ESL Podcast 939–Planning a Wedding

 　　Seamus: What’s that?

　　Cathy: It’s a planning book for our wedding.

　　Seamus: We aren’t getting married for a year and a half.

　　Cathy: I know, but there are so many things to plan. We have to book the hall far in advance, you know, and once we set the date, we have to send out save-the-date notifications to our friends and family.

　　Seamus: I thought that the point of putting off the wedding until we finish school is to take the pressure off and allow us time to plan – later.

　　Cathy: It is, but it’s never too early to start planning for a wedding. I’m meeting with a wedding coordinator¹ next week to get the ball rolling.

　　Seamus: A wedding coordinator?! We don’t need a wedding coordinator. We can make all of the arrangements ourselves.

　　Cathy: You have no idea what goes into pulling off a wedding and reception. There are caterers, photographers and videographers, entertainers, ice sculptors², animal trainers (you know, for the swans³ and the doves), and...

　　Seamus: Are you serious?! You’re not planning a wedding. You’re starting a circus!

1 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

2 sculptors   

雕刻家，雕塑家( sculptor的名词复数 )； [天]玉夫座

参考例句：

• He is one of Britain's best-known sculptors. 他是英国最有名的雕塑家之一。
• Painters and sculptors are indexed separately. 画家和雕刻家被分开，分别做了索引。

3 swans   

n.天鹅( swan的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A group of swans floated by. 一群天鹅缓缓游过。
• Swans went gliding past. 天鹅滑行而过。