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B2U14 The Wedding StoryText comprehension I. Decide which of the following beat states the purpose of the play. _A. To show what a perfect wedding in a fairy tale is like.B. To tell how far apart the true courting experience of a young couple and a idealized love story in a fairy tale can be.C. To tell the audience what ups and downs a young couples love undergoes.II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.1. The original purpose of the storytellers is to tell children a nice bedtime story.2. The storyteller intends to tell the children a love story exactly the same as what a young couple have experienced.3. The woman accuses the man of being a racist.4. The young couple do not have a good understanding about each other.5. The storytellers second version of the love story is a miserable one, which is interrupted by the young man and the women.III. Answer the following questions.1. How is the setting of the ideal love story described?2. How do young couple feel about the first version of the wedding story? Pick up some sentences to support your answer.3. What evidence suggests that the couples relationship is far from the flawless fairy tale the storyteller describes?4. According to the bride, what are weddings and marriages like for ordinary people?5. Why does the storyteller give the second version of the wedding story? How does it differ from his fairy tale?IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.1. How many of those kids will live up to your version of the story? None! They cant. Its too much pressure. Its like why Catholic women are all messed up. You cant be a virgin AND be a mother.(lines 125-127)2. Shes got a point there. Youre opening yourself up for multiple class-action suits.(lines 144-145)VocabularyI. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.1. Good night, sleep tight, dont let the bedbugs bite.2. A young man stood by her side, smart as a whip and handsome as a polo horse.3. Now, before I was interrupted for the umpteenth time, boys and girls, I was saying that.4. Well far be it from me to give little souls something to which to aspire.To stay deep in the dark closet, the man proposed to the woman, and since shes 35 and, lets face it, not getting any younger.II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.Hang out end up impressionable prototype racist set in ad-lib major1. The other actors were thrown into confusion when she started _ her final speech.2. Soon after the business started, a long economic downturn _.3. The senator was accused of being a _ after refusing to allow a black journalist into his mansion in Georgia.4. Funds for continued testing of the _ran out last week.5. Its wrong that _young minds should be subject to this sort of propaganda in school.6. Students _ in a foreign language often take time out to live in the country where the languages is spoken.7. Forbes _ in prison for not paying his taxes.8. Youll probably find Murphy in that bar-he often _ there.III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1. The _ of new ideas and dissident views only led to greater distrust of the government. (suppress)2. China has been the _ for a new and distinct ideological growth in the West.(inspire)3. _ is just as important as romantic life.(compatible)4. There seems to have been a disturbing growth in _ among young people in the new European states. (racist)5. All _ teachers in the state must learn about sex discrimination.(aspire)6. No one ever listens to me, she said _.(pathetic)7. She threw a kiss as a _.(salute)8. She rocked the baby _ in her arms until he fell asleep.(soothing)IV. Choose the words or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each sentence without changing its original meaning.1. I love listening to Bachs music-I find it very soothing, especially when Ive had a hard day at work.A. sweet B.touching C.comforting D.soft2. Her resignation will do little to inspire confidence in a company that is already struggling for survival.A.restore B.motivate C.gain D.give3. He stood in the doorway and yelled out, Anybody home? at the top of his voice.A.shrieked B.shouted C.yelped D.screamed4. At their best, arranged marriages are about matching people who are compatible.A.have a soft spot for each other B.are fond of each otherC.are intended for each other D. Are well suited5. He didnt appear to remember our encounter last year and nodded when we were introduced.A. promise B.appointment C.meeting D.greeting6. We found a small dog sitting outside the back door looking pathetic.A. pitiful B.funny C.cute D.tired7. He tried ha
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