填空题

Marriage is considered an occasion of great rejoicing in the West as it is in China. But in the West the bride is supposed to be the (36) person of all. Only as she walks down the (37) or down the room to meet her bridegroom in the marriage ceremony must she preserve her (38) . At all other times she is happy, gay and laughing. The groom is supposed to (39) as if he had just been (40) the greatest prize in the world.
One wears one’s best clothes to a wedding, and usually all the family and their friends have new clothes for the occasion. At a (41) wedding, the bride is usually dressed all in white, with a white (42) veil and a bouquet of white flowers. There have, (43) , been many variations of this custom of late years, (44) . A woman who has been married before never wears white for her second wedding, as white is the symbol of virginity. The groom wears the usual formal black.
During the ceremony complete silence is maintained by the guests, ff the wedding is in a home, (45) . Congratulations are offered to the groom and best wishes to the bride. (46) to leave the church before leaving themselves.

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formal