克林頓愛女大婚在即 小鎮喜氣洋洋

Never mind that the details about Chelsea Clinton's wedding are being guarded like state secrets. The postcard-pretty town of Rhinebeck is ready for its close-up.

The former first daughter and her parents have not even confirmed that her wedding is being held in Rhinebeck. Still, signs congratulating her hang in shop windows, residents are talking to TV crews and officials are bracing for crowds.

Clinton, 30, will wed investment banker Marc Mezvinsky on Saturday, and this little Hudson Valley town of upscale boutiques and pricey homes north of New York City is expecting an influx of A-List guests, reporters and rubber-neckers.

"I think this will put us on the map in an entirely different way," said Ira Gutner, owner of Samuel's coffee shop, which featured a sign in the window congratulating the Methodist bride and Jewish groom with "Mazel Tov, Chelsea and Marc."

"People will say, 'Oh, let's go to Rhinebeck, Chelsea Clinton got married there.' ... We'll forever be known for this," he said.

It's all but certain that the couple will wed Saturday evening at Astor Courts, a secluded estate along the Hudson River built as a Beaux Arts style playground for John Jacob Astor IV more than a century ago. The estate features the sort of commanding view that once inspired Hudson River School painters, as well as 50 acres of buffer space to shield the party from prying eyes.

The spot is a bit more than an hour north of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton's home in suburban Chappaqua and about 90 miles north of New York City.

別擔心克林頓愛女的婚禮細節還被弄得像國家機密一樣，（紐約）風景如畫的萊恩貝克小鎮已經爲婚禮的到來做好了準備。

雖然前“第一千金”切爾西和她的父母都還沒有最後確認婚禮將在萊恩貝克舉行，但當地的商店櫥窗裏已經掛上了寫有祝福話語的標識，小鎮居民開始接受電視臺採訪，當地的官員們也做好了迎接四方來客的準備。

現年30歲的切爾西和投資銀行家馬克•麥茲溫斯基的婚禮將於本週六舉行。位於紐約市北部哈德遜谷的遍佈高檔精品店和豪宅的萊恩貝克小鎮預計將在當天迎來衆多貴賓、記者和民衆。

塞繆爾咖啡店的老闆艾拉•嘉特納在店鋪櫥窗裏貼上了祝賀身爲衛理公會派教徒的新娘和猶太教新郎的標語：“恭喜（Mazel Tov；猶太語）！切爾西和馬克！”。他說：“這場婚禮會一種完全不同的方式讓我們小鎮出名。”

“人們會說，‘噢，去萊恩貝克吧，切爾西•克林頓就是在那裏結婚的。’我們的名聲就這樣出去了。”

可以確定的是，切爾西的婚禮將於本週六晚在阿斯托豪宅舉行。這座法國美術學院派風格的隱蔽宅邸建於哈德遜河畔，是100多年前（美國19世紀百萬富翁）約翰•雅各布•阿斯特四世的一處私人莊園。這處宅邸擁有絕佳的視野，曾成爲哈德遜畫派畫家的靈感源泉。此外，宅邸前50英畝的緩衝地帶也可防止狗仔隊偷拍。

此地位於紐約城以北約90英里處，距離克林頓夫婦在以南的查巴克郊區的宅邸約一個多小時的路程。

Vocabulary:

A-List: a group of desirable or admired people who are welcomed esp. in social and professional situations（一流的，最出名的）

rubber-necker: an extremely curious person（好圍觀的人，好奇者）

put on the map: to bring into the public eye; make known, famous, or prominent（使出名，使有重要性）

Mazel Tov: 恭喜，猶太人之間所用的話語

Beaux Arts style: 法國美術學院派風格，或稱美術風格、布雜風格

commanding view: 一覽無餘，俯視，俯瞰

buffer space: 緩衝地帶，間隔