Invitation to the Business Wedding Event

商務婚禮邀請函

陳豪在北京的ABC美國公司工作。他中午吃飯在餐廳找到美國同事Amy。

(Office ambience)

C: Amy，能找到你，太好了。

A: Will you join me?

C: 好啊，我正好有事問你。

A: What is it?

C: 我有個同事兩個星期后結婚。

A: Where is the wedding going to be held?

C: 婚禮在北京舉行，但是因為新郎和新娘都是美國人，所以要按美國的方式。

A: How interesting!

C: 他們不回美國去結婚，是因為家里人想到中國來玩。

A: I can't blame them for wanting to see this beautiful part of the world where their relatives live and work.

C: 這下我有機會體驗一下美國式的婚禮了，不過我也遇到了一些問題。

A: I can probably guess what some of them are.

C: 我記得你說過，要RSVP，就是不管能否出席，都要盡快跟人家說一聲。

A: So did you?

C: 邀請函里夾了回執(zhí)卡和信封，我已經填好寄出去了。

A: Sounds as if you have it all figured out, Chen Hao.

CH: 可我不知道應該送給他們什么禮物。

陳豪和Amy坐下邊吃午飯。

C: 我想知道美國人結婚，一般送些什么。

A: It is a tradition in change so you need to pay attention to what the bride and groom want.

C: 我怎么能知道新郎新娘需要什么呢？

A: In today's wedding world, couples often register for gifts with an online registry.

C: 什么叫Online Registry？網上注冊？

A: It's a wedding site on the Internet. Couples use registries to indicate gifts they like or need. You just go to the site they indicate and order.

C: 哦，結婚的人可以上網注冊，把需要的禮物列出來，供親朋好友參考。可我怎么找到那個網站呢？

A: If the bride and groom have registered, they will send you the website as part of the invitation or in a follow-up e-mail.

C: 邀請函上好像是有個網址，不過我當時沒太注意。好，我回去先看看他們注冊的禮品單子上都有些什么。

A: That's the idea.

C: 我買好了禮物，婚禮那天一塊兒帶去。

A: Oops. Bad idea.

C: 為什么？我想看著他們打開禮物時高興的樣子。

A: Chen Hao, they will not open presents during the wedding ceremony or reception.

C: 干嘛不拆禮物？

A: It is not part of the American tradition and it only complicates things.

C: 我不太明白。

A: When the bride and groom have left the event, a family member or friend has to gather any gifts that were brought to the wedding and be responsible for keeping them for the newly-weds until they return from their honeymoon.

C: 那不是很麻煩嗎？

A: It could be a lot to manage.

C: 我知道了，所以最好是事先買好禮物寄過去。

A: You got it!