Unit 2. Cultural diversity

Unit 2: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
LISTENING
Wedding culture
Before you listen
Work with a partner : Discuss the following questions
1. Have you ever attended a wedding ceremony ?
2. What do the bride and the groom usually do at the wedding ceremony ?
Listen and repeat
- Altar
- Master of Ceremony
- banquet
- groom
- bride
- ancestor
- tray
- schedule
- blessing
: baøn thôø
: Chụ leê
: yeán tieäc
: Chú rể
: Cô dâu
: Tổ tiên , ông bà
: Khay , quả
: Thời gian biểu
: Chúc phúc
Wedding rings
Wedding gifts








Wedding banquet
The traditional Vietnamese wedding
betrothal ceremony
Wedding day
Rings exchanging

Task 1:
Listen to the passage and fill in the missing infomation
1. The wedding day is carefully chosen by the __________________
2. The gifts are wrapped in __________
3. The wedding ceremony starts in front of the _______
4. Food and drinks are served _________________
5. The guests give the newly wedded couples envelopes containing ___________ and ________
the groom’s parents
red papers
altar
at the wedding banquet
wedding cards
money gifts
Task 2:
Listen again and answer the questions .
1. What is the most important thing the groom’s family has to do on the wedding day ?
2. What would the groom and the bride usually do during the wedding ceremony ?
3. When do the groom and the bride exchange their wedding rings ?
4.Where is the wedding banquet usually held ?
5. What do the groom, the bride and their parents do at the wedding banquet ?
Task 2:
Listen again and answer the questions .
1. What is the most important thing the groom’s family has to do on the wedding day ?
The most important thing the groom’s family has to do on the wedding day is to go to the bride’s house bringing a lot of gifts wrapped in red papers .
Task 2:
Listen again and answer the questions .
2. What would the groom and the bride usually do during the wedding ceremony ?
They would pray, asking their ancestor’s permission to be married
Task 2:
Listen again and answer the questions .
3. When do the groom and the bride exchange their wedding rings ?
After they pray and ask their ancestor’s permission to be married
Task 2:
Listen again and answer the questions .
4.Where is the wedding banquet usually held ?
At the groom’s and the bride’s home or at a hotel or a restaurant
Task 2:
Listen again and answer the questions .
5. What do the groom, the bride and their parents do at the wedding banquet ?
They stop by each table to say thanks to their guests
After you listen
Work in group . Discuss the question :
What do families often do to prepare for a wedding ceremony ?
Pictures about wedding of different cultures
Vietnam
The West




An ancient royal wedding
Wedding in China
India
Wedding in America
Wedding in Laos
Wedding in Thailand
Wedding in Cambodia
The end
Thank you very much