Consider your ideal wedding. You may picture religious pageantry(壮观的场面，盛况), majestic domes and the auspicious(吉利的，吉祥的) light of the Divine beaming on a white dress. Maybe you see friends dancing on a pub’s veranda, cheering for you in front of a town hall, or anywhere really – the people you love are there, and it’s all that matters(这才是最重要的).
想象一下你理想中的婚礼。你可能会想到宗教仪式的盛况、宏伟的穹顶，以及神圣的吉祥光芒洒在白色婚纱上。也许你会看到朋友们在酒吧的阳台上跳舞，在市政厅前为你欢呼，或者在任何地方——你爱的人都在那里，这才是最重要的。
What you are probably not picturing is a meet-up with Chris and Mitch, two complete strangers waiting for you and your future spouse by a nondescript(平淡无奇的，毫无特色的) fountain in the middle of Copenhagen. Judging by my soon-to-be-wife(准妻子，未婚妻)’s bewildered(困惑的，不知所措的) laugh throughout the entire 20 minutes of our wedding, this is not what she was picturing either. Should I add that neither of us is Danish, or lives in Denmark?(我是否应该补充一句：我们俩都不是丹麦人，也不住在丹麦？)
你大概不会想到的是，与克里斯和米奇见面——两个完全陌生的人，在哥本哈根市中心一个不起眼的喷泉旁等着你和你的未来配偶。从我准妻子在我们婚礼整整20分钟里那困惑的笑声来看，这也不是她所想象的。我是否应该补充一句：我们俩都不是丹麦人，也不住在丹麦？
My wife, who is attached to(依恋，重视) her privacy and thus will remain “my wife” for the purpose of this piece, is British-Polish, and made her life in the UK. I am French. Brexit means Brexit(脱欧就是脱欧). To live happily ever after(从此幸福地生活在一起) under the same London roof, we had to prove our commitment to the relevant authorities.
我的妻子注重隐私，因此在这篇文章中她将一直被称为“我的妻子”。她是英波混血，在英国生活。我是法国人。脱欧就是脱欧。为了在伦敦的同一屋檐下过上幸福的生活，我们必须向相关当局证明我们的关系。