生活場景口語實戰人際篇 第52期:求婚(2)

9. I want to have your children.
我要跟你生寶寶。
還能這樣說：
I want to give birth to a child with you.
I want to have a baby of ours.
諺語：
You have never lost anything, unless yourself give up.
世上無難事，只怕有心人。
10. He proposed to his girl on bent knees.
他跪着向她求婚。
還能這樣說：
He bent his knees to have an offer of marriage.
He asked the girl to marry him with his knees bent.
應用解析：
beyond one's bend 力所不及，所辦不了的；
be bent on 決心要，專心於；
drive sb. round the bend 叫某人受不了；逼得某人發瘋；
bend oneself to 專心於，致力於
11. I want to share the rest of my life with you.
我願今生今世和你在一起。
還能這樣說：
I'd like to live with you in the present life.
It's my hope to be with you all my life.
應用解析：
on shares 共負盈虧；同甘共苦；
share and share alike 平均分配；
share out 分配的，分配給
12. Have you proposed to Janice?
你向詹尼斯求婚了嗎？
還能這樣說：
Have Janice received your proposal?
Have you sued for Janice's hand in marriage?
13. My sister has had an offer of marriage.
有人向我姐姐求婚。
還能這樣說：
Someone has taken the initiative in courtship to my sister.
A gentleman has courted my sister.
應用解析：
marriage contract 婚姻協約；
marriage guidance 婚姻指導，婚姻諮詢；
marriage licence 結婚許可證；
marriage lines 結婚證書
14. I turned down his offer.
我拒絕了他的求婚。
還能這樣說：
I didn't receive his courtship.
I rejected his marriage proposal.
應用解析：
be down on sb. 對某人感到不滿或有敵意；
down-and-out 窮困潦倒的人；
down-to-earth 腳踏實地的；實際的
15. He proposed to his girlfriend in a romantic way.
他以浪漫的方式向女朋友求婚。
還能這樣說：
He asked for his girlfriend's hand with a romantic interlude.
There was romance in the air when he wooed his girlfriend.
應用解析：
a romantic scheme 不現實的計劃；
a romantic report 誇大的報道；
romantic complications 愛情上的糾葛