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Cultural Events: Wedding Customs Vocabulary and Symbolism

Learn about wedding customs, cultural events, and symbolism related to weddings. Explore vocabulary and meanings used in weddings, such as purity, modesty, and eternal symbols. Enhance your understanding of traditional and modern wedding practices.

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Cultural Events: Wedding Customs Vocabulary and Symbolism

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  1. Practical English (1): Advanced Instructor: Dr. Yi-Cheng Huang Course Code: A8427230 School of Medicine Time: 13:30-16:20 Date: Dec. 24, 2007

  2. Course Description of Today • 1. Chapter 1, Unit 5: Cultural Events—Wedding Customs • 2. Self-Introduction • 3. Roll Call

  3. Vocabulary: Paragraph 1 and 2 • 1 bride (groom): a woman who is getting married or who has just got married • 2 ancient: very old; having existed for a long time • 3 purity: the state of being clean, not dirty or polluted (vs. pollution) • 4 fabric: cloth, material

  4. Vocabulary: Paragraph 1 and 2 • 5 progress: to move ahead • 6 veil: a piece of thin soft cloth that women sometimes wear over their heads and which can also cover their face • 7 modesty: acting, behaving, or dressing in a way so as to not attract attention (vs. show off)

  5. Vocabulary: Paragraph 3 • 1 symbol: a symbol of something is a shape or design that is used to represent it • 2 eternal: lasting forever, timeless • 3 union: a joining of forces • 4 engrave: to cut or crave words, pictures, or designs in metal, stone, etc. • 5 vice versa: the same, but also in reverse, the opposite is also true • 6 vein: a small tube in the body that carries blood to the heart (vs. artery)

  6. Vocabulary: Paragraph 4, 5 and 6 • 1 bloom: to flower • 2 bouquet: a group of flowers put together, usually to be given as a gift or to be held in a ceremony • 3 everlasting: never comes to an end • 4 show off: if you show off something, you show it to a lot of people or make it obvious, because you are so proud of it (vs. modesty)

  7. Vocabulary: Paragraph 4, 5 and 6 • 5 wrap: when you wrap something, you fold paper or cloth tightly round it to cover it completely • 6 boundary: the boundary of an area of land is an imaginary or real line that separates it from other area • 7 incorporate: if someone or something is incorporated into a large group, system, or area, they become a part of it

  8. Vocabulary Skill: Definitions • 1 a person who lives or resides in a certain area: resident • 2 pleasing to you: pleasant • 3 when something or someone is unlike another: different • 4 when something is immediate, quick, very fast: instant • 5 a place where people go to eat meal: restaurant • 6 empty, unoccupied: vacant • 7 an unfortunate happening, a mishap: accident • 8 a happening or occurrence: event

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