话说，最近爆火的电视剧，非《三十而已》莫属了！每天打开微博热搜，#三十而已#一定会上榜。
对于这部剧，大部分网友认为：代入感很强，照进现实。在皮卡丘看来，《三十而已》里面的有些人物塑造会让人觉得很接地气，很真实，剧中很多戳人的台词中也能让我们感同身受。
《三十而已》以三位三十岁女性视角展开，讲述了都市女性在三十岁这一重要年龄节点时，遭遇到多重压力的故事。
A story about three vastly different women who reach their thirties while facing different challenges and decide to take matters into their own hands.
take matters into one's own hands：to deal with a problem yourself because other people have failed to deal with it. 自己出面解决，自己做主
顾佳，全职太太，双商在线能力强，将自己的小家庭和丈夫的公司都打理得井井有条，看似近乎完美的一个人，其实每分每秒都过得很小心翼翼。
Gu Jia (Tong Yao) was the homemaker behind her husband's success from a nerdy programmer to the CEO of a company. She was also the perfect image ofa full-time housewife. When another woman threatens her marriage, she doesn't back down and tries hard to save her relationship with her husband.
homemaker [ˈhoʊmmeɪkər] n.料理家务者、操持家务者、家庭主妇
nerdy [ˈnɜːdi] n.呆子 adj. 呆板的、傻傻的
a / the perfect image of ......的完美典范
full-time [ˌfʊl ˈtaɪm] adj. 全日制的、专职的。与之对应的是 part-time.
full-time housewife 全职太太
back down 放弃、打退堂鼓、让步
钟晓芹是标准的大多数，嫁给事业单位铁饭碗的老公，自己保有一份普通工作，安心做一个平凡妻子。但因写作爱好，偶然卖出高价版权，夫妻的经济地位和社会地位一夜之间发生倒置，女强男弱的婚姻瞬间失去了平衡，婚姻陷入了危机。
Zhong Xiaoqin (Mao Xiaotong) is an ordinary woman with an ordinary job, married to a man with a stable career.
She is also a casual writer. One day, the unthinkable happens when the copyrights for her novels are suddenly sold at an exorbitant price, thus turned her into the breadwinner of the family. As a power imbalance is seen between Zhong Xiaoqin and her husband, their marriage is also shaken.
unthinkable adj. 难以想象的，不可思议的，难以置信的
copyright n. 版权
exorbitant [ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt] adj.过高的，奢华的，价格贵得离谱的
记忆小办法：ex-，向外。orbit,轨道。即偏离正常轨道，引申为价格很高，高得离谱
turn sb./ sth. into 把......变成
breadwinner [ˈbredwɪnər]：the breadwinner in the family is the person who makes the money that the whole family needs for necessary things.（家中的顶梁柱，养家糊口的人）
王漫妮是众人眼中的标准都市女性，孤身在上海漂泊多年，她独立、清醒，工作上专业过硬，积极上进。但在感情上，想要好好谈恋爱的她又偏偏遇人不淑。
Wang Manni (Maggie Jiang) is a strong-spirited lady who prides herself forhaving both beauty and brains and believes that she deserves better than what she has.
As she falls in love with a man, she marries him immediately, yet later finds out that their differences are taking a huge toll on their relationship.
strong-spirited adj. 精力充沛的
pride oneself for / on sth. 为....感到自豪
toll [təʊl] n. 伤亡人数、通行费、钟声 V. 敲钟、鸣钟
take a toll on sth.：If something takes its/a toll, it causes suffering, deaths, or damage. （对某事）造成很大的损失（或伤亡、破坏）
如果要来翻译《三十而已》这部剧名，你会怎么翻译呢？
在这里，皮卡丘给出官方翻译：Nothing but thirty.
nothing but 在英语里是个常见词组，它的基本含义是“只是、仅仅、只不过、无非、除……外”所以，"Nothing But Thirty"指的是“也就三十岁、无非三十岁、三十岁而已”。
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