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2、楔子(2) 意大利

　　意大利佛罗伦萨圣母百花大教堂

　　(Then the bride is given away)
　　Minister: I require and charge you both that if either of you know any impediment why you may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, you confess it now. Be assured that if any persons are joined together otherwise than as God’s word allows, their marriage is not lawful.

　　(Minister: addressing the groom)
　　宇文袭, do you take 姜徽for your lawful wedded wife, to live together after God’s ordinance, in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love, honor, comfort, and cherish her from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto her for as long as you both shall live?
　　宇文袭：I do.

　　(Minster: addressing the bride):
　　姜徽, do you take 宇文袭 for your lawful wedded husband, to live together after God’s ordinance, in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love, honor, comfort, and cherish him from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto him for as long as you both shall live?
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　　没有声音。

　　神父还是第1次主持这样的婚礼：新郎是个冷峻寡言的英俊男子，参加婚礼包括新人在内的却只有4人。最奇怪的是新娘居然是个不能说话不能动的植物人，静静的躺在救护床上。教堂外的光照在她的脸上到是很美。不得不承认，真的很感动。

　　当神父问到姜徽愿不愿意时，宇文袭走到姜徽身边轻轻的执起她的手温柔的看着她说“她会愿意的”。

　　不远处的，姜博文和林书芬早已泣不成声了。

　　唱诗班的孩子们唱起了歌。``

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　　圣母百花大教堂 (SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE)
位于意大利佛罗伦萨 ，虽然人们更普遍地把它称为“主教堂”（Duomo），但佛罗伦萨大教堂的正式名字是圣母百花大教堂。其中的花（FIORE）指的就是佛罗伦萨的象征之花——百合。为了与当时比萨和锡耶纳富丽堂皇的新教堂相抗衡，阿诺尔福?迪?坎比奥（Arnolfo di Cambio）1294年设计了这座大教堂，毫无疑问，它华丽极了。文艺复兴建筑大师布鲁内莱斯基（Brunelleschi）设计并监督筑造了它著名的圆顶。