情景会话口袋书人际篇56:婚礼喜宴(1)

 　　1. How is your wedding plan going?

　　你们的婚礼准备得怎么样了？

　　还能这样说：

　　Are you ready for your wedding?

　　How about your wedding preparations?

　　应用解析：

　　form a plan 拟 计划；

　　give plan to 使……发挥；

　　plan for 为……作计划，打算；

　　plan on 打算，计划；

　　according to plan 按照计划

　　2. Here is to bride and bridegroom!

　　为新娘新郎干杯！

　　还能这样说：

　　Let's all toast the bride and bridegroom.

　　Rise your glasses and drink to the bride and bridegroom.

　　应用解析：

　　a bride-to-be 未来的新娘；

　　lead one's bride to the altar 娶某女为妻（指在教堂内结婚）；

　　bride-price 聘金，彩礼

　　3. Many congratulations on your happy marriage!

　　祝贺你们喜结良缘！

　　还能这样说：

　　Wish you every happiness!

　　I wish you a happy wedding!

　　4. You must look very beautiful on your wedding day.

　　你结婚那天一定会很漂亮。

　　还能这样说：

　　You must shine brilliantly that day!

　　You must look radiant on your wedding day.

　　应用解析：

　　What beautiful timing²! 时间正合适！

　　5. I have to inform him of the date of wedding banquet.

　　我必须通知他喜宴的日期。

　　还能这样说：

　　I must tell him when I will have my wedding banquet.

　　I need to message him the wedding day.

　　应用解析：

　　be informed of 听说；接到……的通知；

　　keep...informed 随时向……报告情况；

　　inform against sb. 告发某人，检举某人

　　6. I would like you to be my groomsman.

　　我想请你当我的伴郎。

　　还能这样说：

　　I intend to invite you to be my groomsman.

　　Can you be the best man at my wedding?

　　谚语：

　　I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellow men than I would have heaps and mines of gold.

　　我宁愿得到人们的深情至爱，也不愿黄金成堆。

　　7. To bride and groom¹, love and happiness always.

　　恭祝新郎新娘恩爱幸福，白头偕老。

　　还能这样说：

　　I wish that the bride and groom can love each other and be happy all the time.

　　I hope that there will be love and happiness between the bride and groom forever.

　　谚语：

　　Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us.

　　适量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。

　　8. The groom's eyes are gleaming with excitement.

　　新郎的眼睛流露着激动的神情。

　　还能这样说：

　　The groom is so excited that his eyes are gleaming.

　　Excitement gleams in the groom's eyes.

　　谚语：

　　Better to have one eye than be blind altogether.

　　独眼总比全瞎好。

1 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。

2 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。