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    Last month，I returned to my homeland to attend my elder sister’s wedding(婚礼)．Although it was a very modern wedding，my sister kept one tradition that comes from an old English poem．

    The poem says that a bride(新娘) must wear：“Something old，something new，something borrowed，something blue．”It is said to bring good____  (1)  ____to the marriage(婚姻)．

    Something old is something____  (2)  ____from the bride’s family．It could be an heirloom(传家宝) that has been in the family for years．or a piece of her mother’s dress．This is meant to show a____  (3)  ____with the bride’s family．

    Something new____  (4)  ____hope for the future of the couple．It can be the new wedding dress，or new shoes．

    Something borrowed is____  (5)  ____an item of clothing or jewelry(珠宝)．It is____  (6)  ____one of the bride’s friends who have a happy marriage．It is believed to bring some of the friend’s luck in her marriage to the bride．

    Last is something blue，which comes from another rhyme：“Marry in blue，husband be true．”This____  (7)  ____that a bride who wears blue will have a faithful(忠诚的) husband．It could be____  (8)  ____on her jewelry or on her shoes．

    These days，most brides do not____  (9)  ____that wearing these items will really bring them good luck．However，they wear them anyway in recognition(认可) that traditions are____  (10)  ____．