《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》03 My Un-wedding Day
时间：2018-12-04 作者：英语课 分类：英语流行话题阅读：语境识词4500
Unit 3
My Un-wedding Day
The local bishop 1 in the western Canadian city of Nelson, was going to perform the ceremony. July 18, 1987, would be the day, just before my 37th birthday, when I would get married for the first time.
Her name was Helen. She was a hairstylist, and we had met in Cuba in March 1986. Three months later, we were engaged. Then, in her Vancouver flat 11 months later, she said she couldn't marry me.
The drive back to my home was an endless journey of destructive emotions and thoughts. The hurt had already set in, but the humiliation 2 was still ahead.
"Yes, time will heal the pain." I told friends. I vowed 3 it would be a long time before I let myself be hurt like that again. But I came to understand that the prospect 4 of leaving her family, friends and job must have scared her deeply. Better before the marriage than after.
As the date of our wedding approached, I decided 5 that I still wanted it to be a special day. Rather than spending it dwelling 6 on what might have been, I wanted to celebrate my friendships with all the people who would have been at the party.
I had wedding-style invitations printed: "Mr. Raymond Turchansky will not be getting married on Saturday, July 18, 1987. So he requests the honor of your presence at the party on that day. Lunch and Champagne 7 at 4 pm".
The party was a blast. I wore a tuxedo 8, had my photo taken with my brother, Larry, who would have been my best man. I played Pachelbel's Canon, a piece I wanted to be my wedding music, a piece she had dismissed as "nice music to dust by".
Some 40 people came -- friends, family, colleagues and neighbors. They brought a cake -- with just a groom 9 on it -- reading, "Oh, it's great to be single." Rather than roses, they offered stinkweed. We ate. We drank. And best of all, we laughed.
A month later, I was covering the Canadian Amateur Gold Championship. Filling in for another reporter who couldn't make it at the last minute was a woman named Lorraine. She already had a cassette tape filled with versions of Pachelbel's Canon. She wanted to learn how to play golf. She said I made her laugh. I knew that would be the start of a beautiful friendship.
Two years later, we spent our honeymoon 10 along the Mississippi River. When Lorraine says she will marry a person, she does it. I like that in a woman.
We recently revisited the American South for our tenth anniversary. Our sons are eight and six years old, and only every second or third day do they say we are the worst parents in the world.
As for Helen, I haven't seen her since I drove off into that Vancouver fog.
- He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
- Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。
- He suffered the humiliation of being forced to ask for his cards.他蒙受了被迫要求辞职的羞辱。
- He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
- The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
- He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。
- There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
- They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。
- Well,you have your own tuxedo.噢，你有自己的燕尾服。
- Have I told you how amazing you look in this tuxedo?我告诉过你穿这件燕尾服看起来很棒吗？