花海中上演军旅风集体婚礼 Group military wedding among fields of flowers

42 PLA officers(军人) and their brides(新娘) took part in this group(集体) wedding(婚礼) on July 21st among a sea of flowers in Jinchang city, Gansu Province. Group weddings are economical(经济的) and popular(流行的) in China.

有一种风景叫做遇见,有一种感动叫做牵手,有一种信仰叫做爱情,有一种缘分叫做“薰衣草之约”。花有芬芳美丽,爱有甜蜜结晶。祝福42对新人兵贵神速、花开金昌,战报频传、儿孙满堂,金昌市金川区区委副书记、区政府区长周益民为新人证婚时如是说。

词汇 Words:

[jí tǐ] 集体 group
[hūn lǐ] 婚礼 wedding
[jīng jì de] 经济的 economical
[liú xíng de] 流行的 popular

重点词汇 Key Word:

集

• <动词 v.> gather; colect; assemble
  E.g. Wǒ men bì xū bǎ zhòng diǎn jí zhōng dào zuì jǐn pò de wèn tí shàng。
  我们必须把重点集中到最紧迫的问题上。
  We must narrow the focus to the most pressing issues.

• <名词 n.> collection; anthology
  E.g. Lǔ Xùn quán jí
  鲁迅全集
  The complete works of Lu Xun

• <名词 n.> part; volumn; serial
  E.g. èr shí jí diàn shì lián xù jù
  二十集电视连续剧
  Twenty-part TV serial

• <名词 n.> market; country fair
  E.g. Zhè gè zhèn měi sān tiān yǒu yī cì jí shì。
  这个镇每三天有一次集市。
  The town has a market once every three days.