純正地道美語 第221期(外教講解):策劃婚禮
A: Trina, will you marry me?
B: Yes! Yes! And yes! Jared ,of course I’ll marry you!
A: Oh， Babe, I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you! I can’t wait for all the adventures we’re going to have, for all the fights and the laughter. I can’t wait to grow old and wrinkly with you.
B: Oh, Jared! I can’t wait for our wedding! I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve already chosen a date! Six months from now in the summer! Melissa saw you buying the ring last month so I’ve had plenty of time to start planning!
A: She what?
B: Oh don’t worry, sweetie, I didn’t know when you were going to propose. It was still a nice surprise! As I was saying, I’ve got it all planned out. There’s almost nothing left to do! I wrote up our guest list and we will have roughly four hundred guests attending.
A: Four hundred?
B: No need to sweat it. My parents agreed to pay for most of the wedding, which is going to be low-budget anyway. So roughly four hundred people, which means that the hall at Northwood Heights will be our reception venue. I thought it would be nice if we had the wedding at your parents’ church and my uncle of course would be officiating. We’ll meet with him soon for some pre-wedding counseling. The music for the wedding ceremony was a no-brainer. My step-sister and her string quartet will take care of that. My cousin will be the official photographer. I thought it would also be nice if his daughter could sing a solo. Did you know that she’s going to be a professional opera singer?
A: Ah...
B: And then of course the ladies at the church would love to be our caterers for the banquet and we’ll get the Youth Group to serve us. I was thinking that your friend’s band could be our entertainment for the night. though they might have to tone it down a bit. Or we could hire a DJ. Your sister’s husband could get us a discount with that company that does the decor at weddings. what’s their name again? I was thinking that we could have an island paradise- themed wedding and our theme color would be a soothing blue like Aquamarine. And there will be a huge seashell on the wall behind the podium where we’ll make our toasts! What do you think of small packages of drink mixes for our wedding favors? Who else am I missing? Oh, your uncle could be our florist and his wife could make our wedding cake!
A: Wow.
B: See? It’s going to be wonderful! Oh this wedding is going to be everything I ever dreamed of.
A: If I survive the next six months.
wrinkly adj. 有皺紋的
propose v.求婚
roughly adv.概略地, 粗糙地
venue n. 婚禮接待處
officiate v.主持（儀式等）
no-brainer n.無需用腦的事
caterer n. 備辦食物者, 備辦宴席者
decor n. 裝飾
toast n.祝酒
favor (宴會上贈予客人的)小禮物
florist n.花匠
想一想再看
n. 講臺，矮牆，腰牆，突出的座席 n. [生]管足
聯想記憶X單詞podium聯想記憶：pod腳，ium地方－腳站的地方－講壇；樂隊指揮台 sweat[swet]
想一想再看
n. 汗，汗水
v. (使)出汗
theme[θi:m]
想一想再看
n. 題目，主題
soothing['su:ðiŋ]想一想再看
adj. 使人寬心的；撫慰的 v. 安慰；減輕痛苦（so
entertainment[ə'teinmənt]想一想再看
n. 娛樂
聯想記憶X單詞entertainment聯想記憶：enter在中間+tain拿住+ment→在[工作]中間拿→娛樂，款待 photographer[fə'tɔgrəfə]
想一想再看
n. 攝影師
tone[təun]想一想再看
n. 音調，語氣，品質，調子，色調
vt. 使
想一想再看
vt. 比 ... 活得長，倖免於難，艱難度過
聯想記憶X單詞survive聯想記憶：
sur下面，vive＝live－在下面活着－倖存
想一想再看
n. 帶，箍，波段 想一想再看 n. 線，一串，字串
n. 隊，一羣，樂隊
vt. 串起，成串，收緊
A: Trina,你願意嫁給我嗎？
B: 願意，我願意。Jared,我會嫁給你。
A: 親愛的，我迫不及待想和你共度餘生。我期待那些一起要經歷的冒險，以及所有的飛行和笑聲。我等不及想和你你一起變老。
B: Jared,我真想馬上舉行婚禮。我希望你不介意，我已經選了結婚的日子。距現在6個月的夏季，Melissa看見你上個月買了戒指，所以我有很多時間去計劃婚禮。
A: 她怎麼了？
B: 親愛的，別擔心，我不知道你什麼時候會求婚。對我來說真是個驚喜。正像我所說的，我把一切都計劃好了。幾乎沒有什麼事要去做。我已經寫了需要邀請客人的名單，大概有四百名客人要參加我們的婚禮。
A: 四百人？
B: 別緊張。我的父母同意支付婚禮的大部分花銷，那樣我們的花銷就會低得多。大概會有四百人，那意味着所有Northwood 山莊的地方都會作賓客接待處。我想如果在你父母的那個教堂舉行婚禮，我的叔父來主持婚禮，那會很好。我們要快點見他來請教些婚禮前的準備事宜。婚禮儀式的音樂無很簡單。我的姐姐和她的樂團回來演奏。我的表弟會作正式的攝影師。如果他的女兒能來個獨唱那就更好了。你知道嗎她要成爲專業的舞劇歌手？
A: 喔
B: 教堂的女士們會準備婚禮宴席，我們會請Youth Group來服務。我想你朋友的樂隊在晚上能帶來些樂子，雖然他們水平可能一般。或者我們僱DJ。在做婚禮裝飾時，你妹妹的丈夫可以讓那個公司給我們些折扣。他們叫什麼名字？我正在想可以辦一個歡樂島主題餓婚禮，主題顏色可以像Aquamarine那樣的平和的藍色。在祝酒禮臺後面的牆上掛一個巨大的海貝，你認爲用小包裝的混合飲料做小禮物如何？我有什麼沒提到嗎？對了，你叔叔可以做花匠。他妻子能爲我們做婚禮蛋糕。
A: 哇。
B: 明白了？婚禮會很棒，這個婚禮會有我夢想的一切。
A: 如果6個月後我還能活着的話。
重點單詞查看全部解釋podium['pəudiəm]想一想再看
n. 講臺，矮牆，腰牆，突出的座席 n. [生]管足
聯想記憶X單詞podium聯想記憶：pod腳，ium地方－腳站的地方－講壇；樂隊指揮台 sweat[swet]
想一想再看
n. 汗，汗水
v. (使)出汗
theme[θi:m]
想一想再看
n. 題目，主題
soothing['su:ðiŋ]想一想再看
adj. 使人寬心的；撫慰的 v. 安慰；減輕痛苦（so
entertainment[ə'teinmənt]想一想再看
n. 娛樂
聯想記憶X單詞entertainment聯想記憶：enter在中間+tain拿住+ment→在[工作]中間拿→娛樂，款待 photographer[fə'tɔgrəfə]
想一想再看
n. 攝影師
tone[təun]想一想再看
n. 音調，語氣，品質，調子，色調
vt. 使
想一想再看
vt. 比 ... 活得長，倖免於難，艱難度過
聯想記憶X單詞survive聯想記憶：
sur下面，vive＝live－在下面活着－倖存
想一想再看
n. 帶，箍，波段 想一想再看 n. 線，一串，字串
n. 隊，一羣，樂隊
vt. 串起，成串，收緊
