跨国婚姻Marriage_Across_Nations

• Meet with 遭遇，满足< satisfy > • Eg. In order to his meet with extravagant life, he can only continue to lie to parents.
• 为了满足自己奢华的生活，他只能不断 地对父母撒谎
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• When we hurried ran to the dining room, only found that rice just sold out.
• They had hoped to be able to move into their new house at the end of the month, but things did not work out as they had expected 。 • 他们本来希望能进入他们的新房子在 月底,但事情并没有按照他们的预期解 决。
• 对于居住在美国异族通婚的夫妻，我和盖 尔对未来没有不切实际的幻想。相互信任 和尊重才是我们两永不枯竭的力量源泉。
• We wanted to avoid the mistake made by many couples of marrying for the wrong reasons, and only finding out ten, twenty, or thirty years later that they were incomepatible, that they hardly took the time to know each other, that they overlooked serious personality conflicts <忽略了严重的性格差异>in the expectation that marriage was an automatic<自动的，机械的>way to make everything work out right.
Marriage Across Nations
Para 1-5
Gail and I imagined a quiet wedding. During our two years together we had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to know, understand, and respect each other. But through it all we had honestly confronted<面对> the weaknesses and strengths <优点和弱点>of each other's characters.
• When Gail spread the news of our wedding plans to her family she met with some resistance . • Her mother, Deborah, all along<一直 > had been supportive of our relationship, and even joked about when we were going to get married so she could have grandchildren.instead of <取而代之 >congratulations upon hearing our news, Deborah counseled Gail to be really sure <确定>she was doing the
• That point was emphasized by…..
• 这个观点正在被某一事实证明。这 个句子我们可以用于作文中说明某 一观点。
• had a negative effect on…对什么有 消极的影响。
• Eg.同学的嘲笑对他产生了不好的影响。
• The students laughed had a negative effect on him。
• 第一段开门见山道出了Gail and I 打算 结婚和他们之间的那种真挚的爱。 • 第二，三就接着讲了在美国异族婚恋的 不易以及大多的悲惨结局。 • 第4,5段指出了Gail 的家庭背景以及其 Gail and I结婚的阻扰。 • 后面的文段由此而展开 反应出了异族恋 因文化，性格，观念以及种族歧视的艰 难与不易
• That point was emphasized by the fact that Gail‘s parents, after thirty-five years of marriage, were going through <经历>a bitter and painful divorce, which had destroyed Gail and for a time <有一 段时间，一度>had a negative effect on our budding relationship.
• being open with开诚布公，彼此之间 敞开心扉交流。 • involved with涉及,与…..有关。在本文 中做关注讲 • Eg.涉及到未来方面的问题，我们大多 很茫然。 • When involved with future problems,
most of us was at a loss.
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• Gail and I had no illusions about what the future held for us as a married, mixed couple in America. The continual < 持续不断的 >source of our strength was our mutual trust and respect.
• But though the school don't very good, we have to study hard .
• Our racial and cultural differences enhanced<增强> our relationship and taught us a great deal about tolerance, compromise, and being open with each other. Gail sometimes wondered why I and other blacks were so involved with the racial issue, and I was surprised that she seemed to forget the subtler forms <形式>of racial hatred in American society.
• quiet wedding不张扬的婚姻。低调的婚姻。 • ups and downs上下起伏可以指物体的起伏 也可以使人内心的起伏。 • eg. There have been ups and downs in the old man's life, but on the whole his fortunes have grown . • But through it all尽管如此 • Eg.翻译. 尽管这所学校不怎样的，我们还 是得努力学习。
. mistake made应该是Make mistake犯 错误。在这里是倒装。 only finding out only在这里是表示 一种好的结果放在句中没有实际的意思。 finding out 发觉，知道。 Eg.当我们急匆匆的跑到食堂，才发现 饭刚好卖完了。 work out解决；算出；实现；制定出； 消耗完；弄懂 想出。例如：