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I have a video for you today. It is about Terry and his wife, who is also called Terry (Terry is a name which both men and women can have). Together they tell the story of how they first met, and how – over 50 years later – they got married.
Terry (the man) joined the Royal Air Force (the RAF) in 1944, during the second World War. He was sent to a training camp at Skegness, on the east coast of England. On his first day there, he met Terry (the woman) who was serving in the WRAF (the Women’s Royal Air Force). They went to a dance that evening, and had 12 wonderful weeks together before Terry (the man) was sent to Radio School. The two Terries wrote letters to each other for a time, but then they lost touch. After the war, they both married, and by co-incidence their marriages each lasted for 48 years, until their respective1 partners died.
One day the grandson of Terry (the woman) took her for a visit to Skegness. When she got home, she decided2 to try to find the other Terry. She wrote to the Skegness local paper, which published a paragraph3 about her story. By chance, a cousin of Terry (the man) saw the story; and so the two Terries met again. Terry (the man) was living on the Isle4 of Man, which is an island in the Irish5 Sea, between England and Ireland6. Terry (the woman) flew over to see him. She fell in love with the Isle of Man, and with Terry. They found they could talk as if they had last seen one another the evening before, instead of more than 50 years ago. A few months later, they got married, and they have lived “the life of Riley” (ie a wonderful life) ever since.
As Terry (the woman) says at the end of the video, “I didn’t intend him getting away again!”
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1 respective | |
adj.各自的,各个的 | |
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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n.段落,短评;vt.将…分段,分段落;vi.写短评 | |
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4 isle | |
n.小岛,岛 | |
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n.爱尔兰语;爱尔兰人;adj.爱尔兰(人)的 | |
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n.爱尔兰(西欧国家);爱尔兰岛(西欧) | |
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7 BBC | |
abbr.(=British Broadcasting Corporation)英国广播公司 | |
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n.短语( phrase的名词复数 );成语;说法;乐句 | |
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