【英语趣味课堂】婚礼那天-Wedding Day

Wendi: Talk about the best wedding you've ever been to and if you can kind of think about what it was and and what the atmosphere was like when you walked in.

 

James: OK, the actual wedding ceremony?

 

Wendi: Yeah, sure.

 

James: OK.

 

Wendi: Tell me about it.

 

James: Now?

 

Wendi: Yeah.

 

James: My sister's wedding. It was in a small village church near her house. I was giving her away, so it was wonderful. We walked into the church, and I led her down the aisle¹ and they were listening to, they didn't have traditional music. They had Beattles music playing.

 

Wendi: Really.

 

James: And it was really beautiful and yeah, it was an amazing wedding.

 

Wendi: Yeah.

 

Pause 1

 

James: She looked absolutely stunning² and my family were there, just close friends of my sister and then after the wedding they had the reception at my sister's back garden.

 

Wendi: Right.

 

James: And it was just wonderful.

 

Wendi: That sounds really beautiful.

 

James: No fuss, just really easy. Just a big family gathering³ and it was really, really a lovely day. It rained all day as well.

 

Wendi: Did it really?

 

James: And it made no difference whatsoever⁴.

 

Wendi: Wow, that sounds pretty special.

 

James: Yeah, the next-door neighbors did all the food and they were caterers so the food was magnificent.

 

Wendi: Wow.

 

James: It was special because of the atmosphere rather than anything else? It didn't cost much money, but it was just perfect.

 

Wendi: That sounds beautiful.

 

Pause 2

 

Wendi: So what was it like to give away your sister, like do you feel that as being a big responsibility.

 

James: Yeah, I was really ch**ffed when she asked me. It really, really meant a lot so, cause she had a difficult decision to choose who to give her away, so yeah it was a really big, yeah, it was a real big honor to do. And, it's an easy thing to do. You walk down the aisle and you sit down and that's it.

 

Pause 3

 

Wendi: What's your best kind of memory from that whole wedding - that whole experience?

 

James: Ah, seeing my sister in her wedding dress, that morning. She just looked so beautiful.

 

Wendi: Yeah.

 

James: And also seeing how nervous my brother-in-law was before the wedding in the pub. He was so nervous and it was really sweet and also because it's a village and she's a hairdresser, all the old ladies had come and stood outside the church to have a look at her.

 

Wendi: Oh, that's so awesome⁵.

 

James: And to wish her luck on the way in.

 

Wendi: That's really cool

 

James: Cause it was only for family, really and they'd all come to see her in bride's gown.

 

Wendi: Oh that sounds really special.

1 aisle   

n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道

参考例句：

• The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
• The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。

2 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

3 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

4 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

5 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.