227 Wedding Planning

A:Trina, will you marry me?                                                                                                            
 B:Yes! Yes! And yes! Jared of course I’ll marry you!                                                                                   
 A:Oh Babe, I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you! I can’t wait for all the adventures we’re going to have, for all the    
 fights and the laughter. I can’t wait to grow old and wrinkly with you.                                                                
 B:Oh Jared! I can’t wait for our wedding! I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve already chosen a date! Six months from now in the summer!    
 Melissa saw you buying the ring last month so I’ve had plenty of time to start planning!                                               
 A:She what?                                                                                                                            
 B:Oh don’t worry sweetie, I didn’t know when you were going to propose. It was still a nice surprise! As I was saying, I’ve got  it    
 all planned out. There’s almost nothing left to do! I wrote up our guest list and we will have roughly four hundred guests attending.  
 A:four hundred?                                                                                                                        
 B:No need to sweat it My parents agreed to pay for most of the wedding, which is going to be lowbudget anyway. So roughly four         
 hundred people, which means that the hall at Northwood Heights will be our reception venue.I thought it would be nice if we had the    
 wedding at your parents’ church and my uncle of course would be officiating. We’ll meet with him soon for some pre-wedding             
 counseling. The music for the wedding ceremony was a no-brainer.My step-sister and her string quartet will take care of that. My       
 cousin will be the official photographer. I thought it would also be nice if his daughter could sing a solo. Did you know that she’s   
 going to be a professional opera singer?                                                                                               
 A:Ah...                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                        
 B:And then of course the ladies at the church would love to be our caterers for the banquet and we’ll get the Youth Group to serve     
 us. I was thinking that your friend’s band could be our entertainment for the night. though they might have to tone it down a bit. Or  
 we could hire a DJ. Your sister’s husband could get us a discount with that company that does the decor at weddings. what’s their      
 name again? I was thinking that we could                                                                                               
 have an island paradise- themed wedding and our theme color would be a soothing blue like Aquamarine. And there will be a huge         
 seashell on the wall behind the podium where we’ll make our                                                                            
 toasts! What do you think of small packages of drink mixes for our wedding favors?Who else am I missing? Oh, your uncle could be our   
 florist and his wife could make our wedding cake!                                                                                      
 A:Wow.                                                                                                                                 
 B:See? It’s going to be wonderful! Oh this wedding                                                                                     
 is going to be everything I ever dreamed of.                                                                                           
 A:If I survive the next six months.  [sərˈvaɪv]

propose [prəˈpoʊz]    v.建议；提议；求婚；打算  ask someone  to marry you                   
 guest list                                                                                  
 ceremony  :  churck                                                                         
 venue[ˈvenˌju]    n.场地；会场                                                              
                                                                                             
 officiate [ə'fiʃi,eɪt]    v.执行(职务)；主持                                                
 officiating : leader party : host                                                           
 to officiating                                                                              
 caterer [ˈkeɪtərər] 酒席承办人  bring the food for us                                       
 florist [ˈflɔrɪst]    n.花店；花商  prepare flower guy                                      
 No need to sweat : don't worry                                                              
                                                                                             
 no-brainer 无需用脑的事 ; 容易的决定    : not head  you don't have to think about ,easy     
 tone it down :   relax  缓和语气;降低音调                                                   
                                                                                             
 adventure [ədˈventʃər]    n.冒险；奇遇；【商】投机；冒险性格     v.冒险                     
                                                                                             
 roughly [ˈrʌfli]    adv.大约；大致；                                                        
                                                                                             
 counseling[ˈkaʊnslɪŋ]    n. 咨询服务                                                        
                                                                                             
 string quartet 弦乐四重奏乐团  /strɪŋ kwɔːrˈtet/                                            
  the banquet 宴会 ; 夜宴   /ðə ˈbæŋkwɪt/