So intense is this wish that: this wish is so intense that. Pay attention that this sentence is an inverted sentence. intense: very great, very strong. E. g -intense pain, --intense heat We begin with a worn wedding album: Let us begin our story with a worn wedding album. worn: old or maybe have broken because of overuse or overtouch file:vi. walk one after anot her(一个接一个地走)。E.g.- the students filed out of the classroom. -They filed into the dinning hall. From colleagues and old schoolmates came cheerful good wishes clothed in friendly jokes: This is an inverted sentence. The common order of the sentence good wishes clothed in friendly jokes came from colleagues and old school mates. It means Then their col leagues and old schoolmates filed past them, they told friendly jokes to the new couple and their friendly jokes contain cheerful good wishes clothe:vt.(披上…的外衣,以…方式表达出来)e.g.-- We clothe our thoughts in words. -Our thoughts are clothed in words. 9 Some relatives were not pleased. Both these women-mothers of the bride and groom--would have insisted they wanted only the best for their children but they defined the best as staying home to help support the family: insist: say sth with emphasis(55)). The mo thers of the bride and groom were not happy with their son and daughter s marriage. That is, they were against their marriage. Because one of the mother sat in a car crying while the other mother was surrounded by sympathizers. As usual, in a wedding ceremony, the mothers should say good things to the new couple such as they wish their son and daughter a happy life, etc. but in this wedding ceremony, the two mothers refused to say such things. The first reason is that it seems that the two families were not wea l thy, that is, they were poor and the two families need their children to earn money to support the family That is, their children were great help to their families. If their children get married, they would leave home to live an independent life by themse lves, that is, they will not continue to help the ir fami ly as before, let alone the two mothers were not happy with their son-in-low and daughter- in-low. 10 define-.as: explain sth as e.g. -it is wrong to define happiness as owning lots of money. Then quickly, for such a short, portly, elderly person, she disappeared al though she was short, over-wei ght and old, the woman disappeared all of a sudden. for despite e. g.--For all his faults, we like him still. - For all your explanations, I understand no better that before lodge: a small hotel loan: lend usually with interest. E. g. -loan me $500, please afford: be able to spare time or money to do sth/for sth with money loaned by the grooms brother, they could afford a hone ymoon at a state-park lodge: they borrowed money from the grooms brother, they were able to have a honeymoon at a state-park lodge. From the statement we know that the new couple were very poor. The other reason may be that the parents refused to give the ir money because they were against their marriage4. So intense is this wish that: this wish is so intense that. Pay attention that this sentence is an inverted sentence. intense: very great, very strong. E.g. —intense pain,--intense heat. 5. We begin with a worn wedding album: Let us begin our story with a worn wedding album. worn: old or maybe have broken because of overuse or overtouch. 6. file: vi. walk one after another(一个接一个地走)。 E.g.—the students filed out of the classroom. –They filed into the dinning hall. 7. From colleagues and old schoolmates came cheerful good wishes clothed in friendly jokes: This is an inverted sentence. The common order of the sentence is: good wishes clothed in friendly jokes came from colleagues and old schoolmates. It means: when their colleagues and old schoolmates filed past them, they told friendly jokes to the new couple and their friendly jokes contain cheerful good wishes. 8. clothe: vt.(披上…的外衣, 以…方式表达出来) e.g.-- We clothe our thoughts in words.—Our thoughts are clothed in words. 9. Some relatives were not pleased. Both these women—mothers of the bride and groom—would have insisted they wanted only the best for their children but they defined the best as staying home to help support the family: insist: say sth with emphasis(强调). The mothers of the bride and groom were not happy with their son and daughter’s marriage. That is, they were against their marriage. Because one of the mother sat in a car crying while the other mother was surrounded by sympathizers. As usual, in a wedding ceremony, the mothers should say good things to the new couple such as they wish their son and daughter a happy life, etc. but in this wedding ceremony, the two mothers refused to say such things. The first reason is that it seems that the two families were not wealthy, that is, they were poor and the two families need their children to earn money to support the family. That is, their children were great help t o their families. If their children get married, they would leave home to live an independent life by themselves, that is, they will not continue to help their family as before, let alone the two mothers were not happy with their son -in-low and daughter- in-low. 10. define…as: explain sth as …e.g.—it is wrong to define happiness as owning lots of money. 11. Then quickly, for such a short, portly, elderly person, she disappeared: although she was short, over-weight and old, the woman disappeared all of a sudden. for: despite e.g.—For all his faults, we like him still. –For all your explanations, I understand no better that before. 12. lodge: a small hotel. 13. loan: lend usually with interest. E.g.—loan me $500, please. 14. afford: be able to spare time or money to do sth/for sth 15. with money loaned by the groom’s brother , they could afford a honeymoon at a state-park lodge: they borrowed money from the groom’s brother, they were able to have a honeymoon at a state-park lodge. From the statement we know that the new couple were very poor. The other reason may be that the parents refused to give their money because they were against their marriage