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The magnificence displayed last month in London convinced millions around the world to not only watch the wedding ceremony of th
The magnificence displayed last month in London convinced millions around the world to not only watch the wedding ceremony of th
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2020-02-12
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The magnificence displayed last month in London convinced millions around the world to not only watch the wedding ceremony of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, but also to dub the extravagant ceremony the "Wedding of the Century." But in India, where the typical upper-class wedding is expected to be a spectacle for people to show off, many well-heeled prospective brides and grooms might be tempted to point out that the century has only just begun.
"In India, they are like royal weddings everyday, particularly at the high end," says Anita Patel, Managing Director of Tania-Tapel Events, a Mumbai-based international event-management company specializing in weddings. "In India it’s more about glamour, there’s more one-upmanship," says Patel. And a booming Indian economy has left more Indian families flush with the cash required to imitate royal weddings. "The budgets are astronomical," says Anaita Shroff Adajania, fashion director at Vogue India.
A wedding of any scale is an important event for a family in India, and the cost of financing a wedding decades down the road is well-known. "Other than daily life, where individuals are pretty self-contained, a wedding is an opportunity to bring in everyone you’ve been associated with to show the peak of twenty five years of work," says Gourav Rakshit, business head of Shaadi.com, an online matchmaking site. But the competitive pressure to keep up with, if not surpass, other families has a downside. "Most people are mortgaged to the limit or take out very large loans," he says. Some lenders have even begun offering lucky wedding loans to families looking to finance an impressive spectacle on the big day.
The escalating extravagance and cost of India’s weddings has, of course, left some unimpressed. "They should be smaller," says Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, a member of parliament for the ruling Congress Party. "There are so many people extravagantly spending $3 or 4 million, they can use the money for charity and reduce the expense."
Excessive wedding spending is increasingly common not only among the richest Indians, but also among the poorest—prompting official alarm. In April, Kuruppasserry Varkey Thomas, India’s Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution floated the idea of government curbing the excess and waste by capping the number of guests, as well as the dishes that can be served at weddings. In a country where hundreds of millions live below the poverty line, food prices have become an explosive political issue. In politics, perceived indifference to the plight of those struggling to feed their families can be fatal. Two years ago, members of parliament were criticized by the Prime Minister for their appetite for first class travel and 5-Star hotels, even if paid for out of their own pocket.
To make a splash that gets attention, families have turned over the reins to an army of wedding planners charged with making the big day memorable for guests, not just the bride and groom. "Traditionally, when you went to a wedding you knew what to expect, but now everyone’s trying to give you something you wouldn’t expect," says Rakshit. "Given there are so many weddings, it’s hard to be unique."
[A] says that spending millions of dollars on a wedding is extravagant
[B] says that a wedding is the occasion where you can show the people you are acquainted with your heyday.
[C] says that the budgets of weddings in India are enormous.
[D] says that weddings in India are more about fancy spectacle, and more about better than others’.
[E] says that a wedding is an opportunity for people to flaunt their social status.
[F] says that now every wedding is unique because everyone’s trying to give you something unexpected.
[G] put forward the idea of government curbing the excess and waste by limiting the number of guests and dishes.
Gourav Rakshit
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答案
B
解析
Gourav Rakshit出现在第三段和最后一段,解题句在第三段。该段第二句提到,Gourav Rakshit说婚礼是向与你有联系的每一个人展示你25年来最高成就的机会。B中的the occasion对应原文的opportunity,而you are acquainted with与文中的you’ve been associated with为同义转述,your heyday是对原文the peak of twenty five years of work的概括,故B为正确答案。
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