听播客学英语 284 贝基和克雷格（在线收听） |
Last week in Birmingham Becky and Craig met each other for the first time; a few minutes later they got married. Along with about 250 other people, they had entered a competition organised by the Birmingham radio station BRMB. The prize was a wedding, a honeymoon and the use of a luxury flat and a sports car for a year. The entrants were questioned by relationship experts; then the listeners to the radio station voted on which man and which woman should win the prize. The winners were not allowed to meet or talk to each other until the wedding. It was the ultimate “blind date”. The newspapers reported that Becky and Craig were very pleased after their wedding. Becky said, ” We’re holding hands already. I feel very comfortable with Craig”. And Craig said, “She’s everything that I imagined – nice dark hair, nice blue eyes, lovely smile – she’s beautiful. I feel fantastic.” But some people objected that it was wrong for two people to get married in this way, as part of a publicity stunt organised by a radio station. What do you think?
Look at the expression “to get married”. The word GET in English has lots of different meanings. One of them is “to become”. Here are some examples.
Today the weather will get warmer.
The two men argued; they got angry with one another.
He ate so much that he got very fat.
She got very tired and had to go to bed early.
and finally
Becky and Craig got married. Good luck to them. You can read more about Becky and Craig on the BRMB website. There is a link to it from the podcast website http://www.listen-to-english.com/
Note : the past tense of GET is GOT – I got; I have got. In America, you will often hear people say “I have GOTTEN.” GOTTEN is an old form of the past participle which is no longer used in Britain, but is still alive across the Atlantic. |
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