小故事

In Life, We Are Happiest When...
生活中，我们最幸福时……
A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration.
一个男人和他的女朋友结婚，举行了一场盛大的结婚庆典。
All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations. All had a wonderful time.
所有的朋友和家人都来到结婚典礼上参加欢宴和庆祝活动。大家都过得很开心。
The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
穿着白色婚纱的新娘漂亮迷人，穿着黑色礼服的新郎英俊潇洒。每个人都能看出他们彼此的爱是真诚的。
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, "I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage," she offered. "Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together."
几个月后，妻子走近丈夫提议说：“我刚才在杂志上看到一篇文章，说的是怎样巩固婚姻。”她说：“我们两个人都各自把对方的小毛病列在一张纸上，然后我们商量一下怎样解决，以便使我们的生活更幸福。”
The husband agreed. So each of them went to a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other. They thought about this question for the rest of the day and wrote down what they came up with.
丈夫同意了。于是他们各自走向不同的房间去想对方的缺点。那一天余下的时间里，他们都在思考这个问题，并且把他们想到的都写下来。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. partake of
吃；喝；享用；
eg. They were happy to partake of our feast, but not to share our company.
他们喜欢享用我们准备的丰盛大餐，但是不喜欢和我们呆在一起。
eg. They invited us to partake of their simple meal.
他们邀请我们吃便饭。
2. write down
写下；记下；
eg. Children write down the word, cover it up and then try to spell it from memory.
孩子们把这个词写下来蒙住，然后试着凭记忆拼出来。
eg. He began to write down the thoughts that came into his head.
他开始写下头脑里出现的思想。
3. come up with
想出，提出（计划、想法等）；
eg. He came up with good ideas for the product promotion.
他想出一个推广产品的好方法。
eg. He could not come up with a proper answer.
他想不出一个合适的答案。