短语洞察 28 | Drift apart: 为什么曾经的好朋友会渐行渐远？| 情感英语

🎧 节目简介你翻看通讯录时，是否会盯着某些名字发呆？曾经无话不谈的好友，如今却不知道该如何开口。没有争吵，没有矛盾，只是不知不觉中，你们的生活轨迹不再重合。这种成年人世界里最常见、也最无奈的“自然疏远”，英语里有一个极其精准且充满画面感的短语。本期 Beyond English 不止英语，Mandy 和 Patrick 带你聊聊 "Drift apart"，并分享另外两个相关的地道表达，帮你看清人际关系的流动。📖 CORE VOCABULARY• Drift apart: [逐渐疏远] - To slowly become less close to someone over time• Grow apart: [因成长而疏远] - To stop being friends because you have changed and developed different interests• Lose touch: [失去联系] - To stop communicating with someone________________________________________🗣️ BILINGUAL SCRIPT (中英对照 · 辅助理解)Patrick: Hello everyone. Welcome back to Beyond English. I'm Patrick.Patrick: 大家好。欢迎回到 Beyond English 不止英语。我是 Patrick。Mandy: And I'm Mandy. Patrick, I was looking through my old photos yesterday, and it made me think about something a bit sad.Mandy: 我是 Mandy。Patrick，昨天我在翻看旧照片，这让我想到了一些有点伤感的事情。Patrick: Oh? What was on your mind?Patrick: 哦？你在想什么？Mandy: I saw a picture of my best friend from high school. We used to do everything together. But now... we haven't spoken in three years. We didn't fight. We just... stopped.Mandy: 我看到了一张我高中最好朋友的照片。我们以前形影不离。但现在……我们要有三年没说话了。我们没吵架。就是……停了。Patrick: That is a very common human experience, Mandy. It is bittersweet. The phrase we use for this is: Drift apart. You drifted apart.Patrick: 这是非常常见的人生经历，Mandy。苦乐参半。我们用来形容这个的短语是：Drift apart（逐渐疏远）。你们疏远了。Mandy: Drift apart. Like a boat on the water?Mandy: Drift apart。就像水上的船吗？Patrick: Exactly. That is the visual. Imagine two boats floating on a lake. Without an anchor or a rope tying them together, the water currents slowly push them in different directions.Patrick: 没错。就是这个画面。想象两艘船漂在湖面上。如果没有锚或者绳子把它们系在一起，水流会慢慢把它们推向不同的方向。Patrick: You don't notice it happening until you look up and realize the other person is far away. It is slow and natural.Patrick: 你不会察觉到它的发生，直到你抬起头，发现那个人已经很远了。这是缓慢且自然的。Mandy: That is so poetic and sad. So, are there other ways to describe this fading friendship?Mandy: 真诗意又真伤感。那么，还有其他方式来描述这种消逝的友谊吗？Patrick: Yes. If the reason you separated is that your personalities changed, you can use: Grow apart.Patrick: 有。如果你们分开的原因是性格变了，你可以用：Grow apart（因成长而疏远）。Mandy: Ah, like when I started working and she went travelling?Mandy: 啊，就像我开始工作，而她去旅行了？Patrick: Precisely. You grew in different directions. And the result of all this? You: Lose touch.Patrick: 确切地说。你们朝不同方向成长了。而这一切的结果是什么？你们：Lose touch（失去联系）。Mandy: I definitely lost touch. So, Patrick, can I use "Drift apart" for romantic relationships?Mandy: 我确实失去联系了。那么，Patrick，我可以用 "Drift apart" 来形容恋爱关系吗？Patrick: You can. It is a very gentle way to explain a breakup. "We didn't fight, we just drifted apart." It means no one is the bad guy.Patrick: 可以。这是一种非常温和的解释分手的方式。“我们没吵架，我们只是渐行渐远了。”这意味着没人是坏人。Mandy: That is useful. But what if one person just stops answering texts? Is that drifting apart?Mandy: 这很有用。但如果其中一个人突然不回短信了呢？那是 drifting apart 吗？Patrick: No, be careful. Drifting is mutual and slow. If one person suddenly stops talking, that is "Ghosting." Ghosting is rude; drifting is natural.Patrick: 不，小心。Drifting（疏远）是相互且缓慢的。如果一个人突然停止说话，那是 "Ghosting"（玩失踪）。Ghosting 是无礼的；Drifting 是自然的。Mandy: I see. Ghosting is a crash; drifting is a slow float.Mandy: 我明白了。Ghosting 是撞车；Drifting 是缓慢漂流。Patrick: Exactly. Listeners, have you drifted apart from an old friend?Patrick: 没错。听众朋友们，你们有没有和老朋友渐行渐远？Mandy: Maybe reach out and say hi today. Don't lose touch.Mandy: 也许今天可以联系一下，打个招呼。别断了联系。Patrick: Thanks for listening. Go beyond words.Patrick: 谢谢收听。超越词汇。________________________________________如果你喜欢我们的节目，欢迎你推荐给更多感兴趣的朋友，也欢迎你在我们的评论区留言交流。在小宇宙查看该单集文稿