【英语趣味课堂】她的关于婚礼的故事-The Wedding - Her Story

 Anna: I got married on May 18th, in 2002, and I wanted to have a very romantic¹ wedding but also small and, so John and I started to have my wedding in our, my parents backyard², so we decorated the backyard and we invited just close family and friends and it was an outside wedding, it was really beautiful, and five days before the wedding it rained every single day, all day long, and the ground was really wet. It was terrible, and then the day of my wedding, the sun came out and it was a beautiful day, so sunny and we were so happy

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romantic wedding

 

I wanted to have a small and very romantic wedding.

 

A 'romantic wedding' is one that shows the love that the bride and groom³ have for each other.  This could be in a romantic place or more of a personalized wedding that show the personalities⁴. Notice the following:

 

We had a romantic wedding on the beach.

It was a very small, romantic wedding.

backyard

 

We had our wedding in my parents' backyard.

 

Your 'backyard' is the grassy⁵ space that is behind your house. Notice the following:

 

The house has a big backyard for the dogs to play.

There is space in the backyard to play volleyball.

close

 

We invited just close family and friends.

 

In this case 'close' refers to people that are your intimate⁶ family and friends. They are interested and active your life. Notice the following:

 

She is really close to her mother and they talk about everything.

He only has a few close friends.

outside wedding

 

It was an outside wedding, and it was really beautiful.

 

An 'outside wedding' is one that happens outside in the open air, not in a building. Notice the following:

 

To have an outside wedding can cause a lot of extra stress.  You never know what the weather will be like.

They had a beautiful outside wedding in the park.

all day long

 

Five days before our wedding, it rained all day long every single day.

 

If something happens for the whole day, from the morning until the night, it happens 'all day long.' Notice the following:

 

You have been watching TV all day long.  Go outside.

We had a tournament⁷ this weekend and had games all day long yesterday and today.

1 romantic   

adj.浪漫的，风流的，传奇性的，夸大的，想象的，浪漫派的

参考例句：

• 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。

2 backyard   

n.后院，后庭

参考例句：

• I parked the car in the backyard.我把汽车停在后院。
• The residents didn't want a new factory in their backyard.居民不希望在他们住地附近建新工厂。

3 groom   

vt.给（马、狗等）梳毛，照料，使...整洁

参考例句：

• 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。

4 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

5 grassy   

adj.盖满草的；长满草的

参考例句：

• They sat and had their lunch on a grassy hillside.他们坐在长满草的山坡上吃午饭。
• Cattle move freely across the grassy plain.牛群自由自在地走过草原。

6 intimate   

adj.亲密的，密切的；个人的，私人的；v.暗示、提示、宣布、通知

参考例句：

• The two of them were as intimate as sisters.她们俩处得好像亲姐妹一样。
• I can't tell them my intimate thoughts.我不能告诉他们我内心深处的想法。

7 tournament   

n.比赛，竞赛，锦标赛

参考例句：

• He was the best boxer in the tournament.他是本届联赛的最佳拳手。
• The Council resolved that the next tournament should be held in Shanghai.理事会决定下次比赛在上海举行。