我的盛大希腊婚礼-工管1211-第二小组
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我盛大希腊婚礼观后感今年五月,我有幸受邀参加了一场盛大的希腊婚礼,这是我第一次亲身体验希腊的婚庆风情。
在这场婚礼上,我不仅欣赏到了令人叹为观止的仪式和庆典,还感受到了希腊人热情好客的文化氛围。
以下是我对这场婚礼的观后感。
首先,我惊叹于希腊婚礼的庄重和热情。
整个仪式充满了寓意深远的传统仪式和仪态,让我仿佛穿越到了古希腊时代。
在仪式开始之前,新郎新娘会请来一位传统的希腊魔法师,他会以神秘的仪式为新人祝福,希望他们婚后生活幸福美满。
而在进入婚礼现场时,我们被热情的亲友们迎接,会场上充满了欢声笑语和灿烂的笑容。
这种热情好客的氛围让我感觉仿佛是一个亲人的重要日子,真实而温暖。
其次,希腊婚礼的仪式给我留下了深刻的印象。
在希腊,婚礼仪式被认为是一个庄严而神圣的时刻,代表着两个家庭的联姻。
仪式中最令人难忘的莫过于交换婚戒的环节。
新郎和新娘佩戴着华丽的戒指,向对方宣誓永不分离。
这一刻,我看到了两个人眼中深深的爱意和对未来美好生活的期许。
除此之外,希腊婚礼还有许多其他的独特仪式,如新郎新娘用一块白布束缚在一起,象征着他们将共同面对生活中的困难与挑战,并互相扶持。
这些仪式让我感受到了希腊人对婚姻的珍视和仪式的重要性。
另外,希腊婚礼的庆祝活动也十分独特,让我久久难忘。
在仪式结束后,我参加了一场盛大的宴会,犹如站在了一个欢乐派对的中心。
宴会上各种传统希腊美食琳琅满目,我品尝到了各种美味的地中海佳肴。
更令人惊奇的是,婚礼现场设有专业的希腊民间舞蹈表演团队,他们身着传统的希腊服装,以独特而优雅的舞姿带领所有人跳起了欢快的舞蹈。
我和其他客人一同跟着音乐起舞,尽情享受着希腊人的热情与活力。
这是一场令人陶醉的舞蹈盛宴,将我完全沉浸在这满是快乐的氛围中。
最令我感动的是,希腊婚礼展示出了希腊人民的团结和友善。
我和新婚夫妇不是希腊人,但是在婚礼上,我们被当成了家人般的对待。
每个人都向我们热情地打招呼,用流利的英语和我们交流着。
在派对中,我结识了一些新的朋友,他们教我一些希腊的舞步和习俗,使我能更好地融入这个独特的文化。
电影英语观后感100字英语电影观后感50字第一篇、电影观后感英文版电影英语观后感100字My Big Fat Greek Wedding 电影:我盛大的希腊婚礼 My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a movie about the heroin , Toula , who is a Greek woman and failed to marry a Greek boy ,falls in love with a non-Greekmen .Despite the fact that her family ,especially her father , disagrees, they make every effort and manage to fight for their love, which is what true love should be ----without boundaries , regardless of age ,nation ,race, or whatever…In the movie ,Toula is expected to marry Greek boy ,make Greek babies , and feed everyone until the day she dies ,which makes me think about women’s status in our old China .Greek women have the role in common with our traditional Chinese women in their family ---they do the cleaning ,cooking ,washing and so on.Many people say that the United States is a big melting pot for the reason that after immigrants were there for some time, they may become Americanized, and differences gradually melt down .But in the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the Greek family keep their own customs and identities. We can conclude that each country has its own culture. Therefore there are many cultures in the world, and they are different but equal .So it is wrong for the racists to think their culture is superior to other cultures, because all cultures have both strengths and weakness .And since the cross-cultural marriage between Toula and Ian Miller is reached, we ought to accept and respect foreign cultures withan open minds and develop our awareness of globalization when we are confronted with the multicultural world.第二篇、英语电影观后感电影英语观后感100字第三篇、电影英语观后感电影英语观后感100字My favorite film----3 idiots3 idiots is a great Indian film, among them the same problems can be saw sino-indiansimilar education system and the rich and the poor strata. Relaxed, laugh, tears,we can feel the power of positive life. Dream and career, do what we like, that is the achievements of the same truth. In my impression,I saw this film introduced by students. The actor Rancho is very handsome.He is very kind, optimistic, humorous and wisdom .He affects the people around him. He studies physics knowledge to teach savage senior, and he use his wisdom break the college hidebound traditional education concept. At last he became a talented scientists. Which I appreciate most is the hero takes care of his friends, in his efforts, his friends also achieved their dreams.The pursuit of excellence, success will be chasing you run.” I think this sentence is very reasonable.In our way to study,we may meet many difficulties, but stick to it,and stick to our ideals. The film, in addition the sincere friendship, and romantic love.It’t Worth a look.第四篇、英语电影观后感电影英语观后感100字My feeling after seeing Front of the classThis is a ture story of a young man,Brad Cohen.He is a great orator,a great teacher and a great writer.For such a man,we think he is successful.For now it’s ture.but in his childhood,he is not successful. This film is about his childhood.Brad Cohen is the held who was born with a disease called Tourette syndrome.At the beigning,The held’s father can’t put up with his bad diseases for he is just always making terrible noise wherever he is.When taking the classes the teacher telles him not to making thenoises,but he can’t help it.So everyone h ate him except his mother.His mother always encourage him but it can’t help he escape the pain.Until one day his headmaster told everyone in his school realized the reason for his behavior.At this moment,Brad Cohen have a deram that everyone think he can’t success.This dream is he want to be a teacher. When he gruated form a famous college.Find a job is a big challenge.Although this is difficule,he did it.He find a job and a girlfriend. So this film tell us neer give up whatever matter yu have met,trease your life is the most important,your life will never fade if you keep on trying .Life is like a box of chocolate,you will never know what you take next.第五篇、英语电影观后感电影英语观后感100字The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingThis story is talk about the most powerful ring of the world.It happens in another places where was written by the famous writer in the UK——J.R.R. Tolkien。
Respect and Communicate to Different Cultures Movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, it is a story that a Greek girl Toula married an American boy Ian. They two were from different backgrounds. Toula lived in a big Greek family, They moved to American in the world warⅡ. The family consisted of Toula’s parents, her brother, sister, and a great numbers of relatives was big and loud. The house they lived was modeled after the Parthenon. Ian was from an American family, he was the only child in the family which was in quiet and harmoniousatmosphere. Although the two families were different, they had the same happiness in family life. Just as Toula said: “My family is big and loud but they're my family. We fight and we laugh and yes, we roast lamb on a spit in the front yard. And where ever I go, what ever I do they will always be there.”The Greek girls have three things to do in their lives, marrying Greek boys, making Greek babies and feeding everyone until the day they die. But Toula met Ian, an xeno in her father’s eyes. They had different backgrounds and different believes but they loved each other. At first, their parents had different attitudes towards their love. Toula’s parents were opposed to their love. Her parents could not accept an xeno who they did n’t know anymore. On the contrary Ian’s parents agreed with it. In this position, Ian decided to be baptized and join the Greek Orthodox Church. Finally they decidedto get married, and they found they had a lot of different customs. The Greeks hold weddings in the Greek Church, they need 10 bridesmaids and the best man is actually part of the ceremony, parents may give their children gifts, hold a big wedding, and end it with dancing together. On contrast, the American family would like to hold a wedding in the club, quiet and small. They may eat big wedding cakes and let the newly married couple have a honeymoon trip. Then Ian’s parents met Toula’s family, they had different food, Toula’s mother fixed the cake bundt Ian’s parents taken with flowers. Toula’s family liked eating lamb and moussake, drinking ouzo, but Ian was actually a vegetarian, the Americans may eat wonder bread sandwiches. Toula’s father was not satisfied with Ian’s family, he thought “they are dry, just like a piece of toast no honey, no jam, just dry.”B ut her daughter loved Ian, they will get married. Finally he accepted their differences. In the end of the movie, the two families held a great wedding, and they danced together with all people.That is to say, the two families had different backgrounds, different customs, when they first knew each other, they were wondering, just as Ian was supposed when he saw Toula’s aunt spit on the boys, after communicating, he knew that means blessing and he accepted it. Anyhow the parents loved their children similarly, and they lived the same happy lives. In my opinions, when meetingdifferent cultures, we should accept it, respect it, and communicate to understand it. In this basis, we can learn from other cultures and improve our culture by the good sides of different cultures. For example we can improve Chinese wedding by learning from American wedding. We can eat varied foreign food to make our diets more balanced, too.In the traditional Chinese wedding, the bride and the groom ought to kowtow many peoples, includes all elders, the couple may be painful in the wedding. The groom should give the girl bride-price, and hold the wedding in the groom’s house, which need a lot of money. He will invite all relatives toattend the ceremony. Many times we may hold the wedding wastefully, and it is a great burden to groom. These years, we learn some west cultures, just like American wedding customs, the rectors hold a wedding in church, and they may eat big wedding cakes, after the wedding, the brides and the groom may take a honeymoon trip. After knowing their customs in the wedding, we changed our wedding customs. The groom does not need pay for birde-price mostly. We may hold a wedding in a beautiful yard, in a big hall or in a church adding some Chinese customs. The bride may wear two kinds of clothes, one is wedding veil and the other may be cheong-sam. Finally the couple would end the ceremony with travelling a beautiful place. As to food,in the past we often ate steamed stuffed bun and drunk soybean milk for breakfast, but we may eat sandwiches and drink milk now. We used to eat rice or noodles in dinner, at present we can eat steaks or cakes, all are ok. The American cultures exist in our daily life gradually.There are many kinds of cultures in the world, we may meet various people, they are different from us, and not only the different nation but also everyone is different. We should firstly respect them. Sometimes we may wondering, it is so surprising that they do those things. In this situation, we need communicate with them, ask them for why, why you did these things? The people may tell us the reason, next time we can answer other one’s wondering. More and more, we know the different culture and learn something good from the different culture, just like learning something from other people. In a word, when we communicate with people from a different cultural background, we should pay attention torespect the different cultures firstly, and communicate timely to understand the wondering things, we may accept different cultures gradually and in this way learn a lot from the different.。
婚礼致辞之从跨文化交际角度看《我的盛大希腊婚礼》从跨文化交际角度看《我的盛大希腊婚礼》关键词:我的盛大希腊婚礼;文化差异;文化融合中图分类号:j905 文献标识码:a 文章编号:1005-5312(2015)11-0137-01一、美国和希腊的文化差异影片中主人公来自于不同的文化背景,一个是美国男教师伊恩,象征着独立自由;一个是家庭餐馆的女服务生图拉,象征着保守和集体主义。
图拉和她的庞大家族生活在一起,亲戚来往密切。
而伊恩非常独立,独自生活,偶尔与父母来往。
图拉的家庭对伊恩有很多意见。
而伊恩的父母对婚礼的事几乎不插手。
这反映了美、希的文化差异,两个家庭的价值观不同。
(一)个体主义—集体主义从衡量价值观的四个尺度之一的个体主义——集体主义来说,学者hofstede计算出美国和希腊在这一项上的指数分别为91和35,可见相距甚远。
从这个数值看,美国是个体主义方面的代表。
美国文化宣扬的价值观即是个人独立、自由平等和个人权利。
伊恩的恋爱之前不需要通过父母的同意,在伊恩的婚事中,他的父母很少提出意见,婚礼上也只是父母两人出席。
而希腊是集体主义占主导的国家,希腊人非常重视家族和婚姻对家族兴衰的影响。
图拉需要经过长辈的同意才能恋爱,她的婚礼也是整个家族一同操办,这体现了希腊人的“集体行为”。
而婚礼之前,图拉的祖母将代代传承的花冠交给图拉,这细节有将家族传统世代延续下去的意图,也体现了希腊人以“家庭”为核心的观念。
(二)对自己国家文化的态度不同影片中,图拉的父亲常说“每一个英语单词都来自于希腊语”,他还多次提到陶艺、舞蹈这些伟大的艺术都来源于希腊,这可以看出他对自己国家的文化非常崇尚。
反映了希腊人对自己的文化有非常强烈的自豪感,认为“世上只有两种人,一种是希腊人,一种是想成为希腊人的人”。
他们在同族中传承希腊传统,对外族他们极力地推崇希腊文化。
而美国家庭较提及自己的文化,并不是说美国没有文化,而是美国人在生活中并不强调他们文化的伟大,这一方面是因为美国没有悠久的历史,多样的文化多是“舶来品”,缺少历史渊源。
我盛大的希腊婚礼文化差异解读
在希腊,婚礼是一件非常盛大的事情,从筹备到举行,整个过程都充满了仪式感和庆典气氛。
而与中国的婚礼相比,希腊的婚礼文化差异也非常显著。
在这篇文章中,我将带您一起探索希腊婚礼的文化差异。
首先,希腊的婚礼具有浓厚的基督教色彩。
在婚礼前,新娘和新郎都要接受教堂的祝福。
在教堂里,他们会接受神父的祝福,同时也会进行一些仪式,如交换戒指和互相宣誓等。
这些仪式都是非常庄重和正式的,显示出希腊人对于婚姻的尊重和重视。
其次,希腊的婚礼还包括了一些传统的仪式和习俗。
例如,在婚礼前,新郎的家人会给新娘的家人带上一些礼物,以表达他们的尊重和感激。
在婚礼当天,新娘会在家里穿上一件白色的婚纱,然后再由新郎的家人陪同下前往教堂。
在教堂里,新郎会在新娘的头上戴上一个花环,象征着他们之间的爱情和承诺。
除了这些仪式和习俗之外,希腊的婚礼还有一个非常有趣的传统,那就是砸碎陶罐。
在婚礼仪式结束后,新娘和新郎会一起砸碎一些陶罐,以象征着他们之间的团结和坚定。
这个传统非常有趣,也非常富有意义。
与中国的婚礼相比,希腊的婚礼更加浪漫和充满仪式感。
在中国,婚礼更加注重家庭和亲戚的参与,而在希腊,婚礼更加注重新人之间的爱情和承诺。
这也反映了两个文化在价值观和人际关系方面的差异。
总的来说,希腊的婚礼文化是非常丰富和特别的。
它们的传统和仪式都非常有趣,也非常富有意义。
与中国的婚礼相比,希腊的婚礼更加注重新人之间的爱情和承诺,更加浪漫和庄重。
希望这篇文章可以帮助读者更好地了解希腊婚礼文化的差异。
[芝加哥,清晨五点]你最好快点结婚You better get married soon.你看起来很老You're starting to look old.打从我十五岁起,老爸就开始念叨My dad bas been saying that to me since I was 15...因为好的希腊女孩儿,一生中应该做好三件事because nice Greek girls are supposed to do three things in life.嫁希腊老公,生希腊小孩Marry Greek boys, make Greek babies,煮饭给全家吃,做老妈子做到死and feed everyone...until the day we die.我的婚礼我的大婚礼我的盛大婚礼我的盛大希腊婚礼[佐巴舞蹈餐馆]我小时候就跟人家不一样When I was growing up, I knew I was different.其他女生像金发娃娃The other girls were blond and delicate.我是个又黑又丑,蓬松垢发的六岁女孩And I was a swarthy 6-year-old with sideburns.我是多么梦想成为一个受欢迎的女孩I so badly wanted to be like the popular girls...哈拉八卦,吃美国三明治all sitting together, talking...eating their Wonder Bread sandwiches. 你吃的是什么?What's that?[希腊名菜:焗肉酱茄片]幕斯阿卡It's moussaka.[Moose:麋鹿,ka-ka:大便]麋鹿大便?Moose ?当那些漂亮的女孩去参加幼童军时And while the pretty girls got to go to Brownies...我却被迫要去学希腊文I bad to go to Greek school.在希腊学校,我学到了很多“有用”的知识,比如At Greek school, I learned valuable lessons like:“尼克有一只羊,玛莉有九只羊”"If Nick bas one goat and Maria bas nine,“他俩多快可以结婚?”bow soon will they marry?"我老妈总会烧一桌热腾腾的好菜,里面充满着她的智慧My mom was always cooking foods filled with warmth and wisdom...她也一定不会忘了,再来些热腾腾的教训and never forgetting that side dish of steaming-bot guilt.尼克,别玩弄你的食物Niko, don't play with the food.我像你这么大的时候,还没东西吃呢When I was your age, we didn't have food.- 妈 - 干嘛?- Ma? - What?为什么我要去念希腊文?Why do I have to go to Greek school?你结婚以后,难道不想给你的婆婆写封信吗?When you get married, don't you want to be able to write your mother-in-law?尼克,乖乖吃饭Niko, come on, eat!我们住在芝加哥,一个普通中产阶级住♥宅♥区We lived in a normal, middle-class Chicago neighborhood of tasteful, modest homes. 结果房♥子盖的像雅典娜神殿Our house, however, was modeled after the Parthenon...科林斯式圆柱,希腊神像装备complete with Corinthian columns, and guarded by statues of the gods.如果邻居对我们的族裔背景,有任何疑问的话In case the neighbors bad any doubts about our heritage...那他们可以过来瞧瞧,咱们是多么景仰希腊的国旗they could just check out our subtile tribute to the Greek flag.老爸只相信两件事My dad believed in only two things...希腊人应该教化非希腊人,怎样做一个好希腊人…that Greeks should educate non-Greeks about being Greek...还有任何毛病,从鸡眼到红疹and that any ailment, from psoriasis to poison ivy,用稳洁喷了马上好could be cured with Windex.六年后,我十二岁,完美的老姐雅典娜十五岁Six years later, I was 12. Athena, my older, perfect sister, was 15.老弟尼克十一岁And my brother, Nick, was 1 1.每天早晨,老爸都会教导我们希腊历史,伟大的希腊文明和伟大的希腊人Every morning, my dad would Lecture us on the history of our people...the great civilization, the Greeks.说出三个古代希腊发明Now, name three things the Greeks did first.天文学,哲学,民♥主♥政♥治♥Astronomy, philosophy, and democracy.好极了,非常棒Bravo! Very good.给我一个英文字Now, give me a word...任何一个,我会证明它的字源是希腊文any word...and I show you, how the root of that word...is Greek. Sweet Lord, again. [arachnophobia:蜘蛛恐惧症]“arachnophobia”这个字如何?How about "arachnophobia"?“Arachno”来自希腊文蜘蛛"Arachno" that comes from the Greek word for spider...“phobia”也是希腊文,意思就是“恐惧”and "phobia" is a phobia, it means "fear."所以,加起来是“怕蜘蛛”的意思So, "fear of spiders." There you go.好吧,波托卡洛斯先生Okay, Mr. Portokalos,[kimono:和服]“kimono”怎么样?how about the word "kimono"?- “Kimono” - 好样的,kimono…- "Kimono." - Good one. kimono...当然了“kimono”是来自希腊文的…Of course, "kimono" comes from the Greek word...“cheimonas”意思是“冬天”"cheimonas" which means "winter."那么,冬天要穿什么…So, what do you wear in the wintertime...来保暖?一件袍子to stay warm? A robe.你瞧“袍子”“和服”懂了吧You see, "robe" "kimono" There you go.- 再见 - 再见,波托卡洛斯先生- Bye-bye. - Goodbye, Mr. Portokalos.图拉Toula!你该以身为希腊人为荣You should be proud to be Greek.过了几年A couple more years went by...老爸把奶奶从希腊接来和我们一起住and my dad brought his mother from Greece to live with us...大概觉得我们家还不够怪because we weren't weird enough.土耳其鬼,别想绑♥架♥我(希腊语)老公(希腊语)抓住她(希腊语)- 她要去哪里? - 妈,希腊人和土耳其人现在已经是朋友了- Where is she going? - Mama, please! The Greeks and the Turks friends now. 我们告诉奶奶战争结束了We told my grandma the war was over...她还是把匕♥首♥放在枕头下but she still slept with a knife under her pillow.不要打我!Stop hitting me!小心,尼克,她很凶的Niko, be careful. She has a very mean punch.即使一个好希腊女孩,如果找不到老公Nice Greek girls who don't find a husband只好在家里开的餐厅干活儿work in the family restaurant.所以,我在这里,日复一日,年复一年So, here I am, day after day, year after year.我三十岁了,早就过了保鲜期Thirty, and way past my expiration date.天啊,冷死人了My God. It's freezing.图拉Toula!昨晚是你打烊,今早又是你开店?You closed last night, you're opening this morning?我最有空I have no life.图拉,有心事要跟妈说Toula, you talk to me sometime.妈,你把我变猪头了啦Ma, you're gonna make me swallow my tongue.图拉Toula!妮姬在吗?Is Nikki here?怎么呢?What's up?妮姬要帮我卷头发No, my Nikki. She was supposed to come over to curl my hairs. 尼克检查过肉的新鲜度吗?Nick, did you check the meat before you signed for it?- 老爸检查的 - 最好是新鲜的- Dad checked it. - It better be fresh.我老弟有两个工作My brother bas two jobs,掌厨及娶希腊处♥女♥作老婆to cook and to marry a Greek virgin.舞拉,上班前先吃点东西Voula, have something to eat before you go to work.不了No如果“唠叨”是奥♥运♥项目If nagging was an Olympic sport,舞拉婶婶会拿金牌my Aunt Voula would have a gold medal.塔奇Taki,你就不能等我吗?you couldn't wait for me?对不起Sorry.不要来这一套Sorry, sorry. Don't "sorry" me.你看疹子,有人给我白眼Look at this. Rash. Somebody gave me the mati.- 喷稳洁 - 拜托啦- Put some Windex on it. - Oh, Gus, please.舞拉,有效耶Voula! This works.昨晚我的脚趾肿的跟脸一样大Last night, my toe was as big as my face.不会吧No为什么不等我?Why you not wait for me?加斯,他要跟我谈Gus. He wants to talk.无论如何,我都要告诉她…Anyway, I tell her...- 我准备让她去希腊找个老公 - 她并不算老- I will send her to Greece to find someone. - She's not too old.还好She's okay.到了希腊,别透露她的年龄In Greece...don't tell anyone how old she is.- 她不肯去 - 不肯去?- She won't go. - She won't go?她不想结婚It's like she don't want to get married.孩子们,去找尼克舅舅Come on, boys. Go in there.我老姐结婚得早My sister married young她变成制♥造♥希腊宝宝的机器and became a Greek baby-breeding machine.快走,孩子们Hey, guys. Come on, get out.我只能喝杯咖啡Just a quick coffee.要送小孩去打冰上曲棍球I have to drop the boys off at hockey然后去百货公♥司♥and then I got to get to the Jewel.要面包吗?丝♥袜♥特♥价♥九毛九Bread? Pantyhose are on for 99 cents.神父要过来为新房♥子祈福,我得做炸四角Then the priest is coming to bless the new house, so I have to make diples.- 你相信吗?家里没蜂蜜了,帮我放回去 - 放下我的沙基奇- Can you believe it? I'm out of honey. Put that back for me. - You dropped my tzatziki.- 安吉罗 - 闭嘴,妮姬- Angelo! - Nikki, shut up.我堂兄妹有两种音量My cousins have two volumes,“很吵”和“吵死人”Loud and Louder.- …你那大屁♥股♥女友,谢谢,图拉 - 不客气- ...your big-ass girlfriend. Thanks, Toula. - Sure.嗨,图拉,我们没有迟到很久Hey, Toula. We're not that late.大家好Hi, everybody.妮姬,你没来帮我做头发Nikki, how come you didn't come to curl my hair this morning? 妈,我得送老公上班Ma, I had to drop Dimo at work.现在又要去旅行社开门Now I got to go open the travel agency,因为狗弟弟和他的大屁♥股♥女友太忙because some jack-off...and his big-ass girlfriend are too busy. 每天干洗店都是我开的门Tell her I open up the cleaners every day.该她做点正事It's time she does something for a change.今天早上谁在干洗店?You know who's there this morning?- 你老是去美容院 - 我老公- You're always at the beauty parlor. - My husband.- 修指甲,做头发 - 你管我头发干嘛- Your nails, hair, everything. - Don't talk about my hair.懒鬼,你和大屁♥股♥女友什么都不做You're lazy. You and your big-ass girlfriend do nothing.谁坐过你的头发?有点塌Did somebody sit on your hair? It looks a little flat.安吉罗,去死吧你Angelo, bite me.说话淑女一点Disgusting, be a lady.妈Ma.安吉罗Angelo.安德,快点,孩子们,走了Ande. Come on, boys. Let's go.雅典娜,你来啦Athena, when did you come?嗨,妈,再见Hi, Ma. Bye, Ma.这么快要走?You're going?我去百货公♥司♥帮你买♥♥丝♥袜♥ I'm going to the Jewel. I'll get you some pantyhose.不要买♥♥特大号♥,会让我看起来更胖No queen size. They make me look fat.肯森做的Kansen did it.不是我啦I don't do it.谁把菜单乱放?Who put the menus there?这是什么?Toula, what's this?图拉,这是什么?Toula, what is this?- 不知道 - 妈- I don't know. - Mama.别忘了,帮我准备盘子和…Now don't forget, I need the plates and...自助餐用的比萨And the pizza for the buffet.吃饭的时候你说过了,快走,天啊You told me at dinner. Go. My God.好了,我们走吧All right, we're gonna go.- 拜! - 我要开车- bye! - I wanna drive.我快被你们逼疯了,快走吧You're driving me crazy, let's go.注意点,不要跑Just watch. Don't run.对我来说,她看上去不错To me, she looks okay.不错?什么不错?我看不行Okay? What okay? NoOkay.她问题大了,你看,雅典娜都有三个孩子了She's not okay. Look. Athena is married with three children. 我会结婚的,老爸,我答应你And I'll get married, Pops, I promise.你时间多得很呐,尼克You have plenty of time, Niko.图拉可以帮你打理餐馆And you'll always have Toula to run the restaurant.没错,反正她嫁不掉It's true. Toula will never leave you.我希望有不一样的人生I wish I bad a different life.自己更勇敢,漂亮I wish I was braver and prettier...至少要快乐or just happy.作梦也是没有用,因为不会有任何改变But it's useless to dream, because nothing ever changes. 嘿,近来如何?Hey, what's going on?你好吗?Hi. How are you?很好,你呢?Good. You?我很好Oh, good.很酷的餐馆Cool place.蛮可爱的Yeah, it's adorable.前晚的聚会,可惜你没来You missed a hell of a party the other night.你看她Look at that.你错过用手挽着她的机会That could have been you with that arm around her.你帮我介绍过她You set me up with her already.萳西Nancy?韩生家的野餐Hanson's picnic.不对,那是潘蜜拉,这是萳西No, that was Pamela. This is Nancy.看起来是同一个人They look the same.或许吧Well, maybe.要我帮你牵线吗?So, you want me to set you up?她们都一样,麦克They're all the same, Mike.嗨Hi.嗨Hi.对不起Sorry,我的脑子…暂停my brain stopped.你知道有时候本来还好好的,突然之间停住了You ever have one of those days, when it's going along and then stops? 我楞在这里,像个希腊神像Here I am, standing here, your own private Greek statue.我要咖啡Could I get some more coffee, please?当然Sure.谢谢你Thank you.走吧All right, let's go.我才刚到What do you mean? I just got here.我有课I got a class.马铃薯上的佐料是什么?I love the spice on these potatoes. What is that?管它呢,快点Like I care. Come on.我要给学生抽考Giving a pop quiz,等不及听他们大叫and I can't wait to hear the groans.你真狠Man, you're tough.我要考哈姆雷特,但事先警告过了I'm giving a test on Hamlet, but I give fair warning.嗨Hi.不用找了Keep the change.你喜欢吗?老爸You like this, Pops?新菜单的封面For the new menu?哪里来的?Where did you get that?我画的I drew it,爸Dad.老爸Dad.我看过仓库的货Dad, I've been going through our inventory...有些东西的量订得太多and I've noticed that we've been doing a lot of unnecessary ordering. 我们应该更新盘点系统I've been thinking that maybe we should update our system.买♥♥部电脑We could get a computer.你记得嘛,电脑课我拿最高分I don't know if you remember, but I got all A's in Computers.不过有很多新的东西该学But there's a lot of new stuff to learn now...我可以回学校选几门课so, if you want, I could go to college and take a few courses.为什么?Why?你要离开我吗Why you want to leave me?我没有要离开你I'm not leaving you.你不希望我有成就吗?Don't you want me to do something with my life? 对呀,结婚生子Yes! Get married! Make babies!你看起来好老You look so old!图拉Toula.图拉…好了Hey, Toula. Come on.妈知道你要什么I know what you want.你的…怎么说?You have, how you say,你很有斗志a spirit.你想看世界,你想学习You want to see things. You want to learn.我懂,你得到我娘家的遗传I know, you're from my side.别这样Come on. Don't you worry.放心,我会跟他说I'm gonna talk to him.老爸好顽固Dad is so stubborn. What he says goes.他说了就算,他是一家之主"The man is the head of the house."我告诉你Let me tell you something, Toula.男人是头,女人是脖子The man is the head, but the woman is the neck. 脖子往哪里扭,头就往哪里去And she can turn the head any way she wants.我的宝贝My baby.别哭,不要哭了Don't cry. Come on.图拉回学校修课有什么不对?And what is wrong with Toula going to school downtown?城里有毒品They use drugs downtown.你是说图拉会去吸毒What are you saying? Are you saying that Toula will get involved with drugs? 不是,有人会骗她No, but somebody will say to her:去运送毒品,她会呆呆地照做"Take this bag down to the bus depot," and she'll do it.她并不笨,她很精She's not stupid. She's smart.我知道她很聪明I know she's smart,这么聪明干嘛还念书?so what for she needs more school?女孩子这么聪明要干嘛?She's smart enough for a girl.你以为你比我聪明You think you're smarter than me?不是的,你知道…No, I mean, you know...什么?What?什么意思?What do you mean?我管理餐馆,我煮饭,打扫洗衣服,养大三个小孩I run the restaurant, I cook, I clean...I wash for you, and I raised three kids... 我还教主日学,你知道嘛and I teach Sunday school.谢谢你“教我”绑鞋带喔You know, it's lucky for me I have you to tie my shoes.玛莉亚Maria...[杜鲁门大学]- 抱歉,这位子有人坐吗? - 没人,来吧- Is this seat taken? - Sure.嗨Hi.[旅游业电脑整合研讨会]那就是我和你说的That's what I want to talk to you about.看看你,你胡说什么?Look at you. What are you talking about?- 什么? - 我的屁♥股♥- What? - my butt.我不喜欢我的屁♥股♥,塔奇喜欢I don't like my butt. Taki likes it.我原来对旅行社没有太大兴趣I won't pretend the travel industry is something I've always wanted to do. 但至少不同于餐馆I'm not gonna pretend that, but I'm saying that it's different.你们知道我在学电脑You know I've been learning about computers?有一门研讨课There's this course, a seminar.讲电脑和旅游业整合It's all about computers and tourism.最新的应用程式There are all the latest applications and programs.我可以帮你的旅行社赚钱I could apply it here, Tbia. And your business would double or triple.你可以多陪陪叔叔You could be with Tbio more, and you could take a vacation.你们去渡假,我来订位,婶婶,雇用我吧I could book it for you. But, Tbia, would you hire me?当然好Of course.天啊My God!好,太棒了,你是我的了My God! My God!我的天啊,妈Oh My God! Oh My God!让你老爸以为是他的主意,好的…We must let Kosta think this was his idea, that he came up with it.- 妈,会被看穿的 - 不用担心- Ma, he'll figure it out. - Don't worry.- 我知道啦 - 你只会说说说- I know what to do. - You don't know what to do, you talk.要我帮忙唱双簧就不要指挥我Do you want my help? Tell me what to say, but don't tell me what to say.- 完美 - 很好- Perfect. - That's good.舞拉,生意如何?So, Voula. How is business?我很惨,生意很差Woe to me. Business is bad.怎么搞的?出了什么事?What's the matter? What happened?你需要钱吗?Do you need money?不,她是说两个生意害她受苦No, what she means is that, with the two businesses,害她受苦,她很苦she suffers. She suffers.她整天待在旅行社She has to be at the travel agency alone, all day...其他人都得去干洗店帮忙because everybody else needs to be working at the big dry-cleaning store. 我要塔奇照顾干洗店That's right. I make Taki go to the dry-cleaner store...对,我都没有时间陪他and now I have no time with him.叫安吉罗或妮姬去看旅行社So, send Angelo or Nikki...换你去干洗店陪塔奇to the travel agency, you be with Taki at the dry cleaner.- 那样很好啊 - 那样不好- That would be good. - That would be no good.不好,不好no good. no good.因为…Because...安吉罗和妮姬不会用电脑neither Angelo nor Nikki know how to use the computer.所以不行That's why that no work.电脑Computer?我有答案了I have your answer.图拉Toula她去旅行社Toula will go to the travel agency...换妮姬来我店里帮忙and you send Nikki here to work for us.我不相信I can't believe this.太好了Wonderful.你看,男人比较厉害You see, a man...你好聪明,我爱你,加斯You're just so smart, I love you.克太太,谢谢你等候Hello, Mrs. Christakis. Thanks for holding.您的机位确认在旅客名单上Okay, your request pulled up "confirmed," so it is now PNR'd. 再等一下Hold again, please.英航,你们可以开票了Hi, British Airways. I'm gonna need a hard tick on that one.代号♥ABFCR,收到Reading, Alpha, Bravo, Foxtrot, Charlie. Roger, copy that.克太太Hi, Mrs. Christakis, your tickets are now in the mail...机票即刻为您寄去,谢谢,再见under "Doreen Christakis." Okay, thank you, bye-bye.我去I got it.这是你们走失的吗?Did you lose this?该死的土耳其猪(希腊语)白太太,又找到我妈了Oh, Mrs. White. You find my mama again.她从希腊来,我也是You know, she come from Greece, the country I come from, too. 拜托,我知道For God's sake, I know.听好,别让你妈踩我的草皮Listen, keep your mother off my lawn...不准她去我家地下室我家屋顶out of my basement and away from my roof.白太太,随便说一个字Mrs. White, come on. Give me a word, any word...我证明给你看那个字的来源and I'll show you that the root of that word...是希腊文is Greek.大家看谁回来了?Look, everybody. Look who's back again.奶奶(希腊语)坐吧,老妈Sit down, Yiayia. Very good.图拉,世界上有两种人Toula, there are two kinds of people...希腊人Greeks,有巴不得自己成为希腊人的人and everybody else who wish they were Greek.是呀,我们知道Okay. Yes, we know.她怎么啦?What's the matter with her?奥林匹斯旅行社Hi, Mount Olympus Travel Agency. May I help you?当然,这是我们的工作Sure. That's what we do.你在干什么?What are you doing? Wait!当然没错Absolutely. Right. Sorry, lady.你可以先订位Sure. You can book it now.我帮你留位子,我马上好I could reserve the seat for you. Be with you in a second.没问题,随时打给我,谢谢,再见That would be no problem. Call me back when you're ready. Bye-bye. 嗨Hi.嗨Hi.你要看小册子Did you wanna see some brochures?找到了Found them.就这样掉下去Look at this.唰!And then, whoosh,我还以为你昏倒了you were gone. I thought you'd fainted.好吧Okay.我神魂颠倒Yeah. I was swept off of my feet by你的“嗨”太酷了your very cool opening line of "hi."你叫图拉So, Toula?伊恩Ian.伊恩米勒Ian Miller.图拉波基巴瓜Toula Porkipakos?波多卡洛斯Portokalos.对,图拉Okay, Toula.很好,那么All right, then.跟人打架还是整容?Was that a biker fight or a nose job?是喔Yeah.我说真的No, really.你不会想知道You don't wanna know.要是换了我被老太太扁,我会大大吹嘘I don't know about that. If I'd survived an old-lady ass-kicking, I'd brag about it. 天啊Hey, Jesus! Ouch!陪我晚餐?You want to have dinner with me?好啊Yeah.原来我学的不是教育而是法律Actually, I wasn't in education first, I was prelaw.我爸是律师My dad's a lawyer and我爷爷是律师my grandfather is a lawyer and...我实在没兴趣it just wasn't for me,只好转行,我爸妈不太高兴,你懂吧?so I picked a new major. The parents weren't too pleased, you know?懂Yeah.我觉得…I think it...你很有勇气I think it takes a pretty strong person to do that.你很了解我了,我是个勇敢而且吃素的教师Well, you know everything about me, then...I'm a pretty strong, vegetarian teacher... 在底特律郊区长大over at Lincoln Park.我却不了解你I don't know anything about you,只知道你是希腊人except you're Greek.对了Hey...你想吃希腊菜吗?would you like to go have Greek food?没关系No, that's okay.我知道一家很棒的餐厅No, listen. I know this really great place,你可能听过,左巴什么的you probably know it, Zorba's something.我想请你去那家吃Anyway, I'd like to take you there, if you'd like to go.我不想去I don't wanna go there.你什么意思?为什么不?What do you mean? Why not?那个餐馆That place...跳舞左巴Dancing Zorba's.跳舞左巴Dancing Zorba's.是我家开的My family owns that restaurant.真的?Really?我记得你I remember you.你是那个服务生You're that waitress.是带位领班Seating hostess, actually.我记得你I remember you.我当时正处尴尬期I was kind of going through a phase...一直到现在up until now.而且…And...我是个丑女I was Frump Girl.我不记得丑女,但我记得你I don't remember Frump Girl, but I remember you. 好吧,不吃希腊菜Okay, no Greek.意大利菜,明天晚上?Italian? Tomorrow night?好Okay.你要去哪里?Where are you going?我有陶艺课I'm taking a pottery class.陶艺是希腊人发明的The Greeks invented pottery.只有我一个人,在山上,整个夏天跟父母共渡So, it was just me, all alone...up in the mountains in this cottage, with my parents, all summer.堂兄弟姐妹没一起去?Well, don't all your cousins go up, too?没有No!我只有两个表哥住在威斯康辛I only have two cousins. They live in Wisconsin.只有两个表哥?You only have two cousins?对Yeah.你有多少个?How many do you have?比两个多More than two.你有没有兄弟姐妹?Well, who else?你♥爸♥妈是怎么样的人?Didn't you have brothers and sisters? What are your parents like?怎么啦?What?这个嘛Well...好吧,讲讲圣诞节Okay, Christmas.你们家圣诞节怎么过?What do you do for Christmas with your family?我妈会烤羊排My mom makes roast lamb.- 沾薄荷酱吃吗? - 不是- With mint jelly? - No.还有呢?And?还有…And...- 我是希腊人,对吧? - 没错- I'm Greek, right? - Right.每到圣诞节我爸和我叔叔们So what happens is my dad and my uncles...争着吃烤羊的脑子fight over who gets to eat the lamb brain.舞拉婶婶叉着羊眼珠追着我跑And then my Aunt Voula forks the eyeball, and chases me around...迫我吃下去,因为吃眼珠会聪明trying to make me eat it, because it'll make me smart.你有两个表哥You have two cousins.我有二十七个堂兄弟姐妹I have 27 first cousins.光是堂兄弟姐妹就有二十七个Just 27 first cousins, alone.我家好多人又吵And my whole family is big and loud...工作和生活都是同一大家子and everybody's always in each other's lives and business.连思考的时间都没有,因为我们永远在一起吃You never have a minute alone to think, because we're always together eating. 我们认识的全是希腊人The only people we know are Greeks...希腊人娶希腊人because Greeks marry Greeks, to breed more Greeks...生更多希腊人,才可以更吵,吃更多to be loud, breeding, Greek eaters.哇Wow.我说真的I'm serious.我家没人跟外族约会过No one in my family has ever gone out with a non-Greek before.从来没有过No one.你是…And you're...你是…You're...你太好了God, you're just, you know, wonderful.我看不出我俩有什么前途But I just don't see how this is going to work out.所以…So...前途?我不懂你说的,我们都是人Work out? What's to work out? We're not a different species. 是的,我们的背景不同Yes, we come from different backgrounds...我长到这么大and, hey, here's some news about my life, to this point.这一生乏善可陈It's boring.直到遇见你Then I met you...你好好玩,你美丽又风趣and you're interesting, and you're beautiful and fun.你家的人很怪,谁家不是You've got a weird family. Who doesn't?你知道吗?You know?我只是想跟你在一起I just want to spend some time with you.只要跟你在一起I just want to spend a little time with you.你说我美?Did you say I'm beautiful?对Yes.你家是哪一栋?Which house is yours?送到这里就好了This is good, actually.- 能停下吗? - 没问题- Can you stop? - Sure.到这里就好了Right here is good. Just stop.谢谢Thanks.晚安Good night.晚安Good night.晚安Good night.晚安Good night.好了,晚安Okay, good night.什么?What?不,别走No, don't go.晚安Good night.别走Don't go.我让你做男子汉And I can make a man out of you因为我是女人'Cause I'm a womanWOMAN!W-O-M-A-N今天又那么开心Happy again today, Toula?是的Yeah.现在你每天笑得好灿烂Now every time I see you, you have a great big smile. 嗨,妈妈Hi, Ma.- 嗨,尼克,你去哪里? - 哪也不去- Hey, Niko. Where'd you go? - Nowhere.- 做了什么? - 没什么- What did you do? - Nothing.- 你要去见谁? - 没人- Who did you see? - No one.等一下,我放到你房♥间Wait a minute, Niko, I put them in your room.图拉,你的陶艺课上得如何?Toula, how was your class?我的陶艺课?My pottery class?很好It's great.那就好Good.你快走You've got to get out of here.再亲一个,我就走Just one more kiss, then I'll go.不No.搞什么东东?What is going on?陶艺先生Mr. Pottery Class,幸会了nice to meet you.我的表姐妮姬Ian, this is my cousin, Nikki.哈罗Hello!终于见到图拉的家人It's nice to finally meet a member of Toula's family.是喔Yeah, well...你不必担心我I'm the least of your worries.全家都知道了Listen, the family knows.昨晚巴维琪撞见你,在快餐店停车场热吻这名帅哥off his head, in the Denny's parking lot. Last night, Vicki Pavalopolis saw you sucking the lips...她告诉她妈,她妈告诉我妈She told her ma, who told my ma,我妈告诉你妈who told your ma...这样说吧,你被逮到了Let me put it this way. You're busted.你俩偷♥情♥偷遍整个芝加哥You sneak around, all over Chicago...却没来问我可不可以约我女儿but you never come here to ask me, can you date my daughter.我抱歉,但…问你可不可以约你女儿I'm sorry, but to ask you if I can date your daughter... 老伯,你女儿三十岁了Sir, she's 30 years old.我是一家之主I am the head of this house!好吧,能不能约你女儿?Okay, may I please date your daughter?不可以No!- 明天见 - 明天见- I'll see you tomorrow. - See you tomorrow.天啊God对不起Excuse me.我不是说过…Didn't I say it's a mistake...女人不该受教育to educate women?没人听我的话But nobody listened to me.竟然跑个男朋友到家里来Now we have a boyfriend in the house.他是希腊人吗?Is he a nice Greek boy?不是No, no Greek.不是希腊人是外族No Greek! A xeno!一个外族人,还留着长头发A xeno with a big long hairs...就在他的头顶!on top of his head!老天爷Kosta.对不起,我骗你们I'm sorry I lied to you.好啦,图拉Okay, Toula...你是一时被爱冲昏头maybe you are having a little romance.马上结束But end it now.我爱他I love him.图拉,吃你的东西Toula, eat something...拜托please.你♥爸♥请人到家里吃饭Your father has a friend for dinner.这是哪里?What's this? Where are we?我租的公♥寓♥My apartment.你要上来吗?You wanna go up?到了This is it.不错Nice别担心,他们会喜欢你的Don't worry, they're gonna love you.图拉这个名字不常听到"Toula." Now that's not a name you hear every day. 希腊文是什么意思?Does it mean anything in your language?希腊原名“佛图拉”,意思是“上帝之光”Well, my Greek name, Toula, means "Light of God." 谁要咖啡?Who would like a coffee?你是希腊人So, you're Greek then?姓什么?What's your last name?波多卡洛斯Portokalos.希腊文是“橘子”In Greek, it means "orange."是吃的橘子,有皮Like an orange that you eat, the one with the peel, 不是橘子色。
我盛大的希腊婚礼跨文化分析.希腊是一个历史悠久的文化大国,其传统习俗和婚礼庆典风情也被世界所熟知。
在这篇文化分析文章中,我们将探讨希腊婚礼的历史和文化意义,并将希腊婚礼与现代西方婚礼进行比较,以展示其跨文化影响。
希腊婚礼历史和文化重要性希腊婚礼由来已久,其起源可以追溯到公元前700年。
古希腊时期,婚礼是一个非常重要的社会事件,代表了一个人生命历程中的特殊时刻。
婚礼涉及到许多信仰和仪式,也是人们在生活中最为欢乐和隆重的时刻之一。
在古希腊,婚礼是为了将男女两家团结在一起,同时也是为了延续家族血脉和传承家族文化。
婚礼仪式通常包括宣誓誓言、交换戒指、合影留念等环节,仪式期间还有歌舞、美食、烟火等节目表演。
许多节日和传统音乐也会在婚礼庆典中被演绎。
希腊婚礼的文化和历史重要性不仅来自于其仪式和传统,还因为它是希腊文化和艺术的集大成者。
在希腊婚礼中,许多传统服饰、歌曲和舞蹈都是代表着数百年的文化积淀。
希腊婚礼不仅在希腊自身文化中起到了重要的作用,也对西方文化产生了深远的影响。
在现代的西方文化中,希腊婚礼被视为一种时尚的潮流和浪漫的象征。
许多西方人喜欢效仿希腊婚礼的传统并尝试把自己的婚礼变成一场盛大的庆典。
希腊婚礼的流行在西方文化中体现在很多方面。
例如,在现代婚纱设计中,希腊婚纱是一种极具特色的款式。
这种婚纱通常用轻松柔软的面料制成,与浪漫的头饰和手戴花环风格搭配,让新娘看起来如同古希腊女神一般美丽。
此外,在现代婚礼流行的音乐、烟花和花环等方面,希腊婚礼也影响了许多西方婚礼的庆典形式。
总结希腊婚礼是一个富有历史和文化内涵的传统婚礼,其在文化和历史方面都扮演着重要的角色,同时也在世界其他国家及其特定文化中产生了深远的影响。
希腊婚礼激发了人们热爱婚礼、热爱浪漫的情感,也促进了希腊文化的传承和发展。
《我的盛大希腊婚礼》片段分析
片段一:清晨,托拉的父亲送两个女儿上学,出门时父亲一直在宣扬希腊文化的伟大之处,路途中还让女儿随便说出一个英文单词他都能说出是希腊的哪个词根,甚至是不着边的词根他都要放在一起。
片段分析:托拉的父亲对希腊文化的自豪感在影片中有极其鲜明的表现。
首先在他们家房子的前院里,摆满了各种古希腊的雕像、大圆柱,就像一个博物馆陈列一样。
而且,他家的停车库还画上了希腊国旗。
除此之外,托拉的父亲对语言文字对人类文明贡献的重要性也十分强
调。
他经常挂在嘴边的话就是“给我任何一个英文单词,我都可以给你找出希腊词根!另外,他觉得希腊食物对希腊文化的贡献也功不可没。
肉制品,尤其是羊肉对了解希腊文化有重要意义;而大家聚在一起用餐更是反映了希腊文化中重视社交活动和社会群体的特征。
当然这也是他以开餐馆为生的重要原因:在餐馆里不仅可以显示食物的重要和烹饪技巧,更可以提供聚餐的场所。
尤其实在有喜事的时候,全家聚餐庆祝时最理想的方式。
还有一个对希腊文化自豪感的表现就是那一句要求女孩“嫁希腊男子、生希腊孩子”的古训。
向希腊女子求婚有比较标准的程序,那就是先得征求其父母的同意。
而就托拉而言,完全是典型的自由恋爱方式,英在完全没有征求同意的情况下就开始与托拉谈恋爱,而在决定要结婚之前也没有取得其父母的首肯,这让拖拉的父亲觉得实在不妥。
“太不懂规矩啦!”
爱国主义也是托拉家庭中的重要主题。
他父亲总是说“你应该为自己是希腊人自豪”或者“世界上只有两类人:希腊人和想成为希腊人的人。
”在家里他们会庆祝各种希腊节日,对希腊的宗教也十分崇敬。
但他们得知英不信希腊的宗教时,硬是不接受,直到他改信了才允许他与托拉结婚。
而在影片最后拖拉和英结合之后带着孩子去希腊小学上学的镜头也表明对希腊文化的自豪之情在下一代身上的延续。
片段二:双方父母第一次见面的时候,男方以为只是简单的双方父母
见面聊聊,没想到托拉的全家人都在,小小的屋子里满满都是人,他们非常热情的招待英的父母,英的父母明显不太适应这种见面方式。
片段分析:希腊人的家庭观念很强,而且这个家庭不仅指某人的核心家庭(父母子女),而是整个大家庭,包括表兄堂嫂、三姑六婆(和中国人的大家庭概念相似)。
一人有难,八方相助;一人有喜,全家共庆。
托拉一家的基本价值观念有3条:嫁希腊人,生希腊儿,喂饱全家。
影片中所有家庭成员都是希腊移民,托拉是家庭中第一个与非希腊人恋爱的,因此在家里掀起了轩然大波。
而当英被大家接受之后,他就受到了热情的款待,如同自家人一般。
影片中有一段话讲的是托拉终于决定把英带回家见家人的场面。
在英的脑海中,见家人的意思就是去见拖拉的父母。
当他们的汽车在托拉家门口停下来,英从汽车里出来看见一排人站在家门口的草坪上迎接他时,真是有点不知所措。
更让她吃惊的是,那一排人中的每一个都上来和他拥抱,其热情让他眩晕。
拖拉的父亲当然准备了很多事物,特别是烤羊腿前来招待。
相反,在托拉第一次去英的家里见他父母时,完全是冷冷清清的气氛,根本没有什么七大姑八大姨,只有父母两个人,而且既不拥抱也不亲吻。
更有甚者,他们连托拉的名字也读不准确,还猜想她是否从瓜特马拉来的移民,叫人啼笑皆非。
这也造成了后来英的父母被邀请到未来的亲家家里做客时所面临的的尴尬,几乎手足无措。
希腊人的家庭观念还表现在亲人间彼此的亲近和关爱上。
托拉曾经对英说:“我有一个大家庭,总共有24个堂表兄弟姐妹,而且每个人都介入彼此的生活。
”这种交往方式属于典型的G型交往模式,即
弥散关系交往模式。
影片中有几处表现。
首先是堂表兄弟姐妹之间非常熟识,一点生疏感也没有;其次是在托拉准备婚礼时,她妈妈不征求她的意见就给她选了婚礼邀请函,而他的表姐则主动为她选了陪嫁姑娘穿的礼服。
这样的做法在美国文化中是不可思议的,因为侵犯了别人的私人生活空间和隐私;但在希腊文化中亲故之间这样的行为完全理所当然,非但不会生气,还会感谢。
还有一个情景,就是在托拉的父母认可了女儿的婚姻后邀请英的父母前去做客,托拉的一家人这时都已经在心里接受了他们,因此对他们非常热情,问长问短,问寒问暖,结果问了一些比较触及隐私的问题,让这两位习惯于U型交往方式的人瞠目结舌,面面相觑,不知如何应对。
《我的盛大希腊婚礼》以幽默的方式表现出美国文化和希腊文化之间的差异,妙趣横生。
同时,它也相当真实地反映了第二代移民在美国所面临的困惑:是坚守上一代传承乡下来的名族文化,还是完全接受美国文化,抑或是在两种文化中走平衡路线?。