情景会话口袋书人际篇50:求婚(1)

 　　1. Will you marry me?

　　你愿意和我结婚吗？

　　还能这样说：

　　Will you be my wife?

　　Will you get married with me?

　　谚语：

　　If one gets married too hurriedly one may regret it for a long time.

　　结婚匆匆，后悔无穷。

　　2. Yes, I will marry you.

　　是的，我愿意。

　　还能这样说：

　　Yes, I do.

　　OK!

　　应用解析：

　　at one's own sweet will 随意，愿意；

　　with the best will in the world 乐意的，热情的；

　　if you will 你若愿意这样说也行

　　3. I want to grow old together.

　　我愿意和你白头到老。

　　还能这样说：

　　I want to share the rest of my life with you.

　　I want to accompany with you all my life.

　　应用解析：

　　grow up 长大；兴起；发展；

　　grow up into 长大成为……

　　grow away from 终止同……的亲密关系；

　　grow down 变小，减小

　　4. Sorry, I don't want to get married yet.

　　对不起，我还不想结婚。

　　还能这样说：

　　I'm not ready to be engaged.

　　I haven't thought about marriage yet.

　　谚语：

　　One should treat others as one would like to be treated.

　　已所不欲，勿施与人。

　　5. I'm not sure if I want to marry her.

　　我还下不了决心和她结婚。

　　还能这样说：

　　I hesitate to marry her.

　　I can't make up my mind to marry her.

　　谚语：

　　If ifs and ans were pots and pans, there'd be no trade for tinkers.

　　如果人们的主观愿望都能实现，天下就太平了。

　　6. Have you proposed to your girlfriend?

　　你向女朋友求婚了吗？

　　还能这样说：

　　Have you had an offer of marriage to your girlfriend?

　　Did you ask your girlfriend to marry you?

　　谚语：

　　Man proposes, God disposes.

　　谋事在人，成事在天。

　　7. I think it's time we took some vows¹.

　　我想是我们该许下誓言的时候了。

　　还能这样说：

　　It's time for us to make our vows.

　　I believe that it is time we had our vows.

　　应用解析：

　　take things coolly 处之泰然，不激动；

　　take socialist² road 走社会主义道路；

　　take office 就职；

　　take one's temperature 测量体温

　　8. Let's get hitched⁴!

　　我们成为比翼鸟吧！

　　还能这样说：

　　Let's pair off wing to wing.

　　Let's tie the knot!

　　应用解析：

　　hitch³常用意思有：免费搭（车），系住使结婚。

　　例如：Let's hitch a ride.

　　让我们搭便车吧。

1 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

2 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

3 hitch   

v.免费搭(车旅行)；系住；急提；n.故障；急拉

参考例句：

• They had an eighty-mile journey and decided to hitch hike.他们要走80英里的路程，最后决定搭便车。
• All the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch.所有报考者都能对答如流。

4 hitched   

（免费）搭乘他人之车( hitch的过去式和过去分词 )； 搭便车； 攀上； 跃上

参考例句：

• They hitched a ride in a truck. 他们搭乘了一辆路过的货车。
• We hitched a ride in a truck yesterday. 我们昨天顺便搭乘了一辆卡车。