Unit 13 Underwater wedding
第13单元 水中婚礼
Bert proposed to Lillian on Valentine's Day. They were engaged to be married exactly one year later. But they weren't having an ordinary wedding. Bert was a scuba diving instructor. He met Lillian in Thailand on one of the dives he was leading.
伯特在情人节那天向莉莉安求婚。他们会先订婚，然后准备在一年后的今天结婚；不过他们要举行的可不是普通的婚礼。伯特是斯库巴潜水教练，他有一回带人去泰国潜水时认识了莉莉安。
From the moment they saw each other, they knew the other was special. Lillian remembers looking into his eyes and thinking, "This is the man I am going to marry." Now, three years later they are recreating that memory.
从他们认识那一刻起，彼此便觉得对方很特别；莉莉安记得她从伯特的蓝色斯库巴面具望着他的眼睛时，心想：“这就是我要嫁的男人。”如今过了三年，他们即将重现当初那份记忆。
They've hired a professinal underwater priest to perform the ceremony off the coast of Thailand. They've invited all their friends (but only the four that know how to scuba dive are going to attended.) Lillian had a special white wedding wetsuit made. And, of course, they have the ring.
他们雇用了一个专业的水中牧师帮他们在泰国海岸主持婚礼，同时邀请了多有的朋友前来参加（不过只有四个懂斯巴库潜水的朋友会来）。莉莉安订做了一件特别的白色婚礼用保温潜水服。当然，他们也准备了结婚戒指。
Bert took extra caution and had a small chain made to attach the ring to his wetsuit. If he dropped it there would be no finding it. So, this Valentine's Day Bert and his fiancee Lillian are going to say underwater"I do".
伯特特别小心地做了一条小链子，要把戒指系在他的保温潜水服上，因为如果不小心掉了就找不到了。所以情人节那天，伯特和他的未婚妻会对彼此说：“我愿意”。

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