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Vocabulary : 
(Bride and Groom)
- To have a stag party
= to have a bachelor
party (US) or buck's night (Australia) = "enterrer
sa vie de garçon"
"is a party held for a bachelor shortly before he enters marriage,
to make the most of his final opportunity to engage in activities a
new wife or husband might not approve of, or merely to spend time bonding
with his male friends." (Wikipedia)
He's getting
married in the morning. (cartoonstock.com)
- Weddings,
Love and Affection Puzzle and Words
(vocabulary.com)
- Wedding
(answers.com)
"The act of marrying.
The ceremony or celebration of a marriage.
The anniversary of a marriage: 'a silver wedding'.
The act or an instance of joining closely: 'a wedding of ideas'."
- Wedding
(Wikipedia)
1 Types
2 Expense
3 Customs
4 Clothing
5 Music 5.1 African weddings 5.2 Chinese weddings 5.3 Western
weddings
6 See also 6.1 Related events and social processes
6.2 Wedding traditions 6.3 Participants 6.4 Related travel 6.5 Other
7 References
- Bride
(Wikipedia)
1 Legal requirements
2 Attire
3 History
4 Images of brides from around the world
5 Images of brides in history
6 References
7 See also
- Best man
(Wikipedia)
1 Duties
2 Best man in various cultures
3 References
4 See also
- Maid
of honor (Wikipedia)
1 North America 1.1 Pre wedding 1.2 Wedding day
2 United Kingdom
3 See also
Cliparts / Pictures :
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H.R. Giger Cake 
"The cake is named for the designer
who gave us the Alien from Alien.
Perfect for the wedding of two avid sci-fi
fans, this confection features two Chestbursters dressed for matrimony
on top!"
(neatorama.com)
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Church wedding
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Wedding bouquet
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News :
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Arab ambassador discovers bride is bearded and cross-eyed behind veil
"The envoy had only met the woman a few times, during which she had hidden her face behind a niqab...
He sued for the contract to be annulled and also demanded the woman pay him 500,000 dirhams (£85,000) for clothes, jewelry and other gifts
he had bought for her."
(telegraph.co.uk)
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Rise in sham marriages to beat UK immigration laws 
"The number of suspected sham marriages by illegal immigrants has leapt by more than half in the past year."
(BBC)
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Free wedding for quitting smoking  
"A charity in the Saudi capital Riyadh has come up with a novel incentive to encourage young men to quit smoking - an all-expenses-paid wedding...
Banners in Riyadh are advertising the campaign slogan: "Kicking the habit is on you, and marriage is on us." "
(BBC)
Traditions :
- Wedding
Lore and Traditions : (infoplease.com)
Tossing the Bouquet
Giving Away the Bride
The Wedding Ring
The Best Man
Bride on Groom's Left
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and
a Sixpence in Your Shoe
The Tiered Wedding Cake
Wedding Bouquet
The Bridal Veil
Bridesmaids...
- Wedding
traditions and customs (Wikipedia)
1 Asian customs 1.1 Chinese customs 1.2 Japanese customs
2 European and American customs
2.1 Music 2.2 Arabic customs 2.3 French customs 2.4 Italian customs
2.5 Romanian customs 2.6 Scottish customs 2.7 Handfasting
2.8 United States customs 2.8.1 Wedding gifts 2.8.2 African-American
customs
3 African customs
3.1 Wedding traditions 3.2 Major religious beliefs 3.3 Ankole wedding
traditions 3.4 Pygmie wedding traditions
4 Religious customs 4.1 Jewish customs 4.2 Quaker customs
4.3 LDS customs
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Superstitions :
- Wedding
Superstition (corsinet.com)
"WEDDING DAY :
Certain days of the week, and certain months of the year are better
than others for a wedding.
Monday for health,
Tuesday for wealth,
Wednesday best of all,
Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses,
Saturday for no luck at all..."
- Wedding Superstitions
(bored.com) - Lien
modifié
"If the groom drops the wedding band during the ceremony,
the marriage is doomed."
"The spouse who goes to sleep first on the wedding day will
be the first to die."
"A Lucky Bride: Something old, Something new,
Something borrowed, Something blue, And a lucky sixpence In her shoe."
"Married in White, you have chosen right. Married in Grey,
you will go far away, ..."
Listening :
- Best
Dating Ideas! - Love and Marriage - a lesson plan (esl-lab.com)
"What are some of the best dating ideas you can think of besides
going to a movie? Listen to the words..."
Vocabulary | Practice | Follow-Up
Conversation questions :
- Q: What are the 3 important rings in life?
A: Engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.
INTERACTIVE activities
Activities TO PRINT :
- Weddings
- a worksheet
Click on R.E. / General Resources
(Primary Resources)
- Wedding
- Rings (humanities.byu.edu)
"Can you find each of the vocabulary words in the picture...
?"
Lesson plans :
- Everest
wedding - a lesson plan
with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication activities,
pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises." (breakingnewsenglish.com)
- Dating and
marriage - a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis
with :
- a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in
RealMedia format.
- a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
- a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary
in a conversation with a partner or group.
(esl-lab)
- Best
Dating Ideas! - Love and Marriage - a lesson plan (esl-lab.com)
"What are some of the best dating ideas you can think of besides
going to a movie? Listen to the words..."
Vocabulary | Practice | Follow-Up
Webquests :
- Weddings
Around the World (questgarden.com)
" The list of countries you may choose from is as follows:
The United States, China, Japan, India, Turkey, Malaysia, Yemen, Italy,
Brazil, and Sudan..."
INTERACTIVE games :
Cartoons :
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Email and fax
(glasbergen.com)
(Si le lien est inaccessible,
enregistrer l'image pour
obtenir la taille normale.)
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Songs :
- For
My Wedding by Don Henley :
"For my wedding, I will dress in black...
For my wedding, I dont want violins"
- Listen
to the song (You Tube) 
- Monsters
Wedding by AQUABATS :
"There she comes now in veil
She's walking down the aisle..."
- Our
Church Your Wedding - Roy Drusky :
"I went to the church dear the crowd had all gone
There was rice on the walkway and flowers on the lawn...
I walked to the altar in the church so empty now
Seemed I could hear you whisper those sacred wedding vows..."
- Punk
Wedding by Nina Hagen :
"This is the biggest party the world has ever seen
Nina Hagen Superstar
Is gonna marry Iroquois...
This is the marriage of the year...
The priest is gonna hold his wedding speech...
Do you, Nina Hagen, take this punk to be your lawfully wedded husband?
Ja
Do you, Iroquois, take this superstar to be your lawfully wedded wife?
Oh yeah
To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, to honor and obey till
death do you part?
what?!..."
- Robin
Crashed Starfire's Wedding - RobStar4ever (You Tube)
- Romance
in Durango by Bob Dylan :
"Then the padre will recite the prayers of old
In the little church this side of town.
I will wear new boots and an earring of gold
You'll shine with diamonds in your wedding gown..."
- with the VIDEO (You Tube)
- Tennessee
Wedding by Jim Bianco :
"As the bride started drinking, the groom started
winking at the brides maid..."
- White
Trash Wedding by Dixie Chicks :
"You can't afford no ring
I shouldn't be wearing white..."
Videos :
Jokes :
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