III. Follow-up activities

1. Agree or disagree: “You cannot succeed if you don’t know the right people”. You can refer to Danny’s case or you can speak about Becky, Robyn, Elinor or Alicia.

2. Work in pairs. Persuade your interlocutor that things shouldn’t be done “by half-measures”. Choose your part: a. Becky is speaking to Danny about his future career; b. Robyn is speaking to Becky about her New York wedding ceremony; c. Elinor is speaking to Becky about her wish to have a wedding ceremony in Oxshott.

3. (a) You are a student taking a cross-cultural studies course. You assignment is to compare British and American wedding ceremonies and preparations for them in terms of cultural peculiarities. Deliver the results of your findings to your class in the form of a report. (b) You are a friend of Becky’s and have attended both of her wedding ceremonies. Share your impressions of them explaining which variant you would rather choose if you were in Becky’s shoes.

Unit 3

The Press

Do We Have the Press We Deserve?

I. Vocabulary work

Study the following words.

Salacious, voracious, sibling, delve, ogle, harrowing, hapless, flawed, crass, besmirch, jeopardize, hallmark, gloat, liaison, freelance, muckraking, discreet, harass, fraud, lowbrow, prurient.