大学英语口语教程 Marriage

1、Marriage and Wedding,Some words and expression about wedding customs,Dating 约会,Courtship,求爱,Wedding Ceremonies 婚礼,bride,bridegroom,bride entered the bride with her father and her maid of the honor(主要女傧相), then the flower girls.,Marriage Vows,In front of the altar, facing the bride and groom, the pri

2、est or the master asks the bride groom: “(Name of the groom), will you have this woman to your wedded wife, to live together after Gods ordinance in the holy estate of the matrimony? Will you love her, comfort her, honor, and keep her in sickness and in health; and , forsaking all others, keep you o

3、nly onto her, so long as you both shall live?”,The groom answers: “ I will.” Then asks the bride the same question: “(Name of the bride), will you have this man to your wedded husband, to live together after Gods ordinance in the holy estate of the matrimony? Will you love him comfort him, , honor,

4、and keep him in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all others, keep you only onto him, so long as you both shall live?”,The bride answers: “ I will.” After that, the priest or master asks,” Who gives this woman to be married to this man?” and getting the answer (usually from brides father or her

5、 girlfriend) he takes the bride from her fathers hand or friends hands, puts her right hand into that of the bridegroom, and asks the groom to say the following after him: “I, (Name of the groom), take you, (name of the bride) to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better,

6、 for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness, in health, to love and cherish , till death us do part, according to Gods holy ordinance; and thereto I plight you my troth.”,Then the bride takes the grooms right hand in her own, and says in the same way after the master, changing the word “wife ” i

7、nto “ husband.” “(新郎的名字)，你愿意娶此女人为妻，依上帝之命与她同过神圣的婚姻生活吗？你愿意爱她，安慰她，尊敬她，无论她在健康或生病的时候，都不离弃她吗？你愿意舍弃所有其他女人，在你的有生之年，与她厮守在一起吗？” 新郎：“我愿意。”,牧师问新娘同样的问题。 新娘答：“我愿意。” 接着牧师要求新郎说：“我（新郎的名字）娶你（新娘的名字）为妻，依上帝之命从今往后与你厮守在一起，无论身处顺境还是逆境，无论富裕还是贫穷，无论健康还是患病，永远相亲相爱，直至死亡将我们分开；在此与你立下誓言。” 然后是新娘，誓言中稍做改动。,TASK C: Group WORK:,You are g

8、oing to be interviewed by the editor of a gossip column. She wants to find out everything about your wedding plans. She will ask you questions about your wedding plans. Here are some questions that the editor might ask:,Questions that the editor might ask:,1. Are you planning a big wedding? 2. How m

9、any people are you going to invite exactly? 3. Where is the ceremony going to be? 4. Do you intend to hold a reception afterwards? 5. Where is that going to be? 6. What are you planning to wear? 7. Who is going to be the best man? Who are the bridesmaids? 8. Where are you going to go on your honeymo

10、on? 9. Where are you going to live when you return? 10. Are your parents going to live with you? 11. Do you intend to have a large family? 12. Are you going to work after you get married?,The wedding itself usually lasts between 20 and 40 minutes. The wedding party enters the church while the weddin

11、g march1 is played. The bride carrying a bouquet enters last with her father who will give her away2. The groom enters the church from a side door. When the wedding party is gathered by the altar, the bride and groom exchange vows. It is traditional to use the words To have and to hold from this day

12、 forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part3. Following the vows, the couple exchange rings. Wearing the wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand is an old custom.,Passage,Weddings in The United States We

13、ddings in the United States vary as much as the people do. There are church weddings with a great deal of fanfare; there are weddings on mountain-tops with guests barefooted; and there have been weddings on the ocean floor with oxygen tanks for the guests. But many weddings, no matter where or how t

14、hey are performed, include certain traditional customs. Before a couple is married, they become engaged. And then invitations are sent to those who live nearby, their close friends and their relatives who live far away. When everything is ready, then comes the most exciting moment.,After the ceremon

15、y there is often a party, called a reception which gives the wedding guests an opportunity to congratulate the newlyweds. The car in which the couple leaves the church is decorated with balloons, streamers and shaving cream. The words Just Married are painted on the trunk or back window. The bride and