2011-2012 KazGASA English Auezova G.T.

Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering

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Subject: English DGHT

Credits 2 Academic year: 2011-2012

Practical lesson 18 2- term Intermediate

Grammar: Reported speech. “Life’s great events”.

Assistant professor Auezova Gulnara Toleukhanovna

Read the text and discuss the questions below the text.

Kazakh wedding ceremony and traditions

The formal marriage proposal begins with a delegation from the groom’s parents visiting the house of the bride. The delegation typically consists of five to ten of the family’s most respected relatives. Wedding arrangements are then made during the wedding ceremony. It is obligatory to pay the kalym (in the past, cattle; nowadays, cash), which the bride’s parents then use to purchase a gift for the newlyweds, such as furniture, home electronics, etc.

The wedding consists of two parts: the bride’s farewell and the official wedding.

The religious part of the Kazakh wedding ceremony is called Neke Qiyu. The wedding process may take up to many weeks and even months to complete. This is because a Kazakh marriage, like marriages in most Muslim societies, involves a contract between families which requires negotiation.

The Neke Qiyu usually takes place on the evening of the day the bride is revealed to her groom's family. This festive ceremony is called betashar (Kazakh: Беташар) or "revealing of the face." After she shows respect to her groom's family, the veil is lifted and the bride receives a kiss from her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law then puts a white scarf on her head to symbolize her marital status and then welcomes her into the groom's family.

After several hours of feasting, a mullah arrives. He performs the Neke Qiyu. Even though the betashar is performed outside in the garden in the presence of many relatives and friends, the Neke Qiyu is performed inside with close relatives only. The mullah and the couple sit facing one another. He briefly recites some verses from the Quran and asks the couple to confess the faith of Islam. When this ceremony is done, the couple must go and register their marriage at the state registry office.

After the wedding (usually the next day), the groom’s family hosts a Kelin tea ceremony, in which the new wife serves everyone tea, for which the guests offer her money.

While there are over a hundred ethnicities living in Kazakhstan, this post will only describe the wedding traditions of the Kazakhs themselves. The most important wedding traditions are: the formal marriage proposal (kuda tusu), the bridal payment (kalym), the bride’s farewell (kyz uzatu), revealing the face of the bride (betashar), the wedding and post-wedding ceremonies.

1. Is there anything common between Kazakh and English wedding traditions?

2. What Kazakh wedding tradition do you like best and why?

3. What is your opinion about the bridal payment (kalym)?

4. What post wedding ceremonies and other wedding traditions do you know?

5. Put questions to the text.

We use reported speech to report what someone has said without using their exact words .

When we change direct speech to reported speech, we often make the verb form go one tense back.

‘Tom lives in Germany,’ said Claire.

Claire said that Tom lived in Germany.

Direct speech	Reported speech
Present continuous→	Past continuous
‘She’s sleeping,’ he said.	He said she was sleeping.
Past simple→	Past perfect
‘He fell over,’ he said.	He said he had fallen over.
Present perfect→	Past perfect
‘They’ve lost their money,’ he said.	He said they had lost their money.
Can→	Could
‘She can swim,’ he said.	He said she could swim
Will→	Would
‘ They will be late,’ he said	He said they would be late.

Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech.

1. ‘I didn’t finish the report yesterday,’ said Rebecca

Rebecca said .

2. ‘I’m having problems with my computer,’ she said/

She said .

3. ‘I haven’t been able to log onto the Internet this week,’ she told Ben.

She told .

4. ‘I’ll look at it for you some time today,’ said Ben

Ben said .

5. ‘If you can mend my computer, I’ll cook you dinner,’ said Rebecca

Rebecca told Ben .

6. ‘That sounds fine by me,’ said Ben

Ben said .

Listening of the text (6.4) [1]

Give the definitions or translations of the following words and word combinations.

To check in, to be a complete mess, to be filthy, to ask for the bill, to charge, to take the ravioli off the bill.

After listening answer the following questions:

1. Why did he ask the taxi driver to stop the taxi and he get out of it?

2. Why did he ask the receptionist to give another room?

3. Why did he require the waitress to take the ravioli off the bill?

4. What do all three people complain about?

5. Can you remember a time when you complained to someone? What was the problem?

OFFICE HOURS

1. Prepare retelling p.20 [2

2. Lexical-grammar exercises 2,4. [4]

3. Discussing about the birthday party you liked.

GLOSSARY

English	Russian	Kazakh
bride	невеста	кел
wedding	свадьба
newlyweds
negotiation	переговор
groom	жених
to check in	зарегистрироваться
to be filthy
to complain	жаловаться

LITERATURE:

1. “New English File” by Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig. Student’s Book. Oxford University Press,

2007.

2. Audio Disc of “New English File” for Elementary level.

3. “Essential Grammar in Use” by R.Murphy. Second Edition. Cambridge, 2007.

5. Internet resources: www.learningenglish.com