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1、Unit5AnAlpineDivorce1.JohnBodmanwasamanwhowasalwaysatoneextremeortheother.Thisprobablywouldhavematteredlittlehadhenotmarriedawifewhosenaturewasanexactduplicateofhisown.1约翰?伯德曼是一个常常走极端的人。这本来应该没什么，但可惜，他妻子的性格整个儿是他的翻版。2.Doubtlessthereexistsinthisworldpreciselytherightwomanforanygivenmantomarry
2、andviceversa;butwhenyouconsiderthatonehumanbeinghastheopportunityofbeingacquaintedwithonlyafewhundredpeople,andoutofthefewhundredthattherearebutadozenorlesswhomoneknowsintimately,andoutofthedozen,oneortwoclosefriendsatmost,itwilleasilybeseen,whenwerememberthenumberofmillionswhoinhabitthisw
3、orld,thatprobably,sincetheEarthwascreated,therightmanhasneveryetmettherightwoman.Themathematicalchancesareallagainstsuchameeting,andthisisthereasonthatdivorcecourtsexist.Marriageatbestisbutacompromise,andiftwopeoplehappentobeunitedwhoareofanuncompromisingnaturethereisboundtobetrouble.2毋庸置疑
4、，对于任何一个男人，这世上总会有一个相当合适的女人能和他成家，反之亦然。但是如果你考虑一下:每个人仅有机会结识几百个人而已，在这几百个人之中熟知的只有那么干几人甚至更少，在这十几个人之中又最多只有一两个知心朋友;别忘了，居住在这世上的人有多少个百万，因此显而易见:自地球存在以来，这合适的男人极有可能从来就没有遇到过他那个合适的女人。。从概率上来讲，这样相遇的机会微乎其微，这也正是离婚法庭存在的原因。婚姻充其量不过是一种妥协，而如果恰好两个个性上互不妥协的人结合了，那就肯定会有麻烦。3.Inthelivesofthesetwoyoungpeopletherewasnomidd
5、ledistance.Theresultwasboundtobeeitherloveorhate,andinthecaseofMr.andMrs.Bodmanitwashateofthemostbitterandegotisticalkind.3对于两个这样的年轻人来说，生活没有什么中间点，其结局注定要么是爱，要么是恨，而就伯德曼夫妇而言，他们到头来有的是那种最刻骨、最傲慢的恨。4.Insomepartsoftheworld,incompatibilityoftemperisconsideredajustcauseforobtainingadivorce,butinEngl
6、andnosuchsubtledistinctionismade,andsountilthewifebecamecriminal,orthemanbecamebothcriminalandcruel,thesetwowerelinkedtogetherbyabondthatonlydeathcouldsever.'Nothingcanbeworsethanthisstateofthings,andthematterwasonlymadethemorehopelessbythefactthatMrs.Bodmanlivedablamelesslife,whileherhusb
7、andwasnoworsethanthemajorityofmen.Perhaps,however,thatstatementheldonlyuptoacertainpoint,forJohnBodmanhadreachedastateofmindinwhichheresolvedtogetridofhiswifeatallhazards.Ifhehadbeenapoormanhewouldprobablyhavedesertedher,buthewasrich,andamancannotfreelyleaveap
