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
agave
anti-corrosive lacquer
armr
automatic temperature-controlled electric furnace
bacterial cytology
barytolamprophyllite
biotic communities
black market
bladdering
brickhil
brickwork joint
building-out capacitor
capitule
co-acks
collar-beam
congenital deformity of cranium and brain
constant edge
crow bar
cylindrical guide
didicoi, didicoy
Dionysius
dip switch pedal
dog tags
dotty
electric log
embedded key
embenched
encephalitogen
error-detection coding
extensiontype
fetal development
financial advisor
flash memory device
frontpeople
genetic core
gephyrin
gets cold feet
Guamués, R.
Gynura aurantiaca
high acceleration
hobors
hold sth up as sth
hot metal composition
hydraulic hatch pump
hypovolemic
impetigo parasitaria
infra-red radiation
instrumenta cibaria mordentia
intern allayer
inverted biologimicroscope
iron-colored glass
Krause's valves
Labpenase
looper shaft set collar
lost in wonder
love generation
main-sequences
make referrals to
Masansudo
mask aligner
medical schools
meridional resolving power
N. H. L.
needle-nose pliers
neocupferronate
Nikitovka
Nizhnepavlovka
non-trade goods
normal delay
one-way interaction
palaeocoprology
pectising
phlegm-damp obstructing lung
pippin
pit adders
postmeiotic
preemergence herbicide
principal conspirator
purchase at interim date
relative peak sharpness
ritchins
rod magnet
rookly
sales taxes
seeglebauer
shot their mouth off
skin grafts
soda-Sanidine
some when
sulfuricin
swishier
tally card
tatumella
th-pb dating
tolu
twill matt
undulating extinction
unrandomized
uterine cervix
variable resistance transducer
Vuyyūru
zero clearing