【句子】I read in the paper that you're engaged to George Williams.  【Desperate Housewives S2E8】

【发音】/aɪ/ /red/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈpeɪ.pə(r)/ /ðæt/ /jə(r)/ /ɪnˈgeɪdʒd/ /tʊ/ /dʒɔː(r)dʒ/ /ˈwɪljəmz/

【发音技巧】read in连读；engaged to失去爆破；

【翻译】我在报纸上看到你和乔治·威廉姆斯订婚了。

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一下英文中“订婚”的说法。

我们通常可以使用engaged这样的一个形容词，它可以表示“使用的；被占用的”；或者像今天视频里面一样，表达“已经订婚的”这样的意思；

When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other.

你可以说A is engaged to B. “A和B订婚了”；

你也可以说They are engaged to be married. 或者They are engaged to be married to each other. “他们订婚了。”

eg: an engaged couple

一对订婚了的情侣

eg: Debbie and Chris have just got engaged.

黛比和克里斯刚刚订婚。

eg: She was engaged to some guy in her company.

她跟她公司里的一个男人订婚了。

eg: They're engaged to be married in June.

他们订婚了，将于六月完婚。

eg: When did you get engaged?

你们是什么时候订婚的？

eg: We got engaged about this time last year.

我们去年大概这个时候订婚的。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

She's engaged to someone she met at work.