英语小达人 428 In Life, We Are Happiest When...(1)

 In Life, We Are Happiest When... 生活中，我们最幸福时……

A man and his girlfriend were married.  一个男人和他的女朋友结婚，

It was a large celebration. 举行了一场盛大的结婚庆典。

All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations.  所有的朋友和家人都来到结婚典礼上参加欢宴和庆祝活动。

All had a wonderful time. 大家都过得很开心。

The bride was gorgeous¹ in her white wedding gown² and the groom³ was very dashing in his black tuxedo⁴.  穿着白色婚纱的新娘漂亮迷人，穿着黑色礼服的新郎英俊潇洒。

Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true. 每个人都能看出他们彼此的爱是真诚的。

A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal,  几个月后，妻子走近丈夫提议说：

I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage, she offered.  我刚才在杂志上看到一篇文章，说的是怎样巩固婚姻。

Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. 她说：我们两个人都各自把对方的小毛病列在一张纸上，

Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together. 然后我们商量一下怎样解决，以便使我们的生活更幸福。

The husband agreed.  丈夫同意了。

So each of them went to a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other.  于是他们各自走向不同的房间去想对方的缺点。

They thought about this question for the rest of the day and wrote down what they came up with. 那一天余下的时间里，他们都在思考这个问题，并且把他们想到的都写下来。

1 gorgeous   

adj.华丽的，灿烂的，美丽的，宜人的，棒的

参考例句：

• The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。
• What a gorgeous day it is today!今天天气多好啊！

2 gown   

n.长袍，特殊场合穿的长服

参考例句：

• She pinned the gown at the neck with a safety pin.她在领子那儿用一枚别针把睡衣别住。
• He threw on his gown.他穿上他的礼服。

3 groom   

vt.给（马、狗等）梳毛，照料，使...整洁

参考例句：

• His father was a groom.他父亲曾是个马夫。
• George was already being groomed for the top job.为承担这份高级工作，乔治已在接受专门的培训。

4 tuxedo   

n.礼服，无尾礼服

参考例句：

• Well,you have your own tuxedo.噢，你有自己的燕尾服。
• Have I told you how amazing you look in this tuxedo?我告诉过你穿这件燕尾服看起来很棒吗？