【英语趣味课堂】传统婚礼-The Traditional Wedding

Wendi: OK, so I have never in my life been to a Wiccan wedding, and I want to know exactly what goes down?

 

Rachel: OK, a Wiccan wedding, unlike other weddings, it's about their religion but it's more about celebrating the love of the couple and then they just kind of bring in the forces of nature: earth, wind, fire and whatever the other one is and, yeah, basically it was really a celebration of their love, and the bridesmaids and the groomsmen stood around the couple in a circle and kind of had to send positive energy. It was a very hippie kind of love-fest wedding, and unlike traditional flowers there was leaves.

 

Wendi: Oh, that sounds so beautiful. On the floor kind of thing?

 

Rachel: On the floor, yeah, and it was in the autumn so they were all different colors.

 

Wendi: Wow, that sounds beautiful.

 

Rachel: Yeah.

 

Wendi: Was it outside or inside?

 

Rachel: It was inside but then the reception was outside.

 

Wendi: Wow, so it held in a church?

 

Rachel: I t was, no, it was not held in a church because there is no real church for Wiccan people. They just kind of, if anything, meet in small groups and talk about nature and things like that.

 

Wendi: Cool. That sounds really interesting.

 

Rachel: Yeah, but it did have kind of like and archbishop for Wiccan, people come in a very brightly colored cloak²

 

Wendi: Right.

 

Rachel: And he was waving around a kind of staff.

 

Wendi: Yeah. Weird³.

 

Rachel: Yeah. And they actually had to jump a witches broom at the end of it.

 

Wendi: Ah, I've seen that before, I think in the Southern U.S. that's kind of a custom or something like that. Have you seen that custom anywhere else?

 

Rachel: No, just at the Wiccan wedding.

 

Wendi: I've heard of that jumping over the broom before. I'm not sure. I'm not sure where I've seen that before, but yeah, that's interesting. Tell me a little about what the man and woman getting married were wearing?

 

Rachel: Um, regular traditional outfits⁴. It was more the man who was conducting the wedding the ceremony that had something strange on. The bride wore a regular white gown with a veil⁵ and the groom¹ wore a tuxedo⁶ with a tie.

 

Wendi: Right.

 

Rachel: All the bridesmaids had the same dress on picked out by the bride. Maybe instead though the jewelry⁷ was much more gothic style. Crosses and things like that. But yeah, everybody looked like a regular wedding except for hippie looking guy.

 

Wendi: Wow. Sounds like a really awesome⁸ event.

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 cloak   

n.斗蓬，披风，掩饰，幌子；vt.掩盖，掩饰

参考例句：

• The snow covered up the fields with a white cloak.积雪给田野盖上了一件白色的外衣。
• She threw a heavy woollen cloak over her shoulders.她把一件厚重的羊毛斗篷披在肩上。

3 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

4 outfits   

n.全套装备( outfit的名词复数 )；一套服装；集体；组织v.装备，配置设备，供给服装( outfit的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits. 他把承包工程分包给许多小单位。 来自辞典例句
• Some cyclists carry repair outfits because they may have a puncture. 有些骑自行车的人带修理工具，因为他们车胎可能小孔。 来自辞典例句

5 veil   

n.面纱，掩饰物，修女；vt.给...戴面纱或面罩；vi.带面纱或面罩

参考例句：

• Please veil your face.请用面纱遮住脸。
• There was a veil of mist over the mountains.山上覆盖着一层薄雾。

6 tuxedo   

n.礼服，无尾礼服

参考例句：

• Well,you have your own tuxedo.噢，你有自己的燕尾服。
• Have I told you how amazing you look in this tuxedo?我告诉过你穿这件燕尾服看起来很棒吗？

7 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

8 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.