美語情景對話 第620期:The Traditional Wedding 傳統婚禮

Rachel: I had a friend who got married. It was a very large wedding, but it was very traditional. She had thirteen bridesmaids and thirteen ushers and then a maid of honor, a best man and a ring bearer and a flower girl. So there were quite a few of us that had to walk down the aisle.

蕾切爾：我有個朋友辦了一場盛大的婚禮，同時也是一場傳統的婚禮。婚禮上有十三位伴娘和伴郎，一位首席伴娘，一位首席伴郎，一對童男童女。所以我們很多人都要走紅毯。

Wendi: This is like an absolute, kind of parade procession.

溫迪：這簡直就像遊行隊伍一樣。

Rachel: Yeah. It was quite a long playing of "Here comes the bride".

蕾切爾：對。《新娘來了》的曲子放了好長時間。

Wendi: Yeah.

溫迪：嗯。

Rachel: So, but yeah we all had the traditional one dress picked up by the bride and the ushers all wore the traditional one, well they rented the same suits with the same tie and vest underneath, and yeah, "Here comes the bride", a little service about God and then the wedding vows which they decided to speak and make up their own wedding vows, so it got a little emotional, and yeah, that was pretty much the wedding. The thing for a traditional wedding in the United States, it costs a lot of money to be a bridesmaid or an usher and that's something that maybe in other countries is not the case because the bridesmaid and the ushers all have to pick out the same outfit and get their hair done and their make-up and the shoes and their usually in charge of paying for the bridal shower and the bachelor, the bachelorette party.

蕾切爾：我們都穿着新娘挑選的傳統禮服，而伴郎們則穿着租來的相同的西裝，搭配相同的領結和背心，伴隨着《新娘來了》走上紅毯後，新人要向上帝做出承諾，他們要說出他們的結婚誓言，誓言很感人，婚禮差不多就是這樣。在美國舉行傳統婚禮，伴娘和伴郎會花費很多，在其他國家可能並不是這樣，因爲在美國，伴娘和伴郎要選擇同樣的着裝，去做頭髮，化妝，搭配鞋子，通常還要支付新娘送禮會和告別單身派對的費用。

Wendi: Yeah, and then there's like your gift to the bride and stuff like that as well and yeah, it's a lot of responsibility I'm sure. Have you ever been asked to be a bridesmaid and turned it down or anything?

溫迪：對，而且還要給新娘送禮物，要承擔很多責任。你有沒有拒絕過朋友的伴娘邀請？

Rachel: I've never turned it down, but the first time I was asked as an adult I didn't really realize, I was like, "why are you asking me that?" Of course I would be your bridesmaid. And then as it started getting closer to the wedding, all of the responsibility started coming out, then I started to understand a little bit.

蕾切爾：我從來沒有拒絕過，我成人後第一次有朋友請我做伴娘時，我並沒有意識到這些責任，當時我說：你爲什麼要問呢，我當然要做你的伴娘了。之後隨着婚禮日期的臨近，要負責的事情越來越多，然後我漸漸明白了伴娘的責任。

Wendi: Right, yeah.

溫迪：對，沒錯。

Rachel: Especially, because the maid of honor was particularly not responsible, so a lot of the bridesmaids had to organize many of the things the maid of honor would normally organize.

蕾切爾：尤其是首席伴娘不負責時，其他伴娘要負責通常由首席伴娘來組織的工作。

Wendi: Yeah, that's wild.

溫迪：對，太瘋狂了。

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重點講解：
1. pick out 挑出；選出；揀出；
例句：One of my favourite is to pick out music.
我的愛好之一是挑選音樂。
2. in charge of 主管；全面負責；統領；
例句：I am in charge of financial affairs.
我職掌財務。
3. turn down 拒絕（某人或其請求、提議等）；
例句：I thanked him for the offer but turned it down.
我謝絕了他的提議。
4. come out （事實）暴露，披露，顯露；
例句：Her best qualities come out in a crisis.
在危急關頭顯露出了她的優秀品質。