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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