时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之就医和人际交往


英语课

 


Marrying Young 


Irene: Damon and his girlfriend just got engaged. They’re planning on getting married this summer. 


Ken 1: They’re too young! Marrying young poses all kinds of problems. 


Irene: Such as? 


Ken: Such as the two of them lacking maturity 2. They may think it’s fun to play house right now, but they’re not prepared to face the realities and responsibilities of matrimony. 


Irene: I think you’re selling them short. They’ve been dating for two years and there’s no ideal age for marriage. 


Ken: Yes, but we all know that marrying young will doom 3 them to a life of regrets. 


Irene: That’s a bit harsh, don’t you think? A lot of people who marry young have successful marriages. I like the idea of growing old with your spouse 4. You can reach many of life’s milestones 5 together. 


Ken: Like reaching the legal drinking age? 


Irene: Don’t be facetious 6. Getting married will give them stability and someone to lean on. I think they’ll be great as a married couple. 


Ken: Well, I hope they beat the odds 7...or at least learn a lot for their second marriages. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 ken
n.视野,知识领域
  • Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
  • Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.
2 maturity
n.成熟;完成;(支票、债券等)到期
  • These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
  • This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。
3 doom
n.厄运,劫数;v.注定,命定
  • The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
  • The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。
4 spouse
n.配偶(指夫或妻)
  • Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
  • What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么?
5 milestones
n.重要事件( milestone的名词复数 );重要阶段;转折点;里程碑
  • Several important milestones in foreign policy have been passed by this Congress and they can be chalked up as major accomplishments. 这次代表大会通过了对外政策中几起划时代的事件,并且它们可作为主要成就记录下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Dale: I really envy your milestones over the last few years, Don. 我真的很羡慕你在过去几年中所建立的丰功伟绩。 来自互联网
6 facetious
adj.轻浮的,好开玩笑的
  • He was so facetious that he turned everything into a joke.他好开玩笑,把一切都变成了戏谑。
  • I became angry with the little boy at his facetious remarks.我对这个小男孩过分的玩笑变得发火了。
7 odds
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别
  • The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
  • Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗?
学英语单词
5-methyltetrahydrohomofolate
active safety
Afflanda
annular mark
applin
Arctic Arch.
attendance center
authorization identifier
balloon-borne reflector
bazerman
benedict cumberbatch
bepi
big bens
biopolitically
blending problem
blue-eyed grass
bobbled
brumann
calley-stone
carboxylic soap
cat bears
cause a stink
cold scarfing machine
condenser tissue paper
conditioned pathogen
convolvulinolic acid
cosignment note
cucullatus
dedicated circuit
deflection signal
Dibromoothane
dillard
displacement development
El Tapado
elecropure
entanglement
entractes
epithermal vein
equivalent forms
extraction percentage
forswear
glandular cancer
grandcamp
half-bottles
Hallmark holiday
hebe-
high bit-rates system
high-speed rolls
highly-skilled
hooded tinamous
hudgins
in-vessel
income tax schedule
interjugal plate (or intergular plate)
intraplanetary space
Ion Cannon
iron sheave wood block
large heath
level compound excitation
loping series
low speed data channel
lucicutia longiserrata
magnetic influence
magneto base
manganese(ii) citrate
manlings
marshsides
matriarchalism
memory examination
mesoscale meteorological modeling
method of three planes
Monterchi
mood message
Musculi membri superioris
namebrand
needle head
negotiating
oligonite
ostrich feather
output multiplexer
over-pole
pant along
papillary wave
physical data flow diagram
Podsnaps
point a moral
practisers
pre-cartilaginous
registered treasury
reuter's commodity index
reverse sliding gear
rhododendron simsii var.mesembrinum hort.
run into a blank wall
series type phase advancer
slack busbar
St-Victor
Strobilanthes equitans
synchronism indicator
Tabivere
tapered ring seal
true measure
ward-off