【听英文对话做选择】结婚的准备工作

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Woman: Hey. What's this on Facebook? It says . . . Are you getting married?

Man: Yeah. Didn't you know that?

 

Woman: No. Why didn't you tell me about it? (It) says you're getting married next week.

 

Man: Yeah, and I'm bringing her over to mom's house tomorrow. You'll love Jasmine.

 

Woman: Jasmine?

 

Man: Yeah. Here's her picture on Facebook.

 

Woman: Oh. Wow.

 

Man: What? What do you mean?

 

Woman: Dad is not going to be impressed.

 

Man: Why?

 

Woman: She's got, like a lot her tattoos¹ and a nose ring, and uh, I'm sorry. The family is going to be really surprised.

 

Man: Ah, she's so, well, so sensitive and caring.

 

Woman:Um, well . . . . [ What? ] Have . . . have you taken any marriage prep classes?

 

Man: Ah, who needs that anyway? I know all about women.

 

Woman: Yeah. Right, like . . . . What have you had? Like ten girlfriends in the last six months?

 

Man: Well, that's different!

 

Woman: Uh, listen. Obviously, you need to improve your communication skills, and the best thing at this point . . . . if you're really set on marrying Jamie . . .

 

Man: Jasmine . . .

 

Woman: Okay, I'm sorry, Jasmine, anyway, um, you really should take a marriage prep class.

 

Man: What? What you are talking about? I know all about love and romance².

 

Woman: Uh. Right . . . .

 

Man: What? What do you mean?

 

Woman: Look. Okay. It's more than that. What do you know about, say, personal finance³? [ Well, you know . . . ] I mean, how are you going to manage your money together? Are you going to have a joint⁴ bank account? Whose salary is going to pay the bills?

 

Man: Ah, no problem. No problem. We have that figured out. My paycheck is going to be automatically⁵ transfered to her overseas bank account.

 

Woman: Oh. [ What? ] Uh, where exactly is this account? What's the name of the bank?

 

Man: Ah, I don't know. Jasmine's going to take care of that.

 

Woman: Oh, boy. Right. Um, well, what about children? Are you guys going to have any kids?

 

Man: Well, I want a large family, so eight kids would be just about right.

 

Woman: Wow! What does Jasmine say about that?

 

Man: Ah, well, she doesn't want any kids, but I'll change her mind once we get married. ( Right. ) No problem.

 

Woman: Okay, what about housework? How are you going to handle that?

 

Man: Well, Jasmine won't mind doing it. ( (Did) she said that? ) Well, not exactly. We've been just so busy planning out our honeymoon⁶, that we just haven't worked out, you know, these small details.

 

Woman: Great! You know what? By the time you learn her last name, I think things are going to be over between the two of you.

 

Man: No, you just want and see.

 

1. The woman realizes that her brother is getting married _______.

A. tomorrow

B. in a week

C. next month

2. According to the conversation, what is his girlfriend like?

A. She's a compassionate⁷ person.

B. She's outgoing and friendly.

C. The woman is very honest.

 

3. Jasmine, the man's girlfriend, _____________.

A. has bright green hair

B. wears a lot of crazy clothes

C. has interesting body art 

 

4. The man probably isn't ready for marriage because he __________.

A. has been in many unsuccessful relationships

B. doesn't have a good paying job to support them

C. is still financially dependent on his parents

 

5. The man and Jasmine _________________.

A. agree a lot on the same family size

B. have similar views on the number of kids they want

C. don't think alike at all on this subject

 

6. According to the man, who is going to do the housework?

A. The man is going to take care of it.

B. The man and Jasmine will do it together.

C. Jasmine will be in charge of the chores.

 

正确答案：

1. in a week

2. She`s a compassionate person.

3. has interesting body art

4. has been in many unsuccessful relationships

5. don`t think alike at all on this subject

6. Jasmine will be in charge of the chores.

 

1 tattoos   

n.文身( tattoo的名词复数 )；归营鼓；军队夜间表演操；连续有节奏的敲击声v.刺青，文身( tattoo的第三人称单数 )；连续有节奏地敲击；作连续有节奏的敲击

参考例句：

• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的胳膊上刺满了花纹。
• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的双臂刺满了纹身。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 romance   

n.恋爱关系，浪漫气氛，爱情小说，传奇

参考例句：

• She wrote a romance about an artist's life in Tokyo.她写了一个关于一位艺术家在东京生活的浪漫故事。
• They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.他们试图重燃爱火。

3 finance   

n.财务管理，财政，金融，财源，资金

参考例句：

• She is an expert in finance.她是一名财政专家。
• A finance house made a bid to buy up the entire company.一家信贷公司出价买下了整个公司。

4 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

5 automatically   

adv.不加思索地，无意识地，自动地

参考例句：

• The machine cycles automatically.这台机器自动循环运转。
• She had automatically labelled the boys as troublemakers.她不假思索地认定这些男孩子是捣蛋鬼。

6 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。

7 compassionate   

adj.有同情心的，表示同情的

参考例句：

• She is a compassionate person.她是一个有同情心的人。
• The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence.慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。