B) Listen to the dialogues and check task a).

WEDDINGS

^╵set a ^╵date en^╲gaged ^╲married ╲honeymoon _╱wedding ^╵met

A: ^╵Guess ^╲what! ^↘Paul and ^↘Susan are __________________!

B: _╱Really? ^╵When did ^╲that happen?

A: A ^╲week ago. They _______^╵last _╱ summer - and ^╵now, just ^╲think... they'll be _________________ soon.

B: Have they _________ for the _______________?

A: _\ No, ^╵not _\ yet. But ^↘Susan says she'd ^╵like to get ^╵married in No↑vember or De _\ cember. ^╲Then they'll go to Ha╲waii for their ___________.

MARRIAGE

ro^↘mantic _╲hesitates ^╲sudden at ↑first _╲sight

A: So ^╵Marsha's ^╵getting _╱ married?

B: _╲That's what I ^╲hear!

A: ^╲That's what ^╲I hear ^╲too.

B: It's ^╲kind of _______, _╱isn't it?

A: ^╲I thought so. She's ^↘only ^↘known the ^↘guy a ╲month.

B: Re^╲minds me of the ^╵old _╲saying, "^╵Look be^╵fore you _╲leap", at ^╵least ^╲that's what my _╲grandmother always said.

A: ^>Well, you ^╵know how _╲Marsha is. ^↘She's been a _______ as ↑long as I've _╲known her, always ^╵talking about ^↘love ______________.

B: She ^↘does ^↘tend to ^↘act a ^↘little ↑too _╲quickly in my ˌjudgment.

A: Of ^>course she's ^╵not getting any ^╲younger.

B: ^╲True, and ^╵as they _╲say, "^╵She who _________ is _╲lost". In ^╲this case it could be a

^╲husband who's ˌlost.

THE MIGHTY HAS FALLEN

^╲married be^╲lieve ↑marriage

A: ^╵Whatever _╲happened to Na^╵dene Fitz_╲patrick?

B: ^╲Oh. ^╲Didn't you _╱hear? ^╵She _↗moved out ^╲West.

A: ^╲I didn't know _╱that. ^╵When did she ^╲leave?

B: I ^╵don't re^╵member e_╲xactly, but I ^↘think it was about ↑three _╲months ago.

A: Well, ^╵that's ^↘certainly ^↘news to _╲me.

B: I ^╵heard ↑just last ╲week that ^↘she got ________.

A: Na / dene ╱married? ‾I _↗can't _______it. Re^↘member how she ^↘always ^↘said that _______________ wasn’t for _╱her?

B: I ^╲do, but ^╲now apˌparently, the ^╵mighty has _╲fallen.

A: Do you ^╵have her ad_╱dress? I'd ^╵like to _╲write her.

B: I ^╲have her ^╲old adˌdress - the ^╵place where she ^╵lived be^╵fore she got _╲married.

A: _╲Good. Can ^╵I _╱borrow it?

c) Explain the meaning of the given sayings. Are there sayings in Russian similar to these ones?

· Look before you leap.

· She who hesitates is lost.

· The mighty has fallen.

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