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1、2009年度第六届CASIO翻译大赛英文MarryingAbsurdJoanDidionTobemarriedinLasVegas,ClarkCounty,Nevada,abridemustswearthatsheiseighteenorhasparentalpermissionandabride-groomthatheistwenty-oneorhasparentalpermission.Someonemustputupfivedollarsforthelicense.(OnSundaysandholidays,fifteendolla
2、rs.TheClarkCountyCourthouseissuesmarriagelicensesatanytimeofthedayornightexceptbetweennoonandoneintheafternoon,betweeneightandnineintheevening,andbetweenfourandfiveinthemorning.)Nothingelseisrequired.TheStateofNevada,aloneamongtheseUnitedStates,demandsneitherapremaritalbl
3、oodtestnorawaitingperiodbeforeoraftertheissuanceofamarriagelicense.DrivinginacrosstheMojavefromLosAngeles,oneseesthesignswayoutonthedesert,loomingupfromthatmoonscapeofrattlesnakesandmesquite,evenbeforetheLasVegaslightsappearlikeamirageonthehorizon:“GETTINGMARRIED?FreeLice
4、nseInformationFirstStripExit.”PerhapstheLasVegasweddingindustryachieveditspeakoperationalefficiencybetween9:00p.m.andmidnightofAugust26,1965,anotherwiseunremarkableThursdaywhichhappenedtobe,byPresidentialorder,thelastdayonwhichanyonecouldimprovehisdraftstatusmerelybygetti
5、ngmarried.Onehundredandseventy-onecoupleswerepronouncedmanandwifeinthenameofClarkCountyandtheStateofNevadathatnight,sixty-sevenofthembyasinglejusticeofthepeace,Mr.JamesA.Brennan.Mr.BrennandidoneweddingattheDunesandtheothersixty-sixinhisoffice,andchargedeachcoupleeightdoll
6、ars.Onebridelentherveiltosixothers.“Igotitdownfromfivetothreeminutes,”Mr.Brennansaid4laterofhisfeat.“Icould’vemarriedthemenmasse,butthey’repeople,notcattle.Peopleexpectmorewhentheygetmarried.”WhatpeoplewhogetmarriedinLasVegasactuallydoexpect—what,inthelargestsense,their“e
7、xpectations”are—strikesoneasacuriousandself—contradictorybusiness.LasVegasisthemostextremeandallegoricalofAmericansettlements,bizarreandbeautifulinitsvenalityandinitsdevotiontoimmediategratification,aplacethetoneofwhichissetbymobstersandcallgirlsandladies’roomattendantswi
8、thamylnitritepoppersintheiruniformpockets.Almosteveryonenotesthatthereisno“time”inLasVegas,nonig