英語小達人每天10分鐘 339 Some Notes on Marriage

[00:00.01]Some Notes on Marriage 關(guān)于婚姻的一些隨筆 [00:11.26]For everyone that's still single, some notes on marriage... 仍是單身的朋友們，請看看下面這些關(guān)于婚姻的隨筆…… [00:15.19]Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering. 婚姻是一場三個RING的盛會：訂婚戒指(engagement RING)、結(jié)婚戒指(wedding RING)和無盡的苦頭(suffeRING)。 [00:21.38]Marriage is a sacred institution--but who wants to live in an institution?! 婚姻制度是神圣的，可問題是誰愿意生活在制度里?! [00:28.17]Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. 婚姻是福，無知是福。 [00:32.37]Marriage is not a word: it is a sentence--a life sentence. 婚姻不是一個單詞，而是一個句子(判決)——無期徒刑。 [00:38.52]Marriage is the only sport in which the trapped animal has to buy the license. 婚姻是惟一的一項要身陷其中的人購買證書的活動。 [00:45.01]Marriage still confers one very special privilege--only a married person can get divorced! 婚姻仍然賦予了人們某種特權(quán)——只有結(jié)了婚的人才能離婚! [00:53.28]Married life is exciting and frustrating. 婚姻生活既讓人興奮又令人沮喪。 [00:57.47]The first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens. 結(jié)婚的第一年，丈夫說話，妻子聽著; [01:02.05]In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens. 第二年，妻子說話，丈夫聽著; [01:06.34]In the third year, they both speak and the neighbors listen. 到了第三年，他們倆一塊說，鄰居們聽著。 [01:11.10]The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret. 幸?；橐龅拿孛艿浆F(xiàn)在還是一個秘密。 [01:15.33]Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his bachelor's degree and the woman gets her master's. 婚姻是一所學(xué)校，在這里男人失去他們的學(xué)士學(xué)位，而女人得到碩士學(xué)位。(婚姻是一種制度，在這種制度下，男人喪失單身身份，而女人掌握了控制權(quán)。) [01:24.18]The happy marriage would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman. 幸福的婚姻該是由耳聾的男人和眼瞎的女人組成的。 [01:30.49]The days just before marriage are like a snappy introduction to a tedious book. 結(jié)婚前的日子就像是一本冗長乏味的書的短小精悍的序言。 [01:36.13]Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock. 戀愛是一場美夢，結(jié)婚是一個鬧鐘。 [01:43.13]Marriage is like a mousetrap. 婚姻就像是個捕鼠器， [01:46.47]Those on the outside are trying to get in. 在外面的想鉆進去， [01:50.29]Those on the inside are trying to get out. 鉆進去的想逃出來。 [01:53.31]Marriage is the sole cause of divorce. 結(jié)婚是離婚的惟一起因。 [01:57.15]Marriage is like a hot bath. 婚姻就像是洗熱水澡， [02:00.41]Once you get used to it, it's not so hot. 習(xí)慣了之后，就不覺得有那么熱了。 [02:04.48]Long engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, 長久的戀愛能使兩人在結(jié)婚前了解對方的性格， [02:11.08]which is never advisable. 這絕對是不可取的。 [02:14.11]There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage. 有一種比電子銀行還要快的劃轉(zhuǎn)資金的方式：結(jié)婚。 [02:21.01]Marriage is very much like a violin; 婚姻就像是拉小提琴， [02:25.55]after the music is over, the strings are attached. 優(yōu)美的演奏結(jié)束后，琴弦還繃著。 [02:29.42]Marriage is love. 婚姻是愛情的結(jié)晶， [02:32.24]Love is blind. 愛情是盲目的。 [02:34.37]Therefore, marriage is an institution for the blind. 所以婚姻是給盲人設(shè)立的制度。 [02:38.15]Marriage certificate is just another word for a work permit. 結(jié)婚證只是又一張工作許可證。 [02:44.28]It is true that love is blind but marriage is definitely an eye-opener. 戀愛是盲目的，可婚姻絕對能讓你大開眼界。

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