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. Pre-nups was once employed solely by the rich, second-timers and the old industrialist. B. The prenuptial agreement is written just in case the couple may divorce one day. C. The divorce rates are high today. D. It is a romantic and fantastic age in which people still believing in marriage and lov [单项选择]A. She thinks her son has almost everything he wants.
B. She is not sure whether an MP3 player is a nice gift. C. She finds it hard to find a proper gift for her husband. D. She’s afraid she can’t afford anything the man’s father wants. [单项选择]A. He thinks she should visit her cousin.
B. Her cousin doesn’t visit very often. C. Her cousin is feeling a lot better today. D. He doesn’t think her cousin has been at home today. [单项选择]For the sake of her daughter’s health, she decided to move to a warm________.
A. weather B. temperature C. season D. climate [单项选择]A. She was hurt by the man. B. She lost her temper.
C. She didn’t speak to her husband. D. She missed the dinner party. 我来回答: 提交
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