【英音模仿秀】数字恋爱

模仿文本： They say that love is blind. In China, it seems it's slightly deaf as well. Saying that today's date in Mandarin¹ sounds like a declaration of undying affection requires linguistic² contortions³. But it was enough to prompt thousands of people to register to be married on Friday. 10,000 couples were expected to tie the knot in Beijing alone. 

 

译文： 有人说，爱情是盲目的。在中国，看上去陷入爱河的人也有点耳背。说今天的日期听起来像不朽爱情的声明需要一些语音上的曲解。但是这也足够驱使成千上万的人在周五登记结婚。仅在北京就有一万对夫妻打算结婚。 

 

1 Mandarin   

n.中国官话，国语，满清官吏；adj.华丽辞藻的

参考例句：

• Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
• Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。

2 linguistic   

adj.语言的，语言学的

参考例句：

• She is pursuing her linguistic researches.她在从事语言学的研究。
• The ability to write is a supreme test of linguistic competence.写作能力是对语言能力的最高形式的测试。

3 contortions   

n.扭歪，弯曲；扭曲，弄歪，歪曲( contortion的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Trimeris' compound, called T-20, blocks the final structural contortions from taking place. T-20是特里米瑞斯公司生产的化合物。它能阻止分子最终结构折叠的发生。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 癌症与艾滋病
• The guard was laughing at his contortions. 那个警卫看到他那难受劲儿感到好笑。 来自英汉文学