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- Greg Malivuk
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- Homework: finish part B (6-10)
- 6 The husband-to-be lives in Lebanon, which is a country in the Middle East.
- 7 He owns a business(,) which is very successful.
- 8 People who know him say he is very nice.
- 9 Jamila, who wants to go to college in her new country, ran away from home rather than marry the man.
- (Jamila, who ran away from home rather than marry the man, wants to go to college in her new country.)
- 10 Mr. and Mrs. Haddad, who thought they had arranged a good future for their daughter, don’t understand why she ran away.
- (Mr. and Mrs. Haddad, who don’t understand why she ran away, thought they had arranged a good future for their daughter.)
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- Are there any advantages to arranged marriages?
- - Maybe the man has money.
- - It may be a political advantage for the families.
- - Easier than marriage for personal love (you don’t have to date and make difficult decisions about who to marry).
- - You know beforehand that your family will approve of your partner.
- Disadvantages?
- - Maybe you won’t like your future spouse.
- - Maybe you don’t feel comfortable with the person.
- - You have no choice about who you marry. = You don’t have any choice about who you marry.
- - The marriage may not be happy.
- - You may not have anything in common.
- - You may not get along with each other’s friends.
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- wife / husband / spouse
- sister / brother / sibling
- daughter / son / child
- mother / father / parent
- fiancée / fiancé / x
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- If you meet someone at a party, what do you tell them about yourself? (singular “they”)
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