WE LEARN ENGLISH. PART I. Ромаданова О.Н - 27 стр.

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dating. Typical dates include going out to a picture, to dinner, dancing club or a
sports activity. Traditionally, the male asks the female for a date.
Picture a wedding in North America. There is a bride in a white dress and
veil accompanied by her bridesmaids and a groom dressed in a suit accompanied
by his best man. During the ceremony, the groom puts a ring on the bride’s
finger, or perhaps they exchange rings as a judge or a religious leader
pronounces them husband and wife. The rings are made of gold and symbolize
eternity – the endless love of a couple and a perfect, lifelong union.
There are many traditions and customs connected with weddings. For
example, a bride wears “something old, something new, something borrowed,
something blue”. A wedding ceremony often concludes with the guests throwing
rice at the newlyweds and the bride tossing her bouquet to the bridesmaids. They
say the bridesmaid who catches the flowers will marry next. Before the wedding
there are usually bachelor parties and showers.
Questions
1. What are the three requirements for a marriage to take place?
2. What is the average age for a woman and a man to get married for the first
time in Canada?
3. How do couples get to know each other? What are the typical dates?
4. What does the bride usually wear? Does the groom wear a suit?
5. Who accompanies the bride and the groom?
6. What do the bride and the groom do during the ceremony?
7. What is the ring made of? What does it symbolize?
8. What are the wedding customs and traditions? Do Russian wedding traditions
and customs vary from the North American ones?
Task 7. Complete the table.
wife
son
father
sister
uncle
niece
grandfather
Task 8. Translate from Russian into English using your active vocabulary.
A. 1. Позвольте мне сказать пару слов о моей семье. Я единственный
ребенок, и моя семья невелика. 2. Моя мать – очень привлекательная
женщина. Она работает врачом. Кроме того, она ведет хозяйство и
прекрасно готовит. 3. У моего отца золотые руки. Он увлекается
садоводством. Вся наша семья гордится его чудесным садом. 4. Мой
старший брат женат и живет отдельно. У него двое детей: сын и дочь. Я
обожаю племянника и племянницу и часто навещаю их. Мы ходим в парк
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