3. Have you been to a wedding party? What are you most interested in during the wedding?

4. To have and to hold from this day forward for better for worse for richer for poorer in sickness and in health to love and to cherish till death do us part As god is my witness I give you my promise 我给你我永恒不变的诺言 执子之手 与子偕老 无论顺境逆境 无论贫穷富贵 无论灾祸疾病 去爱去珍惜 直到死亡才能把我们分开 就让上帝来当我们的见证人 我给你永恒不变的诺言 Marriage’s Vow

5. wedding ceremony

6. entrance

7. wedding reception

8. bride

9. bridegroom

10. bride bridesmaidbest man bridegroom

11. Weddings in the past of China

12. Traditional weddings in modern China

13. Weddings in modern China 2004 Athens Olympic Weight lifting Champion Zhang Guozheng ( 张国政 ) and his bride

14. Nation Team Football player 孙 继海 and his bride

15. Diana and her groom, the British Prince Charles

16. The Collective Wedding Ceremony ( 集体婚礼 )

17. Weddings held under the sea. 海底婚礼

18. Indonesian Weddings

19. Weddings in Indonesia

20. Greek Weddings

21. 1.Indonesian families only invite people they have know for a long time. 2.The reception is before the wedding. 3.Guests usually give money as a present. 4.In Greek culture, the bridegroom has to ask for the bride’s hand in marriage. 5.The bride and bridegroom’s wedding crowns are made of gold. 6.A piece of ribbon links the wedding crowns together. F T F F T T Read and decide:

22. What to do What not to do: You can go without an invitation. You shouldn’t go to the ceremony without asking first. You can attend the reception after the ceremony. You have to put money into the box at the entrance of the reception. You don’t have to contribute a lot of money You can’t drink alcohol at the reception. Indonesian women don’t have to cover their heads. Weddings in Indonesia 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4.

23. Greek Weddings The has to in marriage. The should help on the heads of the couple. A long silk ribbon that links the crowns is a symbol of. groom ask the bride’s father for his daughter’s hand best manput crowns a happy and long life for the couple during the wedding ceremony before the wedding ceremony

24. The guests can, which can last through the night. Guests can on the floor and put money on the bride’s dress for. attend a wedding reception throw dishes good luck after the wedding ceremony

25. Word learning

26. I.Match the verbs to the nouns below 1 make 2 attend 3 go on 4 receive 5 contribute 6. ask for 7. cover 8. join in 9. link 10. lead a)an invitation b)a happy life c)a speech d)the dragon boat race e)a baby’s face f)help g)some money h)a honeymoon i)a reception j)the two towns

27. Passage 1: receive an invitation accept the invitation I received an invitation to the party but I didn’t accept it. I went to the party at the invitation of Mr. White. 收到邀请 接受邀请

28. even if =even though 即使你没有请我, 我也会帮助你. 即使 I’ll help you even if / though you don’t ask me.

29. ought to 应该, 应当 ( 劝告 \ 建议 \ 义务 \ 期望 \ 可能 ) You ought to give up smoking. Students ought not to be late for school. If he started at nine, he ought to arrive now.

30. 3. because it is only for close family 4.at the entrance to the reception / building 在进 …… 的入口处 近亲 (adj): 密友 close friend

31. contribute sth contribute sth to... 他为国家贡献了自己. 他一生专心科研. He contributed his whole life to doing research. 贡献, 捐 ( 款 ); 捐献, 投 ( 稿 ) He contributed himself to his country.

32. He contributed an article to a magazine last week. 投稿 sent(gave) a contribution He wants to contribute his share towards/to the peace of the world. 上星期他向一家杂志投稿. 他想为世界的和平贡献自己的一份力量. 养成好习惯有利于你的成功. Developing good habits will contribute to your success.

33. (N.) contribution make contributions to sth/sb give a contribution to the church 他为学校作出了巨大的贡献. He made great contributions to the school.

34. Passage ２ : …help put crowns made of flowers… =…help put crowns which are made of flowers… 动词的过去分词可直接引导后置定语，也可补 充上关系词和 be 把它转换成定语从句 Can you see the boy called Tom? Can you see the boy who is called Tom?

35. 2.A long silk ribbon that links the crowns is a … link vt. 连接 link A with/to B link A and B together This road links the two villages. Newspapers have linked his names with the singer. be linked to sth The milk isn’t linked to the disease.

36. 3.marry vt. vi 嫁，娶 I am going to marry John. The father married his daughter to a rich man. get/be married (to sb) They have been married for three years. Tom got married to Lucy in 2000.

37. can / can’t should / shouldn’t have to / don’t have to Discussion: Let’s talk about Chinese wedding what to do & what not to do for the guests You may use the following words: