周日英文笑话
A = Auntie Wang
R = Rachel
Auntie Wang is always urging her thirty-year-old daughter, Rachel, to get married.
A: Why haven't you got a boyfriend?
R: What's good about getting married? Is marriage a guarantee of happiness? One of my friends got married really young, and now she has remarried!
A: If marriage is not a good thing, why has she been married twice?
参考译文
王阿姨总是催她三十岁的女儿瑞秋结婚。
王阿姨：你为什么还没有男朋友?
瑞秋：结婚有什么好的? 结婚就一定能幸福吗? 我的一个朋友很早就结婚了，现在她已经再婚了!
王阿姨：如果结婚不好的话，那她为什么要结两次?
知识点
urge sb to do sth
催/力劝某人做某事
【例句】
They urged Congress to approve plans for their reform programme.
他们敦促国会批准他们有关改革项目的计划。
get/find a boyfriend/girlfriend
找/交男/女朋友
一般不说make a boyfriend/girlfriend
【例句】
Here are some tips from professional matchmakers for finding a boyfriend.
这是一些专业媒人的建议，帮你找到如意郎君。
网上关于找男女朋友的文章真不少
guarantee /ˌɡærənˈtiː/ n/v. 保证
【例句】
A famous old name on a firm is not necessarily a guarantee of quality.公司的老字号并不一定能保证质量。
remarry v.再婚
【解释】
If someone remarries, they marry again after they have obtained a divorce from their previous husband or wife, or after their previous husband or wife has died.
【例句】
Her mother had never remarried.
她的母亲没有再婚。
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