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主播：Flora（中国）+Selah（美国）

歌曲： Live Your Beautiful Life

As some of you may know, Selah is getting married in just a few weeks (Selah再过几周就要结婚了). 目前她也在筹备自己的婚礼中，那么本期节目就由Selah带大家走近西方婚礼。

A wedding maybe one of the most important events in life, but different cultures have unique ways to celebrate it. Actually, in China nowadays, we have both traditional Chinese weddings (中式婚礼) and Western-style weddings (西式婚礼). 但是这肯定跟西方国家的婚礼还是有区别的。

So today, we have Selah to share with us some of the authentic wedding customs from Western culture (正宗的西方婚礼习俗).

01. Before the wedding: bachelorette and bachelor parties 婚前的单身派对

Typically, a bride will have a bachelorette weekend (新娘会有一个单身周末) where she goes on a trip or celebrates with all of her closest friends. The groom will also have a bachelor weekend where he does the same (他会做同样的事).

And nowadays, a lot of people do creative activities for these parties. Some may have a themed costume night (主题盛装夜: 人们一般会化装出席,一般扮成 fictional characters --虚拟角色).

他们可能会rent a cabin（租一间小屋），甚至是going to another