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1、.Unit-Text-I-Please-Marry-Me综合商务英语教程课文 作者： 日期：2 6Please Marry MeSay yes, and youre in for more than love, children and a home. Better health and a longer life are part of the deal. Lori Oliwenstein Lori Oliwenstein: an independent writing and editing professional who is currently the Co-Director of
2、News and Senior Science Writer at California Institute of Technology. He used to be the Editor and Community Manager, ParentsC., a science Writer at Health Sciences Public Relations, University of Southern California (USC), a senior Health Editor at Living Fit and a Senior Editor at Discover Magazin
3、e.【1】Miriam Kamin is feeling a lot better now. It was rough there for a while the collapse of her nine-year marriage, and four years of single parenting while building a career as a corporate blogger corporate blogger: 企业博客. Then, last May, she married Mark, a longtime friend. And that, she says, ha
4、s made all the difference made all the difference: to have an important effect on sb/sth; to make sb feel better 关系重大，大不相同，使更好受 A few kind words at the right time make all the difference. make a/no/some/difference (to/in sb/sth): to have an/no/some/ effect on sb/sth 有（或没有，有些等）作用，关系，影响 Your age shoul
5、dnt make any difference to whether you get the job or not. Changing schools made a big difference to my life.【2】“Ive struggled with depression for most of my life,” she explains. “Yet, despite the fact that Ive moved, relocated my kids and am working harder than I have in a very long time, Im not on
6、 medication right now. I had no idea marriage was supposed to be this much fun.”【3】Never mind the popular palaver palaver: n. talk that does not have any meaning; nonsense 空谈，废话 (P28) Hes talking palaver. about marriage as a source of bliss for the couple, security for the kids and societal stabilit
7、y. Pair up pair up: to come together or to bring two people together to work, play a game, etc. They asked us to pair up with the person next to us and form teams. Smokers and nonsmokers are paired up as roommates. any two people with often clashing needs, add the pressure-cooker variables the press
8、ure-cooker variables高压变量 pressure-cooker: 压力锅 of kids, doctor bills, career, housework, and the fact that someone he knows who he is cant pull himself away from pull himself away from:1) pull away (from sth): (of a vehicle) to start moving 开动 They waved as the bus pulled away. 公共汽车开动时他们挥手告别。2) pull
9、away from sb/sth: if you pull away from someone/something that you have had close links with, you deliberately become less close to them. She tried to pull away from the man who was holding her. Though her baby was unwell, she managed to pull away from him to attend an important meeting.pull out: (o
10、f vehicle or its driver) to move away from the side of the road 驶离路边，驶出pull over: (of vehicle or its driver) to move to the side of the road in order to stop or let sth pass 驶向路边，向路边停靠（或让车）pull sth down: to destroy a building completely 拆毁，摧毁（建筑物） SYN demolishpull through (sth): 1) to get better aft
11、er a serious illness, operation, etc.（大病，手术等候）复原（或康复） The doctors think that she will put through.2) to succeed in doing sth very difficult 完成（十分困难的事） I relied on my instincts to pull me through. pull together: to act, work, etc. together with other people in an organized way and without fighting 齐心
12、协力，通力合作pull yourself together: to take control of your feelings and behave in a calm way 使自己镇定自若（或冷静） Stop crying and pull yourself together! 别哭了，振作起来！ the TV during college-basketball college-basketball: most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by th
13、e National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA全国大学体育协会) 高校篮球 (P28) college-basketball season 高校篮球赛季 season, and there are bound to be be bound to do/be sth: be certain or likely to happen, or to do or be sth 一定会，很可能会 There are bound to be changes when the new system is introduced. Its bound to be
14、sunny again tomorrow. problems. Marriage is criticized as a source of stress (and it is), conflict (that too) and endless crises that need to be resolved (guilty there as well).【4】But its also something more. Decades of data collection have shown that marriage for all for all: despite, in spite of 尽
15、管，虽然 For all his wealth and fame, he is lonely. 虽然他有钱有名，但很孤独。 For all his talk about extravagant houses, he is just an ordinary bank-clark. its challenges is like a health-insurance policy. Marriage means no more drinking at bars until closing, no more eating ramen Ramen: a very popular Japanese noodle dish that originated in China. Its served in a meat- or fish-based broth肉汤, often flavored with
