2023年3月英语六级听力真题 短文2

Passage 2

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We don't need to tell you that weddings can get expensive.

我们不需要告诉你婚礼可能会变得昂贵。

Even with the most meticulous budgeting, a few unexpected costs are bound to occur.

即使有最细致的预算，也必然会出现一些意想不到的成本。

While most brides tend to accept this as fact, one Canadian woman, who is only known as "Susan", attempted to avoid all wedding costs.

虽然大多数新娘倾向于接受这一事实，但一位名叫“苏珊”的加拿大女性试图避免所有婚礼费用。

She did this by asking her friends and family to pay up to attend her wedding.

为此，她要求她的朋友和家人出钱参加她的婚礼。

It went about as well as you'd expect.

事情进行得和你预期的一样好。

"Susan" is causing quite the debate online after posting a bizarre Facebook complaint about her now-cancelled wedding.

“苏珊”在脸书上发布了一条关于她现在被取消的婚礼的奇怪投诉后，在网上引起了相当大的争论。

Yes, the couple called off the wedding just days before their wedding vows.

是的，就在他们宣誓结婚的前几天，这对新人取消了婚礼。

Since the guests refused to pay the $1, 500 attendance fee.

由于客人拒绝支付1500美元的入场费。

The $60,000 dream wedding was put on permanent hold.

这场价值6万美元的梦幻婚礼被永久搁置。

In her long explanation filled with cursing and squaring, the bride accused her friends and family of ruining her marriage and her life.

在她充满咒骂和争吵的长篇解释中，新娘指责她的朋友和家人破坏了她的婚姻和生活。

She stated that each guest would only need to pay $1,500 while she sacrificed everything for the day.

她表示，每位客人只需支付1500美元，而她则为当天的活动牺牲了一切。

Her maid of honor told her to stick to the budget as she was asking too much from her guest.

她的女仆告诉她要坚持预算，因为她向客人要求太多了。

But Susan ignored her.

但苏珊没有理会她。

Not surprisingly, only eight people responded positively to the wedding invitations and money requests.

毫不奇怪，只有八个人对婚礼邀请和金钱要求做出了积极回应。

Realizing they would not be able to afford their dream wedding, Susan's future husband suggested giving marriage in Las Vegas.

苏珊未来的丈夫意识到他们将无法负担他们梦想中的婚礼，于是建议在拉斯维加斯结婚。

The bride quickly shut down the idea, saying she did not want a wedding of gambling and having drinking.

新娘很快打消了这个念头，说她不想举行赌博和喝酒的婚礼。

It seems her dream wedding has now become a nightmare.

她梦想中的婚礼现在似乎成了一场噩梦。

12. What does the speaker say about weddings?

12.演讲者对婚礼怎么说？

13. What do we learn about the wedding of the Canadian woman Susan?

13.关于加拿大女人苏珊的婚礼，我们了解到了什么？

14. What did Susan's maid of honor advise her to do?

14.苏珊的女仆建议她做什么？

15. How did Susan respond to her future husband's suggestion?

15.苏珊对她未来丈夫的建议有何回应？

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