辛勞支付20.4萬歐元
Mario and Grace are a couple. They are having a conversation.
馬力歐和葛瑞絲是一對夫妻。他們正在對話。
Mario: Hey, did you hear the news about a man in Spain who had to pay his ex-wife because he never did any housework?
馬力歐：嘿，你有聽說過西班牙有一位男子因為都沒有幫忙做家事而必須賠償前妻的消息嗎？
ex-以前的、前任former(adj.)先前的、舊時的
Grace: Really? What happened?
葛瑞絲：真的嗎？發生了什麼事？
Mario: The court decided that his ex-wife did all the housework and took care of their two daughters while they were married for 25 years. So, he has to pay her 204,000 euros for her hard work.
馬力歐：法院裁定他的前妻在他們結婚25年期間負責所有家務和照顧兩個女兒，因此他必須為她的辛勞支付20.4萬歐元。
court(n.)法院、法庭trial(n.)審判take care of sb.照顧、照料某人
Grace: Oh, that’s interesting. It’s good to see that the court recognized her efforts.
葛瑞絲：喔，真有趣。很高興看到法院肯定了她的辛勞。
recognize(v.)認出、認可
Mario: I don’t think it’s fair. She should have asked for help if she couldn’t do it alone.
馬力歐：但我不認為這是公平的。如果她一個人做不來，她應該尋求幫助。
fair(adj.)公平的、公正的、合理的should have V.pp應該……alone(adv.)單獨、獨自lonely(adj.)孤單的
Grace: Well, sometimes it’s not easy to ask for help, and it’s not like he didn’t know about it. Also, in a relationship, both partners should share the workload.
葛瑞絲：嗯，有時候尋求幫助並不容易，而且他又不是不知道。況且，在一段關係中，兩個人都應該分擔家事。
relationship(n.)關係、情感關係workload(n.)工作量
Mario: I don’t think so. Women are naturally better at housework.
馬力歐：我可不這麼認為。女人天生就比較擅長家務。
naturally(adv.)自然地、天生地natural(adj.)自然的、天然的、非人造的
Grace: That’s not true, Mario. Men and women are equally capable of doing housework. Besides, it’s not just a woman’s job.
葛瑞絲：不是這樣的，馬力歐。男人和女人同樣都有能力做家務。況且，這並不是女人的工作。
equal(adj.)相同的、相等的(v.)相等equally(adv.)平等地、相同地be capable of有能力～
Mario: You know what? You’re right. I never really thought about it that way before. From now on, I’m willing to do my part and help out with the housework. I want to be a better partner and do my share of the work.
馬力歐：你知道嗎？你是對的。我以前從來沒這樣想過。從現在開始，我願意盡自己的一份力量幫忙做家事。我想成為一個更好的伴侶，分擔工作。
willing(adj.)願意、樂意share(v.)分享、分擔(n.)分享、分擔的部分
Grace: Okay, Mario. I hope you mean it this time.
葛瑞絲：好的，馬力歐。我希望你這次是認真的。