【英语趣味课堂】婚礼的准备工作-Wedding Prep
时间：2018-12-29 作者：英语课 分类：英语趣味课堂
英语课
Julia: Hi, my name's Julia and I am talking to Nathan about his wedding experience. Nathan, tell me how was your wedding day.
Nathan: My wedding day was, I guess, mixed. I think the build up to my wedding was quite funny. I didn't feel in control of my wedding so we went to several different, I don't know what to call them, wedding shops or wedding planning companies and they asked us how much money we could spend first and the first thing that comes out is how much money do you think you're going to spend on your wedding and I felt that was kind of like a real personal, a kind of an embarrassing 1 question as well because...
Julia: You're British.
Nathan: We didn't really have much money. Well, yeah, cos I'm British maybe.
Julia: Can I ask you how much did you spend on your wedding?
Nathan: Oooh, it was I guess about, in pounds it would have come out at a guess about fifteen thousand pounds.
Julia: I've heard that's the average, I think, for a wedding. I don't know but...
Nathan: So I wasn't doing my wedding in England, I was doing it overseas and there was a few things I had to get to used to. And one of those things was the wedding company that we chose offered us some, some different priests 3 to do the ceremony for us but they're not real priests.
Julia: Like a priests menu?
Nathan: Yeah, it's like a priests menu and you've got these like different guys who are playing the role of the priest 2 for the wedding so I happened to know all of the guys in this menu and they said to me, they said to me ah so this guy's really, really popular. Barry priest is like the most popular priest, we really recommend him and I was looking at the picture thinking I know Barry priest and last night I went drinking with Barry priest and he, he didn't look like a very good priest last night.
Julia: You got married by your drinking buddy 4.
Nathan: But we didn't in the end. We avoided that but, yeah, all these different choices on a menu, I felt like a McDonald's menu rather than like, it was like do you want a large priest or a small priest or like do you want extra large candles or like small candles in your wedding ceremony lunch and different things so it was kind of, yeah, it was kind of McDonaldized kind of wedding where you had to choose this option or this option and it didn't feel very personal to me at the beginning.
Julia: Was it romantic, do you think it was romantic in the end?
Nathan: Is a wedding supposed to be romantic or is it supposed to be a party?
Julia: I'm a woman and I think it's supposed to be romantic.
Nathan: Yeah, maybe I let my wife down a bit.
Julia: Ceremonial, maybe ceremonial, was it ceremonial?
Nathan: Very, very.
Julia: What did you wear? Did you wear some special clothes?
Nathan: Like a morning suit, you know like in England you have a grey morning suit, top and tails, but we, mine was black and I felt like I was...
Julia: That sounds cool.
Nathan: And I felt like I was like kind of Reeves in the Matrix going in with this like black suit and long black tails and...
Julia: Did you wear shades?
Nathan: If I could have got away with it, I would have.
Julia: What was your wife wearing? Was she in black as well?
Nathan: She did two different dresses.
Julia: Oh, nice.
Nathan: And so she had this white wedding dress for the fake 5 church ceremony and then afterwards during the lunch she got changed into a dress and it was made from, it was made from an old Japanese kimono.
Julia: Like silk?
Nathan: So it was all made of silk and it was bright pink with peacocks 6 and flowers and things.
Julia: Sounds gorgeous 7.
Nathan: And she'd taken it to a shop and they'd converted 8 it for her.
Julia: Sounds beautiful. Does she still have that then? Did she keep that?
Nathan: Yep.
Julia: Does she still wear it?
Nathan: Does she still wear it? If she had an occasion 9, there's never going to be an occasion where you can wear that dress but it's a pretty amazing dress to look at.
Julia: So I guess it's about the memory though, it's certainly, it's certainly a memorable 10 occasion.
Nathan: Yeah, well, we've got videos, we've got albums, we've got all sorts of stuff 11.
Julia: Was it stressful? Was it a stressful experience?
重点词汇：
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
play the role
Different guys play the role of the priest.
If you 'play a role' you act in a certain way to be like a common idea of something. For example, you could play the role of a teacher but not really be a teacher. Notice the following:
In police movies, they frequently talk about playing the role of 'good cop 12, bad cop.'
He will be playing the role of the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland.
let ... down
I let my wife down a bit.
When you 'let someone down,' you don't do something to the same level as the expectations that they have for you. They are disappointed by your ability or actions. Notice the following:
He really let his sister down when he forgot about her performance.
We are expecting you to be there, so please don't let me down.
top and tails
In England you have a grey morning suit, top and tails.
Here, 'top and tails' is referring to what is included in the morning suit. A morning suit has a suit coat which is short in the front and goes down long in the back into two 'tails' or different parts of the coat. There is also a vest worn under the coat and sometimes you wear a 'top' hat. Notice the following:
I don't think anyone wears a top and tails every day anymore.
The theme of the party is old-fashioned 13 London. I expect to see all men in a top and tails.
Nathan: My wedding day was, I guess, mixed. I think the build up to my wedding was quite funny. I didn't feel in control of my wedding so we went to several different, I don't know what to call them, wedding shops or wedding planning companies and they asked us how much money we could spend first and the first thing that comes out is how much money do you think you're going to spend on your wedding and I felt that was kind of like a real personal, a kind of an embarrassing 1 question as well because...
Julia: You're British.
Nathan: We didn't really have much money. Well, yeah, cos I'm British maybe.
Julia: Can I ask you how much did you spend on your wedding?
Nathan: Oooh, it was I guess about, in pounds it would have come out at a guess about fifteen thousand pounds.
Julia: I've heard that's the average, I think, for a wedding. I don't know but...
Nathan: So I wasn't doing my wedding in England, I was doing it overseas and there was a few things I had to get to used to. And one of those things was the wedding company that we chose offered us some, some different priests 3 to do the ceremony for us but they're not real priests.
Julia: Like a priests menu?
Nathan: Yeah, it's like a priests menu and you've got these like different guys who are playing the role of the priest 2 for the wedding so I happened to know all of the guys in this menu and they said to me, they said to me ah so this guy's really, really popular. Barry priest is like the most popular priest, we really recommend him and I was looking at the picture thinking I know Barry priest and last night I went drinking with Barry priest and he, he didn't look like a very good priest last night.
Julia: You got married by your drinking buddy 4.
Nathan: But we didn't in the end. We avoided that but, yeah, all these different choices on a menu, I felt like a McDonald's menu rather than like, it was like do you want a large priest or a small priest or like do you want extra large candles or like small candles in your wedding ceremony lunch and different things so it was kind of, yeah, it was kind of McDonaldized kind of wedding where you had to choose this option or this option and it didn't feel very personal to me at the beginning.
Julia: Was it romantic, do you think it was romantic in the end?
Nathan: Is a wedding supposed to be romantic or is it supposed to be a party?
Julia: I'm a woman and I think it's supposed to be romantic.
Nathan: Yeah, maybe I let my wife down a bit.
Julia: Ceremonial, maybe ceremonial, was it ceremonial?
Nathan: Very, very.
Julia: What did you wear? Did you wear some special clothes?
Nathan: Like a morning suit, you know like in England you have a grey morning suit, top and tails, but we, mine was black and I felt like I was...
Julia: That sounds cool.
Nathan: And I felt like I was like kind of Reeves in the Matrix going in with this like black suit and long black tails and...
Julia: Did you wear shades?
Nathan: If I could have got away with it, I would have.
Julia: What was your wife wearing? Was she in black as well?
Nathan: She did two different dresses.
Julia: Oh, nice.
Nathan: And so she had this white wedding dress for the fake 5 church ceremony and then afterwards during the lunch she got changed into a dress and it was made from, it was made from an old Japanese kimono.
Julia: Like silk?
Nathan: So it was all made of silk and it was bright pink with peacocks 6 and flowers and things.
Julia: Sounds gorgeous 7.
Nathan: And she'd taken it to a shop and they'd converted 8 it for her.
Julia: Sounds beautiful. Does she still have that then? Did she keep that?
Nathan: Yep.
Julia: Does she still wear it?
Nathan: Does she still wear it? If she had an occasion 9, there's never going to be an occasion where you can wear that dress but it's a pretty amazing dress to look at.
Julia: So I guess it's about the memory though, it's certainly, it's certainly a memorable 10 occasion.
Nathan: Yeah, well, we've got videos, we've got albums, we've got all sorts of stuff 11.
Julia: Was it stressful? Was it a stressful experience?
重点词汇：
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
play the role
Different guys play the role of the priest.
If you 'play a role' you act in a certain way to be like a common idea of something. For example, you could play the role of a teacher but not really be a teacher. Notice the following:
In police movies, they frequently talk about playing the role of 'good cop 12, bad cop.'
He will be playing the role of the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland.
let ... down
I let my wife down a bit.
When you 'let someone down,' you don't do something to the same level as the expectations that they have for you. They are disappointed by your ability or actions. Notice the following:
He really let his sister down when he forgot about her performance.
We are expecting you to be there, so please don't let me down.
top and tails
In England you have a grey morning suit, top and tails.
Here, 'top and tails' is referring to what is included in the morning suit. A morning suit has a suit coat which is short in the front and goes down long in the back into two 'tails' or different parts of the coat. There is also a vest worn under the coat and sometimes you wear a 'top' hat. Notice the following:
I don't think anyone wears a top and tails every day anymore.
The theme of the party is old-fashioned 13 London. I expect to see all men in a top and tails.
1 embarrassing
adj.使人尴尬的，令人为难的v.（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安( embarrass的现在分词)
- His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话，都没人笑一下，真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字，很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 priest
n.神父，牧师，司铎，司祭，领导者，神甫；vt.使成为神职人员
- He confessed to a priest that he had sinned.他向神父忏悔他犯了罪。
- The priest visited all the old people in the parish.牧师探望了教区里的所有老人。
3 priests
n.（基督教和罗马天主教的）神父( priest的名词复数 )；牧师；（非基督教会的）教士；祭司
- the ordination of women priests 女司祭的授职礼
- The clergy remain divided on the issue of women priests. 在女性教士的问题上，牧师们意见不一。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 buddy
n.（美口）密友，伙伴
- Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
- Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！
5 fake
vt.伪造，造假，假装；n.假货，赝品
- He can tell a fake from the original.他能分辨出赝品和真品。
- You can easily fake up an excuse to avoid going out with him.你可以很容易地编造一个借口而不与他一同外出。
6 peacocks
n.（雄）孔雀( peacock的名词复数 )
- Yunnan province is the home of elephants and peacocks. 云南是大象和孔雀的生息地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Peacocks strutted on the lawn. 孔雀在草坪上神气活现地走来走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 gorgeous
adj.华丽的，灿烂的，美丽的，宜人的，棒的
- The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。
- What a gorgeous day it is today!今天天气多好啊！
8 converted
adj.更换信仰的，修改的v.（使）转变( convert的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）转化；皈依；改变（信仰）
- The hotel is going to be converted into a nursing home. 那家旅馆将被改建成私人疗养院。
- He's living in a converted loft in lower Manhattan. 他住在下曼哈顿的一间改建的阁楼里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 occasion
n.场合，时机，机会，诱因，理由；vt.惹起，引起
- Her dress was too showy for such a formal occasion.在如此正式的场合，她的服装过分华丽了。
- Her tears were fought back on such an occasion.在这种场合下她忍住了眼泪。
10 memorable
adj.值得回忆的，难忘的，特别的，显著的
- This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
- The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。
11 stuff
n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱
- We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
- He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。
12 cop
n.警察；vt.抓住
- The cop told him to button his lip.警察叫他闭嘴。
- The robber was overpowered by the cop.抢劫犯被警察制伏。
13 old-fashioned
adj.旧式的，保守的，挑剔的
- Why do you still dress in an old-fashioned mode?你为什么还穿款式陈旧的衣服？
- Here is an old-fashioned pump for drawing water from a well.这里有一个旧式水泵可从井里抽水。