单身，是指一个人成年以后仍然是一个人生活而没有配偶，可以是从没结婚的，也可是已经离异的，还可以指丧偶的。现在可以引申为没有男（女）朋友，也是可以称为单身的。
相关词汇
adult n.成人
appealing adj.吸引人的
bachelor n.未婚男子，单身汉
boring adj.无聊的
break up 分手
compromise v. & n. 妥协
conflict v. & n.冲突
desperate adj.绝望的
dilemma n.左右为难
divorced adj.离婚的
freedom n.自由
gamophobia n.恐婚症
leftover ladies 乘4女
single n. & adj.单身
single father 单身爸爸
single mother 单身妈妈
unmarried adj.未婚的
Valentine's Day 情人节
widow n.寡妇
widower n.鳏夫
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情景对话
A: Hey, jenny, do you know lately there's a best-seller called Bridger Jones's Diary?
B: No. What is it about?
A: It's about a single woman, Bridget Jones, how she struggles between remaining single and getting married.
B: Oh, this kind of issue seems popular nowadays.
A: You bet.
B: Then why is that woman in a dilemma?
A: Well, on the one hand, she enjoys being single. Being single means freedom. She can do whatever she likes.
Plus, she has a satisfying job so she doesn't have to find someone to support her.
B: Sounds great.
A: But she also has to face a lot of pressures, pressures from the society, her family and her friends. And she feels scared to die alone.
B: Then get married!
A: Well, the marriage around her is not appealing. You know, you need to make compromise in marriage, you may have conflicts all the time, or your life will be in a mess if you have a baby, and so on.
B: Maybe that's because she hasn't found the right person!
参考译文:
A:嘿，珍妮，近出了本名叫《BJ单身日记》的畅销书，你知道吗?
B:没有。关于什么的啊?
A:是关于一个叫布里奇·琼斯的单身女人如何在单身和结婚之间挣扎的故事。
B:哦，这种问题现在好像很普遍。
A:就是啊。
B:那她为什么会左右为难呢?
A:一方面，她喜欢单身.单身意味着自由.她有一份令人满意的工作，所以她不需要男人养她。
B:听起来不错啊。
A:不过她得面临很多来自社会、家庭和朋友的压力。而且她害怕孤独地死去。
B:那就结婚啊.
A:但是她所看到的婚姻并不吸引人。比如，你知道的，婚姻需要你妥协啦，伴侣之间总是有很多矛盾啦，你的生活有了小孩后会很乱啦，诸如此类.
B:也许那是因为她还没找到合适的人吧。