The coolest church in the world
世界上最冷的教堂

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Couples exchange vows in Swedish ice chapel
新人们在瑞典冰教堂宣誓结婚

☆ vow 誓约，宣誓
    chapel 小礼拜堂，礼拜

Monday, March 22, 2004 Posted: 1722 GMT (0122 HKT)

JUKKASJARVI, Sweden (AP) -- When Jane Blake said, "I do," it wasn't clear whether her voice trembled from emotion or the piercing cold.
瑞典，JUKKASJARVI－－当Jane Blake说：“我愿意。”的时候，她的声音听起来不太清楚，可能是由于激动而使声音颤抖，抑或是严寒使然。

☆ piercing 刺骨的

Her velvet cloak could only partly shield her from the Arctic conditions enveloping the wedding ceremony.
在结婚典礼上，天鹅绒斗篷仅能帮她遮挡部分北极严寒。

☆ velvet 天鹅绒
    cloak 斗蓬

The groom, Miles Wakefield, looked slightly more comfortable in his tailor-made suit with extra thick lining. But his lips were turning purple toward the end of the half-hour rite.
而新郎，Miles Wakefield在特地加有厚厚衬里的礼服保护下，尚稍显从容。但在为时半个小时典礼结束之际，他的嘴唇也被冻得变紫。

☆ groom 新郎
    tailor-made 特制的
    lining  内层, 衬套

"Tonight we spend our wedding night at a suite in the Ice Hotel," the 32-year-old engineer said as he stepped out of the igloo-like church with his bride.
这个32岁的工程师在携着新娘步出圆顶教堂时说：“今晚，我们将在冰雪旅馆 套房度过新婚之夜。”

☆ igloo 圆顶建筑
    bride 新娘

"Chilly, chilly," Blake added, giggling with excitement under a sparkling tiara.
戴着亮闪闪的花冠，Blake兴奋地边笑边说：“太冷了，太冷了。”

☆ giggle 哈哈地笑
    tiara 冠状头饰

The couple traveled from Essex in England to this small Swedish town, 124 miles north of the Arctic Circle, just so they could exchange vows in a 21-degree chill.

☆ Arctic Circle 北极圈

Three other British couples waited to walk down the aisle of the Ice Church, a frosty chapel adjoining the famed Ice Hotel of Jukkasjarvi.

☆ aisle 走廊, 过道

At least four other chapels have been built at snow and ice hotels in Finland, Canada and Alaska in what has become an exotic alternative to tropical wedding getaways.

☆ exotic 异国情调的，别有风格的