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Wedding

Try to think as much as possible about weddings in China

Wedding

Wedding band/ring

Wedding breakfast/feast/banquet

Wedding cake

Wedding dress

bride and groom

bridesmaid and best man

Wedding sweets

Wedding invitation

bridal sedan chair

bridal chamber

mutual toasting by bride and broom

What about other countries especially western countries? How much do you know about them?

Wedding

church White wedding dress

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priest

Read the passage quickly and then answer the questions below.

1. What does jumping over a brush represent in African-American wedding?

2. How long do weddings in Germany often last?3. What do Greek and Italian weddings have in common?4. Why do Russian couples tie a doll or a toy bear to their wedding car?5. What is supposed to happen to the woman who catches the bouquet of flowers at an American wedding?

1. What does jumping over a brush represent in

African-American wedding?

It represents the beginning of the family life.

2. How long do weddings in Germany often last?

It lasts for three days.3. What do Greek and Italian weddings have in common?They eat special kinds of sweets at the wedding

and have their own special wedding dances.

Read the passage quickly and then answer the questions below.

4. Why do Russian couples tie a doll or a toy

bear to their wedding car?In Russian, couples tie a doll to their wedding car if they want to have a daughter, or a toy bear if they want to have a son.5. What is supposed to happen to the woman who catches the bouquet of flowers at an American wedding?The woman who catches

the bouquet is supposed to

be the next to get married.

Read the passage again and then do the exercise below.1.Which of the following is true?A.Today ,African American couples are not allowed to legally married,so they jumped over a broom or a brush covered with flowers.B. Weddings in Germany often last for three days from Thursday to Saturday.C. The woman who catches the bouquet at an Russian wedding is considered to be the next person to get married.D. Making jokes about the bride and the bridegroom is a wedding tradition in France but not in Germany.2.How many wedding customs are mentioned in the text?

A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8

3.Match the customs with the countries.African-Americans a. making jokes about the bride in the USA and the groom and make loud noises with pots and pansGermany b. making jokes and wedding guests break dishes.Greece and Italy c. jumping over a broom Russia d. The bride usually carries a bouquet of flowersUSA f. Little girls throw flowers on the ground on the way to the wedding ceremonyEngland g. People eat special sweets and have their special wedding dancesFrance h.The newly married couple tie a doll or a toy bear to their wedding car

Lucy is a Chinese. Next month she will attend a wedding in America. So she wants to know something about wedding customs in other countries. She asked her friend Mary about it. Try to finish the conversation on the next page with the information from the text.

Mary: Getting m is one of the happiest moments in our life. It’s said that different countries have d wedding customs. Lucy: Yes , for example , for African-Americans , when they get married,they will j over a broom “into marriage” Mary: Really? That’s interesting. What about other countries? Lucy: In both France and Germany ,making j about the bride and the groom is a tradition. In Germany weddings often lasts for three days. On the t day,there is a religious c in a church ,which is followed by another party. Mary: I happen to know that people eat special kinds of sweets and have s wedding dances at a wedding in Greece. Is that true? Lucy: Actually in both Greece and I . And in England it’s a t for little girl to throw flowers on the ground on the way to the wedding ceremony,which is really romantic.Mary: You are great to know so much about it.Lucy: We just had a lesson about wedding c .

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Deal with some language points

1.marry .vt. 和某人结婚， 嫁，娶（非延续性动词） marry sb. 和某人结婚他嫁给了一个德国人。 She married a German

married adj. 已婚的 a married man/woman get married to sb. 与某人结婚， 嫁 ，娶（表动作） be married to sb. 已婚（表状态）

1. She_____ Robert for a year.A got married to B married with C has been marrying D has been married to

2. The girl was made to ____ a man she didn't love at all A marry B marry to C marry with D married

   3.   My uncle ____ until he was forty-five. A married B didn’t marry C wasn’t marrying D would marry

D

A

B

2. allowallow sb to do sth 允许某人做某事 sb be allowed to do sthallow doing sth 允许做某事allow for sb/sth 将 计算在内；考虑到；估计到 他的父母不允许他在外面带得太晚 His parents will not allow him to stay out late.

此处禁止吸烟。 Smoking is not allowed here.

考虑到交通阻塞，到那里大约需要一个小时 It will take about an hour to get there ,allowing for traffic delays

3.suppose

allow 近意词 permit

forbid sb to do sth 禁止某人做某事

forbid doing sth 禁止做某事

permit sb to do sth 允许某人做某事 permit doing sth 允许做某事

反义词 forbid

1) suppose sb to be + 形容词或名词 假定某人是…e.g Suppose the poor girl to be your daughter.

2) Sb be supposed to do sth 理应，应当，按理按理他应该准时到那里He is supposed to arrive there on time.

3) Suppose + 宾语 从句 认为…；以为…；

我们都以为他是一名老师 All of us supposed that he was a teacher.

你认为他昨天给我的是什么？What do you suppose he gave me yesterday?( 注意句字的语序，有相同用法的还有 think,guess,consider)

你认为谁会被派往那里？

Who do you think will be sent there?

-----We haven’t heard from Jane for a long time.

-----What do you suppose to her.

A.was happening B. to happen

C.has happened D.having happening

came to see me?

A.Who you think

B.Do you think who

C.Who do you think

D.Whom do you think

C

C

Homework Write a Composition写一篇文章描述中西方婚礼的差异，并就其原因发表自己的观点。婚礼的差异主要是来自于中西方不同的文化背景和历史背景。在不用的思想和风俗的作用的下，慢慢演化而成。同时在宗教和神话的影响下，各种各样的小风俗和习惯在婚礼过程中渐渐形成。

中国 西方

整个婚礼的主色调是红色 , 这也是中国的传统的代表喜气的颜色

西方的婚礼是属于浪漫型的 , 整个婚礼从开始到结束到充满了浪漫气息。新娘的礼服一般为白色 , 新郎是黑色的礼服

现在许多中国夫妇婚礼大多在酒店举行

西方人的婚礼大多是在教堂举行