Comprehension check

Answer the following questions:

1. Why do so many people use dating agencies, according to Dr Drummond?

2. Why did Lisa and Simon keep their use of the agency a secret?

3. What exactly has Rosalyn spent $10.000 on?

Word search

A. Decide what these words from the text mean. For each word choose from the possible explanations given.

a) altar: kind of photographer / part of church

b) congregation: people in church / large family party

c) match: joining of two people / marriage in church

d) unique: the only one / unhappy in love

e) staggering: lonely and unhappy / very surprising

B. Find words or phrases in the text that would be replaced by:

sudden increase main interest

not wanted by society making jokes

rich very attractive

on purpose expensive dresses

finally choose

Speaking

Did you find anything in the text which surprised you? Would this way of meeting people be successful in our country?

Pre-reading

Put these statements about romantic relations in the correct order:

_____ you meet one another

_____ you are attracted to one another

_____ your parents meet

_____ you fall in love

_____ you get married

_____ you have children

_____ you finish your studies

_____ you go out with one another

_____ you get engaged

_____ you get to know one another

_____ you start living together

_____ you go on holiday together

& Reading

Now read the stories and put the statements above in the correct order according to the stories. Do you know anyone whose love story was unusual? Retell it to your group-mates.

A

Saya and Haroon both lived in the town of Kanpur in India. Saya first saw Haroon in 1951 and she thought he looked nice but they couldn’t talk to one another. In fact, young Indian men and women couldn’t get to know one another before getting married. Saya told her father about Haroon and he went to visit the boy’s parents. Saya’s father thought Haroon would be a suitable husband for his daughter and so Saya and Haroon met and spoke to one another in front of relatives. Then they got engaged. The first time they were alone together was after the wedding. Today, Saya doesn’t think it matters if you know someone or not before you get married because life after marriage is so different from any relationship you have before. Haroon thinks his wife is more beautiful to him today than she was when they got married forty years ago.

B

During the second world war, Michel was serving as a soldier with the French army abroad. Madeleine lived with her family in Lyon, France and had just started working as a primary school teacher. One day, she read in the local newspaper that French soldiers serving abroad were looking for pen-friends and so she wrote her first letter to Michel. They wrote to one another for four years and today they both say that they fell in love through their letters. In fact they got engaged before meeting one another in person. When the war was over and Michel returned to France, Michel and Madeleine met for the first time. Now they have been married for nearly fifty years and neither of them regrets their unusual engagement.

&! Reading and Writing

Read these funny “Lonely Hearts” ads, translate them and write your own ones.

A. SILLY MALE GRADUATE Required by single female loony (32), great legs, own teeth. (Slightly silly also considered).	B. TALL, EMOTIONALLY STABLE unstuffy, humorous man wanted by lovely independent London lady, 43.	C. ATTRACTIVE, workaholic and separated London lady graduate (28) seeks mature, presentable, fun-loving man in similar situation. Photo, please.
D. ATTRACTIVE, SUCCESSFUL graduate 33, seeks lively, intelligent, frivolous lady to share enthusiasm for life in London.	E. LOVELY LADY, attractive, intelligent, cultured and funny, wishes to meet professional gentleman with similar attributes. Age 45-55.	F. WHERE ARE the educated, sensitive and interesting men (25-35) who’d like to spend time with a vivacious thoughtful lady (27), who’s fun to be with? Sense of humour essential.
G. STYLISH LADY, 40-ish, well-travelled, lives in the country – loves animals, the theatre, the cinema, 911s, gardening, walking – seeks nice humorous man, 30-40 ish, for friendship and fun. Nothing too serious.	H. VIVACIOUS BROWN LADY, doctor, divorced, 45 – warm bright and fun. Needs / offers special friendship to sensitive n/s man of quality! – and similar interests – classical music, walking, cycling travel.	I. INTELLIGENT? SENSITIVE? Sense of humour? Mature? If you have these qualities two pretty young girls would like to hear from you. Photo appreciated.

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