高中英语 精华双语文章 伊朗和美国的婚俗素材.docVIP

高中精华双语文章：伊朗和美国的婚俗 作者是一位生活在美国四年了的伊朗人。虽然生活了四年，对美国的风俗仍然不习惯，尤其无法理解美国人把求爱和约会异性当成一种嗜好。虽然美国的婚姻完全的自主、自由，但作者还是比较喜欢自己国家严谨、庄重、诚实的婚俗。 Marriage in Iran and America 伊朗和美国的婚俗 Though marriage is practiced in almost all countries of the world, the customs are quite different from one culture to another. It is interesting for me to compare the customs of marriage in the United States with those in my country. 虽然几乎全世界所有国家的人民习惯上都操办婚事，但结婚的风俗具有某一种文化观念的国家同另外一些文化观念的国家却完全不同。让我来比较一下美国的婚俗跟我的祖国伊朗的婚俗是很有趣的。 Ive lived in the U.S. for four years now, but Im still not comfortable with the customs here. In fact, what seems strange to me is that courting or dating is not always for the purpose of finding a husband or wife. Some people seem to do it as a hobby. 虽然到现在为止我已经在美国生活四年了，但我对这里的风俗仍然感到不习惯。事实上，令我感到不可思议的事情就是在美国求爱和约会异性的目的并不总是为了要找到丈夫或老婆。我觉得有些美国人把求爱和约会异性当成了一种嗜好。 Here in the United States, I have noticed that courting is begun by the young couple themselves, and they seem to have a lot of freedom to decide and do what they want. Both young men and women date a number of different people. They do it without the knowledge or help or their parents. In fact, I have known several friends who got married without even telling their parents or other family members. 在美国，谈恋爱是由一对一对的年青人自由自主开始进行的。我的思想上觉得美国青年人在决定或者做他们想做的事情方面有很大的自由。青年男女双方都跟为数众多的异性约会过。他们跟异性约会时，他们的父母连知道都不知道，也插不上手来帮帮忙。事实上，我认识好几个美国朋友，他们在结婚时，甚至连自己的父母或家中其他的人都没有告诉。 At the actual wedding ceremony, the father of the bride symbolically gives his daughter to the groom. Its only a custom, I think, because the bride and groom already know each other quit well. The bride and groom stand together in front of the religious leader or government official to be married. The official reads from a short prepared speech and then asks both the man and woman if they are willing to be married to the other. If they both say yes, and nobody attending the wedding stands up to object, they are declared man and wife. It is interesting that the two families are asked if ther