《四个婚礼和一个葬礼》：因为爱_影视英语

女主角carrie在自己婚礼上的致辞，她将嫁给一个苏格兰的政客。男主人公charles也来参加她的婚礼，此前曾与她两次相遇又两次错过。carrie想着已经过世的父亲，幻想着以后可能的幸福婚姻，信誓旦旦地说出嫁给这个人的理由：爱。——虽然用错了人。
carrie: i'd like to thank all of you who flew in from the states. i'm really touched. for you others, i'd have thought lots of frightful americans flying in --- was an excuse for staying away, so i thank you too.
if my darling dad had been here today, he would have been speaking now. i know he would have said:" great dress, baby, but why in the hell are you marrying the stiff in the skirt?"
and i would have given him the same answer that i give you:" because i love him." as john lennon said, who died the same year as my dad:" love is the answer. and you know that for sure."
词汇：




stiff
僵硬的、僵直的、呆板的



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我要感謝所有乘飛机遠道而来的人，我很感动。对于其他人来說,有許多可怕的美国人飞来此地，因此不愿出席,但我也感謝你們。




如果我亲爱的父親今天在此的话，現在就该他发言了。我知道他会說:"衣服真漂亮,宝貝，但你为什么要嫁給一个穿裙子的古董呢?"




而我会像回答你们一样回答他:“因为我爱他”。就像与我父亲同年去世的约翰-列农说过的“爱就是答案，你清楚地知道"。