巴郎閑話195 - 《父親致辭》

巴郎閑話195  -  《父親致辭》

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《Father 's speech 父親致辭》巴郎

Hello everyone. Welcome. Thank you very much, for taking the trouble coming all the way to be here, especially to Ally's aunty Rong and uncle Marc, swimming across the channel from France, to join us to witness and to celebrate,  Ally and Craig's happiest day, today.

嗨，大家好。非常感謝大家，不辭辛勞歡天喜地來到婚禮現場，特別是姨媽張容姨父馬克，特地從法國游過英吉利海峽，在這個好日子，與我們一起見證和慶祝向川和克瑞格的幸福佳慶。

Probably you already know who I am. My name is 巴郞. I am the father and Ally the bride is my daughter. 

或許你們已知道我是誰。我叫巴郞，是新娘向川的父親。

Ally is our first child, and a heaven-sent gift. From the very beginning to the present day,  she has always been with us, through life's bitterness and happiness, brought us a lots of fond memories. My wife Mei and I, are so proud of Ally, and consider us lucky to have Ally around us.  

向川是我們的長女，感謝上天的賜福。從呀呀學語直到今天，她與我們一起，甘苦與共，留下了許多美好記憶。我與張梅，作為父母，為向川而自豪，也為此而感到十分幸運。

Time flying. Yesterday's baby girl is now a confident and brilliant woman, and a beautiful and caring young mother. She cares for her patients, her family and friends, her brother and us, her parents.

時光飛逝。昨天的小女孩，而今成長為自信而能幹的少婦，美麗而仁慈的母親。她關心她的病人，她的家庭和朋友，她的兄弟，以及我們，她的父母。

When Ally brought Craig home the first time, we were amused he is so tall and looks strong! Is there any Viking DNA in the family history？We are also surprised he is so gentle a family man, and a good match for our Ally.  We want to say a sincere "Thank You" to Howard and Barbara - our in-laws 親家, for giving us Craig a wonderful son-in-law. We are very happy Craig joins our family. 

當向川帶著克瑞格首次登門時，我們驚奇地注意到，他個頭真高，身材魁偉，難道他家有維京海盜的剽悍基因？我們也驚喜地觀察到，他很體貼，是顧家的男人，與我們的向川很是般配。我們要向我們的親家芭芭拉和霍華德，致以真誠地感謝，謝謝他們給了我們一個理想的女婿。我們很高興，克瑞格加入我們的家庭。

Finally, lets congratulate the happy couple, And wish them happiness ever after! 

最後，讓我們祝福新婚夫妻，百年好合，新婚愉快! 白頭偕老，幸福永遠! 

Let's toast, to Ally and Craig!

Thank you!

讓我們舉杯共賀：向川和克瑞格！

巴郞

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