英语小达人 319 Whom to Marry

 　　Whom to Marry

　　和谁结婚

　　There is a man has three girlfriends, but he does not know which one to marry. So he decides to give each one of them $ 5000 and see how each of them spends it.

　　有一个男人有3个女朋友，可是他不知道要和谁结婚好。于是他决定给她们每人5000块钱看她们都怎么花。

　　The first one goes out and gets a total makeover with the money. She gets new clothes, a new hairdo, manicure, pedicure, and tells the man, "I spent the money so I could look pretty for you because I love you so much."

　　第一个女人用这笔钱把自己整个改头换面了一番。她买了新衣服，换了新发型，修了手指甲和脚。她对男人说：“我把这些钱花在自己身上是为了让我更漂亮，从而更配你，这都是因为我很爱你。”

　　The second one went out and bought new golf clubs, a CD player, a television, and stereo and gives them to the man. She says, "I bought these gifts for you because I love you so much."

　　第二个女人用这些钱买了高尔夫球杆、CD播放器、电视音响送给男人。她说：“我买了这些东西送给你是因为我很爱你。”

　　The third one takes the $ 5000 and invests it in the stock market, doubles her investment, returns the $ 5000 and reinvests the rest. She says, "I am investing the rest of the money for our future because I love you so much."

　　第三个女人拿了钱投入股市，又赚了5000块，她把5000块还给男人，用赚来的5000块继续投资。她说：“我太爱你了，所以我用剩下的钱为我们以后的日子投资赚钱。”

　　The man thought long and hard about how each of the women spent the money, and decided¹ to marry the one with the biggest breasts.

　　男人长时间地仔细考虑了女人们的花钱方式，最后决定娶了那个胸最大的。

　　重点讲解：

　　1. There be句型

　　意思是“有”，表示“人或事物的存在”；

　　eg. There were differences of opinion, he added, on very basic issues.

　　他补充说，在一些非常基本的问题上存在意见分歧。

　　eg. There's nothing in this room; there's not a single chair, there's no bed, and not a single shelf.

　　这个房间空无一物，没有椅子，没有床，连个架子都没有。

　　2. decide to do sth.

　　决定，拿定主意（做）某事；

　　eg. She decided to do a secretarial course.

　　她决定修一门文秘课程。

　　eg. She decide to rent out a room to get extra income.

　　她为获得额外收入决定租出一个房间。

　　3. invest in

　　投资；

　　eg. He invested all our profits in gold shares.

　　他把我们所有的收益都投资在黄金股上了。

　　eg. He showed good judgment² in deciding not to invest in the project.

　　他决定不对那项工程投资，这说明他的判断力很强。

1 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。

2 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。