VOA文化艺术2023 拉斯维加斯新年前夕结婚人数创纪录

Las Vegas Could Set Record for Marriages on New Year’s Eve

拉斯维加斯新年前夕结婚人数创纪录

For better or for worse, the number of couples getting married in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, on New Year's Eve could set a record.

不管是好是坏，内华达州拉斯维加斯市新年前夕结婚的夫妇数量都可能创下纪录。

That is because the date 12/31/23 is known in the Las Vegas wedding industry as a "specialty¹ date." The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the repeating number pattern of 1-2-3 1-2-3 is very popular.

这是因为2023年12月31日（12/31/23）这天在拉斯维加斯婚礼行业被称为“特色日期”。《拉斯维加斯评论杂志》报道称，1-2-3 1-2-3的重复数型非常受欢迎。

What makes it even more special is that the date falls on a holiday famous for big celebrations.

更特别的是，这一天恰逢一个以大型庆祝活动闻名的节日。

"It's a double whammy," said Melody² Willis-Williams, president of Vegas Weddings, which owns several wedding venues³. "Anytime you get these specialty dates, they're always hugely popular. But tie that in with New Year's Eve and it's a showstopper."

“这是双重冲击，”拉斯维加斯婚礼公司总裁梅洛迪·威利斯-威廉姆斯说，该公司拥有多个婚礼场地。“每当遇到这些特色日期时，它们总是非常受欢迎。但把它与新年前夕联系起来，它就会引人注目。”

Las Vegas is famous for fast marriage ceremonies, and many marriages take place there every year.

拉斯维加斯以快速举行婚礼而闻名，每年都有许多婚礼在那里举行。

The number to beat on New Year's Eve is 4,492. That is the single-day record for marriages in Las Vegas set on July 7, 2007. The second-most popular specialty wedding date on record with the county's marriage bureau is November 11, 2011, when 3,125 couples married.

新年前夕要打败的数字是4492。这是拉斯维加斯2007年7月7日创下的单日结婚记录。2011年11月11日是该县婚姻局有记录以来第二受欢迎的特色婚礼日期，当时有3125对新人结婚。

Since 2018, somewhere between 450 and 550 marriage ceremonies take place each year in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve, the Review-Journal reported.

据《拉斯维加斯评论杂志》报道，自2018年以来，拉斯维加斯每年新年前夕都会举行450至550场婚礼。

This year, the company Vegas Weddings is fully⁴ booked for midnight at all its venues, including a church in downtown Las Vegas.

今年，拉斯维加斯婚礼公司的所有场地，包括拉斯维加斯市中心一座教堂在内午夜时段都被预订一空。

Willis-Williams said her company expects to marry more than 120 couples on New Year's Eve. Five of those couples will marry as the clock is counting down to midnight.

威利斯-威廉姆斯说，她的公司预计在新年前夕将有120多对新人结婚。其中五对将在新年倒计时的时候结婚。

Clark County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya said couples married on a specialty date in Las Vegas have described them as "magic dates" that are easy to remember.

克拉克县办事员林恩·玛丽·戈雅说，在拉斯维加斯特色日期结婚的夫妇将它们称为非常容易记住的神奇日期。

"I think the celebration that has a group dynamic is really appealing," Goya said. "When everyone is in line and they're all getting married and excited about being in love, it just enhances⁵ their own experience."

戈雅说：“我认为具有团体活力的庆祝活动真的很有吸引力。当每个人排着队，他们都将结婚，并对陷入爱河感到兴奋时，这只会增强他们自己的体验。”

1 specialty   

n.(speciality)特性，特质；专业，专长

参考例句：

• Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.贝雕是该城的特产。
• His specialty is English literature.他的专业是英国文学。

2 melody   

n.旋律，曲调，悦耳的音乐

参考例句：

• She struck up a folk melody on the piano.她开始用钢琴演奏那首民歌。
• After she wrote the melody,she asked us for criticisms.她做好曲之后，请我们提意见。

3 venues   

n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点

参考例句：

• The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
• Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

5 enhances   

v.提高( enhance的第三人称单数 )；增进；用计算机增强（照片等）；提高…的价值（或价格）；使变青白，使变苍白( etiolate的过去式和过去分词 )；增进；用计算机增强（照片等）；提高…的价值（或价格）

参考例句：

• The growth of a city often enhances the value of land close to it. 城市的发展常常会提高其附近的地价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We chose alliteration on the theory a little vulgarity enhances memory. 在理论上我们选择有点儿粗俗的头韵来帮助记忆。 来自辞典例句