英文原版对话1000个:1141 Korean Wedding

Isthma: Hey, Sunny, I would like to ask a few questions about marriage in Korea. The first question is, at what age do they usually get married?

Sunny: I think the average age for Koreans to marry is about 27 to 28 for girls, and then 30 to 31 for guys, because, you know, guys in Korea, they have to serve military service, so that's why it makes marriage a little bit later than other countries, I think.

 

Isthma: Okay. And where are the like marriages usually held?

 

Sunny: Where?

 

Isthma: Where.

 

Sunny: It's usually held at a wedding hall. And for people who believe in Catholic or Christian¹, they do it in churches or cathedrals.

 

Isthma: Is it usually like expensive, and they have like big weddings? Or they invite all locals or -

 

Sunny: Well, it depends on people, but usually, it's about one groom² invite about 100 people, and the bride invites about the same. And then, relatives come and then friends come, so I think it's like pretty big, compared to western cultures.

 

Isthma: It sounds expensive, but who pays for all that, for all the -

 

Sunny: As long as I know, it's about half and half for groom and bride. And for gifts, like usually guys provide home, and then the girls provide refrigerators and sofas and the gadgets³ in the home.

 

Isthma: Mm, okay. Are divorces common in Korea?

 

Sunny: Well, a few statistics says it's high, but I think people are getting stigmatized⁴ when they get divorced, so people usually don't get like divorced.

 

Isthma: Okay, what do you mean by - stigmatized ?

 

Sunny: Because people don't think divorce is good, so people want to hide their divorce.

 

Isthma: And can you tell me another unique thing or unique element in a Korean marriage?

 

Sunny: Wedding ceremonies in Korea, it is made of two parts. The first part is like western style. We are wearing - brides wear this wedding dress, like white wedding dress and something like that. And then, the guys wear suits. And then in second part, we wear traditional Korean clothes. I think that's kind of unique in Korean wedding.

 

Isthma: Okay, thank you so much.

 

Sunny: No problem.

1 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

2 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。

3 gadgets   

n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）

参考例句：

• Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

4 stigmatized   

v.使受耻辱，指责，污辱( stigmatize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was stigmatized as an ex-convict. 他遭人污辱，说他给判过刑。 来自辞典例句
• Such a view has been stigmatized as mechanical jurisprudence. 蔑称这种观点为机械法学。 来自辞典例句