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我不做剩女

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ID: 1499 Advanced
18岁的时候我们是大学美少女，22岁的时候我们是职场新人，25岁的时候我们是没有时间谈恋爱的“白领”，28岁的时候，我们一夜之间变成了“剩女”。要工作也要甜蜜爱情幸福婚姻，我们新时代的精英女性该怎么做呢？
Wed Sep 15 2010 | David, Jiaojie
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一本正经 yīběnzhèngjīng in a serious manner
相亲 xiāngqīn arranged dating
排斥 páichì to reject, to dismiss
嘴硬 zuǐyìng to talk tough
亲爱的，你看那边那一对，一本正经的，肯定是在相亲。
qīn ài de ，nǐ kàn nàbiān nà yī duì ，yīběnzhèngjīng de ，kěndìng shì zài xiāngqīn 。
Hey, look at that couple over there. They're so serious. They're definitely on a blind date.
哎，没想到我们80后也要靠相亲解决问题。
āi ，méixiǎngdào wǒmen bālíng hòu yě yào kào xiāngqīn jiějué wèntí 。
Agh, I never thought us born in the 80's would need to rely on arranged dating in order to solve our problems.
别排斥相亲嘛！
bié páichì xiāngqīn ma ！
Don't just dismiss arranged dating!
有时候想为什么非要结婚呢，单身也挺好的。
yǒushíhou xiǎng wèishénme fēiyào jiéhūn ne ，dānshēn yě tǐng hǎo de 。
Sometimes I wonder why we absolutely must get married. Being single isn't so bad either.
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