sherry118

    In China, it’s awkward to talk about sex; but here, I have to face it in many daily conversations. I’m living in a big apartment with 2 girls, besides being roommates, we are very closed friends as well. So we talk about food, weather, sex, G-spot…everything!
  
    In the old tradition, we believe that sex is sin, sex is guilty, sex is evil, we should be ashamed to have sexual feelings…we believe so many lies about sex that we don’t enjoy sex! These beliefs go against human nature because the human body is made for sex. We are a biological, sexual being, and that is just the way it is.

    But today is totally the reverse! Love, sex, everything is just like fast food! One-night-stands, sexual partners… we don’t even need a marriage contract to make our sex legal, our bodies are free to do whatever we want! Well, it’s Ok as long as you really enjoy it but we don’t need to follow it because that’s the “new fashion”.

    Everything in this world is about belief!

    Humans accumulate a lot of knowledge. We learn all those beliefs, morals, and rules from our family, society, religion and we base most of our behavior and feelings on them. We don’t have much choice, because all of these are already there before we’ve been born, we are forced to accept them and then domesticate our children in the same way.

    Generation by generation, we changed slowly, we broke old rules, and built up new ones to control us. But we just don’t realize that all the knowledge are lies! We don’t need to be manipulated by all the lies we created.

    Don’t believe these! Don’t believe what others said! Don’t even believe me! But only believe yourself; believe what your heart tells you! You are the only one knows what is the best for you!

    I have my belief for sex and love which is only right for me!

    In my world, sex has to come with love. With the one you love, each touch, each kiss, and the sex will be wonderful as a song, a dance, an art! So before he touches my body, he has to touch my heart first!

    I have a very open mind, but open mind doesn’t mean to open the body! I believe that sex is very important in couples lives, and I believe that it’s not wise at all to get body involved too fast! The body has sexual needs, plus the animal being has an instinct of warm need. When we get that close to a body, all these needs will come out to confuse your observation and judgment to that person.

    I don’t need to drink alcohol, go out with a man, and wake up in the morning with regret, I don’t need to try, because I believe that’s really not what I want, so I’d never do this to myself! I believe people who indulge in these sexual games, they have a hole in their hearts, but they don’t know what exactly they’re missing, they try to please themselves in this primitive way and forget that there are many things in our lives that we could use to fill up our hearts.

    These are my beliefs about sex, which are only right for me but may be totally wrong for you.

    But that’s Ok! Everyone has their own beliefs, which make humans unique. There is no right or wrong or good or bad. My beliefs make me as “me”, make my “Sherryness”!

    So don’t look all around to see what others doing or saying, put your head down, focus on yourself, you will hear what your heart says!

    All I can say to you is, “that’s your body, you are the boss; it’s your life, do only what you feel comfortable doing! The rest is all lies!”

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fengyu

就像漩涡名人说过的一样“影分身是我最不擅长的忍术”，忍者学校多年不能毕业也是因为影分身不合格。呵呵

圆明园

Post by 耿直汉
只可意会，不可言传: It can only be apprehended by the heart but not expressed by the mouth. 很显然,没有汉语简洁传神.

between the lines

耿直汉

Post by s030604
也来吹毛求疵一下：All the rest are lies!此定冠词似乎必不可少。


谈情说爱，还是使用母语的好。很多东西“只可意会，不可言传”嘛。有兴趣者看看红色部分英文如何翻译吧。

我又跑题了，不好意思。:p

只可意会，不可言传: It can only be apprehended by the heart but not expressed by the mouth. 很显然,没有汉语简洁传神.

圆明园

i don't understand why there should be an "ALL", does "the rest" implies "ALL"? if not, is there anything else left?
same goes with "old tradition", can tradition be new?
i saw this kind of over emphasizing a lot, like, "to be honest", well, should i trust him more? or should I consider everything else are lies?
"personally", of course, it is his personal opinion, i know he isn't giving a speech at the UN.
"it is not for me to say", then, shut up. of course it is for everybody to say, if not not, why bother posting?

Lalune06

All I can say to you is that, “you are the only boss of you body. you have a life that's your own. so do whatever you feel like, and all the rest are nothing than lies!”


What I can say to you is "that’s your body, and you are the boss; it’s your life, do whatever you feel comfortable to do! All rest are lies!”

sherry118

这里还真是藏龙卧虎啊！一个比一个厉害 :cool:
我算是抛砖引玉了 分析得让我心服口服！：）谢了！

Post by s030604


不知道这样理解是否正确，一个建议而已。不过好在偶的建议兼顾了SEX和ENGLISH，离LZ的主题更加贴近一点。

http://sherryking118.spaces.live.com

s030604

Post by 圆明园
i think the blue one is better, because 1. the verb should agree with the subject, not the object. i.e., "we are a team" is better than "we is a team". 2. it needs a "the" before rest, i don't know why, it sounds much better.

The rest is all lies!”

All THE rest are lies!”

圆同学说的很有道理，1. 但是凭语感而论，第一个句子当宾语是复数的时候，不是很流畅，所以最好当宾语是单数时使用。

2. 第二个句子一定要有THE，宾语是复数形式，跟主语也比较搭配。至于为何要有THE，那是因为所谓REST是跟先前陈述的一些东西相比较而言，比如说某些女人喜欢去酒吧买醉，跟人发生性关系，第二天早晨醒来就后悔。那么，另外一批，也就是REST，坚守自己的身子，追求爱情先，这部分人跟那些人比较，是一个特定的群体，所以THE必不可少。

3. 至于两个句子的谓语，个人觉得IS、ARE均可，完全视具体情况而定。比如刚才提到REST里的那批女人，可以理解为一个整体，就是所谓的单数，谓语使用IS[也就是圆同学说的跟主语保持一致]；若被理解成它所代表的一群人，也就是复数，谓语用ARE。考虑到宾语是复形式，所以使用这个比较好：ALL THE REST ARE LIES!

不知道这样理解是否正确，一个建议而已。不过好在偶的建议兼顾了SEX和ENGLISH，离LZ的主题更加贴近一点。

圆明园

i came across a betrand russel quote,

"Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution. "

圆明园

Post by oldwolf
The rest is all lies!”

All rest are lies!”

i think the blue one is better, because 1. the verb should agree with the subject, not the object. i.e., "we are a team" is better than "we is a team". 2. it needs a "the" before rest, i don't know why, it sounds much better.