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近些年来，租友产业发展得如火如荼。只要1000块一天，就能租到一个女友，陪吃饭逛街、应付家长、模特约拍、家教兼职、健身瑜伽、情感咨询等。做出租女孩兼职的木木称，过年过节生意特别好，能挣4万，还会和客户举办假婚宴，拍假结婚照等，以应对催婚的父母。对此你怎么看？你会去租女/男友吗？留言告诉我们吧。
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1. I would like to rent a single room with a balcony near the subway station.
我想在地铁站附近租一个带阳台的单间。
2. I work part-time at a coffee shop on the weekends.
我在周末在一家咖啡店做兼职。
3. As a freelance translator, I have the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world.
作为自由翻译，我可以在世界上任何地方工作。
4. I feel like I'm constantly being pressured to get married, and it's stressing me out.
我感觉自己一直被催婚，压力山大。
5. He isn't really crying, he's just faking.
他不是真的在哭，只是在装哭。
【口语积累】
1. 租女友 rent a girlfriend
“租”我们用到的是rent，这个词既可以指从别人那“租来”，也可以指向别人“租出”，如：rent sth from sb就是“从某人那租用某物”，rent sth (out) to sb则是“向某人出租某物”。此外，它还可以作名词，表示“租金”。“租来的女友”我们可以用它的形容词形式：a rental girlfriend。
I would like to rent a single room with a balcony near the subway station.
我想在地铁站附近租一个带阳台的单间。
He rents rooms in his house to students.
他把家中的房间租给学生。
How much rent do you pay for this place?
你租这个地方的租金是多少？
My landlord is increasing the rental price starting next month.
我的房东从下个月开始要涨租金。
2. 兼职 part-time job
也可以说work part-time，兼职工作者可以称为part-timer。相应的，全职工作就是full-time job或work full-time。还有一种工作方式叫做“自由职业”，用freelance这个词，可以说work freelance，“自由职业者”就是freelancer。
I work part-time at a coffee shop on the weekends.
我在周末在一家咖啡店做兼职。
He took a part-time job to supplement his income.
他找了一份兼职工作来增加收入。
He was offered a full-time position but decided to stick with his part-time job.
他找到了一份全职职位，但决定继续做兼职。
As a freelance translator, I have the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world.
作为自由翻译，我可以在世界上任何地方工作。
Many graphic designers prefer to work as freelancers rather than being employed full-time.
许多平面设计师更喜欢做自由职业者而不是全职雇员。
3. 催婚 urge someone to wed
和“高考”“红包”等类似，“催婚”也是一个中国特色词汇，许多外媒在报道时会直接用汉语拼音cuihun，再给出英文解释：urge someone to wed/get married，也可以用pressure代替urge来表示“催促”。
Pressuring their children to get hitched (a phenomenon known as “cuihun”) is what middle-aged Chinese parents do.
中国的中年父母会催婚。
I feel like I'm constantly being pressured to get married, and it's stressing me out.
我感觉自己一直被催婚，压力山大。
My parents keep asking when I'm going to settle down and get married.
我的父母一直问我什么时候会安定下来结婚。
My parents keep setting me up on blind dates with their friends' children.
我的父母一直在安排我和熟人家的孩子相亲。
4. 伪造 fake
很多人租女友是为了“伪造婚姻”，我们可以说fake a marriage，fake除了可以表示“假的”，作动词也可以指“伪造，假装”。另外一个表示“伪造”的词是forge，这个词多用来指伪造文件物品等真实存在的东西，如伪造钱币、支票、文凭等。
She didn't want to go out, so she faked a headache.
她不想出去，就假装头疼。
He isn't really crying, he's just faking.
他不是真的在哭，只是在装哭。
He faked his signature on the contract.
他在合同上伪造了签名。
They used forged documents to leave the country.
他们利用伪造的文件离开了这个国家。
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