“我愿意。”这句话对美国人而言具有重要的意义,它甚至可以改变他们的生活,特別是他们在自己的婚礼上说出这句话。在婚礼中所发的誓言就如同签订契约一样,婚姻是件严肃的事情。结婚是从订婚开始。按照传统,男方会请求女友的父亲允许他娶她,如果女方的父亲答应,之后方可向女方求婚。通常男方会试着以一种浪漫的方式向女方求婚以带给女方惊喜。有时候男女双方会觉得现在结婚正是时候,于是男方通常会送未婚妻钻戒作为互定终身的象征。他们可能会在订婚几个星期、几个月,甚 The phrase “I do.” Is of great importance to Americans, and it can even change their lives, especially when they say it at their wedding. An oath made at a wedding is like signing a contract, and marriage is a serious matter. Marriage is from the beginning of the engagement. Traditionally, the man would ask his girlfriend’s father to allow him to marry her, and to marry the woman before the woman’s father promised. Often the man tries to marry the woman in a romantic way to surprise the woman. Sometimes both men and women think it is a good time to get married, so men often send their fiancee diamond rings as a symbol of mutual lifelong life. They may be engaged in a few weeks, months, and even