情景会话口袋书人际篇51:求婚(2)

 　　9. I want to have your children.

　　我要跟你生宝宝。

　　还能这样说：

　　I want to give birth to a child with you.

　　I want to have a baby of ours.

　　谚语：

　　You have never lost anything, unless yourself give up.

　　世上无难事，只怕有心人。

　　10. He proposed to his girl on bent¹ knees.

　　他跪着向她求婚。

　　还能这样说：

　　He bent his knees to have an offer of marriage.

　　He asked the girl to marry him with his knees bent.

　　应用解析：

　　beyond one's bend 力所不及，所办不了的；

　　be bent on 决心要，专心于；

　　drive sb. round the bend 叫某人受不了；逼得某人发疯；

　　bend oneself to 专心于，致力于

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

　　我愿今生今世和你在一起。

　　还能这样说：

　　I'd like to live with you in the present life.

　　It's my hope to be with you all my life.

　　应用解析：

　　on shares 共负盈亏；同甘共苦；

　　share and share alike 平均分配；

　　share out 分配的，分配给

　　12. Have you proposed to Janice?

　　你向詹尼斯求婚了吗？

　　还能这样说：

　　Have Janice received your proposal?

　　Have you sued for Janice's hand in marriage?

　　13. My sister has had an offer of marriage.

　　有人向我姐姐求婚。

　　还能这样说：

　　Someone has taken the initiative in courtship to my sister.

　　A gentleman has courted my sister.

　　应用解析：

　　marriage contract 婚姻协约；

　　marriage guidance 婚姻指导，婚姻咨询；

　　marriage licence 结婚许可证；

　　marriage lines 结婚证书

　　14. I turned down his offer.

　　我拒绝了他的求婚。

　　还能这样说：

　　I didn't receive his courtship.

　　I rejected his marriage proposal.

　　应用解析：

　　be down on sb. 对某人感到不满或有敌意；

　　down-and-out 穷困潦倒的人；

　　down-to-earth 脚踏实地的；实际的

　　15. He proposed to his girlfriend in a romantic way.

　　他以浪漫的方式向女朋友求婚。

　　还能这样说：

　　He asked for his girlfriend's hand with a romantic interlude.

　　There was romance in the air when he wooed his girlfriend.

　　应用解析：

　　a romantic scheme 不现实的计划；

　　a romantic report 夸大的报道；

　　romantic complications 爱情上的纠葛

1 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。