WEDDING & MARRIAGE Vocabulary in English

DING DONG! Do you hear those bells ringing? It's time for a lesson on wedding and marriage vocabulary! Do you know who the «maid of honor» is? What do you do at a «wedding shower»? And what is the meaning of the wedding rings? In this lesson, you will learn all this and more. To see if you are prepared for the big day, make sure to do the quiz and see if you've understood the lesson. Congratulations, and good luck! TRANSCRIPT Hi. James from EngVid. We are gathered here today for this thing called «life». That's a line from Prince. And I have to apologize because one of you out there said that my song was not music from Star Wars, but from Mozart. My apologies. But I'm still using it because it sounds, you know, like something horrible is about to happen, and it is. I'm going to teach you a lesson on weddings. And depending on who you are, it's a good thing or a bad thing. But anyway, here we go. One of the things we're going to talk about -- we'll talk about the rituals of weddings, and I'm going to give you some vocabulary to go with that. And just to start off the show -- I don't know who this guy is, but anyway. He's saying, «Will you marry me» to this beautiful young girl. And she's saying, «Yes. I will. Is that a diamond ring» -- another word for «wedding band» -- «or Mr. E?» We'll find out. Let's talk about weddings. Okay? Well, before we go there, here's a little joke I'd like to put to you. There are two things you will be invited to. And both of them signal the...