Emotionally Intelligent Husbands Mini-Story [Effortless English DVD1 > LV3 > 03]

The short story in the Mini-Story of the Emotionally Intelligent Husbands lesson

Bob is a newlywed. He and his wife Cathy have been married only two months. Unfortunately, Bob is an authoritarian husband. Every day he tells Cathy “Cook my food. Clean this house. Serve me woman!”.  Bob feels he is entitled to be served like a King by his wife. 

Cathy is very sweet. She is a very sensitive person and she emotes strongly. She always shows her true feelings. Cathy had a strict upbringing. Her mom told her to always obey her husband. Since she has strong moral fiber, Cathy tries to do what her mom taught. But every day she becomes more sad because of Bob. Finally, she is had enough. She yells at Bob with righteous indignation “Shut up, you pig! I wanna divorce. Bob is so shocked. Huhhh! He has a heart attack and dies. Ưaaah! But after he is dead nobody mourns. Cathy takes his life insurance money and now is very happy. The end!

Typed by Đồng Lâm and corrected by MT

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Vocabularies and grammar:

- authoritarian husband: ông chồng vũ phu

- entitle: có quyền

- moral fiber: nhân từ/bản chất tốt/có đạo đức

- "more sad" or "sadder"??

         + Explained by MuttQuad:

The basic progression is sad, sadder, saddest; but some people will say "more sad" and "most sad"; and they are acceptable. The construction is also used with some other adjectives such as hot or cold.

- righteous indignation: tức giận đúng lẽ (feeling very angry and correct; angry because you think you are right)
- you pig: đồ con heo/lợn
- heart attack: đau tim
- life insurance money: tiền bảo hiểm nhân thọ