参加婚礼 Attending a Wedding in Chinese

上个shàng gè星期六xīngqīliù，我wǒ第一次dì yī cì参加cānjiā中国Zhōngguó朋友péngyou的de婚礼hūnlǐ。

Last Saturday, I attended a Chinese friend's wedding for the first time.

因为yīnwèi不bù知道zhīdào应该yīnggāi穿chuān什么shénme衣服yīfu，我wǒ提前tíqián问wèn了le同事tóngshì。

Because I didn't know what to wear, I asked a coworker beforehand.

她tā告诉gàosu我wǒ：“最好zuìhǎo别bié穿chuān黑色hēisè的de衣服yīfu，红包hóngbāo也yě要yào提前tíqián准备zhǔnbèi好hǎo。”

She told me: "You'd better not wear black clothes, and you also need to prepare the red envelope in advance."

婚礼hūnlǐ那天nà tiān，新郎xīnláng和hé新娘xīnniáng穿chuān得de非常fēicháng漂亮piàoliang，客人kèrén也yě来lái得de很hěn多duō。

On the day of the wedding, the bride and groom were dressed beautifully, and a lot of guests came too.

婚礼hūnlǐ一yī开始kāishǐ，新郎xīnláng就jiù一边yìbiān说话shuōhuà，一边yìbiān流liú眼泪yǎnlèi，现场xiànchǎng的de人rén都dōu笑xiào了le。

As soon as the wedding started, the groom spoke while shedding tears, and everyone at the scene laughed.

虽然suīrán很多hěnduō习俗xísú我wǒ都dōu看kàn不bù懂dǒng，但是dànshì身边shēnbiān的de朋友péngyou都dōu很hěn热情rèqíng地de给gěi我wǒ解释jiěshì。

Although I didn't understand a lot of the customs, the friends beside me warmly explained them to me.

晚上wǎnshang的de婚宴hūnyàn上shàng，大家dàjiā一起yìqǐ敬酒jìngjiǔ、唱歌chànggē，气氛qìfēn越来越yuè lái yuè热闹rènao。

At the wedding banquet in the evening, everyone toasted and sang together, and the atmosphere got livelier and livelier.

这次zhè cì婚礼hūnlǐ让ràng我wǒ更gèng了解liǎojiě了le中国Zhōngguó文化wénhuà，也yě更gèng喜欢xǐhuan这个zhège国家guójiā了le。

This wedding helped me understand Chinese culture better, and made me like this country even more.

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Key words 生词

婚礼hūnlǐwedding

新郎xīnlánggroom

新娘xīnniángbride

红包hóngbāored envelope (gift money)

习俗xísúcustom

热闹rènaolively; bustling

越来越 + adjective — more and more…

越来越 shows a quality increasing over time.

气氛越来越热闹。 — The atmosphere got livelier and livelier.

verb + 得 + adverb/adjective — describing how an action is done

得 connects a verb to a phrase describing its manner or extent.

新郎和新娘穿得非常漂亮。 — The bride and groom were dressed beautifully.

1. What did the coworker tell the narrator to avoid wearing?

2. What did the groom do while speaking at the wedding?

3. What happened to the atmosphere at the evening banquet?

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