My friend，soon to be a bride，attended a church wedding where a number of babies and small children in the con-gregation caused quite a commotion¹. "I certainly am not going to put up with that sort of thing at my wedding，”my friend remarked. Several months later I received her wedding invitation. Noted² at the bottom was the following:"No Babies Expected. "

我的一位将要做新娘的朋友，有一次参加了别人的教堂婚礼。庆典上，有许多婴儿和小孩子，这引起了一阵不小的混乱。“我可不想在我的婚礼上容忍这种乱劲儿。”我的那位

朋友说。几个月后，我收到了她的婚礼请柬。_请束下面写着:“不准带小孩。”