情景会话口袋书人际篇52:结婚(1)

 　　1.Best wishes always!

　　祝永远幸福！

　　还能这样说：

　　Wish you both a lifetime of happiness.

　　Eternal¹ happiness to both of you.

　　谚语：

　　The best is the enemy of the good.

　　好高骛远难成功。

　　2. You two are a perfect match.

　　你们是天生的一对。

　　还能这样说：

　　You are a natural couple.

　　You seem to be cut out for each other.

　　谚语：

　　Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

　　金无足赤，人无完人。

　　3. We never knew a couple better suited to each other.

　　我们从未见过如此般配的一对。

　　还能这样说：

　　You're cut out for each other.

　　You're a wonderful pair for love.

　　应用解析：

　　be at suit 进行诉讼；打官司；

　　be suited 合得来；相称；

　　bring a suit against sb. 控告某人；

　　fail in one's suit 求婚失败

　　sb's strong suit 某人擅长的事物

　　4. I've decided² to quit the bachelors' club.

　　我决定要退出单身汉俱乐部了。

　　还能这样说：

　　I will no longer be single.

　　I'll no longer be a bachelor man.

　　应用解析：

　　quit one's home town 离开家乡；

　　quit hold of 撒手放开；

　　quit love with hate 以怨报德，恩将仇报；

　　be quit of 摆脱，免除；

　　quit it 死

　　5. When are you getting married?

　　什么时候结婚？

　　还能这样说：

　　When can we drink your joyful³ wine?

　　When will you share the wedding candy?

　　应用解析：

　　marry sb. off 将（女儿）嫁出；

　　marry up 配合，匹配，结合

　　6. She married Jim.

　　她和吉姆结婚了。

　　还能这样说：

　　She's married to Jim.

　　She and Jim got married.

　　7. I didn't marry until I was thirty.

　　我30岁才结婚。

　　还能这样说：

　　I got married when I was 30.

　　At the age of thirty, I got married.

　　谚语：

　　Until all is over one's ambition never dies.

　　不到黄河心不死。

　　8. We had reached marriageable age.

　　我们已经到了适婚的年龄。

　　还能这样说：

　　It is age for us to get married.

　　We have met the age of marriage.

　　谚语：

　　We mustn't lie down, and cry, "God helps us".

　　求神不如求己。

1 eternal   

adj.永久的，无休止的，永恒的，永不改变的

参考例句：

• Stop this eternal chatter!不要唠叨个不停！
• Rome has been called the Eternal City.罗马一向被称为不朽之城。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 joyful   

adj.欢乐的，令人欢欣的

参考例句：

• She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
• They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。