Take Away English-Weddings In Britain 英国式婚礼
时间：2018-12-07 作者：英语课 分类：Take Away English
Wedding celebrations 1 differ from country to country – in China the bride wears red whilst 2 in India the wedding can continue for three days. However, in Britain the bride wears white and a wedding usually only lasts for one day.
In the UK it is possible to get married in a religious 3 or civil ceremony. A religious ceremony takes place in a church. A civil ceremony, on the other hand, can be held in a registry office, in a hotel, or even on a boat!
On the day of the wedding the bride and groom 4 are kept separate 5 until the ceremony. It is said to be bad luck if the groom sees the bride in her dress before the wedding.
The bride arrives at the ceremony accompanied by her father and bridesmaids. He officially gives her away to her new husband. During the ceremony the happy couple exchange vows 6 and give each other wedding rings which they will wear forever. At the end of the ceremony they kiss.
Afterwards they go outside where friends and family throw rice or confetti over them. Then they go on to the reception where there is a lot of food and drink. After the meal the father of the bride and the best man make speeches. Then the bride and groom take the first dance. It's a lot of fun.
Finally, at the end of the party the newly-weds leave to go on honeymoon 7, usually to a very romantic 8 destination.
GLOSSARY 词汇表
marry- 结婚；嫁娶
husband– 丈夫
wife– 妻子
bridesmaids- 女傧相；伴娘
gives her away– 赠送；将她嫁给
vows– 宣誓；发誓
confetti- (婚礼中抛撒的)五彩纸屑
reception– 接待；招待会
best man– 男傧相；伴郎
newly-weds– 新婚夫妇
honeymoon– 蜜月
groom– 新郎
- The mayor was there to dignify the celebrations. 市长的光临为庆祝活动增辉。
- Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations 维多利亚女王登基50周年庆典
- She sang whilst she worked.她边干活边唱歌。
- There was dead silence in the court,whilst the white rabbit read out these verses.当白兔子念诗的时候，法庭上鸦雀无声。
- She is very religious person who goes to church every Sunday.她十分虔诚，每个星期天都上教堂。
- It is hard for me to reject religious beliefs.要我抛弃自己的宗教信仰是困难的。
- His father was a groom.他父亲曾是个马夫。
- George was already being groomed for the top job.为承担这份高级工作，乔治已在接受专门的培训。
- Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
- Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。
- 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。