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Keith: Boy, that's a change from all the back-stabbing you usually hear about...
I just can't believe it -Monika and Gunnar! The perfect couple... It just shows
you how little one knows about what goes on in people's lives, doesn't it?
Vocabulary Notes:
-through the grapevine – (idiomatic) through gossip, from other people
-separated – legally living apart
-on speaking terms – speaking to each other, not hostile
-suited to each other – to have similar interests, to be compatible
-custody – legal responsibility for the care of the children after a divorce
-joint custody – shared responsibility
-squabbling – (colloquial) arguing
-uncontested – not disputed
-back-stabbing – (colloquial) betrayal, attack
Discussion
1.Why is Keith so surprised?
2.Vary the dialogue by changing the reasons for the divorce and the
arrangements. Role play the dialogue variation.
3.Why do you think the divorce rate is so high in modern society?
4.What is necessary for a marriage to be successful?
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Did You Know? When two people get married, we say they "tie the knot." The
"lover's knot" has been a symbol of marriage since ancient times. It stands for
love and unity. In Denmark and Holland, people actually tie two pieces of cord
or ribbon together at a wedding, to symbolize the union of the bride and groom.
LISTENING PRACTICE
Listening Activity 1. In and Out of Love.
Exercise 1: Get Ready to Listen
Use these words to complete the paragraph.
variety, couple, people, records, divorces, bigamy
The Guinness Book of World Records keeps a list of unusual facts about things
that (1)______ do. Among the strange records, there are many that concern
marriage.
Some (2)____concern the age at which people marry. There are records for both
the oldest and youngest bride or groom. There are records for the number of
marriages and (3)______.
There are records for the longest engagement before a (4)____is married.
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