印度准新郎15+6=17 遭悔婚
时间:2015-03-27 06:37:54
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An Indian bride has walked out of her wedding after her bridegroom-to-be failed to solve a simple maths problem, according to police in Uttar Pradesh.
印度北方邦警方透露,因准新郎未能解出一道简单的算术题,印度一位新娘毅然悔婚。
The bride asked the
groom1 to add 15 and six. When he replied 17, she called off the marriage.
Reports say the groom's family tried to convince the bride to return, but she refused saying the man was
illiterate2.
Local police said they
mediated3 between the families, and both sides returned all the gifts given before the wedding.
Most marriages in India are arranged by the families, and it is common for a bride and groom to get married without spending time in each other's company.
A police official of Rasoolabad village where the incident happened told BBC Hindi that local resident Mohar Singh had
fixed4 his daughter Lovely's wedding to a man called
Ram5 Baran.
"But just before the marriage ceremony Lovely came to know that Ram Baran is illiterate and she refused to marry," he said.
Mohar Singh told the Associated Press news agency that the "groom's family had kept us in the dark about his poor education".
"Even a first grader can answer this [the maths test]," he said.
Last month, another bride in Uttar Pradesh married a guest at her wedding after her groom-to-be had a
seizure6 and
collapsed7.
Reports said the groom was epileptic and he had kept the information from the bride and her family.
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groom
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| vt.给(马、狗等)梳毛,照料,使...整洁 |
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- His father was a groom.他父亲曾是个马夫。
- George was already being groomed for the top job.为承担这份高级工作,乔治已在接受专门的培训。
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illiterate
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| adj.文盲的;无知的;n.文盲 |
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- There are still many illiterate people in our country.在我国还有许多文盲。
- I was an illiterate in the old society,but now I can read.我这个旧社会的文盲,今天也认字了。
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mediated
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| 调停,调解,斡旋( mediate的过去式和过去分词 ); 居间促成; 影响…的发生; 使…可能发生 |
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- He mediated in the quarrel between the two boys. 他调解两个孩子之间的争吵。
- The government mediated between the workers and the employers. 政府在工人与雇主间搞调和。
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fixed
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| adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 |
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- Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
- Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
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ram
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| (random access memory)随机存取存储器 |
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- 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存,640K内存则更佳。
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seizure
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| n.没收;占有;抵押 |
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- The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
- The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。
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collapsed
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| adj.倒塌的 |
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- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
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