Intro
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From the wild hats to the public kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, the British royal family knows how to put on a good wedding. Prince William’s wedding to Catherine Middleton last week was one of the most anticipated events of the year. Over 600,000 Brits crowded into the streets to celebrate the marriage, and 2 billion people worldwide watched it on TV. Some even got up in the middle of the night in order to watch the wedding take place live!
But not everyone is that thrilled about the royal wedding. To some, it seems like a waste of money at a time when the British economy is suffering. Others find all the pomp and circumstance surrounding the wedding to be a little over the top. Find out if Marni and Amy were among the 2 billion who tuned in to see William and Kate wed.
Dialog
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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Marni: So, you’re not one of those people who like got up at the crack of dawn to watch the royal wedding, are you?
Amy: Oh my God, are you kidding? Of course I did! Who could miss it?
Marni: Really? It just seems so over the top, like all the pomp and circumstance, and the pageantry, and…
Amy: But that’s what’s so great about it! I mean, who doesn’t want to see a real-life princess, you know, in a tiara, with a beautiful long train, in a gorgeous cathedral. Handsome prince, centuries-old tradition. It’s magical!
Marni: OK, OK. Alright. Yes, granted, I’ll give you all that. But it’s just, in this day and age, it seems so irrelevant. I mean really, why is there a royal family? It’s just, there’s so much put into this, and it seems so silly to me.
Amy: So you’re telling me if somebody came up to you right now and said, “Marni, I want you to be a princess,” you would say no thank you?
Marni: Probably. Yeah. I’m just not that interested in being a princess. But I’ll pass your name along.
Amy: Yes!
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Discussion
Amy got up very early in the morning in order to watch the royal wedding take place live. Marni can’t believe it. She thinks the pomp and circumstance surrounding the wedding of William and Catherine is totally over the top. She doesn’t understand why everyone gets so excited about the royal family.
To Amy, the royal wedding was magical. It was like a real-life fairy tale. She loved all the tradition and pageantry it involved. Marni says she wouldn’t want to be a princess, but Amy definitely would.
Did you think the royal wedding was magical or silly? Does your country have a royal family? How do you feel about monarchies?
Learn the phrase fill someone’s shoes in another lesson about the royal wedding.
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