情景英语：中级美语对话(第111讲)

111 I Want to Marry Your Wife  p.262

　　Strange people do strange things. Aging German millionaire¹ Walter Thiele certainly fits the bill. Recently， he put advertisements in newspapers to find someone to “look after” his wife and his fortune after he dies. Needless² to say， thousands of letters poured in from all over the world. Some young men even showed up at Walter's home. Once， when he opened the door， a young man said， “I want to marry your wife.”

　　If you think that's funny，so does Walter. The problem is he isn't getting much sleep. So in order to get away for a while， he's taking his beautiful young wife on a round-the-world trip. Well， I guess it takes all kinds of people to make up the world.

　　He was married to Jane ten years ago. = He married Jane ten years ago.       marry vt.   married adj.

　　odd³ ball  怪人，怪胎

　　aging  adj.年纪渐大的     aged  adj.年老的

　　fit the bill = fit the requirement⁴ 符合……条件

　　put ads 登广告

　　“look afer” = take care of 软表达

　　make（earn） a fortune on the stockmarket 发了大财   fortune-teller 算命人   tell one's fortune  算命

　　pour in 涌入

　　show up = turn up = appear

　　Peter showed up at the party showing off his diamond ring.

　　We've been working on this case very hard two monthes； It's time to get away. 摆脱

　　make up 构成

　　go skydiving 跳伞