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1. Name four unusual places where people have been married.
2. What are the three conditions for a legal marriage in North America?
3. What is the record for the longest engagement?
4. Why did the couple wait so long?
5. Why did the two lawyers write their own wedding vows?
6. How long did the wedding ceremony take?
7. What happened to the guests?
8. What is the average age for people to marry in Canada?
a) for men
b) for women
9. How old were the oldest couple?
10. How old was the oldest bride on record?
11. Why did the youngest couple marry so young?
12. What was the result?
13. Who married eight times?
14. What is the record for the most marriages?
15. How many times did the couple in Arizona marry and divorce each other?
16. How many people did the bigamist marry?
17. What did he say in court?
18. How did the judge react?
19. What did Queen Victoria do when she wanted to get married?
20. How many children did she have?
21. Why did she think that she had to propose?
Exercise 4. Paraphrase the following using the words and word-combinations from the text:
-two people who are married or having a sexual or romantic relationship
-to become someone’s husband or wife
-a man who has never been married
-the relationship between two people who are married
-the sort of swimming under water while breathing through a tube connected to
a container of air on your back
-a set of equipment of tools you need for a particular activity
-something that is needed or asked for
-a formal or traditional set of actions used at an important social or religious
event
-someone who has a responsible position in an organization
-someone who is present when an official paper is signed or who signs it to
prove this
-to decide finally to do something, esp. after delaying it or worrying about it for
a long time
-an agreement to marry someone
-to think that someone or something is good, right or suitable
-someone whose job is to advise people about laws, write formal agreements or
represent people in court
-to be worried about something
-a serious promise
-a woman at the time she gets married or just after she is married
-a man at the time he gets married or just after he is married
-a member of your family
-a situation in which two countries or groups of people quarrel or disagree with
each other
-a promise to do something or to behave in a particular way
-to be the person who has achieved the best results in…
-to legally end one’s marriage
-the crime of being married to two people at the same time
-a holiday on a large ship
-to make someone pay money as a punishment
-to be officially and legally given a punishment
-the act of asking someone to marry you
-to begin doing something immediately (with a lot of energy)
Exercise 5. Give the English equivalents to the following using the words and word-combinations from the text:
в любое время и в любом месте; жениться или выходить замуж традиционным способом; костюм с аквалангом для дайвинга; требо-вания (условия) для заключения брака; церемония бракосочетания;
свидетели; помимо этих требований…; быть самостоятельным в вы-боре места и времени своего бракосочетания; занимать много вре-мени; принимать решение; бояться сделать ответственный шаг; они планируют брак, но никак не женятся; рекордная по про-должительности помолвка; родители не одобряли их выбор; их так беспокоили детали…; супружеская клятва; мировому судье по-требовалось более 5 часов, чтобы прочесть их брачные обязательства; к моменту окончания церемонии; не существует особых возрастных рамок для вступления в брак; средний возраст человека, впервые вступающего в брак; согласно книге рекордов Гинеса; рекордно престарелая невеста; с другой стороны; брак, заключенный рекордно молодыми женихом и невестой; с тем, чтобы положить конец вражде между семьями; рассматривать брак как пожизненное обязательство; рекорд по количеству официальных вступлений в брак удерживает житель Калифорнии; по крайней мере; но это ничто по сравнению с парой из Аризоны; им, кажется, вместе тошно, а врозь скучно; удерживать рекорд по…; развестись с кем-либо; рекорд по много-женству; незаконно вступить в брак; на судью это не произвело никакого впечатления; многоженец был оштрафован и приговорен к 28 годам тюрьмы; стать королевой Англии; перейти к решительным действиям; сделать предложение; принять предложение.
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