AG NIGHT...EXTREME CELEBRATIO
Language level: A2 Pre-intermediate
Standard accent: British
Speaker: Rachel Roberts
2011
Extreme Celebrations (A2)
A – Before you start
Answer the questions with a partner.
1. It's the custom for British men to to organise a celebration with their friends (stag night) before their wedding? Do Italian men have a similar custom?
2. If so, how do they usually celebrate?
3. Do women have some kind of celebration, too?
B – Listen and answer
Read these statements. Then listen (without reading) and write T (true) or F (false).
1. Traditional stag night celebrations used to take place at the groom's house.
2. The female version of the stag night is the "hen party".
3. Some people pay a company to organise their "stag do".
4. Bill Parsons didn't expect to do bungee jumping during his stag do.
5. Women never choose extreme activities for their celebration.
6. Nowadays stag dos involve less alcohol than in the past.
C – Read and answer
Read the article and the Information boxes and answer the questions.
1. Why is the stag night usually called a "stag do" now?
2. What kind of arrangements may be necessary for a stag do nowadays?
3. Where in London can you do bungee jumping?
4. Why did Bill Parsons do one?
5. What do many women prefer to do?
6. What reason does Jean Webb give for her choice?
7. What shows that bungee-jumping is very popular at the moment?
8. What effect does Zorbing have on people?
9. What do you have to do before walking on fire?
10. Where does the name Stag Night probably come from?
D – Learn it! Use it!
Complete these sentences with words from the glossary. (You may have to adapt the expression in some way; e.g. change the verb tense, or change from singular to plural.)
1. The mountain rescue team tied a ________ around the man's chest and pulled him up into the helicopter.
2. We've decided on the date of the meeting but we haven't chosen a ________ yet.
3. The man had on a short-sleeved shirt which revealed his strong ________ arms.
4. Mary works for a company that ________ special equipment for school gyms.
5. Three enemy ________ were destroyed on the first day of the battle.
6. Tim bought his mother an abstract painting and she hung it ______ ______ by mistake.
7. They're building a skyscraper over there, where those tall ________ are.
8. The egg ________ off the table and fell on the floor.
E – Ready for KET? (Paper 1: Reading and Writing, Part 6)
Read the descriptions of some words connected with getting married. Write the missing letters.
1. The ceremony in which people get married. w _ _ _ _ _ _
2. A woman who is getting married is a bride.
Instead this is the word for a man. g _ _ _ _
3. The man's friend and witness. b _ _ _ _ _ _
4. This is a long luxurious car that some
people hire for a celebration. l _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5. You make these when you organise an event. a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6. You have to make this if you want to have your
reception at a hotel or restaurant. r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
F – Check your pronunciation
One of the four words in each group has a different vowel sound. Which one?
1. solve women modern stop
2. bridge lift still high
3. prove rope chose boat
4. country bounce courage month
G– Talk about it
In pairs or groups.
1. Are there any special customs or superstitions connected with weddings in Italy or in your region?
2. Have you ever tried bungee-jumping or Zorbing?
3. If not, would you like to?
4. Do you think young people in Italy drink as much as young people in Britain?
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