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Only you would tell somebodyto cancel a wedding ten minutes before it starts.
只有你会在婚礼前十分钟让别人取消它
Well, it was just a suggestion.
只是个建议而已
Do you realize how much today means to the families?
你知道今天对于一个家庭来说意义有多大
No, fortunately.
真幸运 我不知道
Did you catch the ambassador's smile?
你注意到大使的那个笑容吗
It could have been a cultural gesture.
可能只是文化差异吧
Maybe he looked down to show us respect.
他向下看可能是为了表示对我们的尊重
It read embarrassment to me.
我看到的只有尴尬
I could dive into that cake fully clothed.
我想穿着衣服往那蛋糕里扑
There's an image.
好生动啊
I love weddings.
我喜欢婚礼
They're such a
婚礼真的很美
Beautiful celebration of love and hope.
是对爱和希望的礼赞
Plus there's cake.
而且还有蛋糕
Bride's pretending she's a virgin,
新娘假装自己还是处女之身
The groom's pretending he's found "the one,"
新郎则装得好像找到了生命中的"另一半
And the in-laws are pretending they like each other.
妯娌之间则装得和和睦睦
It's Christmas for liars.
简直是撒谎者的盛会
And yet lovely.
但还是很可爱
You really are idiotically happy, aren't you?
你干嘛老喜欢傻乐呢
重点讲解
一.cancel：v. 取消，作废，注销，抵消，删除 n. 取消，删除
【词义辨析】
abolish, cancel, repeal,
abolish: 正式用词，指彻底废除某种制度、规章或习俗。
cancel: 用法广泛，多指取消债务、合同、证书、比赛、旅行、计划或约会等。
repeal: 书面用词，指撤销立法机关通过的协议、法案或法律等。
【例句用法】
1.If the worst comes to the worst, we'll have to cancel our holiday plans.
要是情况不妙，我们就只好取消度假计划了。
2.The heavy workload forced me to cancel the camping trip.
繁重的工作量迫使我取消去露营。
3.Her kindness and generosity cancel out her occasional flashes of temper.
她为人厚道、慷慨大方，倒也弥补了她偶尔发点儿脾气。
4.These arguments cancel each other out.
这些争论彼此势均力敌。
5.The match had to be cancelled because of bad weather.
比赛因天气不好只得取消。
6.He cancelled his order.
他撤消了定货单。
二.realize：vt. 实现，了解，意识到，变卖
【词义辨析】
think, conceive, imagine, fancy, realize,
think: 最普通用词，指想或思索，也指由反复思考而作出判断或得出结论等。
conceive: 指在头脑中组织好自己的思想，在心中形成一个系统的思想或一个见解。
imagine: 比conceive更强调形象思维，指在头脑中形成一个清晰明确的意象。
fancy: 与imagine略不同，往往指的是不切实际的，属于梦幻般的想象。
realize: 指领悟，通过生动的构思或想象从而抓住事物的本质。
【例句用法】
1.Do you realize that all of these shirts are half off?
你知道这些衬衫都卖半价了吗？
2.Only after you lose your health, will you realize the importance of

health.
唯有在失去健康之后，我们才能意识到健康的重要。
3.I'm sorry to say I didn't realize that.
很遗憾我并不了解此事。
4.How much did you realize on those paintings?
那些画你卖了多少钱?
5.The furniture realized 900 at the sale.
拍卖这家具获900英镑。
三.really：adv. 实在，真正地，事实上
【词义辨析】
indeed, really, truly, actually,
indeed: 一般用于肯定或证实对方所说的话，多承接前言，也用来加强或肯定自

己说话的语气。
really: 主要用于强调与事实或现实不相违背，也可表示不快、惊奇或某种含蓄

的怀疑。
truly: 强调客观存在的真实性，没有任何虚假。
actually: 侧重于实际的事，而不是凭空想象或推测的事。
【例句用法】
1.I'm not really sure.
我不太清楚。
2.After the shock of their electoral defeat, the party really began to pull together.
该党在受到选举失败的打击之后，才真正地团结起来。
3.He's quite a nice boy, really.
他真是个好孩子，一点不假。
4.It's really cold today.
今天可真冷。
5.Did she really say so?
她真的那样说吗？