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　　A: What happened to Nancy? She is all sweetness and ligh t today.

　　Nancy怎么啦?今天温柔又可人。

　　B: She is going to get married.

　　她要结婚了。

　　A: No wonder! Who is the bridegroom?

　　怪不得。新郎是谁呀?

　　B: I don’t know.

　　不知道。

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　　地道短语

　　sweetness and light

　　1 解词释义

　　名词sweetness的本义是“甜蜜，可爱”。此语是习语，意思是“温柔可人”，但是经常用作反语，起到讽刺的作用。

　　2 支持范例

　　When he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light.

　　当他知道我是谁就变得温柔了起来。

　　Long-distance romance over the Web is not all sweetness and light.

　　相隔万里的网上恋爱并不都是甜蜜和轻松。

　　She' s all sweetness and light provided you' re doing what she wants.

　　只要顺着她, 她是又和蔼又讲理。

　　The man suddenly dropped his threatening tone and became all sweetness and light.

　　这人突然一改威胁的口气，摆出一副温和而通情达理的样子。