Every couple who goes to the church believes that they will make that trip only once to their lives. They want the day to be perfect, and they are asking for much more than good weather. They want the most beautiful clothes, the freshest flowers. Moreover, her family who will foot the bill is not in any mood to (47)______ .
A quick look at any bride magazine will (48)______ that plenty of attractive goods and services (49)______ for a share of the wedding budget. Besides the obvious choices of rings, dresses, flowers, and photographs, there are the less apparent expenses: a lavish (奢华的) cake, a dinner, a reception, music for both the ceremony and the reception, tips, and even napkins (餐巾) and matchbooks printed with the couple’’s names and the wedding date.
As the arrangements are generally (50)______ , there are plenty of services that can be hired to help with the planning and execution of the every aspect of the wedding: planning the photographs, selecting the wedding rings, choosing the flowers, picking the honeymoon spot, and so on. One magazine lists over 350 such pamphlets (小册子) published of course by businesses who have something to (51)______ . Considering that wedding do more than 12 billion dollars worth of business annually in the US alone, such activity isn’’t surprising.
What is surprising is that no one company (52)______ the industry. It seems that when people plan for a day as special to them as a wedding, they (53)______ standardization. They turn instead to the small (54)______ suppliers known to them or to their friends. Family members or friends often serve as photographers, caterers (承办人) and musicians. This not only helps bring the wedding cost down, but makes it more personal.
What about the couple that doesn’’t want to take in this billion-dollar (55)______ They can go to city hall and get married for less than the price of a (56)______.
Word Bank
A) fancy I) associate
B) compete J) complicated
C) resist K) industry
D) offer L) arouse
E) local M) hamburger
F) ahead of N) awkward
G) economize O) reveal
H) dominates