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Being engaged is like having all of your feelings dropped into a blender...
订婚就像把所有感觉 都放到搅拌机里面
...and then someone hits "mix" before you put the top on.
还没有放好盖子 就有人打开开关了
It's the most bizarre mixture of pure joy, total dread, and gunk.
这是一种非常复杂的感觉 既有单纯的快乐, 也有恐惧
See?
看到没有?
Speaking of dread, it's time I told you about my mother.
说到恐惧 现在谈一下我妈妈吧
My early memories of her are great.
开始她给我的感觉棒极了
My younger sister Anne and I were the luckiest girls in the world.
我和妹妹Anne简直就是 这个世上最幸福的孩子
But as we got older, it became clear that things changed.
但随着我们长大 情况开始变了
You know that saying, "You can't have a favorite child"?
听过"不要生一个人见人爱的孩子"吗?
Well, don't believe it.
算了, 别理它
I remember this.
我却记住了
We took a cross-country road trip when I was 16.
16岁的时候我们去乡间旅行
Notice something?
注意到没有?
And it only got worse.
而且还会变坏
All of you worked tirelessly...
你们学习非常勤奋
Anne, I know that you'll be valedictorian. Anne,
我相信你会成为 致告别词的学生代表

重点讲解

重点单词：
1、 engage
vt. 吸引，占用；使参加；雇佣；使订婚；预定
vi. 从事；答应，保证；交战；啮合
She engaged herself to repay her debt within two months.
她答应在两个月内偿还她的债务。
2、blender
n. （美）搅拌机；掺和者；混合物
n. (Blender)人名；(英)布伦德
Puree cucumber in a blender.
用搅拌机打成黄瓜泥。
3、mixture
n. 混合；混合物；混合剂
Air is a mixture of gases.
空气是多种气体的混合物。
4、tirelessly
adv. 不知疲倦地；不屈不挠地
They can work tirelessly for years, beaming back data and images, and returning samples to Earth.
它们可以不知疲倦地工作好几年，发回数据和图像，并带回样品。
重点短语：
1、drop into
不知不觉变得；顺便进入；偶然进入
He dropped into a shop for some tooth-paste and soap.
他走进一家商店买牙膏和肥皂。
考考你（翻译）：
1、他们上个月订了婚。
2、他们在搅拌机或咖啡豆的磨具很容易被磨碎，但种子如果榨成油木酚素就被破坏了。
3、你给这混合物加进了过多的液体。
答案下期公布：
上期答案：
1、The picture emerging is a mirror image of the traditional gender map: men and markets on the side of the irrational and overemotional, and women on the side of the cool and levelheaded.
2、Keep yourself well groomed.
3、We regret for the loss you have suffered and agree to compensate you by $500.