情景对话 Dialogue

Tom: Annie, will you be my wife?

Annie: I'm sorry, Tom.

Tom: Please, Annie, I have made proposal to you five times. I really want to share the rest of my life with you.

Annie: I know. But I'm not ready for married life yet.

Tom: Annie, I really love you. I hope I can stay with you no matter you are happy or sad in the future life.

Annie: You do touch my heart.

Tom: So, will you marry me?

Annie: I want to think of it for some time.

汤姆： 安妮，你愿意成为我的妻子吗？

安妮： 我很抱歉，汤姆。

汤姆： 求你了，安妮，我已经向你求了5次婚，我真的想要和你白头偕老。

安妮： 我知道，可我还不想结婚。

汤姆： 安妮，我是真的爱你。我希望，将来无论你是开心还是难过，我都能和你在一起。

安妮： 你真的很让我感动。

汤姆： 那么，你愿意嫁给我吗？

安妮： 我需要点时间考虑考虑。

单词短语Words and Phrases

proposal [prəˈpəʊzəl] n. 求婚

share [ʃeə] v. 分享，共有

核心句型Key Sentences

1. I don't want to get engaged yet. 我还不想订婚。

2. I don't think we should get engaged yet. 我觉得我们还不到该订婚的时候。

3. I haven't thought about marriage yet. 我还没想过要结婚。

4. I love you but I can't marry you. 我爱你，可是不能和你结婚。

5. I guess I'm not the marrying kind. 我觉得我不是那种想结婚的人。

6. He proposed marriage and she accepted him. 他向她求婚，她就同意了。

7. He had proposed marriage, unsuccessfully, twice already. 他已经求婚两次了，但都未成功。

8. He was trying to decide whether he should propose to her. 他在考虑是否该向她求婚。

9. He was very nervous before he asked for Julie's hand in marriage.

他在向茱莉求婚之前非常紧张。

10. She has had an offer of marriage. 有人向她求婚了。

11. When will you be ready? 那你想等到什么时候呢？

12. The young man pressed his suit, but the girl was indifferent.

那个年轻人苦苦求婚，但那位姑娘无动于衷。

13. Why not say yes at the first time of being proposed?

在他第一次向你求婚的时候为什么不答应呢？

14. To his surprise, Nancy treated his proposal as a joke.

令他惊讶的是，南希把他的求婚当成了一个玩笑。

15. Words came that you got engaged last week, is that true?

有传言说你上周订婚了，是真的吗？

地道英语 Idiomatic English

1. Will you marry me? 你愿意和我结婚吗？

注 也可以说Will you be my wife/husband?

2. I want to share the rest of my life with you. 我愿今生今世和你在一起。

注 也可以说I want to grow old with you together.

3. I don't want to get married yet. 我还不想结婚。

注 也可以说I'm not ready to settle down yet./I'm not ready for married life yet.

4. She repulsed his offer of marriage. 她断然拒绝了他的求婚。

注 也可以说She refused his proposal of marriage.

5. I hesitate to marry her. 我还下不了决心和她结婚。

注 也可以说I'm hesitant to marry her./I'm not sure if I want to marry her.

由此及彼Draw Inferences

1. I don't want the news about our engagement to come out yet.

我还不想让人知道我们订婚的消息。

2. My daughter is engaged to a teacher. 我女儿和一位老师订婚了。

3. My sister has been engaged for three months. 我妹妹已经订婚3个月了。

4. She wears an engagement ring on her finger. 她的手指上戴着一枚订婚戒指。

5. The man usually gives his fiancée a diamond ring as a symbol of their engagement.

男方通常会送给未婚妻一枚钻石戒指作为订婚的象征。

6. The secret of the engagement spreads among Annie's friends.

订婚的秘密在安妮的朋友中传开了。

7. Please accept our sincere wishes for your engagement. 请接受我们对您订婚的衷心祝福。

8. It is an open secret that Mary and John are engaged. 玛丽和约翰订婚是公开的秘密。

9. Mr. Green announced his engagement to Miss White to his friends.

格林先生向友人宣布了他与怀特小姐订婚的事。

10. When she said she was engaged, I nearly fell off my chair. 她说她订婚了时，我大吃一惊。 a31OXMAgXUnp7ybTmY9+DKG+EqUiHUzl1LLKp0FyioW2BtVWMxw/1e78mfm5+BLk