雅思口语交际类话题：婚姻（1）
Marriage is an alliance between two people.
婚姻是两个人的结合。
alliance n. 结合，联合
Marriage may be compared to a cage; the birds outside despair to get in and those within despair to get out.
婚姻好比鸟笼：外面的鸟儿想进进不去，里面的鸟儿想出出不来。
marriage n. 婚姻
cage n. 鸟笼
despair v. 绝望
be compared to“被比作…”
Marriage makes or breaks a man.
= Marriage makes or mars a man.
婚姻决定一个男人的成败。
mar v. 毁损，玷污
Don't let a little dispute break up a great marriage.
不要让小小的争论毁掉了美满的婚姻。
dispute v. 争论，争吵
break up“打破，结束”
Marriage is great for the right people.
婚姻对于合适的人来说都是美满的。
right a. 恰当的，适合的
He is the happiest, be the King or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
无论国王还是农夫，家庭和睦是最幸福的。
peasant n. 农夫，乡下人
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
草率成婚，后悔莫及。
haste n. 急忙，慌忙 repent v. 后悔，懊悔
leisure n. 悠闲，安逸
in haste“匆忙地，慌张地，草率地” at leisure“空闲着，闲着无事”
To make a lasting marriage, we have to overcome self-centeredness.
要使婚姻长久，就要克服以自我为中心的意识。
self-centeredness n. 自我中心，自私自利
The great secret of successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents, and none of incidents as disasters.
成功婚姻的秘诀在于：把大灾难看成小事故，而不要把小事故看成大灾难。
disaster n. 灾难，灾祸 incident n. 事件，小事情
Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good manage must be created.
嬉姻中的幸福不是自然而然就有的。幸福的婚姻是需要努力创造的。
happen v. 发生，出现
