[上期答案]
a.gathered around their teacher
b.1)held up 2)holding up
c.piped up
d.Silence fell over the class
e.after a minute or two
f.hint
g.Horn bastard/pervert

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自己的事情自己做主。可是，当你将要举办一场家人反对的婚礼时，事情可就没有那么简单了。看看Laurie给Steven信里面是怎么说的，你能把那些地道的表达填出来吗？

Hi Steven,

My name is Laurie and I need some advice. Here is my story, my ( a )未婚夫and I have been dating for 8 years and we have two children. We have had our good years and our bad years. We finally decided to （ b ）结为连里 ([ c ]之前都是我一直在犹豫) We have decided on Las Vegas because I recently graduated from college and together we （ d ）办不起婚礼 and a honeymoon. So we decided that since he has family in Vegas that we would have a wedding and our honeymoon there on July 2/00. His mom （ e ）很难从工作中抽出时间 but her job gave it to her. My mother on the other hand is a teacher and and has the whole summer off. Keep in mind that my mother does not like my fiancé, for any reason she can find. Well, I sat her down and told her of my plans and asked if she would like to help me plan considering the way she feels about him (Ty). The answer I got was " I might be in Greece, can't you change the date to September?" I told her no because of a variety of reasons. We are to attend another wedding in Vegas that week, I could not （ f ）抽时间 in August or September from work, my birthday is also that month and Ty's mother had to pull some strings to have that week off in July to attend our wedding and her niece's wedding. A week later my mother came to me and apologized if she had sounded rude. She also told me that her and my father were struggling for money and ( g )（去）希腊是没影儿的事儿. The reason she wants my wedding in September is because more of my family from Seattle could probably fly down to Vegas and she could give me a $1000. Needless to say my fiancé is mad about this possible change in plans especially since we are paying for our own wedding but has left it up to me to decide. One possible solution is for us to go ahead with our plans in July and have a big reception here in Seattle during the month of September for my family that could not make it to Vegas. Please tell me what you think!!!!!

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