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My future family

1. Read what these young people say about their ideas of marriage.

Simo, 18. He is against getting married young.

I won`t get married until I am thirty or more. When people get married young they usually divorce. They marry for love, but when that dies they find they have nothing in common. They have a family before they are ready. Then they blame their partner for all the fun they are missing.

Martha, 18. She is against getting married at all.

I will never get married. When a girl gets married she is expected to look after her husband – to cook for him, wash and iron his clothes, keep his house clean. That is not fair. Then when she has children, she has to give up her job and stay at home. A married girl losses all of her independence. She stops being a person and becomes a wife.

Lizzie, 18. She has got different ideas about marriage.

I hope I get married. When a girl gets married she loves her husband and is loved by a man she wants to be with. And Id love to be a mother of two or three children. I want to have a house of my own and a garden with many flowers in it. I don`t want to spend my life in an office or behind a cash desk in a shop. I want my own home.

1. Hold a class discussion. Say whose idea of marriage you support. Work out as many good reasons as you can together

• For getting married;

• Against getting married;

• For getting married young;

• Against getting married young.

1. Work out a description of your ideal marriage partner. Choose the six personal characteristics you would most like to see in your partner. Make use of the list of words below if necessary.

Amusing

Faithful

Truthful

Patient

Intellectual

Generous

Rich

Attractive

Talkative

Ambitious

Tidy

Decisive

Broad-minded

Caring

1. Work in groups or pairs. Tell each other the six personal characteristics you have chosen from the list above to describe yourself. Does your classmate agree with your description? What does he/she say to it?