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The Western wedding PROPOSE(求婚) An engagement ring(订婚戒指) The relatives and friends will receive the invitation letter. Engagement’s men and women should consider immediately theirs mattiage plan the respective patents,usually by bride’s parents announced that becomes engaged with rhe wedding ceremony. Before the Wedding 在西方，恋爱中的男女要结婚,首先要由男方向女方求婚（propose），在求婚时男方应向女方赠送订婚戒指（an engagement ring）。因此，当人们提到 He gave her a ring 时，其意义通常是He proposed to her, she accepted, and they are now engaged.（男方向女方求婚，女方接受了求婚，两人现在已经定婚了）。 Something old... 旧东西 　　A bride may wear or carry something old to represent her continued ties to her family and her old life. Many brides wear a piece of family jewelry as their old item. Some brides wear the wedding dress worn by their mother or grandmother. In many cases, something old may also be something borrowed. 旧的东西代表着新娘结婚之后还会和娘家保持联系。有的新娘戴上娘家给的珠宝、也有人穿上母亲甚至祖母的婚纱。在很多时候旧的东西也同时算作是借的东西。 Something new...新东西 　　Wearing something new is supposed to represent success and hope in the bride’s new life and in her marriage. If the bride purchased her wedding dress new, it may represent her new item, but any item that is new may be used. Something “new” is usually the easiest category1 to fill. 新的东西象征着新娘新生活的展开。 Something borrowed... 借来的东西 The borrowed item should be something borrowed from a friend that is happily married. It is suggested that their happiness will rub off on you and bring lasting happiness to your marriage. Some brides borrow an item of clothing, a piece of jewelry, a handkerchief or perhaps a beaded purse. 借东西应该从一个婚姻幸福的朋友那里借来，预示着朋友的幸福婚姻也会带给你好运。 Something blue... 蓝色的东西 Wearing something blue dates back to biblical times when a blue wedding dress was worn to represent purity, fidelity and love. Over time this has changed from wearing a blue dress to wearing just a blue band around the bottom of the brides wedding dress to modern times where it is commonplace for the bride to wear a blue garter. 蓝色的东西意味着纯洁、忠诚和爱。 Silver sixpence... 六便士银