朝闻道，夕死可矣。

I had a sense that a knowledge more than human possessed me, so that everything that had been confused was clear and everything that had perplexed me was explained. I was so happy that it was pain and I struggled to release myself from it, for I felt that if it lasted a moment longer I should die; and yet it was such rapture that I was ready to die rather than forgo it.

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万万没有想到纽约时报居然报道了日本真子公主即将下嫁凤凰男要搬去纽约的消息[偷乐]

标题就极度直白 It’s no Fairy Tale
Fairy Tale - 这个词就是童话故事的意思，想到公主，就想到童话。标题就一针见血地指出，这两个人就不符合多数人对皇室公主婚姻的想象[偷笑R]
正文中还有一个副标题 - No Horse, No Carriage
没有白马，没有马车，啧啧啧，难怪前面说这就不是一个童话故事般的婚姻起点呢[喵喵]

forgo - 这个词有着满满地委屈，表示被迫放弃想要的东西，或者想做的事。作者再次铺垫叙事，暗示公主对于放弃皇室婚礼这件事并不甘心，为下文中解释日本民众讨厌真子公主的选择埋了伏笔

nuptials = wedding 备考过雅思或者GRE的小伙伴对这个词应该不陌生了[doge]

A long and arduous engagement 漫长又艰难的订婚
Arduous 这个词，本身就包含了长期一段时间的努力和痛苦的付出，我们经常可以在美剧听到 make arduous efforts （艰苦奋斗/努力）[并不简单]

后文中还有好几处非常有意思的比喻和辛辣讽刺，想不到全世界人民对于凤凰男娶到公主，还是个家庭背景复杂的凤凰男这一点，表示出了一致的吃瓜兴趣[羞嗒嗒] 果然公主是日本的，八卦是大家的

#雅思##英语##英语单词#

A profound point to share:
Behavioral economist have come to believe that a surfeit of choices can be paralyzing,Studies show that the more investment choices a plan offers,the less likely people are to participate in it.It may follow,then,that a lack of flexibility in certain plans may actually be a virtue.People reasonably forgo some advantages in exchange for a peace of mind.[并不简单]