地道生活口语——Marry a "Soul Mate"！嫁给灵魂伴侣！

soulmate
灵魂伴侣；知音
I won't settle if he isn't my soulmate.
如果他不是我的“唯一”，我不会安定下来的。

engaged

已订婚的

/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/

Mary was engaged to Joe.

玛丽和乔订婚了。

propose

/prəˈpəʊz/

求婚

propose to sb

向某人求婚

He proposed to me.

他向我求婚了。

meant to be with each other/be perfect for each other

天生一对

经典对话

A: Have you heard the big news?

你听说那个特大新闻了吗？

B: What big news?

什么特大新闻？

A: Olivia and Nicholas are engaged. He proposed to her last night at a fancy restaurant.

奥利维亚和尼古拉斯订婚了，他昨晚在一家高级餐厅向她求婚了。

B: I didn't even know they were dating.

我压根就不知道他们俩在约会。

A: After Nicholas' ex-girlfriend cheated on him, they realized that they had a great friendship and that maybe they were meant to be with each other.

尼古拉斯的前女朋友背叛了他之后，他们才意识到彼此的友情有多深后，对方才是自己的那个人。

B: They really are perfect for each other. I can't think of a better matched couple than them.

他们俩真是天生一对，真是再没有什么人比他俩更般配了。

A: I heard that they're planning to have an extravagant wedding ceremony in a church with a reception in an expensive restaurant on the lake.

我听说他们打算在教堂办一场豪华的婚礼，还在湖边的一家高级餐厅订了酒席。

B: Have they asked anyone to be in a wedding party yet?

他们还有没有请人参加他们的婚礼？

A: I think Nicholas asked Jack to be his best man and olivia asked Kate to be her maid of honor.

我想尼古拉斯会邀请杰克做伴郎。奥利维亚会邀请凯特做伴娘。

B: It sounds like they've done a lot of planning in a very short time. Have they decided where they're going to go for their honeymoon?

好像他俩在很短的时间里策划了很多事情，他们决定去哪里度蜜月了吗？

A: I haven't heard where they will go yet, but I bet you they'll go to a beach somewhere. You know how they both love surfing.

这个倒还没有听说，不过我敢打赌肯定会去海边。你知道的，他们俩有多喜欢冲浪。

B: You know most people find it difficult to find their soulmate, but they've made it seem extremely easy.

要知道，想找个心灵相通的伴侣有多难，可是他们俩好像手到擒来。