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7. They’re happily married.

Use these words and expressions in the text below:

silver wedding

get married

happily married

golden wedding

I’m Keith Barratt. I’m 21 and a student. I’m still single and probably won’t (1)……….. till I’m nearer 30.

My parents are very (2)………………………….. .

They were married for 3 years before I was born, so next year they’re celebrating their (3) ………………… anniversary.

Last year my grandparents celebrated their (4) …………………….. – 50 years with the same person! That’s quite an achievement!

8. When things go wrong

Complete the following sentences with the words and phrases below:

  1. destroy our marriage

  2. broke up

  3. get a divorce

  4. left him

  5. got custody of the children

  6. saved our marriage

  7. didn’t work out

  8. separated

  1. His wife … two years ago for another man.

  2. I was so happy when I got married but things … and we split up three years ago,

  3. Our marriage … after my wife discovered I’d been seeing somebody else.

  4. My wife and I … last year. We hadn’t been very happy for a while. We’ve now decided that the best thing is to …. .

  5. A few years ago my husband started seeing another woman. I tried to forgive him but it was impossible. In the end it … .

  6. Things started to go wrong after about three years. I guess we just got bored of each other. Then I had a baby and thing got much better. I think that’s what …

  7. I got divorced five years ago. Unfortunately, my ex-wife … and now I only see them at the weekend and for a few weeks during the summer.

9. Discuss these questions:

1. What do you think is the average cost of a wedding in your country?

2. Who usually pays for the wedding in your country?

3. What do they spend money on?

10. A) Read the magazine article.

Ginny Bell looks at her friend’s chances of having a happy marriage.

When Olivia first started going out with Tony, I thought it would never last. Two months later, she told me they were getting married. I thought she should put the wedding off for a few months until she knew Tony better. “He really is the one”, Olivia told me. She’d add the same thing about her last three husbands, but I didn’t like to point this out to her.

When Olivia asked me to be her bridesmaid, I tried to get out of the whole thing because I didn’t want to see her make the same mistake again. However, I couldn’t come up with a good excuse, so there I was again; standing outside the church wondering how much Olivia’s parents had spent this time. A typical wedding costs about £ 16,000 and lasts six hours, so that’s about £ 2,600 an hour. Olivia must be a very expensive daughter to have.

At the church Olivia introduced me by saying, “This is Ginny. She’s been a bridesmaid at all my weddings”. And indeed I had. I wondered how long it would be before Olivia and Tony split up, adding £ 15,000 – the average cost of a divorce – to the cost of the wedding. Fortunately, Olivia got over her last three divorces quickly and is still friends with all her ex-husbands.

So what are their chances of a successful marriage? The day before the wedding I came across a newspaper report which said that the number of divorces in the UK is still going up, while the number of people getting married is falling. I looked some figures up and found out that in 1971 there were 499,000 weddings in the UK, bur in 2001 there were 286,000. And as for divorce, where you live makes a huge difference. For example, the divorce rate in the UK is 53%, but in Italy it’s only 12%.

When my husband and I were leaving the reception, Olivia said, “You two have never fallen out, have you? How can I make this marriage last?” Well, Olivia, what can I say? Move to Italy!