One by one, the village girls married the local lads, and up the path to the church they'd prance, smiling all the way.

村里的姑娘一个接一个嫁给了当地的小伙子，她们昂首阔步地走上通往教堂的小路，一路上面带微笑。

youdao

When girls married in ancient times, they did not wear white wedding dresses.

古代女孩儿来归的时候，是不穿白色婚纱的。

youdao

When you see what some girls married, you realize how they must hate to work for a living.

当你看到一些姑娘跟什么人结婚，你就会明白她们是如何厌恶为生活而工作的了。

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Girls were just expected to get married.

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