生活美語《He proposed》
He proposed
他求婚了
對話
Arlene：You'll never guess what happened yesterday evening.
阿琳：你一定猜不到昨天晚上發生了什麼事。
Pearl：Well, let me see. You went to bed early?
珀爾：嗯，待我想想。你很早就上床睡覺？
Arlene：Oh, stop making fun. It's important. It's about Angus and me.
阿琳：別開玩笑了。那件事很重要，是我和安格斯的事。
Pearl：Well, you've been going out together for long enough. I can't think. Go on, surprise me.
珀爾：你們走在一起很久啦。我猜不到。說出來，使我驚奇一下。
Arlene：He proposed! He proposed! I knew something special was going to happen because he was so nervous.
阿琳：他求婚了，向我求婚了！我見他神情緊張，就知道有些特別事情要發生。
Pearl：Oh my god! And don't tell me, he went down on one knee.
珀爾：天啊！別告訴我他單膝跪了下來。
Arlene：Well as a matter of fact he did. He's such a romantic.
阿琳：事實正如你所言。他浪漫得很。
Pearl：He's just so old-fashioned. And did you accept?
珀爾：他只是守舊落伍。你有沒有答應婚事？
Arlene：Well of course I did. We're getting married in the spring.
阿琳：當然答應了。我們定了來春結婚。
多學一點點 跪下求婚
琳說男朋友向她求婚：He proposed。Propose 一般解作「提議」；求婚當然是提議的一種，所以也叫propose或propose marriage，名詞是proposal或marriage proposal / proposal of marriage，例如：(1) Angus finally screwed up enough courage to propose(marriage) to Arlene（安格斯終於鼓足勇氣，向阿琳求婚）。(2) She declined her boss's marriage proposal resolutely but politely（她有禮而堅決的拒絕了老闆求婚）。Screw作動詞指「扭螺旋」，screw up one's courage 即「鼓起勇氣」。
珀爾對阿琳說：Don't tell me, he went down on one knee。Don't tell me直譯是「別告訴我」，帶「你不要說，我猜得到」含義，表示某人、某事物一般都會這樣，例如老師跟懶惰的學生說：Why haven't you done your homework? Don't tell me you were sick over the weekend（你為什麼沒有做家庭作業？別告訴我你周末病了）。
To go down on / drop on / fall on one's knees即「跪下」，on one knee或on one's knees則是單膝或雙膝跪地，例如：(1) He dropped on one knee to tie his shoelace（他單膝跪下來，把鞋帶縛好）。(2) He is on his knees praying（他跪著祈禱）。
阿琳說男友很浪漫：He's such a romantic。Romantic（浪漫的、浪漫主義者）出自romance一字，而romance則出自拉丁文Romanus（羅馬的）。古羅馬(Rome)用拉丁文(Latin)，義大利文、法文、西班牙文等都出自拉丁文，統稱為Romance languages（羅曼斯語）。中世紀歐洲不少英雄美女故事，都是用羅曼斯語寫成，故romance可解作「浪漫」。
