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 frightful¹ 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."

 

 

        stiff  僵硬的、僵直的、呆板的     

 

 

        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"。

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