雅思口语带读练习：中式婚礼

　　Chinese Wedding中式婚礼 参考文本：

　　Weddings have always been a big affair in China. Without them you could never (legally) have thechildren and grandchildren that everyone wants! Thefirst step in any wedding is to propose. If accepted, the happy couple go on to their local hospital to get amedical checkup. The bridegroom provides the newhome while the bride's family donate the dowry. Intraditional China, if the bride's family was wealthythe dowry might consist of two cows or a camel. Nowadays air conditioners, stereos or colour TVs are common, with upmarket gifts including 'hisand her' mobile telephones, a car, or even a foreign passport. On the wedding day, couplesoften begin at the photo studio, getting their pictures taken before going home to put on theirwedding clothes. The groom may go to pick up his blushing bride, and traditionally, she leavesher home to the setting off of fireworks. (Since real fireworks are now outlawed in big cities, these are often recorded fireworks!). In cities or towns, the wedding will usually be held in ahotel, where the couple wait to greet each guest at the door. The bridesmaid(s) and best manhelp their friends to perform their wedding duties. Wedding guests are seated around tables ofabout eight to ten and dinner usually consists of one whole chicken and one whole duck pertable in addition to eight cold dishes, eight hot dishes (the number eight being a homonym for"get rich" and therefore considered auspicious), soup and dessert. During the meal, each tablemust propose a toast to the soon-to-be-intoxicated newlyweds, who should take a drink at eachtable and accept a gift of money, given in a 'lai-see' or small red envelope, for good luck. Couples these days spend an average of about $HK 100,000 for a wedding, covering everyexpense. When a Chinese couple gets married, everything they have when they start their livestogether must be brand new. Since they have probably just spent both of their families' life-savings on their wedding, the couple can look forward to 20-some odd years of frugality untilthey get to do it all again for their single child!

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