520 sounds like 我爱你

5月20号逐渐变成了一个节日，因为520的谐音很像我爱你。

homophone: 同音。

今天我们要分享10个浪漫邂逅的故事：

cute/romantic “how we met” stories: 浪漫的邂逅故事。

meet-cute: 浪漫的邂逅。

destiny: 缘分，命运（好事发生）。

fate: 命运（尤指坏事）。

serendipity : 情缘。

01.The umbrella

I met my fiancée by offering her my umbrella when it was raining, and we walked for half an hour together.

我第一次遇见我的未婚妻是在一个下雨天，我把雨伞借给了她，后来我们一起在雨里走了半个小时。

fiancée : 未婚妻。

02.Pen pals

In junior school we were given random pen pals and just happened to be given each other. We continued to write and talk for the following years until we finally met in person.

上初中时，大家被分配到了笔友，我正好分到跟ta一组，后面的几年我们一直以笔友的方式联系，直到最后我们见了面。

pen pals：笔友。

03.Receptionist

My uncle used to order products from a company. Every time he called, he would speak to the same receptionist. He finally asked her out.

我叔叔以前经常从一家公司订货，每次接电话的都是同一个人，最后他约她见面了。

receptionist: 接待员。

04.Good insurances

A friend of mine got cancer, but he didn’t have good insurance. One of his friends with really good insurance suggested they get married just for the benefits for him. After a while it just clicked that they actually loved each other and they stayed married.

我的朋友得了癌症，但他没有保险。他的另一个朋友知道后，提出可以假结婚让他分享医保。后来两个人日久生情，假戏成真了。

cancer: 癌症。

fake marriage: 假结婚。

click:（双方）来电了。

05.The pizza

I met my husband when we were in high school — I ordered pizza and he was the delivery man.

我和我的丈夫在高中就认识了，那个时候我点了披萨，是他送的。

06.Engagement party

My great grandpa randomly kissed my great grandma at his engagement party to another woman. He called off his engagement the next day and later married my great grandma.

我太爷爷在他的订婚派对上随便亲了下我太奶奶，第二天他就取消订婚，之后跟我的太奶奶结婚了。

call off + something: 取消某件事。

07.Taking a picture

My boyfriend and I met on top of a mountain. He asked me to take a picture for him.

我男朋友跟我是在山顶相遇的，当时他让我帮他拍个照片。

08.Someone who truly loves me

A fortune teller told me there would be a man in my life whose name started with D, and he would be 'Someone who truly loves me'. I was on a run one day and some guy looked lost, so I stopped and asked if he needed help and his name was Doug.

一个算命的和我说我的真命天子名字以D打头的。有天我出门跑步，看到一个人迷路了，我就问他需要帮助么，他的名字叫Doug。

fortune teller: 算命的。

Someone who truly loves me. 我的真命天子。

09.Lyft driver

I met my boyfriend who was my Lyft driver. We couldn't stop talking during our 8 minute ride.

我男朋友曾经是Lyft司机，我打车时认识的他，全程8分钟，我们聊得停不下来。

bond: 和一个人很有共同语言。

10.Traffic accident

On my way to meet a different date I almost ran over a guy, I slammed my brakes…He came to my window, I thought he would yell at me…but he asked me out for a drink instead.

我当初赴另一个约的时候差点撞到人，我急刹车，他走到我车窗边，本以为他要大发雷霆，他却问我有空去喝一杯么。

yell at me: 吼我；冲我吼。

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