Will you marry me Short English Conversations For Beginners

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wedding

situation one amelia and her daughter

sophie go to her friend’s wedding

sophie is so excited she asks her mom

about the wedding she has attended

wow everything is so pretty like

paradise

i like this pink theme what do you think

mom

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i like it too a beautiful wedding is

every girl’s dream

even myself back then i saw photos of

your wedding

it was amazing too mom the most

important thing was to marry my favorite

person which is your dad

i hope that i have a wedding like that

one day

how much do you reckon it costs to pull

this wedding off

i think it cost them a lot of money do

you hope to have a wedding as big as

theirs

i don’t think so i want to have a bigger

wedding

why do you want to have a bigger wedding

i want to have a large wedding that

everyone will remember

you can have a small wedding and people

will still remember it

as long as you marry your love your

wedding will be perfect

have you ever attended someone’s wedding

who were they

yes a lot some of my cousins

friends colleagues but the most

memorable

one is my best friends who went with you

i went with one of my classmates

where was the wedding organized

it was held in a restaurant downtown

was it amazing how many people were

there

it was great and it was a small wedding

only her close friends and relatives

were invited

what did people do at the wedding

they enjoyed the wedding feast sang and

danced together after giving the couple

the best wishes of everlasting happiness

what did the bride and groom wear

the bride wore a white wedding gown

while the groom wore a black suit and

tie

what was the most interesting ritual at

the wedding

exchanging rings is the ritual i’m quite

interested in

it was so emotional a lot of people

cried

the groom and bride’s eyes were

sparkling and then i knew they were

meant for each other

our weddings especially vent in

someone’s life

yes along with birthdays because we only

marry once or taught

twice usually and the ceremony is

intimate

and special things like that don’t

happen a lot

do people get married early

not really the average age to get

married for women is 27

and for men is 29. what is the ideal

age to get married in your opinion

well 27 would be my ideal age

women are most charming and mature at

that age

i guess how have weddings changed

recently

the most noticeable change is the

reduction of rituals in a wedding

there used to be more steps in weddings

years ago than there are now

like what mom for example

after the ceremony the bride had to

speak to her parents first

or the family of the bride would

essentially pay the husband to be

a sum of money as a sort of thanks for

being willing to marry their daughter

that’s so strange nobody does that

anymore

and a couple needed to bury a bottle of

bourbon at their wedding site

exactly one month before the ceremony to

have a sunny sky on their wedding

it was more complicated and

superstitious back then

i want a simple wedding without any of

those old-fashioned and weird traditions

sure honey when it’s about time we will

plan your wedding together

thank you mom it will be so much fun

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situation 2 henry flies to america

from england to attend his friend

michael’s wedding

he’s curious about the wedding

traditions in america

so he discusses with michael’s friend

dave about the traditions

in england in america

hi henry welcome to america thank you so

much for being here

it means a lot michael it’s my pleasure

this is the first time i attended an

american wedding i’m so excited

come this way this is your seat

thanks so i heard that american weddings

are different from weddings in england

couples living in england do not have as

many pre-wedding activities

as those in the united states

really what activities do you guys have

well we do have bachelor and bachelette

parties we do not hold bridal showers or

rehearsal dinners

are bachelor and bachelorette parties in

the uk different from those in the us

while the party themes in the uk are

extravagant the budget

isn’t excessive the average brit spends

about 507 euros on their weekend

pre-wedding parties

in the u.s bachelor party attendees

spend on average

of 738 dollars for the festivities

while bachelorette party attendees spend

about 472 dollars

the actual ceremony is quite different

too

oh in england the wedding party is

usually small the bride walks down the

aisle before her bridesmaids

the groom keeps his back towards the

bride as she walks down the aisle

in here the groom faces the bride for

the entire procession but i think the

british tradition is better

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that’s the tradition we love most the

groom faces away from the bride until

she reaches him

and everyone gets to experience their

first look

how about the bridesmaids and groomsmen

in the uk

instead of a maid of honor a bride

selects a chief bridesmaid

british bridesmaids sit during the

ceremony while most american bridesmaids

stand beside the bride throughout the

service

do the groomsmen give funny toasts like

in the u.s

british wedding toasts are more like

roasts

but they’re still polite and the jokes

are pretty simple the speeches also

don’t take up much time

in america it’s customary for the best

man in the maid of honor to make a short

speech

and maybe even one of the parents

that’s not something you’ll see in

british weddings only men tend to

make the speeches and the main objective

is to embarrass the couple

have you been to many weddings in your

country

actually this is the first wedding i’ve

attended

i heard that if you’re british the first

wedding you attend might be your own

that’s right the british have a strict

rule

no ring no bring if a couple is not

married the guest’s

significant other is not invited to the

ceremony or reception following

how about close friends and family

members that are unmarried

there’s a separate reception later at

night for those close

friends and family unmarried guests are

invited to bring their significant

others to this reception

this person has to truly be a

significant other oftentimes engaged

to be invited in america we are given an

open invitation for a plus

one is this reception similar to the

reception in the us

dinner is served with dancing to follow

there is also a bar at the evening

reception

not at the morning reception lastly the

couple often gives their own toasts to

each other

and their guests at the evening

reception

the evening reception is more intimate

right

yes but there’s one key difference if

you brought a gift

you’ll feel out of place really

yes gifts are always mailed directly to

the couple and never brought to the

ceremony or reception

that’s a good idea a big

gaudy array of wrapped presents doesn’t

exactly make the party any better

i know when i get married i will invite

you so you can attend an actual british

wedding

thanks i’m looking forward to it

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