【原】梅琳达开口，说出她和比尔盖茨离婚的真相。英语读头条（第710期）

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Melinda French Gates Opens Up About What Led to Divorce from Bill Gates: 'I Couldn't Trust What We Had'

美琳达开口说她和比尔盖茨的离婚“我无法相信我们曾经拥有的”

By Maria Pasquini, March 2, 2022

Edited and Translated by Ray & Sally

"It wasn't one moment or one specific thing that happened," Melinda French Gates said in a preview of her upcoming interview with CBS Mornings on Thursday

梅琳达·弗伦奇·盖茨在周四早间接受哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）采访时说：“这不是某个时刻或者某一件具体的事。”

Melinda French Gates is opening about her divorce from Bill Gates for the first time.

梅琳达·弗伦奇·盖茨首次公开了她与比尔·盖茨离婚的内幕。

In a preview of CBS Mornings' exclusive interview with the philanthropist, airing on Thursday, Melinda said that there "wasn't one moment" that led to their split.

在周四播出的CBS 早间时刻对这位慈善家的独家采访预览中，梅琳达说“不是一件事”导致他们分手。

During the interview, Melinda was asked about the affair Bill had with a staffer 20 years ago, which a spokesperson for the Microsoft co-founder confirmed last May.

在采访中，梅琳达被问及比尔20年前与一名员工的婚外情，这位微软联合创始人的发言人去年5月证实了这一点。

"I certainly believe in forgiveness, so I thought we had worked through some of that," said the author and women's advocate, 57.

“我当然相信宽恕，所以我认为我们已经解决了其中一些问题，”这位57岁的作者兼女性权益倡导者说。

"It wasn't one moment or one specific thing that happened. There just came a point in time where there was enough there that I realized it just wasn't healthy, and I couldn't trust what we had," she added.

她补充说：“这不是只是某个时刻或某件特定的事情。只是到了某一个时间点、有足够的时间让我意识到这不健康，我不能相信我们所拥有的生活。”

After 27 years of marriage, Bill and Melinda announced their split in May, saying in a joint statement at the time that "we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives."

结婚27年后，比尔和梅琳达于去年5月宣布分手，当时他们在一份联合声明中表示，“我们不再相信我们能在人生的下一个阶段作为夫妻一起成长。”

In her petition for divorce, their marriage was described as "irretrievably broken." They went on to finalize their divorce in August.

在她的离婚申请书中，他们的婚姻被描述有“无法挽回的破裂”他们接着在8月份完成了离婚。

Reflecting on the range of emotions she felt throughout the difficult process, Melinda told CBS' Gayle King that she cried "a lot of tears for many days."

梅琳达回忆起她在这个艰难过程中一直受到的各种情绪的困扰，她告诉CBS的盖尔·金，她“哭了很多天”。

Other times, Melinda recalled feeling angry. "That's part of the grieving process. You're grieving a loss of something you thought you had and thought you had for your lifetime," she said.

梅琳达回忆起曾经感到愤怒。她说：“这是悲伤过程的一部分，你正在为你以为自己曾经拥有的东西的失去而感到悲伤，你曾经以为自己一直都拥有这些东西。”

Now, Melinda says she feels like she's "starting to get to the other side" on her "journey of healing."

现在，梅琳达说，她感觉自己的“疗愈之旅”“开始走向彼岸。”

"I do feel like I'm turning a page in the chapter," she shared. "I mean, it's 2022 and I'm actually really excited about what's to come and life ahead for me."

“我确实觉得我正在翻开生活的新篇章，”她分享道。“我的意思是，现在是2022年，我真的对发生的事和未来的生活感到非常兴奋。”

Bill, 66, previously reflected on their divorce in December, calling 2021 the "most unusual and difficult year of my life."

现年66岁的比尔曾在十二月的离婚事件中说，2021年是“我一生中最不寻常、最艰难的一年”。

Touching on their decision to continue to work together at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which they started in 2000, Bill wrote in a year-in-review blog post that the exes "have found a good new working rhythm."

他们决定继续在比尔和梅林达盖茨于2000年成立的基金会合作，比尔在年底的博客文章中写道，前妻“已经找到了一个新的，很好的工作节奏。”

"But I can't deny that it's been a year of great personal sadness for me," he added.

“但我不能否认，这一年对我个人来说是非常悲伤的一年，”他补充道。