【英语趣味课堂】回顾婚礼-Wedding Review
时间：2018-12-29 作者：英语课 分类：英语趣味课堂
英语课
Julia: So we're talking about your wedding, Nathan. Was it a stressful experience for you?
Nathan: Yes, I think you could say that it was pretty stressful in several ways. The first one was a kind of stupid thing was that a long time ago I'd broken a tooth and a couple of days before I got married, the tooth got stuck in a chocolate bar and broke again. So I'd been to an emergency...
Julia: You looked pretty then?
Nathan: Yeah, I'd been to an emergency dentist session 1 to have a new cap stuck on but I was really worried that (a) I couldn't speak properly because my mouth was still a bit getting used to the shape of the tooth and I was worried that the tooth was going to fall off but also I'm not very good in front of large groups of people and I had to, I had to do some speeches and I hadn't really...
Julia: You made a speech?
Nathan: Yeah, I didn't really memorize the speeches properly and so I really struggled with the speeches but I think the other thing was that I couldn't relax because everybody was taking photos and every time I wanted to have a drink of beer or have a mouthful 2 of food, someone was like just one more photo, just one more photo and so I kept on saying to people like I'm really tired, you know, I'd really like to eat my food and everybody kept on coming up and taking photos and I actually got a bit frustrated 3 and a bit...
Julia: You were grumpy on your wedding day?
Nathan: Well, I get grumpy everywhere. We had three parties so the first party was...
Julia: Three parties?
Nathan: Yeah, we had the wedding ceremony and then we had the meal and then we had like a second party where we did some games and then we had a third party at a karaoke 4 booth 5 which was fantastic.
Julia: Right and were you still in your wedding gear 6 for all those parties?
Nathan: Yeah. Actually I said to you some time before that my wife had two wedding dresses but by the time we went to karaoke she was on her third wedding dress.
Julia: Oh, wow.
Nathan: So she had a pretty good time getting changed.
Julia: It was a huge event then?
Nathan: It was.
Julia: How long did it take to plan this wedding?
Nathan: I think it took only two months. My wife's pretty organized so she's like this is going to happen, this is going to happen, boom 7, boom, boom.
Julia: So she made most of the important stressful decisions?
Nathan: Oh yeah. The planning was easy for me. I just said yes to everything.
Julia: And did you go on a honeymoon 8?
Nathan: That's a major bone of contention 9. That's, I've never been forgiven for this because we, I guess we really didn't have a huge amount of money and afterwards my wife wanted to take...
Julia: You spent a lot on the wedding.
Nathan: Yeah, she wanted to have a really romantic 10 honeymoon in the Maldives and I'd actually put the idea of the Maldives into her head when I was drinking one time and afterwards, we didn't do anything after the wedding because we'd been really busy during the wedding getting friends and family to fly in.
Julia: You needed a break?
Nathan: Yeah, but then about a month later we went to Thailand and then we went to Singapore and we did lots of small trips in Malaysia and different things but they weren't really romantic and so my wife is still waiting for her romantic honeymoon.
Julia: You went travelling, well that's nice.
Nathan: Yeah, well.
重点词汇：
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
fall off
I was worried that the tooth was going to fall off.
Here, Nathan is talking about having a cap or cover on one if his teeth. When he talks about being worried that it was going to 'fall off,' he means 11 fall out of the position that the dentist put it in around his tooth. Notice the following:
His shoe fell off when he was trying to get on the bus.
This hat keeps falling off my head.
grumpy
You were grumpy on your wedding day?
When you are 'grumpy,' you are not in a good mood. Maybe you are a little bit sad or angry. Notice the following:
I didn't sleep well last night, so I'm a little grumpy today.
You seem kind of grumpy. Is something wrong?
bone of contention
That's a major bone of contention.
A 'bone of contention' is an issue 12 that has caused many disputes 13. Notice the following:
We know this is a bone of contention between us, so let's not talk about it.
Sorry. This is clearly a bone of contention for you. I didn't mean to upset you.
fly in
Friends and family intend to fly in.
Used like this, 'fly in' means to travel by plane to get to a place. Notice the following:
What time are you flying in on Saturday?
My parents are going to fly in early tomorrow.
Nathan: Yes, I think you could say that it was pretty stressful in several ways. The first one was a kind of stupid thing was that a long time ago I'd broken a tooth and a couple of days before I got married, the tooth got stuck in a chocolate bar and broke again. So I'd been to an emergency...
Julia: You looked pretty then?
Nathan: Yeah, I'd been to an emergency dentist session 1 to have a new cap stuck on but I was really worried that (a) I couldn't speak properly because my mouth was still a bit getting used to the shape of the tooth and I was worried that the tooth was going to fall off but also I'm not very good in front of large groups of people and I had to, I had to do some speeches and I hadn't really...
Julia: You made a speech?
Nathan: Yeah, I didn't really memorize the speeches properly and so I really struggled with the speeches but I think the other thing was that I couldn't relax because everybody was taking photos and every time I wanted to have a drink of beer or have a mouthful 2 of food, someone was like just one more photo, just one more photo and so I kept on saying to people like I'm really tired, you know, I'd really like to eat my food and everybody kept on coming up and taking photos and I actually got a bit frustrated 3 and a bit...
Julia: You were grumpy on your wedding day?
Nathan: Well, I get grumpy everywhere. We had three parties so the first party was...
Julia: Three parties?
Nathan: Yeah, we had the wedding ceremony and then we had the meal and then we had like a second party where we did some games and then we had a third party at a karaoke 4 booth 5 which was fantastic.
Julia: Right and were you still in your wedding gear 6 for all those parties?
Nathan: Yeah. Actually I said to you some time before that my wife had two wedding dresses but by the time we went to karaoke she was on her third wedding dress.
Julia: Oh, wow.
Nathan: So she had a pretty good time getting changed.
Julia: It was a huge event then?
Nathan: It was.
Julia: How long did it take to plan this wedding?
Nathan: I think it took only two months. My wife's pretty organized so she's like this is going to happen, this is going to happen, boom 7, boom, boom.
Julia: So she made most of the important stressful decisions?
Nathan: Oh yeah. The planning was easy for me. I just said yes to everything.
Julia: And did you go on a honeymoon 8?
Nathan: That's a major bone of contention 9. That's, I've never been forgiven for this because we, I guess we really didn't have a huge amount of money and afterwards my wife wanted to take...
Julia: You spent a lot on the wedding.
Nathan: Yeah, she wanted to have a really romantic 10 honeymoon in the Maldives and I'd actually put the idea of the Maldives into her head when I was drinking one time and afterwards, we didn't do anything after the wedding because we'd been really busy during the wedding getting friends and family to fly in.
Julia: You needed a break?
Nathan: Yeah, but then about a month later we went to Thailand and then we went to Singapore and we did lots of small trips in Malaysia and different things but they weren't really romantic and so my wife is still waiting for her romantic honeymoon.
Julia: You went travelling, well that's nice.
Nathan: Yeah, well.
重点词汇：
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
fall off
I was worried that the tooth was going to fall off.
Here, Nathan is talking about having a cap or cover on one if his teeth. When he talks about being worried that it was going to 'fall off,' he means 11 fall out of the position that the dentist put it in around his tooth. Notice the following:
His shoe fell off when he was trying to get on the bus.
This hat keeps falling off my head.
grumpy
You were grumpy on your wedding day?
When you are 'grumpy,' you are not in a good mood. Maybe you are a little bit sad or angry. Notice the following:
I didn't sleep well last night, so I'm a little grumpy today.
You seem kind of grumpy. Is something wrong?
bone of contention
That's a major bone of contention.
A 'bone of contention' is an issue 12 that has caused many disputes 13. Notice the following:
We know this is a bone of contention between us, so let's not talk about it.
Sorry. This is clearly a bone of contention for you. I didn't mean to upset you.
fly in
Friends and family intend to fly in.
Used like this, 'fly in' means to travel by plane to get to a place. Notice the following:
What time are you flying in on Saturday?
My parents are going to fly in early tomorrow.
1 session
n.会议，开庭期，市盘，学期；adj.短期的
- This matter will go over until the next session.这件事将留待下次会议讨论。
- Congress is now in session.国会现在正在开会。
2 mouthful
n.满口，一口，少量
- He wants to eat it up at a mouthful.他要一口把它吃掉。
- He scooped up some water with his hands and took a big mouthful.他捧起水来喝了一大口。
3 frustrated
adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧
- It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
- The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 karaoke
n.卡拉OK
- Most of the music in karaoke was popular music.卡拉OK中大多数的音乐是流行音乐。
- What is your favorite karaoke song to sing?你喜欢唱的卡拉OK歌曲是哪首？
5 booth
n.小房间，公用电话亭，岗亭；货摊
- Where can I find a telephone booth?我在哪儿可以找到电话亭？
- Let's walk around to each booth.我们到每个摊子转一转吧！
6 gear
n.齿轮，传动装置，设备，衣服；vt.使适应
- We have to gear our lives to the new changes.我们必须使自己的生活适应新的变化。
- The teeth of the wheel gear into each other.齿轮互相啮合。
7 boom
n.隆隆声；vt.发隆隆声
- The country is having a great boom in industry.这个国家的工业正蓬勃发展。
- Boom!Boom!Boom!A series of explosions shook the valley.轰！轰！轰！一连串爆破声震撼山谷。
8 honeymoon
n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月
- While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
- The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。
9 contention
n.争论，争辩，论战；论点，主张
- The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
- The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道，争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。
10 romantic
adj.浪漫的，风流的，传奇性的，夸大的，想象的，浪漫派的
- She thinks it will be romantic to be an actress.她认为当个女演员会很浪漫。
- Her husband is very romantic.她丈夫非常浪漫。
11 means
n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富
- That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
- We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。