Name: 對的人到底存不存在？該怎麼找到他？快跟著影片探究竟！（On finding the 'right one'）
Uploaded: 2022-12-26T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 1 min 32 s

情態副詞

Partly thanks to new technology, we've become obsessed by the idea of finding an amazing character called "The Right Person".

部分拜科技所賜，我們著迷於一個想法，就是找到所謂「對的人」的偉大角色。

程度副詞

You just got together with someone because their land was next to yours and your plow perfectly complimented their oxen.

你跟一個人在一起的原因，可能因為他的田地在你的隔壁，而你的犁跟他的牛隻互補。

But now, we're romantics with laptops, out to find the ideal fit.

但今日，我們是有筆電的浪漫主義者，希望可以找到理想情人。

Someone who's beautiful, who totally understands us.

So many people aren't quite right, but still, we keep going.

有些對象可能不太對，但我們還是繼續前進。

That's what the stories have told us since childhood.

這正是童話故事從我們年幼時就告訴我們的。

But perfection is, at best, for angels only.

但「完美」頂多只能用來形容天使。

A perfect-seeming partner might appear compatible in so many ways,

你看似完美的伴侶可能在各個面向都跟你登對，

but, still, we might come to blows over the color of the curtains, tea versus coffee, or children's names.

但我們仍可能因為窗簾顏色、茶或咖啡或小孩名字而爭執。

The real challenge of relationships isn't to find the perfect match.

感情真正的挑戰不在於找對完美的對象。

It's to negotiate the differences without panic or nastiness.

它在於能夠沒有驚慌或惡意地協商不同意見。

And stop blowing up perfectly good relationships for mistaken dreams or flawless scenarios.

別再因為錯誤的夢想或無暇情境而搞砸好好的一段感情。

Learning to give up on perfection may be just about the most romantic move any of us could make.

學習放棄完美可能是我們任一人可以做出的最浪漫行為了。