英文原文

爱情是两个人的事情，是否能幸福一辈子是谁也无法预料的，而且这个东西只能奢望不能预见。劝楼主不要陷在爱情的谜局中，而是按照自己的生活方式去做。爱情需要多种调味剂去改变它的味道，也需要保鲜剂来为它保鲜，只有有味道而又保持新鲜的爱情才能让你觉得幸福。

Three-Day Courtship Leads to a Lasting Marriage

I spent all the afternoon of the date sunbathing. I was red as a beet. My hair was a mess and I really didn’t wanna go. And as we were walking down the stairs I saw the three guys sitting there and I said to my friend “look at the hick with no tie, I'll bet I get stuck with him.” And I did. We went out. And I knew he didn’t have any money. They wanted to stop for a hamburger and a Coke and, and he just frankly told me “I can’t afford it. ” Somehow or other that seemed honest to me. I said let’s just sit in the car and talk. And talk we did. Talked ourselves right into love and marriage. And then I called him. And we deicided maybe we wanna to see each other again, but friends from Chicago had come in and they took me out to lunch. So I stood him up.

I waited longer for her that day than I have ever waited for anybody in my life. I don’t think I really was mad, I was disgusted and I just wrote this girl off. And so I went back to work, worked Monday night, worked Tuesday night, in Wednesday evening the manager said, ''Frank you've got a telephone call.'' And in her little girl’s voice, She started explaining to me. And the sucker that I was, I accepted the apology. And on Friday, I took her out to the farm to meet my mother and dad. And I told Dad Saturday, ''If you can find us a minister, we are gonna get marry tomorrow.'' And on the honeymoon, we got halfway to Lake Shafer and I discovered that I only had $20.

So we honeymooned on $20 and it was fun.

I found a motel for $3 a night. We discovered a beer garden where you get a hamburger and a bottle of beer for, I think 75 cents. So we lived 3 days and 3 nights.

On hamburger, beer and love. And I’ve never once regretted. A 3-day courtship.

中文译文

3天的相处换来一生的幸福

相亲的那天下午，我正在晒日光浴，皮肤都晒红了，头发凌乱不堪，事实上，我并不想去。我和朋友走下楼梯，就看到3个男人坐在那，我对朋友说“看到那个没打领带的老土没？我肯定我会被他骗了。”我确实被骗了，我们一起出去了。我清楚他没什么钱，他们想要汉堡和可乐，他只是坦诚地对我说“我买不起”。从某个角度来说，我觉得这是一种真诚，我就说，就坐在车子里，随便聊聊。我们确实聊了。直接聊到爱情和婚姻，后来我给他打电话。或许我们可以约个时间再出来聊聊，但是我的朋友从芝加哥过来了，他们把我叫去吃午饭。所以我让他空等了。

那一天是我一生中等人等的时间最长的一次，我觉得自己是不是疯了，我很烦，我和她没关系了。接着我回到自己的工作中，周一晚上，周二晚上我都在加班，周三的时候，经理说“Frank，有你的电话。”是那个小女孩的声音，她在和我解释。我原谅了她。周五的时候，我带她去农场见我的父母。周六的时候，我和父亲说“如果你能找到一个牧师，我们明天就结婚。”度蜜月的时候，我们刚到谢弗湖，我身上只剩20美元了。

因此我们的蜜月只花了20美元，但是我们很开心。

我们住的是3美元一晚的汽车旅馆。我们吃的是，一个啤酒花园的，汉堡和啤酒，75美分就可以了。我们住了3天3夜。

只有汉堡，啤酒和爱，但是我从来不后悔，这短暂的3天爱恋。

重点词汇

1.hick n. 乡巴佬，土包子

如：A hick town.
一座乡村市镇

2.get stuck with 无法摆脱; 与不喜欢的人在一起; 被强迫做

如：So, who did you tick off to get stuck with this detail, Scully?
史卡利，你是骂了谁才沦落到这边的？

3.stood him up 让某人空等

如：He stood her up on a blind date.
相亲的时候他没有赴约

4.disgusted adj. 厌恶的，讨厌的

如：I'm disgusted with her affectation.
我讨厌她的装腔作势。

5.write off n. 勾销，报废，完全无用，写信寄出

We'll just have to write off the arrangement if we can't find the money for it.
这项计划如果筹不到钱就只得取消。