Lesson Summary:
You have heard about "to streak", but have you heard about "no-frills civil wedding ceremony"? After all, what is ''no-frills civil wedding ceremony? Let's listen together to today's text.
Lesson Content:
Xin Tao : Did you hear that Xiao Li is getting married next week?
Yang Yang : Is that so? How come he didn't say a word about his getting married? I didn' t hear that he' s buying a house.
X : The couple didn' t buy a house. They live in a rented apartment.
They gave up the idea of buying a house.
Y : Ah? They had a no-frills civil wedding ceremony!
X : Yeah, their wedding was indeed very simple.
Y : That was really courageous! If it were me, I would not be able to do it. How could one get married without material base?
X : Whatever somebody said, however you thought, when our parents got married, they didn't yet have the equivalent of a no-frills civil wedding ceremony.
Y : In our present period, it's not the same. At that time, there was no material wealth as at the present time.
X : But what one had didn't represent every thing, a couple had to struggle together after they got married.
Y : Anyway, I am not willing to marry off my daughter to somebody without a car, without a house, without money saved in a bank. Even if I were willing, my mother would not be willing to marry me off
under such circumstances. Besides, I would surely want a magnificent wedding!
X : I would say, rather than ''keeping up appearances'', it's better ''to use the money where it's needed most''.