Unit 2 Celebration

Have you ever been to a wedding party?

Who got married?

How many people were there?

What time did it start/finish?

What did they wear?

What did people do?

Did you have a wonderful time?

in church

"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".

Weddings…

从今天开始 , 无论顺境、逆境 ; 无论贫穷还是富有 ;

无论健康还是疾病 , 都不能将我们分开 , 直到生命的最后一天。

Do you know how to say these?

bridegroombride best man

weddingceremony

bridesmaid

entranceentrance

invitation

wedding reception

blossom

crown

candies

bridecake

wedding car

Guess and match

bride

bridegroom

best man

f) a man who is about to get married or has just got married

a) a friend of the groom who helps him during the wedding ceremony

d) a woman who is about to get married or has just got married

b) a party to celebrate the marriage ceremony of two people

e) an important social or religious occasion

c) a door or gate that you go through to enter a place

ceremony

entrance

wedding reception

Location of Indonesia

Indonesian Weddings

Greek Weddings

Read the first part and choose the answer.

This article may be written for ______.

A. Indonesian young people

B. foreigners working in Indonesia

C. foreign teachers

D. peace-lovers

B

What to do:

You can go without an invitation.

You can attend the reception after the ceremony.

You have to put money into the box at the entrance of the reception.

Indonesian Weddings

What not to do:

You shouldn’t go to the ceremony without asking first.

You don’t have to contribute a lot of money.

You can’t drink alcohol at the wedding reception.

Indonesian women don’t have to cover their heads.

before the wedding ceremony

Greek Weddings

The best man should help put crowns made of flowers on the heads of the couple.

A long silk ribbon that links the crowns is a symbol of a long and happy life for the couple.

during the wedding ceremony

The bridegroom has to ask the bride’s father for his daughter’s hand in marriage.

after the wedding ceremony

The guests can attend a wedding reception.

Guests can throw dishes on the floor and

put money on the bride’s dress for good

luck.

The party can last through the night.

1.In Indonesian wedding culture, you can’t go to a wedding if you haven’t got an invitation.

2. In Indonesian wedding culture, not  everyone can attend the wedding  ceremony.

Read the whole text and decide the sentences are T (true) or F (false).

F

T

3. At most Indonesian wedding receptions, guests cannot drink alcohol.

4. In Greek culture, the bridegroom needs  to ask the bride’s father for his daughter’s hand in marriage.

5. What links the wedding crowns together is a red silk ribbon in Greece.

T

T

F

Try to find information about customs in other countries on the Internet. Read the Internet page carefully and try to remember as much as you can!

Try to talk about the Chinese wedding customs.

You may talk about: 1. the preparations for the wedding;

2. the ceremony;

3. the reception

what to do & what not to do for the guests

Language points

1. …, even if you don’t receive an invitation yourself.

even if 即使；虽然 We'll go even if it rains.

Even if you saw him pick up the money,

you can't be sure he stole it.

even if / even though 表示退一步设想，引导一个条状语从句，有时含有不肯定的意味。

accept, receive 均有“接受、接纳”之意。accept: 强调主动地或自愿地接受，或者说经过考虑后同意接受。receive: 着重仅仅接到或收到这一结论或事 实，而不含采取主动或积极行动的意思。 I received his letter, but I wouldn’t accept apology.

ought aux. 应该；应当You ought to be more careful, you know.

He ought to keep his promise.

I don't think you ought to.

ought 没有词性变化，没有人称和时态的变化，同带 to 的不定式连用，否定式为 ought not (oughtn’t ) to 。

2. However you ought not to go to the ceremony ...

3. Everyone can attend the reception afterwards.

attend v. 参加；出席He’ll attend an important meeting tomorrow.

I attended his lecture.

join, join in, take part in 和 attend 的用法比较

这几个词或短语都有“参加”的意思，但用法不同。1) join 有两个用法：(1) 指加入某个党派，团体组织等，成为其成员之一，意

为：“参军、入团、入党”等。如：When did your brother join the army?

(2) 和某人一道做某事，其结构为： join sb. in (doing) sth. ，根据上下文， in (doing) sth. 也可以省去。如：Will you join us in the discussion?

2) join in 多指参加小规模的活动如“球赛、游戏”等，常用于日常口语。如：

Come along, and join in the ball game.

3) take part in 指参加会议或群众性活动等，着重说明句子主语参加该项活动并在活动中发挥用。如：

We'll take part in social practice during the summer vacation.

take part in 是惯用词组， part 前一般不用冠词但 part 前有形容词修饰时，要用不定冠词。如 :

He took an active part in the sports meeting.

4) attend 是正式用语，及物动词，指参加会议、婚礼、葬礼、典礼等；去上课、上学、听报告等。句子的主语只是去听，去看，自己不一定起积极作用。如：

From five to eleven, they attend primary school.

Would you like to attend the dinner party this

evening?

4. There is a box at the entrance to the reception ...

entrance n. 入口；进入We used the back entrance to the building.

He had passed the entrance examination of the college.

Entrance into college was a great event in my life.

They were refused entrance to the theater.

contribute 捐献；贡献；投稿；有助于 Each worker contributed one dollar to the Red Cross.

He did not contribute anything to his family.

He contributed an article to the China Daily.

Drink contributed to his ruin.

5. …, you don’t have to contribute a lot of money.

contribution n. 贡献

6. …to ask the bride’s father for his daughter’s hand in marriage

ask sb. for … 请某人给某物…

I ask my father for some money.

He asked me for a lift after the party.

7. After the ceremony, the guests can attend a wedding reception, which is usually a huge party and …

which 引导的是非限制性定语从句，补充说明 wedding reception 。My glasses, which I bought last month, fell to the ground and broke.

1.Let’s drink to the happiness of the bride and the b_____.

2. His brother passed the college e_______  examination this summer.

3. I’m very glad to accept your kind  i_______ to your birthday party.

4. Our school will hold an opening c_______ this Sunday before the sports meeting starts.

Write the correct words.

bridegroom

entrance

invitation

ceremony

5. He decides to _________ ( 参加 ) the      conference to be held in Shanghai this      weekend.

6. He made no small _________ ( 贡献 )      to our city during the past years.

7. The development of our company is      closely ______ ( 联系 ) with that of our      own.

8. The ________ ( 招待会 ) was held to thank

the people who had helped build the new

Hope School.

attend

contribution

linked

reception

Word formation

• We can make nouns by adding the suffixes like

“-er”, “-or”, “-lism” , “-ment”, “-tion”, “-

hood”, “-ness”, “-ship” and so on.

• We can make adjectives by adding the suffixes

like “-ful”, “-y”, “-less”, “-ous / ious”, “-able”,

“-tive” and so on.

• We can make adverbs by adding suffixes

“-ly”.

Verbs

invite

receive

attend

enter

contribute

Nouns

invitation

reception

attendance

entrance

contribution

1. Have you been to ______Ben’s party? Yes, I received an ________ to his party today.

2. Jeremy, you didn’t ______ class this morning. __________ is necessary if you want to pass!

Use the verbs and nouns above to complete the sentences below.

invitedinvitation

attend

Attendance

4. We had a lovely wedding _________.

We ____________ so many beautiful

presents!

5. You ought to _________ money. But

your ___________ doesn’t need to be

big.

reception

have received

contribute

contribution

3. The room has a secret ________ you

can only _____ if you know where it

is.

entrance

enter

homework

1.Read the passages

several times2.Write an article about the

party you’ve been to.