1. That was the situation until a couple of years later, when I was offered an opportunity to study English through an online course.
    几年后我有机会参加了远程英语教学课程，情况才有所改善。

2. The last person to approach the couple was a short, elderly woman who smiled as she congratulated them — not by name but as "wife" and "husband".
    最后一个走到新婚夫妇跟前的，是一位矮矮的、上了年纪的妇人。她笑着祝贺他们，不是直呼其名，而是称他们为 “妻子”和“丈夫”。

3. They wondered. Had she come to the wrong church or at the wrong time, mistaking them for another couple?
    他们都感到迷惑不解。她是不是走错了教堂，记错了时间，错把他们当作了另一对新婚夫妇了？

4. The couple's life together was very ordinary. Peculiarly, neither ever asked "Whose job is this?" or asserted "That is not my responsibility!" Both acted to fill their needs as time and opportunity allowed.
    夫妻俩的生活很平常。但很特别的一点是，他们俩都从来不问“这活该谁干？”也不说“这不是我的责任！”只要有时间、有机会，两人都会主动去帮助对方。

5. Think about a couple going through a divorce. Once there was one home. Now there are two.
    设想如果一对夫妇离婚了，原先的一个家，现在却变成了两个。

6. That can lead to "court-shopping", since what matters is the law of the country where the couple is getting divorced.
    这就可能导致 "逛法庭"的现象，因为问题的关键在于夫妇办理离婚时所在国的法律。

7. There is a natural tendency for any relationship based on voluntary affection to come apart, but marriage provides the glue needed to keep a couple together by providing ties of family, in conjunction with the obligations of parents to children.
    任何建立在自发爱恋基础上的关系都会趋于自然终止，但婚姻建立起家庭纽带，以及父母与子女间的责任义务，这就提供了将夫妇联结在一起的粘合剂。

8. He gained a couple of pounds, but by then he was so slim that no one noticed.
    戒烟后他的体重增加了几磅，但当时他太瘦了，所以没人注意到这一点。

9. He then does a couple of hours of work at home before going to bed at midnight.
    接着再做两小时作业，直到半夜才上床睡觉。

10. During our two years together we had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to know, understand, and respect each other.
    在一起相处的两年中，我们经历了一对情侣在学着相互了解、理解和尊重时常常出现的磕磕碰碰。