Essay
TOPIC 7: DIVERSITY AND CONVERGENCE IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD. WEDDING CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND UKRAINE
UNIT 1
THE TWO OF US
Functions practiced: stating and justifying opinion.
Vocabulary Area: arranged marriage, blind date, compatible, curfew, date (n, v), double date, divorce (n, v), fiancé, fiancée, get engaged, go together socially, infatuation, keep a maiden name, significant other.
READING AND SPEAKING
Pre-reading
Take a few minutes to look at the pictures and the new words and expressions. Then, scan the text and write a word or expression under each picture. Compare your answers with your group mate. Do you agree?
|To go on a date a double date a curfew to go out together to get engaged to get|
|married to break up |
Reading
Read the text and do the tasks that follow.
The Two of Us
Junior high school is usually the time when girls and boys begin to become romantically interested in each other, so this is often the time when a boy and a girl will meet and go on a date, that is go someplace together socially. At first, they tend to go out in groups. Sometimes, two boys and two girls will go out together on a double date. Also, junior high school is often the time when parents begin to set curfews to get their sons and daughters to be home by a certain time. Of course, it is not just junior high school students who enjoy going out on double dates. People of all ages enjoy going out with other couples. Dating is a time for people to get to know each other, and most people also enjoy meeting their dates' friends. Many people feel that by getting to know another person's friends, they also get to know that person better. When two people get to know each other well, they may develop a relationship where they go together, or date regularly. After they have been going together for a period of
IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND UKRAINE
UNIT 1
THE TWO OF US
Functions practiced: stating and justifying opinion.
Vocabulary Area: arranged marriage, blind date, compatible, curfew, date (n, v), double date, divorce (n, v), fiancé, fiancée, get engaged, go together socially, infatuation, keep a maiden name, significant other.
READING AND SPEAKING
Pre-reading
Take a few minutes to look at the pictures and the new words and expressions. Then, scan the text and write a word or expression under each picture. Compare your answers with your group mate. Do you agree?
|To go on a date a double date a curfew to go out together to get engaged to get|
|married to break up |
Reading
Read the text and do the tasks that follow.
The Two of Us
Junior high school is usually the time when girls and boys begin to become romantically interested in each other, so this is often the time when a boy and a girl will meet and go on a date, that is go someplace together socially. At first, they tend to go out in groups. Sometimes, two boys and two girls will go out together on a double date. Also, junior high school is often the time when parents begin to set curfews to get their sons and daughters to be home by a certain time. Of course, it is not just junior high school students who enjoy going out on double dates. People of all ages enjoy going out with other couples. Dating is a time for people to get to know each other, and most people also enjoy meeting their dates' friends. Many people feel that by getting to know another person's friends, they also get to know that person better. When two people get to know each other well, they may develop a relationship where they go together, or date regularly. After they have been going together for a period of