汤姆 克鲁斯的好莱坞式浪漫

Well, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are enjoying their honeymoon¹ this morning in the Maldives after a fairy tale ceremony in Italy done with Hollywood style. CBS news correspondent Allen Pizzey wraps up the wedding event of the year.

Within hours of the so-called Tom-Kate wedding ending, Bracciano was back to its normal peaceful rhythm, and the events of the weekend were looking less fairytale than weird². The official wedding photo has been criticized because it shows the couple cheek to cheek when she is actually the taller of the two. But then illusion is what their business is about after all. The fog that shrouded³ the castle was worthy⁴ of the best Hollywood could dream up. It masked the fireworks and shrouded the events inside an even deeper mystery.

Guest Bruckheimer had one version, but most of the guests left the country the next day without offering any comment or gossip, leaving the show business and tabloid⁵ press to speculate on a three-minute kiss that one paper dubbed⁶ "Top gum" and claims that the service was recruiting drive for scientology.

In fact, the wedding was actually a party. Cruise and Holmes had already tied the knot in a civil ceremony in California because the scientology rites⁷ aren't recognized as real in Italy. Not much also was recognizable either, come to that .

The celebrities⁸ swept into the castle in darkened vans so waiting fans were not sure who was in, those in the sense of who was on the guest list and who was actually in the castle. But the mood stayed festive⁹. Paramilitary Carabinieri drafted in for crowd control had nothing to do and neither did the extra civil defense¹⁰ workers. The city council closed the town center to traffic and even dipped into local funds to compensate¹¹ the castle souvenir stand owner who had to shut down for the day.

The one sour note in all of these is that after all the town's people did to make Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes welcome, the couple didn’t even bother to come out and give them a wave. Love and marriage may go together but money and manners, it seems, don't necessarily match.

Allen Pizzey CBS news, Bracciano

1 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。

2 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。

3 shrouded   

v.隐瞒( shroud的过去式和过去分词 )；保密

参考例句：

• The hills were shrouded in mist . 这些小山被笼罩在薄雾之中。
• The towers were shrouded in mist. 城楼被蒙上薄雾。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

5 tabloid   

adj.轰动性的，庸俗的；n.小报，文摘

参考例句：

• He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
• He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。

6 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 rites   

仪式，典礼( rite的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to administer the last rites to sb 给某人举行临终圣事
• He is interested in mystic rites and ceremonies. 他对神秘的仪式感兴趣。

8 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

9 festive   

adj.欢宴的，节日的

参考例句：

• It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节，每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。
• We all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。

10 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

11 compensate   

vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消

参考例句：

• She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
• Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。