Volume XXVII: When the Wedding Takes Place

In the second semester of my freshman year, our foreign teacher was replaced by an old American lady, Mrs. Osborne. In one class, Osborne asked us to go to the podium in order of student numbers to perform dialogues. It may be that my system admission time is a little earlier, I and my roommates have several student numbers earlier, and the five of them are consecutive numbers, and only I am caught in the flowers, so I usually don't even have a chance to skip class, maybe this is fate. I went to the podium with three girls to simulate a spoken English conversation, and I don't know why, but after I got on stage, I was very expressive. I learned the exaggerated pronunciation of Disney characters and masked my thick accent through tone and tone, which made our group's conversation especially joyful. Osborne was so impressed with my performance that he thought I was a malleable.

There is still a certain difference between the teaching methods of foreign teachers and our domestic teachers, they prefer scenario simulation, which allows us to understand Western culture from practice. In order for us to truly get acquainted with and master the authentic Western wedding process, Osborne intends to have a grand "wedding" for our class in one lesson. How can I be left behind in this kind of highlight? So after class, I volunteered to find Osborne and wanted to actively participate in it. Maybe I was too proactive, and Osborne thought I was the class president or something, so he left the whole wedding planning to me. Because my English is originally a two-knife knife, it is not explicitly stated that I just want to play a role in it. Osborne trusted me and sent me all the lines for the wedding process, the pastor, Sina, and the bride, and told me to perform in class next week. I thought it was going to be an easy thing to do, so yes OK no problem.

I sent the documents that Osborne sent me to the class president and the school committee, hoping to set the roles for the various processes of the wedding and then find a time to rehearse. As a result, everyone except me was not interested in it, and they didn't take it seriously. Since the emperors are not in a hurry, why should I be a eunuch? And he did.

At class on Monday, Osborne said expectantly, "So, how about your wedding?" Show it! As a result, the audience was silent, and I didn't have the face to look at her, so I kept my head down. The old lady was a little disappointed, but immediately adjusted her mentality, so that there could be no teaching accidents, and started the backup plan to continue the lecture. During recess, I cheekily went up to apologize to Osborne, promising that it would be done next week, because the old lady had seen more of the world, so naturally she wouldn't bother with me.

In the afternoon we learned that the next class had performed a lavish wedding in front of Osborne. The classmates regretted it a little, and in this regard, the head of the Da Biao class said: "Well, we also have to pay attention to it!" So, immediately contact the class cadres to assign tasks. The bridesmaids and brides naturally need to be on the girls' side, and our dormitory is full of people. Da Biao's squad leader leads by example as the groom, Lin Ye plays the best man, Eric plays the bride's father, Lao Zhao is in charge of the wedding music, I play the pastor, and Mr. Liu is the child (originally he wanted to be the groom's father, but we voted unanimously)...... I also persuaded a few female classmates with good relationships to play the flower girl, and the mother of the bride and groom, and arranged for someone to take pictures.

The hearts of the people are united, and Mount Tai moves. With everyone's unity and cooperation, our wedding team was formed. In order to be comparable to the wedding of the next class, the girls' dormitory made a wedding dress with mosquito nets for the bride, and the class committee spent money from the class fee to buy balloons, bouquets, colorful spray flowers and other props to enliven the atmosphere, and the head of the Da Biao class prepared a bottle of champagne at any cost. Although I was just playing a pastor, the lines of everyone in the audience combined were not as many as mine, and I originally wanted to have an off-script show, but there were too many of them, so I had to give up.

It's time for the speaking class of the week, and the girls arrive early in the classroom and start all kinds of arrangements: ribbons, balloons, angels and crosses on the blackboard...... "bride" and "bridesmaids" are also carefully dressed up surrounded by a push of girls. I really couldn't find a priest's dress and a dress, so I and the squad leader Dabiao could only put on a suit and tie. I turned up the mobile phone that had pre-ordered the "Wedding March" to the highest volume and handed it to Lao Zhao, and Eric sorted it out and went to the bride's side according to the previous rehearsal. Da Biao's squad leader and the secretary of the regiment were stacking glasses, preparing to drink champagne for a while...... While we were doing the rearmament, Osborne came and saw that we were doing the same, and she smiled so much that she took out her camera and started taking pictures.

Everything was finally ready, the bell rang, and the decorated classroom looked more like a wedding chapel. After Osborne signaled to start the performance, Lao Zhao pressed the play button of the music. With the music of "Wedding March" playing, the "bride" holds a bouquet of flowers and holds Eric's hand and slowly enters, the bridesmaids help the bride carry the skirt, and the flower girl keeps scattering flowers forward. They came to the "bridegroom" and said, "Is there anyone present who can show any just cause why these two people should not be legally joined in marriage?" I followed the tone of the pastor in the movie "Independence Day" when Steven got married before he left for the war. After receiving a silent response, I began to have a "touching" Chinese accent English. After that, Eric handed the "bride's" hand to the "groom" and retreated to his seat. And then there was a big piece of my pimple-in-a-bumping saliva. Finally, after two people say "Yes, I do!" After that, I motioned for the groom to put a ring on the bride. Mr. Liu trembled and handed the ring to the squad leader of Da Biao, but accidentally the ring fell to the ground. The girls prepared a ceramic ring for this "wedding", and this fall knocked off the "diamond...... In order to continue the wedding, the squad leader of Da Biao pretended to be calm and put the ring on the hand of the "bride". “In the name of the Father of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,I now pronounce you husband and wife.” At the end of my last line, my classmates began to sprinkle flower petals and spray flowers. Da Biao's class leader took the champagne on the side and shook it vigorously twice, and then opened it to the students. "Bang!" With a bang, champagne shot out and sprinkled it on the students present, allowing everyone to "share" the sweetness together. The atmosphere also reached a climax at this moment, as if everyone was actually attending a wedding. Osborne, who was sitting on the sidelines, had the same camera in his hand as he had a smile on his face, and he didn't stop for a moment. At the end of the wedding, the head of the class poured the remaining champagne from the bottle for everyone, including Osborne, and it was supposed to be the first time in history that we had a drink in class in the open.

Now that I think about it, if I had gone down the road of officiating at the wedding, would I have become a good host?