Special occasionsWedding Birthdaytraditional Chinese wedding Churching weddingBride/bridegroom/bridesmaid/groomsman Bride/bridegroom/bridesmaid/groomsmanTraditional Chinese wedding1. How to prepare before the wedding ceremony for the bride and bridegroom?Buy wedding rings.Buy or hire wedding dress and wedding suitOrder a big bunch of flowers\ book the hotel for relatives and friends far awaySend out invitationTo choose a lucky dayDecide where to have the honeymoon2. During the wedding ceremony:1.The bridegroom goes to the bride's house to welcome her. There are so many ways to escort thebride.2.Set off fireworks and firecrackers3.Colorful ribbons are thrown all over the bride and bridegroom4.Bow to Heaven and Earth5.Have a big wedding banquet.3. On the wedding banquet：The relatives and friends will give them best wishes for example:A harmonious union lasting a hundred yearsDouble happinessEarly birth of a healthy babyEver-lasting loveA churching wedding1.In church2.Wedding march: When the wedding march begins, the bride is coming with her father .3.Ceremony：The bride in a wedding dress, the groom in a swallow-tailed coatThe priest hosts the ceremony4.Wedding rings：The bride and bride groom exchange their wedding rings and vows5.Take a photo togetherWedding is a kind of Love's Witness. Different weddings have different characters. Everyone can choose what they like.Traditional Japanese weddingKey words & ExpressionsGet married 结婚receive something from... 收礼festivity 活动firework 烟花wedding day 婚礼举行日bride 新娘bridegroom or groom 新郎groomsman 伴郎bridesmaid 伴娘honeymoon 蜜月wedding dress 结婚礼服bless 祝福Wedding march 婚礼进行曲wedding banquet 婚宴propose a toast 举杯酒champagne 香槟wedding anniversary 结婚纪念auspicious 幸运的memorial 记忆的marriage certificate结婚证wedding ceremony 结婚典礼GrammarA: Have you bought your wedding rings?B: Not yet. We’ll buy our wedding rings this Friday.A: Will you send Jerry an invitation?B: Yes, of course. I’ll send him the invitation.Sentence structure1. somebody+ will\shall+动词原形（shall只用于第一人称) Will you be at home at seven this evening?2. hope, take care that, make sure that…Make sure that the windows are closed before you leave the room.3. be about to +不定式，意为马上做某事。

( 注意：be about to 不能与tomorrow, next week 等表示明确将来时的时间状语连用)1. Weddings have always been a big affair in China.2. In cities or towns, the wedding will usually be held in a hotel, where the couples wait to greet each guest at the door.3. When a Chinese couple gets married, everything they have when they start their lives together must be brand new.E&C Round1. Examiner: Have you celebrated your parents' wedding anniversary?Candidate:Step 1. Directly answer the question, and show what you idea on it..Step 2. If your answer is yes, tell more about it…Step 3. To show him what impressed you most…Candidate:Step1. Yes, I have. My parents have been a couple for …years. So, we celebrated their wedding anniversary last time.Step2. I bought some beautiful flowers such as carnations or roses for them with my lucky money which I got on the Spring Festival. i made a card and wrote a letter to show my thanks and my deep love to them. We had big dinner together.Step 3. I wish my parents long life, ever-lasting love, and happiness…2. Examiner: What is difference between western wedding ceremony and Chinese wedding ceremony?Candidate:Step1. List the exactly ways of holding a wedding ceremony…Step2. As far as you know, showing more about it…Step3. Show the most different between Chinese Wedding and Western Wedding party…Western Wedding:1)…is often held in a religious building such as a church…2) …In church, the friends and family of the bride sit on one side of the aisle…and those of the groom on the other…3)…the bride arrives last, the groom and the best man wait for her at the end of the aisle, near the altar. The bride is “given away”by her father…4)…exchange marriage vows and gold rings and kiss the bride…5)…brides wear white, supposedly to represent purity or virginity...6)…the wedding cake is traditionally in England…bride and groom kiss over their all cake for luck and then cut the first piece together…7)…no real rules for a western wedding…8)…even religious ceremonies can be held at a couple’s venue of choice, or outdoors…Chinese Wedding:1)…have always been a big affair in…the first step in any wedding is to propose.2)…he bridegroom provides the new home while the bride’s family donate the dowry like air conditioners, stereos or color TVs …3)…On the wedding day, couples often begin at the photo studio…4)…getting their pictures taken before going home to put on their wedding clothes…5)…however real fireworks are now outlawed in big cities, these are often recorded fireworks...6)…wedding will usually be held in a hotel…to greet each guest at the door…7)…the bridesmaid (s) and best man help their friends to perform their wedding duties.8)... during the meal, each table must propose a toast…BirthdayKey words & Expressionsbirthday party 生日聚会Fast -food restaurant 快餐店appetizer 开胃pizza比萨cheese cake 奶酪饼fried wings/ chicken 炸鸡翅toast / French toast 吐司roast 烤鸡steak 牛排green salad\vegetable salad 沙拉take friends out for dinner 带朋友出去吃饭decorate 装饰light the candles点蜡烛make a wish许愿do housework 做家务singing and dancing 载歌载舞eat noodle for a long life 吃长寿面eat eggs吃鸡蛋balloon 气球color bars 彩棒Sentences structure1.In my opinion\In my point of view 在我看来2. As far as I am concerned,…..\As for me… 至于我……，我相信……，对我而言……3. Attitude towards it varies a lot\ 人们对这个观点的态度不一4. Frankly speaking,\(To be frank) \To be honest 坦白的说/老实说5. Actually..\To tell the truth….6. I agree with ….我同意（谁）的观点\7. I side with those people who…我同意这些人的观点6. It depends\依情况而定Different people have different ….不同的人持有不同的观点7. I think (don’t) think… 我（不）认为8. Of course,…当然，Absolutely….完全\Exactly确切，完全，恰恰9. Oh. it is difficult. for me to make a choice (tell the differences), you know…(on one hand…….on the other hand….) 对我来说作出选择（说出不同点）太难了，你要知道，一方面……另一方面……10. Well, it is an interesting (tough\although)question (because...),let me think, en……. 它是一个有趣的问题，让我想想。