Section One

Vocabulary

1. shuffle     翻动
2. pancake     烙饼
3. compatibility computer     计算机配对
4. categorize     分类
5. ethnic     种族
6. a cape     斗蓬
7. Franklin is something else     富兰克林是另一回事了
8. try to be suave     尽量举止温文尔雅
9. blurt out     脱口而出
10. that sheaf of papers     一摞材料
11. an IBM card     用IBM计算机打出来的卡片
12. he fared even worse in Xiao Wu’s eyes     在小吴的眼里，他的遭遇更惨
13. her prerequisites for a future husband     她对未来夫君的条件要求
14. semi-handicapped     半残废

Related Words and Expressions

a partner
a spouse
marital status
be single
cohabitation—“live in sin”
courtship system
pay court to sb.
match-maker
marriage on the basis of romantic love
select/choose one’s spouse
marriage between partners who share similar social characteristics
interclass marriage
interracial marriage
marry upward
marry downward
marry with the left hand
marital breakdown
romantic love is believed to “conquer all”
romantic love is lost in the daily routines
marriage is related to one’s social and economic status
fall in love with…at first sight
fall out of love