英国情侣争相在"三十重合日"结婚

    Brides and grooms¹ across the UK are staging a romantic rush to tie the knot on the most memorable（值得纪念的，难忘的） date of the year.....10-10-10.
    All around the world, the attraction of saying 'I do' on an unforgettable date has sparked a massive rush by couples to organise（组织） their big day for the 10th day of the 10th month of the 10th year of the century.
    More than 31,000 romantic couples are to get hitched² this Sunday as the unique date proves to be the hottest day for a wedding this year.
    Registry offices（登记处） and churches have been booked up for months. Manchester's 163-year-old register office is opening on a Sunday for only the third time in its history so that six couples can get hitched.
    In Nottinghamshire, seven couples will be saying their vows³ in a series of Las Vegas-style ceremonies at their local pub.
    According to Brides magazine, at least 31,050 couples will be getting married this Sunday - almost twice the number of weddings on any other day during the month, and 10 times as many on a ‘normal’ Sunday.
    The dash to mark the special day with a wedding is not confined to the UK.
    Thousands of couples from Las Vegas to Singapore are also joining in the celebration of the auspicious⁴ date. In Singapore（新加坡）, a record 774 couples are planning to marry, compared to 70 on a normal Sunday.
    Benefitting from the phenomenon that occurs only 12 times every 1,000 years, are hotels, whose ballroom⁵ schedules and honeymoon⁶ suite⁷ reservations are booked up, as well as airlines, whose passenger seats will be full of newly-married couples heading off to their honeymoon destinations.
    The next most favoured wedding dates are 11-11-11 and 12-12-12, and after those dates any triple digit⁸ dates will not happen again until the year 3001.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 grooms   

n.新郎( groom的名词复数 )；马夫v.照料或梳洗（马等）( groom的第三人称单数 )；使做好准备；训练；（给动物）擦洗

参考例句：

• Plender end Wilcox became joint grooms of the chambers. 普伦德和威尔科克斯成为共同的贴身侍从。 来自辞典例句
• Egypt: Families, rather than grooms, propose to the bride. 埃及：在埃及，由新郎的家人，而不是新郎本人，向新娘求婚。 来自互联网

2 hitched   

（免费）搭乘他人之车( hitch的过去式和过去分词 )； 搭便车； 攀上； 跃上

参考例句：

• They hitched a ride in a truck. 他们搭乘了一辆路过的货车。
• We hitched a ride in a truck yesterday. 我们昨天顺便搭乘了一辆卡车。

3 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

4 auspicious   

adj.吉利的；幸运的，吉兆的

参考例句：

• The publication of my first book was an auspicious beginning of my career.我的第一本书的出版是我事业吉祥的开始。
• With favorable weather conditions it was an auspicious moment to set sail.风和日丽，正是扬帆出海的黄道吉日。

5 ballroom   

n.舞厅

参考例句：

• The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.舞厅老板给他们免费。
• I go ballroom dancing twice a week.我一个星期跳两次交际舞。

6 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。

7 suite   

n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员

参考例句：

• She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
• That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。

8 digit   

n.零到九的阿拉伯数字，手指，脚趾

参考例句：

• Her telephone number differs from mine by one digit.她的电话号码和我的只差一个数字。
• Many animals have five digits.许多动物有5趾。