老外聊三十而已

主播：翩翩（中国）+梅莉（法国）今天我们要聊一聊，一个多月前就想聊的话题，热播剧《三十而已》 Nothing but Thirty。1.都市情感剧: 三十而已Nothing but Thirty很像美国的Desperate Housewives 《绝望主妇》以及Sex and the City《欲望都市》。*都市情感剧：TV serials of urban love/ romantic drama 2.三十而已——来自中国成语“三十而立”剧名（Nothing but Thirty）灵感来自 a Chinese idiom（中国的成语）——三十而立（Standing at Thirty）。中国人相信，人到三十岁的时候，应该成家立业（being financially stable and having a family），在社会上立足。“三十岁的焦虑”，怕：They are not doing well and lacking self development. （三十岁而不能立。）这部剧，turning the traditional idea around（改变传统观念）, 就把“三十而立”，换成了“三十而已”，Nothing but Thirty。表示：Being 30 is just the beginning. 很多人有共鸣：Many people can relate to it. 3.三个女主角1.顾佳谐音“顾家”：Someone who takes care and looks after their family.比如：我的太太很顾家。My wife takes good care of my family. a perfect housewife（家庭主妇）beautiful, intelligent and courageous（集美丽与智慧于一身）takes good care of her husband and educates her son very well（相夫教子，贤妻良母）very elegant socially and skillful in the kitchen（上得厅堂下得厨房。）However，这样一位贤惠的妻子，她的丈夫却出轨了： Her husband cheated on her. / He had an affair.2.王曼妮“海漂”爱上了“海王”。a sales assistant（一名“柜姐”）a shanghai drifter（一名“海漂”）海漂：在上海工作、生活的外地人Shanghai drifter 北漂：在北京工作、生活的外地人Beijing drifters她爱上（falls in love with）一个多金多情的男人（rich and affectionate man），结果这个男人是“海王”（Sea King），最后他们以分手（broke up）告终。* “海王”，是汉语中的buzz word（流行词）, 源于（originates from）“本以为游进了哥哥的鱼塘，没想到哥哥是个海王”。I thought I swam into my his fish pond, but I didn't expect him to be a sea king.意思是指暧昧关系众多，经常以“广撒网、多捕鱼”为中心指导思想撩妹（seduce girls）的渣男（players）。3.钟晓芹像她的名字一样（芹=芹菜），简单、无害harmless。a nice and innocent good girl（一名“乖乖女”）an ordinary office worker（平凡的“上班族”）她跟丈夫离婚后又复婚（remarried），有一个happy ending。这三位女主角，是好闺蜜。 闺蜜：best friends/ besties例如：①她是我闺蜜。She is my best friend. ②她俩是闺蜜。They are best friends. *注意：闺蜜一定不可以用girlfriends这个词，因为girlfriends只用来指a relationship between a guy and a girl。4.关于题目：三十而立这句话，is a quote（引言） from Confucius：吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。很多汉学家将孔子的这句话翻译为英文，其中比较普遍一个翻译版本来自英国著名汉学家理雅各（James Legge）：At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I know the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.“三十而立”“四十不惑”，是基于孔子十五岁就“志于学”，否则的话，四十岁刚好是“大惑不解”之时。孔子得出的感悟并非适用于每一个人（apply to everyone），现在社会，it’s OK to start business or start doing something at forties.Anyway, 我们都祝愿大家:Stand firm at thirty and have no doubts at forty.Best wishes!