商务礼节美语第120期:商务婚礼邀请函

　　Invitation to the Business Wedding Event
商务婚礼邀请函
陈豪在北京的ABC美国公司工作。他中午吃饭在餐厅找到美国同事Amy。
(Office ambience)
C: Amy，能找到你，太好了。
A: Will you join me?
C: 好啊，我正好有事问你。
A: What is it?
C: 我有个同事两个星期后结婚。
A: Where is the wedding going to be held?
C: 婚礼在北京举行，但是因为新郎和新娘都是美国人，所以要按美国的方式。
A: How interesting!
C: 他们不回美国去结婚，是因为家里人想到中国来玩。
A: I can't blame them for wanting to see this beautiful part of the world where their relatives live and work.
C: 这下我有机会体验一下美国式的婚礼了，不过我也遇到了一些问题。
A: I can probably guess what some of them are.
C: 我记得你说过，要RSVP，就是不管能否出席，都要尽快跟人家说一声。
A: So did you?
C: 邀请函里夹了回执卡和信封，我已经填好寄出去了。
A: Sounds as if you have it all figured out, Chen Hao.
CH: 可我不知道应该送给他们什么礼物。
陈豪和Amy坐下边吃午饭。
C: 我想知道美国人结婚，一般送些什么。
A: It is a tradition in change so you need to pay attention to what the bride and groom¹ want.
C: 我怎么能知道新郎新娘需要什么呢？
A: In today's wedding world, couples often register² for gifts with an online registry.
C: 什么叫Online Registry？网上注册？
A: It's a wedding site on the Internet. Couples use registries to indicate gifts they like or need. You just go to the site they indicate and order.
C: 哦，结婚的人可以上网注册，把需要的礼物列出来，供亲朋好友参考。可我怎么找到那个网站呢？
A: If the bride and groom have registered³, they will send you the website as part of the invitation or in a follow-up e-mail.
C: 邀请函上好像是有个网址，不过我当时没太注意。好，我回去先看看他们注册的礼品单子上都有些什么。
A: That's the idea.
C: 我买好了礼物，婚礼那天一块儿带去。
A: Oops. Bad idea.
C: 为什么？我想看着他们打开礼物时高兴的样子。
A: Chen Hao, they will not open presents during the wedding ceremony or reception.
C: 干嘛不拆礼物？
A: It is not part of the American tradition and it only complicates⁴ things.
C: 我不太明白。
A: When the bride and groom have left the event, a family member or friend has to gather any gifts that were brought to the wedding and be responsible for keeping them for the newly-weds until they return from their honeymoon⁵.
C: 那不是很麻烦吗？
A: It could be a lot to manage.
C: 我知道了，所以最好是事先买好礼物寄过去。
A: You got it!

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 register   

n.登记簿，花名册，注册员；v.登记，注册

参考例句：

• Please list your name in the attendance register.请在点名册上登记你的名字。
• He was looking over a hotel register.他正在仔细检查旅馆住宿登记表。

3 registered   

adj.登记的，注册的

参考例句：

• Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulation. 船只在外国注册以逃避有关雇佣和安全的规定。
• In former times, only property owners could be registered as voters. 从前，只有有财产的人才能登记作选民。

4 complicates   

使复杂化( complicate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• What complicates the issue is the burden of history. 历史的重负使问题复杂化了。
• Russia as a great and ambitious power gravely complicates the situation. 俄国作为一个强大而有野心的国家，使得局势异常复杂。

5 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。