Family. Ильичева Н.М - 25 стр.

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проводить церемонию; выступать в качестве свидетелей; прием гостей
после церемонии бракосочетания; постукивать столовым серебром по
праздничному бокалу; религиозный обряд, ритуал.
Exercise 1.3. Discuss the following:
1. List some features of a traditional wedding in North America.
2. Compare wedding customs from your native country with the Canadian
customs. Have you attended weddings where different ethnic or religi-
ous custom have been used?
Did you know? The words “to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, for
richer or for poorer, for better or for worse…” come from the wedding
ceremony.
ORAL PRACTICE
Text 2. Wedding Customs
Exercise 2.1. Get ready to read
Discuss these questions in a group.
1. What is love?
2. Do you believe in love at first sight?
3. What do you think is the best age to get married?
4. Choose the things that are most important to you in a marriage partner. Put
them in order. Number 1 is the most important.
a) intelligence e) occupation
b) good looks f) interests/hobbies
c) personality g) temperament
d) money h) religion
5. Choose the people you would have at your wedding.
a) relatives (which ones?) e) best man
b) friends f) maid/matron of honour
c) bridesmaids g) flower-girl
d) ushers h) page-boy
6. At what time of the day would you have your wedding?
7. On what day of the week would you have your wedding?
8. How long would the ceremony last?
9. Where would you have your reception? How long would it last?
10.What kind of food would you serve at the reception?
11. In your culture, who pays for the wedding?
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