美国婚礼风俗（下）

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本片段剧情：Doyle去Jane家中造访，无意中看到了她满满的一衣柜伴娘裙装，足足有27件！Jane也又过了一把瘾，身着各色各样的裙装来了一把时装秀。但当镜头落下，Jane难掩内心的悲凉。屡次当伴娘的Jane内心憧憬着，“到了我结婚的那天，人们都会为祝福我而来”……来看看闪亮登场的27套礼服吧。

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Malcolm Doyle: Wait. What are those?

Jane: Nothing.

Malcolm Doyle: Are those-

Jane: No!

Malcolm Doyle: Are they bridesmaid dresses?

Jane: This is none of your business.

Malcolm Doyle: Oh! Good God. What? You kept them all? You have a whole closetful. Why?

Jane: I have a lot of friends and I like to keep them.

Malcolm Doyle: Right. Well, that makes complete sense... because they're beautiful.

Jane: Some are not that bad.

Malcolm Doyle: "Not that bad"? I'd like to see one of them that's not that bad.

Jane: Fine. Um, well-Not that one. This one-This one is really-

Malcolm Doyle: Horrible. Right? Was the word you're looking for. What color is this? Vomit?

Jane: No, it's like a- It's an "olivey" green. It's very in. I'm telling you, it looks great on.

Malcolm Doyle: Uh, no. I'm telling you that this is an instrument of torture...inflicted on you by a bride who wants you to look ugly.

Jane: No. Jenna picked it because it looks good on everybody.

Malcolm Doyle: Slightly delusional and will believe anything anyone tells her.

Jane: That is not true and I'm going to show you you are wrong. See? It's not so bad. This sash is really very flat-

Malcolm Doyle: Okay. You are totally right about the dress. It is not that bad. But, come on. The color? Please.

Jane: Well, it's your flash. I think it's blowing it out weird...and if it were just a normal. Okay, it's not very good.

Malcolm Doyle: You kind of look like a shiny mermaid. You should be flattered. She didn't want to stand next to a tall, beautiful woman...and have you actually looking decent.

Jane: It's really not the worst one. If I had to pick one- I got a good one. This is my favorite.

Malcolm Doyle: Oh, my God. What the hell is that?

Jane: Theme wedding.

Malcolm Doyle: What was the theme, "humiliation"? God! No, people do not have Gone With The Wind weddings.

Jane: I have been to three.

Man: Let's do it. All right Y'all say, "Diddly-dee:" Diddly-dee.

Malcolm Doyle: I feel sick. All right. What else you got? Show me some more. You have to show me Benihana.

Jane: Give it.

Malcolm Doyle: Very pretty. Do you feel pretty?

Jane: Adorable. Every bride loves her accessories. Men wore dresses. Women wore suits. Kevin?

Malcolm Doyle: Yup: What was the theme here?

Jane: L.A. Wedding.

Malcolm Doyle: 27 dresses. You gotta be kidding me. I don't get it. All right.You do the thing, you have the dress. Just throw it out. That's a huge closet. You live in New York. You cannot be eating up space like that.

Jane: Strange as it sounds, I've had some really good times in those dresses. Weird as that may be.

Malcolm Doyle: I don't believe you.

Jane: I don't care if somebody wants me to wear a funny dress: It's their day, not mine.

Malcolm Doyle: God bless you.

Jane: And if supporting them when they get married means: Snowshoeing to a mountaintop in the Alps or... helping to caulk a fountain for some swans, then-

Malcolm Doyle: You actually did that?

Jane: Oh, I'm a really, very good caulker.

Malcolm Doyle: Likes caulk. All right. But come on. Seriously. I mean, how much time do you spend doing this for other people? What about-What about you? You don't have any needs?

Jane: No, I don't. I'm Jesus. Someday- God knows when, But someday...it'll be my day. And then all those people will be there for me: So- That is if I ever-

Malcolm Doyle: Sorry.

妙语佳句 活学活用

1. vomit: 呕吐，呕吐物。

Doyle在这里是说，伴娘装的颜色很难看，像“呕吐色”，让人恶心。我们还可以用You make me vomit来表示“你使我恶心”。

2. olivey green: 橄榄绿。我们还常用olive green来表示这种颜色。

3. in: 时尚的。与之相对应，out就表示out of date（过时了）。

4. delusional: 错觉，妄想的。

Jim是一个delusional type（妄想型的人），常陷入delusional mood（妄想心境），产生一些delusional idea（妄想念头）。

5. sash: 腰带，肩带。

例如：She girded her waist with a sash.= She girded a sash round her waist. （她以饰带束腰。）

6. mermaid: （传说中的）美人鱼。有时我们也将女子游泳选手谐称为mermaid。

7. theme wedding: 主题婚礼。

类似的用法还有theme party（主题派对），theme park（主题公园）。

8. Diddly-dee: 照相时让人保持微笑姿态的用语，类似于我们平时在照相时所说的“茄子”。

9. Benihana: 日本风格的。

Benihana原为开设在美国的一家日式餐厅的名字，Doyle在这里意思是说：“穿件日本风格的伴娘裙装给我看看。”

10.snowshoe: 穿雪鞋走路。

例如：Try snowshoe trekking,a definitely different way to tank up on sunshine and energy.（还可穿着雪鞋远足，这绝对是一种饱尝阳光、增添精力的不同体验。）

11.mountaintop: 山顶。

例如：She shouted on the mountaintop and listened for the echo.（她在山顶上大声喊着，然后聆听着回声。）

12. caulk: 填补缝隙，防漏。

例如：Plumbers caulk joints in pipe with lead , string or a caulking compound.（水管工用铅、绳子或专用填隙材料使管子的接头不漏水。）

13. caulker: 填赛缝隙的人。在这里，Jane的意思是，“我是块好绿叶”，在别人的婚礼上爱做“绿叶配红花”一类的事情。

美国婚礼风俗（下）

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