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The WEDDING

 

(Liens vérifiés le 11/10/2009)


 

 


Vocabulary - Cliparts / Pictures - News - Traditions - Superstitions -
Listening
- Conversation questions -
Interactive activities - Activities to print -
Lesson plans - Webquests -
Interactive games - Stories - Cartoons - Songs - Videos - Jokes

 


Pages complémentaires :

Famille - Amour

 


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 :

 

 

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)

 



Wedding couple

(webweaver.nu)

 


Church wedding

 

Wedding rings
(iweddingclipart.com)


Wedding dress

(istockphoto.com)

 


Just married

(fotosearch.com)
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Just married
(clipart.com)

Just married
(perkydesigns.com)
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Wedding cake

(partyguideonline.com)

 

Bride and Groom
Cutting Wedding Cake

(fotosearch.com)
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Maid of honour
(tutorials.com)


Wedding tuxedo

(lamourwedding.com)

 

Wedding bouquet

Bride and Groom
(infovisual.info)

 

 

 

News :

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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 :

  • The Traditional Wedding 
    "Rachel was recently in a large, traditional wedding. She talks a little about it."

    Audio Slide Show / Audio Slide Quiz / Downloadable MP3
    (elllo.org)



  • Romance, Marriage - Vocabulary
    Examples and Translation
    (languageguide.org)

  • 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

 

 

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 :

  • China Bride Wears 2km-Long Wedding Dress - a lesson plan
    WARM-UPS :
    Weddings
    / Wedding details / Record dress / My love for you / Dress
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  • World's heaviest man plans to marry - a lesson plan
    (Breaking News English)

    World's heaviest man set to marry
    - with a VIDEO
    "The world's heaviest man says he is to marry his girlfriend later this month after losing nearly half his original body weight...
    The 43-year-old entered the Guinness Book of Records in 2006 after tipping the scales at 560kg (88 stones).
    Manuel, who has lost around 250kg (39 stones), said he would be steering clear of the wedding cake."
    (BBC News)

 

 

  • 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 :

 

Stories :

 

 

Cartoons :


Nostalgia Clouds
Our Thinking About The Family

An article by Mary Sanchez
(caglepost.com)

 

It's time you knew...
(cagle.com)


California Republic
(cagle.com)

 

Do you promise... ?
(cartoonstock.com)

 

You could have
sent an email!

(cyberlove101.com)


Email and fax

(glasbergen.com)




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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 :

 

  • Mr Bean's Wedding - "Mr Bean, Rowan Atkinson, attends a wedding." - LIEN MODIFIE
    (YouTube)

 

 

Jokes :

  • 70-year-old - a joke (aarons-jokes.com) - LIEN MODIFIE