ, háiyǒu àizī!
In the program they said that now there are about 20 million homosexuals and that 90 percent of them choose to marry with the opposite sex. Because of reasons like their parents compelling them to get married, most homosexuals get married and have kids. Marrying a homosexual takes all the happiness out of life. Emotional neglect, infidelity and even AIDS!
B: 太可怕了!不过同性恋也挺可怜的,我们的传统文化太重视结婚和生育了,对同性恋会有异样的眼光,不承认同性婚姻,才逼迫他们走上这条路的。
tài kěpà le! bùguò tóngxìngliàn yě tǐng kělián de, wǒmen de chuántǒng wénhuà tài zhòngshì jiéhūn hé shēngyù le, duì tóngxìngliàn huì yǒu yìyàng de yǎnguāng, bù chéngrèn tóngxìng hūnyīn, cái bīpò tāmen zǒushàng zhè tiáo lù de.
That's frightening! However, homosexuals also have it bad. Our traditional culture emphasizes marriage and having children. It sees homosexuality as abnormal and won't permit homosexual marriage. So it compels them to go this route.
A: 就算没勇气出柜,也不能为了掩人耳目,断送别人的幸福啊!跟一个正常的渴望爱的人结婚,把婚姻当幌子,自己却出去找同性寄托自己的性和情,呃,太恶心了!
jiùsuàn méi yǒngqì chūguì, yě bù néng wèile yǎnrén\'ěrmù, duànsòng biérén de xìngfú a! gēn yī gè zhèngcháng de kěwàng ài de rén jiéhūn, bǎ hūnyīn dāng huǎngzi, zìjǐ què chūqù zhǎo tóngxìng jìtuō zìjǐ de xìng hé qíng, è, tài ěxīn le!
Even if they don't have the courage to come out, they still shouldn't deceive people and deprive others of their happiness! To get married to someone with normal love needs and use marriage as a cover, and then to go out and look for someone gay to satisfy their emotional and sexual needs... Oh, it's disgusting!
B: 是啊。哎,兔姐,我觉得我跟他也有问题。
shì a. āi, tùjiě, wǒ juéde wǒ gēn tā yě yǒu wèntí.
Yeah. Hey, Tu Jie, I think I have a problem with him.
A: 什么问题?
shénme wèntí?
What problem?
B: 每次约会就是吃饭,逛街,看电影。好没劲啊!不过他说想尽快跟我结婚。
měicì yuēhuì jiùshì chīfàn, guàng jiē, kàn diànyǐng. hǎo méijìn a! bùguò tā shuō xiǎng jǐnkuài gēn wǒ jiéhūn.
Every time we go on a date we eat, go shopping and see movies. It's so boring! However, he says he wants to get married as soon as possible.
A: 你们进行到哪一步了?已经谈婚论嫁了?
nǐmen jìnxíng dào nǎyībù le? yǐjīng tánhūnlùnjià le?
What step are you at that you're already talking about marriage?
B: 什么哪一步?
shénme nǎyībù?
What do you mean “what step”?
A: 就是牵手,Kiss之类的。
jiùshì qiānshǒu, Kiss zhīlèi de.
Like holding hands, kissing, that kind of thing.
B: 这个真没有。
zhè ge zhēn méiyǒu.
We really haven't done that.
A: 你男朋友多大了?
nǐ nán péngyou duō dà le?
How old is this guy?
B: 28岁啊。怎么了?
èrshíbā suì a. zěnmele?
28. Why?
A: 28,还有这么纯洁的男人?交往了大半年,都提结婚了,连手都没牵过?
èrshíbā, háiyǒu zhème chúnjié de nánrén? jiāowǎng le dàbànnián, dōu tí jiéhūn le, lián shǒu dōu méi qiān guò?
28, and he's still such a pure guy? You've been together for over half a year, he's already brought up marriage, and you haven't even held hands?
B: 真的。有一次过马路我试探着想牵他的手,他立马缩回去了。你说,他不会是……对女人没兴趣吧?
zhēnde. yǒuyīcì guò mǎlù wǒ shìtàn zhe xiǎng qiān tā de shǒu, tā lìmǎ suō huíqù le. nǐ shuō, tā bù huì shì…… duì nǚrén méi xìngqù ba?
Really. One time we were crossing the street and I was looking to hold his hand. He quickly pulled back. You think... he couldn't be... not interested in women?

Key Vocabulary

访谈 fǎngtán to discuss
同妻 tóngqī beard, wife of a homosexual man
同性恋 tóngxìngliàn homosexual
huǐ to destroy
冷暴力 lěngbàolì emotional neglect
出轨 chūguǐ infidelity
生育 shēngyù to give birth to
异样 yìyàng abnormal
同性婚姻 tóngxìng hūnyīn gay marriage
逼迫 bīpò to force
就算……也…… jiùsuàn......yě...... even if ... still ...
出柜 chūguì to come out of the closet
掩人耳目 yǎnrén'ěrmù to deceive others
断送 duànsòng to deprive
幌子 huǎngzi cover, camoflauge
寄托 jìtuō to focus
谈婚论嫁 tánhūnlùnjià to talk about getting married
纯洁 chúnjié pure, innocent
试探 shìtàn to try out
suō to recoil

Supplementary Vocabulary

前途 qiántú future
冷漠 lěngmò indifferent
轨道 guǐdào train track
计划生育 jìhuàshēngyù birth control
衣柜 yīguì closet
牺牲 xīshēng to sacrifice
天真 tiānzhēn innocent

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