[ti:Royal Wedding Draws a Worldwide Crowd] [ar:Steve Ember] [al:IN THE NEWS] [by:www.hxen.com] [00:00.00]如果您也喜欢 恒星英语学习网 www.hxen.com 请与您的朋友分享This is IN THE NEWS [00:07.75]in VOA Special English. [00:10.61]People around the world [00:12.70]watched Britain's Prince [00:14.44]William and Kate Middleton [00:16.50]get married. [00:18.00]The royal wedding broke records [00:20.39]for live streaming [00:22.18]on the Internet. [00:23.28]It also produced more than [00:25.73]two million tweets on Twitter. [00:28.48](SOUND: Music) [00:37.45]The ceremony took place Friday [00:38.99]at Westminster Abbey in London. [00:43.00]KATE (AFTER ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY): " [00:44.53]I,Catherine Elizabeth, [00:46.19]take thee,William Arthur Philip Louis, [00:50.62]to my wedded husband, [00:53.12]to have and to hold [00:54.57]from this day forward ... " [00:57.81]Kate wore a flowing white gown [01:00.20]designed by Sarah Burton, [01:02.29]the creative director [01:04.01]of Alexander McQueen. [01:05.96]William wore a red military uniform. [01:09.76]Hats were a big fashion statement. [01:12.99]Many of those invited wore them. [01:16.56]Kate's sister, Philippa, [01:19.25]was her maid of honor. [01:21.34]William's brother, Harry, [01:23.72]was his best man. [01:25.04]WILLIAM (AFTER ARCHBISHOP): " [01:26.99]I,William Arthur Philip Louis, [01:28.78]take thee, Catherine Elizabeth, [01:31.63]to be my wedded wife ... " [01:33.62]It was Britain's biggest wedding [01:35.58]since William and Harry's parents, [01:38.33]Prince Charles and Princess Diana, [01:41.91]were married in nineteen eighty-one. [01:44.52]Nearly two thousand guests [01:47.62]filled the church on Friday. [01:50.03]Westminster Abbey [01:51.88]was where the funeral [01:53.97]for William's mother took place [01:56.03]after Diana died in a car crash [01:59.47]in nineteen ninety-seven. [02:01.32]Hundreds of thousands of people [02:04.45]filled the streets and parks [02:06.80]of London to watch [02:08.75]the wedding on video screens. [02:11.20](SOUND: Crowds) [02:14.34]Among the wedding guests [02:15.73]were English football star [02:17.79]David Beckham and his wife Victoria, [02:20.97]British Prime Minister David Cameron, [02:23.97]the king of Norway [02:25.86]and singer Elton John. [02:28.53]Bahrain's crown prince [02:31.48]was invited but decided [02:33.57]not to attend because of unrest [02:36.71]in his country. [02:38.50]Britain withdrew an invitation [02:41.45]to the ambassador [02:42.66]from Syria over violence [02:45.15]against protesters there. [02:47.45]After the ceremony, [02:49.79]the royal couple traveled [02:51.95]to Buckingham Palace. [02:53.80]Crowds cheered when the newlyweds [02:56.70]appeared on a balcony [02:58.40]and shared a short public kiss, [03:01.43]and then a longer one. [03:03.87]Later, William drove his wife [03:06.77]out of Buckingham Palace [03:08.56]in an open-top Aston Martin car. [03:12.35]William and the newest member [03:15.45]of the royal family [03:17.06]will now be known as the Duke [03:19.41]and Duchess of Cambridge. [03:21.32]Kate is twenty-nine year old. [03:24.46]William will be twenty-nine in June. [03:27.51]His grandmother is Queen Elizabeth. [03:31.20]His father, Prince Charles, [03:33.14]is first in line to become king. [03:36.34]William, as the older son, [03:39.14]is second in line. [03:41.23]Kate would not become queen, [03:44.57]however, since she is not [03:46.41]in the royal blood line. [03:48.65]There was a big celebration [03:51.45]at the University of St. Andrews [03:53.89]in Scotland. [03:55.17]That was where William and Kate [03:57.91]first met as art history students [04:01.10]in two thousand one. [04:02.86]Many Americans woke up [04:06.09]before sunrise to watch the wedding. [04:08.99]And thousands of people traveled [04:12.42]to Britain to join the celebration, [04:14.42]including this Australian woman. [04:17.42]WOMAN: "We're all part of history. [04:18.71]It's just a wonderful experience." [04:20.50]And that's IN THE NEWS [04:22.29]in VOA Special English. [04:25.15]To see pictures of the wedding [04:27.49]and to share your comments, [04:29.64]go to www.hxen.com. [04:33.63]I'm Steve Ember.如果您也喜欢 恒星英语学习网 www.hxen.com 请与您的朋友分享