实战口语情景对话 第200期:婚礼-他的故事 The Wedding-His Story

 Todd: OK, John could you tell us about your wedding day? 

托德：好的，约翰，你能跟我们说说结婚那天的事吗？

John: Sure, I got married about two years ago on May 18th. I got married in my wife's parents backyard¹. They have a really beautiful backyard, with a pool and it's nicely landscaped, with lots of nice flowers and bushes² and trees. It was a kind of a small wedding we only had about 30 to 50 people there, all close friends of the family, and a few family members who I hadn't seen in a few years who were able to make it, but it was a pretty small affair and we had the food catered³, some seafood⁴ and some meat, steak, type items⁵, and it was a beautiful outdoor wedding. The actual ceremony only lasted about 15, 20 minutes. I cried, when I was supposed to like, deliver my lines. I cried and everyone told me afterwards, they were like, " I couldn't hear a word you were saying because you were crying, right!" and I was trying not to talk loud cause the louder I got the louder my crying noises got, so I was like "Ah, mmm, will you merry me?", just real quiet. But other than that it went pretty smooth.

约翰：当然可以，我在两年前结婚，5月18日。我在我妻子父母的后院举行了婚礼。他们有一个非常漂亮的后院，里面有游泳池，景色非常美，当然还有大片漂亮的鲜花、灌木丛还有树木。我们举行的是小型婚礼，只邀请了30到50名宾客，都是家人的亲密朋友，有些家人我已经有几年没有见过了，他们都来参加婚礼了，我们的婚礼并不隆重，我们准备的美食包括海鲜、肉类、牛排这类的食物，那是一场很唯美的户外婚礼。实际上整个仪式只持续了大概15或是20分钟。我在要宣誓时哭了。我哭了，之后所有人都跟我说，“我根本没听到你说的任何一个字，因为你一直在哭！”我努力控制自己不要大声说话，因为我说话的声音越大，我哭泣的声音也越大，所以我就像这样，“啊，唔，你愿意嫁给我吗？”，非常小的声音。不过除了那个，婚礼进行的很顺利。 

1 backyard   

n.后院，后庭

参考例句：

• I parked the car in the backyard.我把汽车停在后院。
• The residents didn't want a new factory in their backyard.居民不希望在他们住地附近建新工厂。

2 bushes   

n.灌木（丛）( bush的名词复数 )；[机械学]（金属）衬套；[电学]（绝缘）套管；类似灌木的东西（尤指浓密的毛发或皮毛）

参考例句：

• There was someone skulking behind the bushes. 有人藏在灌木后面。
• The boy chased his sister in and out among the bushes. 那个男孩在灌木丛里跟着他姐姐追过来追过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 catered   

提供饮食及服务( cater的过去式和过去分词 )； 满足需要，适合

参考例句：

• We catered for forty but only twenty came. 我们准备了40客饭菜，但只来了20个人。
• They catered for everyone regardless of social rank. 他们为所有人服务而不计较其社会地位。

4 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

5 items   

n.物料项目 （任何一种自制或采购的零部件或组装件，如最终产品、部件、子部件、零件或原材料）；条( item的名词复数 )；一项；一则；一件商品（或物品）

参考例句：

• Bulky items will be collected separately. 大件物品将分开收集。
• Customers with ten items or less can use the express lane. 购买十件商品以内的顾客可使用快速购物通道。