每天说半小时英语口语087

87.Marriage 婚姻(上)

1.Are you married?

2.Do you mind if I ask you whether you are married or not?

3.When are you going to get married?

4.When did you get engaged?

5.Will you marry Mary?

6.How long have you been married?

7.What's your marital status?

8.When's the wedding ceremony?

9.Have you given her the engagement ring?

10.Would you like to stay at home after you get married?

Dialogue One

A:I hear you and James are engaged at last.

B:Yes,we are.

A:When are you getting married?

B:In the spring.

A:Oh,lovely.Where's the wedding going to be?

B:Well..we're not sure yet,probably in St.Albans.

A:Oh,yes,your parents live there,don't they?

B:Yes,that's right.

A:Where are you going to live after you're married?

B:We're going to buy a flat or a small house somewhere in South London.

A:Are you going to give up your job?

B:Yes,probably but I may look for another one when we're settled in.

Dialogue Two

A:Excuse me,how can I fill in this blank?What does "marital status" mean?

B:Are you married?

A:No,I'm still single.

B:Then,you put "S" in this blank.

Dialogue Three

A:Miss Wang,would you mind my asking you a personal question?

B:No ,not at all.Go ahead.

A:Are you married?

B:Yes.Is that so important?

A:Frankly yes.We like to employ married people.By the way,do you have any children?

B:Yes,I have a three-year-old son.

沟通与美满婚姻

Most of people want to marry and have a happy life.However,marriage is complicated.If you couldn't cope with some problems,your marital life will fail.my husband and I have been married for nearly two years.For the first 18 months of our marriage we were very happy,but lately he seems to have become more interested in his work than in me.He works overtime almost every night and in the weekends he often brings homework to do from his office.He doesn't seem to be unhappy but he really enjoys his work.I feel lonely and unhappy.Later,I begin to change my attitudes and I often talk to my husband and find out what he thinks.Little by little,we have the mutual understanding and live a happy life again.So I think mutual understanding is very important to marital life.Do you think so?

Marriage 婚姻（下）

1.It's a hasty marriage.

2.She married a fortune.

3.He married into a rich family.

4.They are going to get married on New Year's Day.

5.We've just got engaged.

6.I can't wait to get married.

7.I never wanted marriage.

8.Their marriage nearly broke up.

9.He married well and happilly.

10.After five years of unhappy marriage,he divorced his wife.

Dailogue One

A:Would you mind if I ask you whether you are married or not?

B:To be frank,I was married once,and now I'm single.

A:Do you mean you got a divorce?

B:Yes,my first marriage was a failure.

Dialogue Two

A:John,if you don't mind, I'd like to ask you a personal question.

B:I don't mind at all.

A:All right.Are you married?

B:To tell you the truth,I'm not married.I'm still single.

A:Then,when do you plan to get married?

B:I don't know.It's still up in tha air.

Dialogue Three

A:This man looks very handsome.Is he married?

B:Sure.He has already married,a father of two boys.

A:Oh,I can't believe it.He looks very young.

B:He took the picture when he was only 21years old.

A:I see.

婚姻法

Every human society has rules covering marriage.In Britain it is illegal to marry under the age of 18 without your parents' permission and an offence to marry at all under the age of 16.It's also against the law to have more than one husband or wife at the same time.Anyone who breaks this law may go to prison.You may marry your first cousin but you can't marry anyone who is a closer relative than this.

In some societies the rules are stricter.There are places where the men must marry outside their family.For the Nuer tribe in Sudan this means that a man usually has to find a wife in a different village because the people in his village belong to the same family .The Nuer say,"We marry those with whom we fight." In this way friendship is created between enemy villages.