异地恋：看上去很美
北京人严华（音译）于去年嫁给了一位美国人；婚前，她同未婚夫曾维持了三年的异地恋情。
Yan Hua, a Beijing woman who married an American man last year, had a long-distance relationship with her future husband for three years before they married.
他们是在好友的婚礼上结识的。由于男方在美国工作，而严华的工作地点则在北京，他们大都通过MSN和电话来联络。严华说：“我们之间有一条雷打不动的规定，那就是无论什么情况，我们每天中午都会在MSN上交谈。”
They met each other at a mutual friend’s wedding. Since the man worked in the US and Yan worked in Beijing, they mainly communicate through MSN and phone calls.
她说他们的恋情能够坚持下来，这都要归功于她和未婚夫对于未来的那份信念。在他们长达三年的爱情长跑中，严华的未婚夫只来过四次中国，这其中包括他们在那场婚礼上的初次相识。
She said their relationship persevered because both she and her future husband believed it had a future. During their three-year courtship, Yan’s future husband came to China just four times, including their initial meeting at the wedding.
距离是一份考卷，测量相爱的誓言，最后会不会实现。
严华说：“拥有共同目标这十分重要。在网上约会了一段时间后，我便开始申请美国的大学。所以我们清楚彼此会在某一时刻相聚的。”
“Having the same goals is important. I started to apply to American universities after we dated each other online for a while. So we know we were going to be together at some point,” said Yan.
2008年时，严华成功申请了一所美国大学，并与当年夏季赴美留学。他们在美国共同度过了一年的时光，并于去年决定结婚。严华毕业后，在住处附近的一家小公司找到了一份工作，现在他们打算要一个宝宝。
In 2008, Yan successfully applied to a US college and went there in the summer. They spent one year together in the US and then decided to marry last year. Yan graduated, found work at a small company near their home and they are now starting a family.
段凤（音译）毕业于北京交通大学，她和男友在一起已经有三年时间了，但今年九月她的男友将去加拿大求学。她则选择继续留校攻读硕士学位。
Duan Feng, a graduate of Beijing Jiaotong University has had a boyfriend for three years, but this September her boyfriend will leave for Canada to study. She will remain in school here in China studying for her master’s degree.
“一想到即将同他分开，我就感到焦躁不安。我们携手度过了这三年中的大多数时光。他已经成为我生活的一部分。但我相信我们的前景是光明的。他答应我，一毕业他就会回来。两年时间不长也不短。”段凤说。
“I feel nervous that I am going be apart from him. We stayed together for most of the past three years. He has become part of my life,” said Duan. “But I believe that we will have a future. He promised me that he will come back after graduation. Two years is not a long time but it is not short either.”
