A new service has launched which promises to transform undomesticated grooms into perfect husbands-to-be, yours for only ￡199.
一項新的服務項目橫空出世，聲稱可以讓從未染指家務的新郎，搖身一變成為完美的準老公，而你只要花費199英鎊。

Edinburgh's Double Tree by Hilton hotel has dubbed its concept The Groom Academy, and teaches hapless fiancés how to hone their skills at ironing, bed-making, cooking and even cocktail making.
愛丁堡(Edinburgh)的希爾頓逸林酒店推出了“新郎學院”的概念，教倒霉的未婚夫們學習熨衣、鋪床、烹飪，甚至是調(diào)雞尾酒的技巧。

Jennifer Hutchinson, 28, from Falkirk, may already have agreed to marry Nick Hogarth, her boyfriend of eight years, but still felt he was in dire need of a crash course in general housekeeping.
28歲的詹尼弗·哈欽森(Jennifer Hutchinson)，來自英國福爾柯克（Falkirk），她本已打算嫁給交往八年的男友尼克·荷加斯(Nick Hogarth)，但她仍覺得對方急需惡補一下如何做家務。

She said: 'Nick has always put football, Playstation, work and his mates before me and he’s awful with dates!
她說：“尼克老是把足球、游戲機和他的狐朋狗友看得比我重要，而且他的時間觀念還很差！”

'He never helps with the washing up, never tidies up after himself and his time management is awful. He’s got tons of bad habits and I’ve still not got it through to him that leaving the toilet seat up just isn’t on.
“他從不幫忙洗衣服，從不自己做衛(wèi)生，時間觀念還很差。他有一堆的壞習慣。直到現(xiàn)在，他還不能按照我說的在如廁后把馬桶蓋掀起來。”

'Sometimes I feel more like his mother than his fiancée, so I decided I’d had enough, it was time for the Groom Academy.'
“有時我覺得自己更像是他的媽媽，而不是未婚妻。我受夠了，是時候把他送去‘新郎學院’了。”

From her point of view, at least, it was a resounding success.
至少在她看來，這個決定很成功。

'It was great fun,' she said. 'Nick clearly learned a lot and he’s definitely more aware of cleaning up after himself.'
“太有意思了，”她說道，“尼克顯然學到不少，他更加注重個人衛(wèi)生。”

'I normally have to iron his shirts but hopefully he’ll be able to do that for himself now. It was great fun seeing him learning the things I’ve had to do for him for year.
“往常總是我?guī)退僖r衫，但現(xiàn)在他能獨立完成。看他學做這些原本我?guī)退隽硕嗄甑募覄眨@真是太有趣了。”

'He looked quite confused a lot of the time but now he’s got all the skills he needs to be a great husband.
“一開始他很迷茫，但現(xiàn)在他已經(jīng)全部掌握當一名好丈夫的技能了。”

'I love him to bits and I think he’ll be a great father one day but he needed whipping into shape and hopefully this experience has done that.'
“我很愛他，我認為將來他會成為一名好爸爸。但他需要打造，希望這次的經(jīng)歷能幫助他成長。”

The couple first met while Jennifer was working as a waitress at Nick’s hotel during her time at university.
這對情侶第一次邂逅時，還是在校大學生的詹妮弗在尼克所在的酒店兼職當服務員。

Nick, who proposed to Jennifer last year, said: 'It wasn’t my decision to come to Groom Academy, and I can’t say I was looking forward to it - but I’ve really enjoyed the experience.
尼克去年向詹妮弗求婚了，他說：“不是我自己決定去‘新郎學院’的，也不能說我對此很期待，但我得承認我還蠻享受這個過程的。”

'I’ve never been a domestic god - not by any stretch. I could throw a sheet and make a vodka and coke but that’s about as far as it goes.
“我從來不是家務能手，一點也算不上。我會把床單一扔，來一杯伏爾加酒加可樂。但這樣的日子離現(xiàn)在可遠了。”

'I play football regularly. Monday to Friday I’m at work, I play football two to three times a week and I go out drinking with my friends at weekends.
“我常踢足球，周一至周五上班，每周踢個兩三次，周末和朋友出去喝點酒。”

'With all that in mind, I think it’s fair to say I don’t spend enough time with Jen so Groom Academy has taught me a lot of valuable lessons.
“有這堆事情在腦子里，確實和詹妮弗待在一起的時間不多，‘新郎學院’給我上了不少寶貴的課。”

'Learning how to iron properly was really interesting and, now that I know how to make the bed like a professional, I can’t really get away with leaving it in a mess again!
“學著如何正確熨衣服還真有趣，現(xiàn)在我也知道怎么專業(yè)地鋪床了。我再也不會讓房間一團糟就離開！”

'I’ve learnt an awful lot and I’m looking forward to being a better husband and being able to help a bit more.'
“我學了很多，希望將來能成為一個更好的丈夫，能為家里幫點忙。”

Nick and Jennifer are due to be married at Rothesay Castle on the Isle of Bute in August and they plan to spend their honeymoon touring the United States.
尼克和詹妮弗定下今年八月在布特（Bute）島的羅思塞(Rothesay)城堡舉行婚禮，他們準備去美國度蜜月。

Vocabulary
hapless 運氣不好的
crash course 速成課

（譯者：FNU林婷 編輯：彭娜）