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WORD格式整理版 PAGE 学习指导参考 Please Marry Me Say yes, and you’re in for more than love, children and a home. Better health and a longer life are part of the deal. Lori Oliwenstein Lori Oliwenstein: an independent writing and editing professional who is currently the Co-Director of News and Senior Science Writer at California Institute of Technology. He used to be the Editor and Community Manager, ParentsC., a science Writer at Health Sciences Public Relations, University of Southern California (USC), a senior Health Editor at Living Fit and a Senior Editor at Discover Magazine. 【1】Miriam Kamin is feeling a lot better now. It was rough there for a while – the collapse of her nine-year marriage, and four years of single parenting while building a career as a corporate blogger corporate blogger: 企业博客. Then, last May, she married Mark, a longtime friend. And that, she says, has made all the difference corporate blogger: 企业博客 made all the difference: to have an important effect on sb/sth; to make sb feel better 关系重大，大不相同，使更好受 A few kind words at the right time make all the difference. make a/no/some/…difference (to/in sb/sth): to have an/no/some/… effect on sb/sth 有（或没有，有些等）作用，关系，影响 Your age shouldn’t make any difference to whether you get the job or not. Changing schools made a big difference to my life. 【2】“I’ve struggled with depression for most of my life,” she explains. “Yet, despite the fact that I’ve moved, relocated my kids and am working harder than I have in a very long time, I’m not on medication right now. I had no idea marriage was supposed to be this much fun.” 【3】Never mind the popular palaver palaver: n. talk that does not have any meaning; nonsense 空谈，废话 (P28)He’s talking palaver. about marriage as a source of bliss for the couple, security for the kids and societal stability. Pair up pair up: to come together or to bring two people together to work, play a game, etc.They asked us to pair up with the person next to us and form