<p class="ql-block">男女關(guān)不住,情竇飛出來!</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">張藍(lán)平 (Peter)</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">人生當(dāng)中有兩樣?xùn)|西藏不住:愛和咳嗽,英語說:Love and cough can’t be hidden.,因?yàn)槟嵌际亲匀灰?guī)律(Let nature take its course.)。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">男女其實(shí)在很小的時(shí)候就會(huì)產(chǎn)生情愫,有一種關(guān)系叫做“青梅竹馬”,據(jù)說基于“青梅竹馬”關(guān)系的愛情婚姻,通常牢固并持久。</p><p class="ql-block">“青梅竹馬”的一個(gè)英文注解是:a man and a woman who had an innocent affection for each other in childhood。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">當(dāng)男女長(zhǎng)到十三、四歲的時(shí)候,他們情竇初開,有了初戀(Puppy Love),陷于初戀之中的男女,他們相互眉來眼去,暗送秋波(They cast sheep’s eyes at each other.)。盡管他們大都是校園里的學(xué)生,但“滿園少年關(guān)不住,早戀初愛出墻來”,那時(shí)的他們,每天都精神亢奮、意氣風(fēng)發(fā)。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">成人男女之間的愛情自不待說,男大當(dāng)婚,女大當(dāng)嫁(Men should marry and women should wed when they come of age.)</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">老年男女還有“黃昏戀”(Romance in one’s twilight years)?!包S昏戀”多發(fā)生在跳廣場(chǎng)舞的地方,比如那位老奶奶逢人便講她和現(xiàn)在的老伴是在跳廣場(chǎng)舞結(jié)識(shí)并走到一起的(Her grandmother often shares how she and her grandfather, who met at a public square dance, built a sweet romance in their twilight years.)</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">有人認(rèn)為愛情是一把火一下子燒起來的,是“一見鐘情”即刻發(fā)生的(to fall in love at first sight)。愛情以如此的方式到來,是“愛來如山倒”,恰如“病來如山倒”而不可抗拒。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">也有人相信“日久生情”(Love grows over time.)。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">還有一種“婚外戀”(Extramarital love affair)的愛情,卷入這種關(guān)系的人大都“這山望著那山高”(The grass is greener at the other side of the fence.)</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">英俊的男人和漂亮的女人一般都不愁找不到愛情,而長(zhǎng)相平庸的女人(Woman with plain face)也不必焦慮,因?yàn)椤扒槿搜劾锍鑫魇保˙eauty is in the eye of the beholder.),她們終將會(huì)被喜歡她們的男人娶走,正所謂“每一口鍋都有自己的蓋子”(Every pot has its lid.)。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">2025年9月14日</p>