英語播客初級版 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
A: Trina,你愿意嫁給我嗎?
B: 愿意，我愿意。Jared,我會嫁給你。
A: 親愛的，我迫不及待想和你共度余生。我期待那些一起要經(jīng)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(jīng)選了結(jié)婚的日子。距現(xiàn)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: 她怎么了?
B: 親愛的，別擔(dān)心，我不知道你什么時候會求婚。對我來說真是個驚喜。正像我所說的，我把一切都計劃好了。幾乎沒有什么事要去做。我已經(jīng)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，那意味著所有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(zhǔn)備事宜?；槎Y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。你知道嗎她要成為專業(yè)的舞劇歌手?
A: 喔
B: 教堂的女士們會準(zhǔn)備婚禮宴席，我們會請Youth Group來服務(wù)。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。或者我們雇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。他們叫什么名字?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。在祝酒禮臺后面的墻上掛一個巨大的海貝，你認為用小包裝的混合飲料做小禮物如何?我有什么沒提到嗎?對了，你叔叔可以做花匠。他妻子能為我們做婚禮蛋糕。
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個月后我還能活著的話。