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W: When can the doctor see me
M: He won’t be free until tomorrow.
M: Joe told me he wants to break with you. He thinks you are dishonest.
W: What That’s not true! I’ve never tried to cheat him.
| She was slim and he liked her that way.
So he called a lawyer. The result was a contract. According to the document, the
fresh-faced bride agreed to pay a fine for each pound she gained in weight, the
money refundable upon its loss. The paper signed, and the wedding went on. This
is a prenuptial agreement—one more indication of the strange pass of marriage in
this most trans- actional decade. You are welcome to marriage, contractual
style, where increasingly detailed le- gal documents spell out everything from
who’ s going to do the dishes to who’ s going to get the house when you
split. This is family planning taken to extreme. Once employed solely by the rich, second-timers and the old industrialist carrying off the latest young cookie, the prenuptial agreement—a written pact between a couple outlining the financial obligation in the event of divorce—i A. is a part of a comedy film B. is something rare C. is something real and becoming common daily D. is ridiculous [单项选择]She was slim and he liked her that way. So he called a lawyer. The result was a contract. According to the document, the fresh-faced bride agreed to pay a fine for each pound she gained in weight, the money refundable upon its loss. The paper signed, and the wedding went on.
This is a prenuptial (婚前的)agreement—one more indication of the strange pass of marriage in this most transactional decade. You are welcome to marriage, contractual style, where increasingly detailed legal documents spell out everything from who’s going to do the dishes to who’s going to get the house when you split. This is family planning taken to extreme. Once employed solely by the rich, second-timers and the old industrialist carrying off the latest young cookie, the prenuptial agreement—a written pact between a couple outlining the financial obligations in the event of divorce—is becoming commonplace in a litigious (爱打官司的),disillusioned and materialistic age in which one in every two marriages is pro A. Cupid is cast aside as prenuptial agreements become common. B. Prenuptial agreements will provide you dignity when you divorce. C. Prenuptial agreements and marriages are mutually inclusive. D. Yours is yours and mine is min 我来回答: 提交
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