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双语阅读：端午小长假情侣自驾游要小心 2010年06月12日11:00北外网院博客我要评论(0) 字号：T|T Remember when cars were romantic? As teenagers, they represented freedom and first kisses.And as adults, many couples say they have their most intimate discussions on long drives, because they are trapped together yet not forced to face each other directly. 还记得汽车什么时候让你觉得浪漫吗？在十几岁的青少年看来，汽车代表着自由和初吻。长大成人以后，许多夫妻说他们最亲密的谈话就是发生在长途旅行的车中，因为他们虽然被绑在了一起，但他们无需与对方面对面。 But, sadly, automobiles too often become flashpoints for the power struggles and personality clashes going on elsewhere in our relationships. 然而，糟糕的是，汽车在很多时候都变成了在其他场合也会发生的权力争夺和个性冲突的爆发点。 Beverly Floyd will never forget the worst argument she ever had with her husband--a fight that saw the couple screaming at each other and hurling insults of crazy and psycho. 贝弗莉·弗洛伊德永远也不会忘记和丈夫那次最糟糕的争吵──那次，夫妻俩冲着对方大喊大叫，骂对方是“疯子”和“神经病”。 A spat about finances? The kids? Work? Nope. It was about which one of them should gas up the car. 这是因为家庭财务问题而起吗？或者是因为孩子、抑或是工作？都不是。他俩是因为谁该给汽车加油的问题而吵起来的。 The fireworks started when the couple pulled into a service station while on a return leg of a road trip. Already silently fuming that he hadnt offered to do his share of the driving, Ms. Floyd was astounded when her then-boyfriend didnt lift a finger to pump the gas. So she did it herself and paid for it. As she got back into the car, he handed her a $20 bill. 争吵是在一次驾车出行的返程途中，当他们把汽车开进服务站后开始的。弗洛伊德本来就因为那时还是男朋友的丈夫没有主动提出驾车而满腹怨气，当男朋友在加油时连手指头都懒得动一下的时候，弗洛伊德不禁大吃一惊。于是，她自己动手给车加了油，付了钱。当她坐回车里的时候，男朋友递给她一张20美元的钞票。 Bad idea. She threw it at him. He tossed it back at her. She ripped it up. He shredded the cash she kept in the ashtray. She ripped up the money in his wallet. All told, they destroyed about $200 in a matter of minutes. (They spent their evening trying to match serial numbers and tape the shredded pieces of money together.) 这下惹恼了她。弗洛伊德把钱扔了回去。男朋友再冲她扔回来。她把钱撕成两半放进烟灰缸里。男朋友把它拿出来撕成碎片。接着，她把男朋友钱包里的钱全都撕碎了。总的算起来，他们在几分钟时间内一共撕掉了大约200美元的钞票。（那天他们整个晚上都在试着按照钞票上的序列号，把碎片拼贴起来。） Although weve gotten better, we still argue