A good marriage takes work and shouldn't be based on feelings alone.
一段好的婚姻要用心去经营,而不是仅仅建立在感情的基础上。
I do not know whether you care to answer right away.
我不知道你是否愿意立即回答。
I even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without being able to do anything about it.