纽约婚礼见闻(二)

能在纽约参加一个原汁原味的异国婚礼，真的是件让人兴奋的事。对我这个在过去几年间，参加友人婚礼无数、审美极度疲劳的人来说，闰蜜婚礼最打动我的地方，是那些参加婚礼的人们，和这些人们在不经意间营造衬托出的美好氛围。

记得之前参加的几场同学的婚礼，大多更像老同学聚餐叙旧。热闹的感觉是有，但关注的力度不够。很多人大因为许久未见，凑在一起尽忙着互通有无，畅谈各自的工作理想了。于是那本该最受众人关注的，新郎新娘的情感故事，我猜很多人都稀里湖涂地错过了。

我喜欢的婚礼，应该是该热闹的时候热闹，该专注的时候专注，动静皆宜，就像闰蜜的婚礼那样。注意观察了一下，来宾还真是个个“服从命令听指挥”。司仪一声令下，人家是该“群魔乱舞”的时候“群魔乱舞”，该静心聆听的时候静心聆听，该潸然泪下的时候潸然泪下，怎叫一个“乖”字了得啊!

氛围的神秘功效便在于，它可以暗中操控人们的小宇宙。让所有人的注意国力，都能在恰当的时刻聚集在目标人身上，不可能跑偏半步，让所有人的感官系统，都能在恰当的时刻为目标人物而运转，绝不会喧宾夺主。上次为大家隆重介绍了荣誉伴郎史蒂芬先生。这次轮到二号重要人物――荣誉伴娘罗瑞小姐出场了。

罗瑞是新娘的小姑子，一个热情奔放的美国女孩。婚宴上她的祝酒词一度让在场N多人小泪洒餐点桌。

没有见到罗瑞之前，所有人都说她是开心果。没想到一向大大咧咧、快乐无忧的她，也有如此多愁善感的一面。入场之前跟我偷偷学说“迎接嫂子进门”的中文时，她分明还满脸俏皮笑容、信誓旦旦说自己已经准备就绪了呢。谁知到了现场发言时，她还没说两句话，泪水的闸门就彻底失去控制，演讲也一度因声音哽咽而无法继续。多可爱的美国女孩儿啊，我在心中不住地赞美。从不掩饰自己的真情实感，笑就笑得阳光灿烂，哭就哭个畅快淋漓，爱就爱得死去活来(这一点是经过具体事例证实的，无数人可以作证)。

之前看祝酒词的时候，史蒂芬同学的文字远比罗瑞的更打动我。不过照现场形势看来，罗瑞的祝酒词似乎更有冲击力。果然语言就是力量啊!她的一席话好像催泪瓦斯，所及之处众人无一“幸免”。我一边抹着眼泪，一边环顾四周。坐在我们桌的都是轴心人物：新郎新娘的父母那时必定是百感交集。眼看着自己的宝贝儿女转眼长大成人，渐渐脱离他们的保护伞，自然是又欣慰又不舍的。再加上罗瑞的“重磅炸弹”推波助澜，他们不泪如雨下才怪。继续推移目光，新郎的几个姨奶奶，也是激动得泪光闪闪，不时掏出纸巾擦拭眼泪。哭得最伤心的要属新郎外婆的男朋友 那位绅士风度十足的教书先后了。按说他第一次被带来出席家庭聚会，和大家尤其是新人还不算很熟。这悲伤到底从何而来呢？我猜不是多愁善感惹的祸。

在情感泛滥的这一刻，相信在场每个人都如我一样，心中总有股莫名的情绪在升腾。让我们一起感受语言的力量……

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I don`t quite know how I`m going to tollowwhat the best man said, but I`II give it a try. I wantto start by congratulating Enik and Ling, and thanking a11 of you for coming here today. Ling, I havenever seen a more bcautiful bride. You look abso-lutely stunning and you truly are my princess.

They say you don`t marry SOmmeone you can livewith - you marry the prson who you cannot livewithout. I am certain that this holds true with Erikand Ling When I look at the both of you, I see twopeple who complete one another. I guess you couldsay that you were the missing puzzle picces in eachother`s lives. I see the way Enik looks at you and itis so obvious how much he adores you. The way hetreats you mirrors the way he treats my mother.She is the only woman in the world next to you,that Enik truly cherishes. You are everything to himand I know that he will forever treasure your love.

Ling, before I met you 1 remember inquiringabout Enrik`s “new girlfiend” to my parents. Theywere so incredibly happy that he was dating someoneso beautiful inside and out, But, it was not until Isaw the way you treated my brother as well as theway you treated our famity, that I realized howunbelievably special you are. Since the very beginming,you have always opened your heart to us and havemade a point of getting to know us all. I always tookmotice of all the times you would sit in the livingroom with lily parents and talk to them even whenErik wasn`t around.

I remember being very enviousof Enik and thinking to myself how lucky he was tohave such an extraordinary girlfriend. I always hopedthat I could find somebody who would fit in with my

family as well as you have and I think I have finallyfound that person.

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不知道怎样才能和荣誉伴郎的致词统一风格，让我尽力试试吧。我想以对艾瑞克和凌凌的祝福作为开场白，并向所有到场的来宾表示感谢。真没见过比凌凌更美丽的新娘。亲爱的，你看上去光彩夺目，真是我的公主啊。

人们常说，结婚不选可以和你一起生活的人，而是要选缺了他你就无法过活的人。我坚信，艾瑞克和凌凌就是如此。每次看着你们，就像看到一个完美的融合体。我想你们大概会说，你们是彼此生命中遗失的那块拼图，少了彼此生活就不会完整。凌凌，我看到艾瑞克看你的眼神，便能读出他到底有多疼爱你。他对待你的方式，和他对我妈妈如出一辙。因为妈妈是这个世界上，除你以外唯一被他珍视的女子。你就是艾瑞克的一切，我相信哥哥一定会永远视你为珍宝，对你爱护有加的。

凌凌，我还记得在见到你之前，我向父母问起过有关哥哥“新女友”的情况。看到哥哥和一个才貌双全的女孩谈恋爱，我爸妈别提有多开心了。我对你的真正认识，还并非来自他们盼描述。是在看到你对待哥哥和我们全家人的方式之后，我才发现你是多么与众不同的。从一开始，你就对我们敞开心扉，试着了解我们每一个人。我注意到，每次你都会到客厅里陪我的父母聊天，即使艾瑞克不在的时候也是如此。我甚至有些嫉妒艾瑞克。常在想，他是何等幸运才拥有一个像你这样棒的女朋友。我总希望自己也样，可以和我家人和睦相处的人。所幸的是，我终于找到了那个人。

While Erik was earning his MBA, you demonstrated that you arc a strong, loyal and dedicatedwoman who is willing to travcl tirclcssly back andforth between Jersev and Pittsburgh for the sake offeve. You evcn movcd your entire lilo to Texas lastsummer when Erik was offerd a great job opportunity.I think most people would agree that “love” isbeout being able to put the happiness of others beforeyour own. that is exactly what you have done for my brother and I am so proud to call you my sisterfor my entire life,I have always wanted a sisterand now I finally have one to call my own, Youpossess every quality that I have always wanted in asister. From your kind words and thoughtfulness toyour heart lf gold... I love everything about you. Itis no wonder why my brother chose you to spendthe rest lf his life with.

With that being said,let me be the first to saywelcome to the family! In chinese,it gocs likc this:Huanying Jiaru Wo Jis...

Please raise your glasses while I toast to mybrother and his wife:

Take each day and cherish your time together.Love one another and stand together.Take time totalk to one another,put your love and your familyfirst, your Job and hobbies second. May your lovebe like the wind,strong enorgh to move the cloudssoft enough to never hurt,but always never ending?

so,here`s love,laughter,and happily everafter.

艾瑞克在攻读工商管理硕士学位时，你用行动证实了自己是个多么坚强、忠诚又有奉献精神的女孩儿。为了爱，你总是乐此不疲地奔走于泽两市和匹兹堡两地之间。去年夏天艾瑞克毕业后，在德州获得了一个很好的工作机会。你又在两人面临分离两地的情况下，为了爱，追随他搬到那里。我想大多数人都会认同这种说法：爱就是把对方的幸福看得比自己的幸福还重要。你正是这样对待我哥哥的，我真为能拥有你这样的姐妹而感到自豪。

从小到大，我一直期待能有一个姐姐。而现在我终于找到她了。你完全符合我梦想中那个姐姐应有的所有标准：你温柔体贴、善解人意，有一颗金子般的心……亲爱的，连我都爱上了你，爱你的全部，难怪哥哥会选择你共度此生了。

说到这里，就让我来做第一个对你说“欢迎加入我们这个大家庭”的人吧。用汉语表示为：欢迎加入我家。

在我向哥哥嫂子敬酒的时候，请大家和我一同举杯：

愿你们珍惜相守的每一天。永浴爱河、同舟共济。愿你们把多一点时间用于彼此沟通倾诉。把爱和家庭放在第‘位，把工作和喜好披在第二位。愿你们的爱像风一样，强劲得足以拨开乌云、驱赶阴霾，温柔得不会带来丝毫伤害，直到地老天荒、海枯石烂。

干杯，祝你们的生活爱意满盈、欢乐无限、幸福美满。