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An American Wedding
American weddings are not always the same.I'd like to show you pictures of my wedding.When we got engaged, an announcement was published in the newspaper.The announcement typically includes the names of the bride, the bridegroom and their parents and when the wedding is expected to be held.About a month before the wedding, we sent out wedding invitations to relatives and friends.This is the church where we had the wedding.My father gave me away to my future husband.Then the minister started the wedding ceremony.He greeted the guests and talked about the meaning of marriage.Next, we exchanged vows and gave each other rings.This is the main part of the wedding.After the vows, the minister prayed for us.Then the minister declared us husband and wife, and we kied each other.Here is my sister, who was a bridesmaid.This is the bouquet I carried.Traditionally, the unmarried women gather after the wedding, and the bride throws her bouquet to them.The one who catches it will, according to tradition, be the next person to get married.At the reception, we cut the wedding cake and fed each other bites of the cake.Then we toasted each other with champagne.Finally the reception was over, and the
minister signed the marriage certificate and we were legally married.Dating in America
Before marriage, younger Americans date each other, that is, they often go out together.Casual dating usually begins in the early teens, and in the late teens a pattern of steady dating develops.There is a great poibility that one goes to a dance with one person, to a football game with another, and to a picnic with a third.Sometimes two couples go out together.This is known as “double-dating”.Group dating is also popular among young people.Large groups of boys and girls may go around together.Young people may go out together for a long time, which is, in effect, a public statement of their intention to marry.Men and women go out together a great deal, especially those in cities.This is “adult dating”.They ski together and they dine together, either at restaurants or in each other's homes.The American dating system is a rather casual one.Often young Americans who hardly know each other go out on dates.It is also acceptable for them to arrange a “blind date”, that is, a date between two young people who have not met before.
