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1、异域风情1.AmericanWeddingshttp://yingyu.xdf.cn/201304/9381406.html导读:美式婚礼千差万别。这篇短文将带你了解其中的一些传统习俗。WeddingsintheUnitedStatesvaryasmuchasthepeopledo.Therearechurchweddingswith①agreatdealoffanfare;thereareweddingsonmountain-topswithguestsbarefooted;andtherehaveb
2、eenweddingsontheoceanfloorwithoxygentanksfortheguests.②Butmanyweddings,nomatterwhereorhowtheyareperformed,includecertaintraditionalcustoms.Beforeacoupleismarried,theybecomeengaged.Andtheninvitationsaresenttothosewholivenearby,theirclosefriendsandtheirrel
3、ativeswholivefaraway.Wheneverythingisready,thencomesthemostexcitingmoment.Theweddingitselfusuallylastsbetween20and40minutes.Theweddingpartyentersthechurchwhiletheweddingmarchisplayed.Thebridecarryingabouquetenterslastwithherfatherwhowill"giveheraway".The
4、groomentersthechurchfromasidedoor.Whentheweddingpartyisgatheredbythealtar,thebrideandgroomexchangevows.Itistraditionaltousethewords"Tohaveandtoholdfromthisdayforward,forbetter,forworse,forricher,forpoorer,insicknessandinhealth,toloveandtocherish,tilldeat
5、hdouspart".Followingthevows,thecoupleexchangerings.Wearingtheweddingringonthefourthfingerofthelefthandisanoldcustom.Aftertheceremonythereisoftenaparty,calleda"reception"whichgivestheweddingguestsanopportunitytocongratulatethenewlyweds.Thecarinwhichthecou
6、pleleavesthechurchisdecoratedwithballoons,streamersandshavingcream.Thewords"JustMarried"arepaintedonthetrunkorbackwindow.Thebrideandgroomruntothecarunderashowerofricethrownbytheweddingguests.Whenthecoupledrivesawayfromthechurch,friendsoftenchasethemincar
7、s,honkingand③drawingattentiontothem.Andthenthecouplegoontheirhoneymoon.美国人的婚礼美国人的个性有多大差异美式婚礼就有多大差异。有在教堂里举行的隆重的婚礼;也有在高山顶上举行的宾客们赤脚参加的婚礼;还有在海底举行为来宾提供氧气罐的婚礼。但是,不管婚礼在哪里举行,如何举行,它们都包含一些传统的习俗。一对男女喜结连理之前,他们要先订婚。然后向远近各处的亲朋好友派发请柬。当一切准备就绪,那个最激动人心的时刻就要到来了。婚礼一般持续20到40
8、分钟。参加婚礼的一干人等伴着婚礼进行曲步入教堂。手捧鲜花的新娘会在父亲的陪伴下最后到来,他将把她交付给新郎。新郎会从侧门进入教堂。当参加婚礼的宾客被召集到圣坛旁边,新娘和新郎互相表达誓言。常用的结婚誓言是:“从今以后,不论境遇好坏,贫穷富有,疾病健康,誓言相亲相爱,至死不分离。”宣誓过后,夫妻双方交换婚戒。依照古老的风俗,婚戒要戴在左手的无名指上。典礼过后,通常会有一个宴会,叫做“婚宴”,参加婚礼的宾客可以趁此机会向新婚夫妇表示祝贺。新婚夫
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