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1.  “朋友圈”的英文是什么？

微信里有个重要功能“朋友圈”，而朋友圈直译成英文就是“Friends’ circle”或者：Circle of friends（Wechat英文版里这个功能叫moments，字面意思是分享生活时刻。）

* He has a large/small circle of friends.

circle  n.圈子  

A circle is a group of people who are connected because they share the same interests or jobs. 

* business circles: Jack Ma is famous in business circles.

* political circles : Obama is well-known in political circles.

* sports circles

* literary circles   

How can you expand your circle of friends?

network v.   

When you network, you try to meet new people who might be useful to you in your job.

Networking is considered to be important to business school students.  

东欣老师：我在中欧商学院读MBA时：第一学期，一位教授对我们说：“Don't waste your time networking. All you have to do is to expand your way of thinking and meet good people .”

If you are open-minded and keep expanding your way of thinking, you will naturally expand your circle of friends.

* 什么样的人会成为朋友？

Birds of a feather flock together.

Like-minded people tend to get together.

 * 一个人的朋友圈能有多大？

Dunbar's number is a suggested cognitive（认知） limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships.

Dunbar's number is 150, which means a person can comfortably maintain only 150 relationships.

* Types of friends：    

第一层：We are acquainted with each other.

第二层：We are close friends.

We are good buddies.

Hey, dude / bro, what’s up ?

第三层：bosom friend/ bosom buddy 

confidant（男性）知己，心腹/'kɑnfɪdænt/     

confidante  (女性)红颜知己，闺蜜

第四层：We are soul mates. 

2.  “仰慕，钦佩”如何表达？

admire——admiration

1)  仰慕，钦佩

When you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much .

用法：admire sth./ admire sb for (doing) sth

造句：I really admire your courage.

I really admire the way she treats other people.

I really admire Kevin’s professionalism.

也可说：I really admire Kevin for his professionalism.

2） 欣赏  

When you admire something, you look at it and think how beautiful or impressive it is.

场景1：I stood back to admire the famous painting.

场景2：We stopped halfway to admire the beautiful sunset.

如何记住这个词呢？

谐音：[əd'maɪɚ] vt.  

词源：

admire =  ad（= to）+ mire（wonder）→“to wonder” 

同根词：miracle n.奇迹

3.  wedding

Learn some words about weddings.

婚礼上的人：

bride / groom / bridesmaids (maid原义是未婚女子)

伴娘最初的目的是什么？【听音频】

伴郎: groomsmen

From his groomsmen, the groom usually chooses one to serve as best man.

那best man有什么意义呢？【听音频】

Men had to capture women in order to marry them.

In order to steal the woman they chose to marry, men needed to pick the most capable man to help him. Such a man  was called“best man”

牧师：pastor

司仪：Wedding MC  (MC=Master of Ceremonies)

婚礼要准备的物品：

Wedding ring

Wedding dress / bridal dress

wedding cakes : Wedding cakes are widely seen as symbols of fertility.

Traditional Wedding Ceremony

1) Opening：

"Ladies and gentlemen, family and friends, we are gathered here today to witness and celebrate the joining of ___Romeo ___ and ____Juliet_____ in marriage. With love and commitment, they have decided to live their lives together as husband and wife."

2) Reading： 牧师往往会读一段关于婚姻意义的文字，并表达对新郎新娘的期许

"True marriage is more than joining the bonds of marriage of two persons; it is the union of two hearts. It lives on the love you give each other and never grows old, but thrives on the joy of each new day. Marriage is love. May you always be able to talk things over, to confide in each other, to laugh with each other, to enjoy life together, and to share moments of quiet and peace, when the day is done. May you be blessed with a lifetime of happiness and a home of warmth and understanding."

3) Vows:   

"Do you _____Romeo_______, take ______Juliet_______ to be your lawfully wedded wife, promising to love and cherish, through joy and sorrow, sickness and health, and whatever challenges you may face, for as long as you both shall live?"

Yes, I do.

"I, (Bride/Groom), take you (Groom/Bride), to be my (wife/husband),

to have and to hold from this day forward,  

for better ,for worse,

for richer, for poorer,   

in sickness and in health,

to love and to cherish;

till death do us part."

【until/till death do us part=we won’t part till death】

歌曲《I swear》：

“For better or worse, till death do us part

I'll love you with every beat of my heart

And I swear”

4) Exchange of Rings

"I give you this ring as a token and pledge of our constant faith and abiding love."

5) Declaration of Marriage

"By virtue of the authority vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife."

"You may kiss the bride."

In the Roman era, a marriage, a type of lifelong contract between two people, is sealed with the ceremonial kiss.

* wedding reception

Reception 这个词来自“receive”  

Reception= “a party to receive or welcome guests”  

The name “reception” literally means: the couple receive society, in the form of family and friends, for the first time as a married couple.

注意：

reception 还可以指酒店，或者一个公司里的“前台，接待处”

前台也叫作：reception desk 

在前台工作，接待的人员就是：Receptionist