英语presentation__(Britishcultureandlife英国文化与生活).ppt

British custom and culture 郑丹 孙煜婷 张敏 庄婷 marriage meals education The marrying age According to English law , no child can get married below the age of 16. If they are between 16 and 18, the parents consent (同意 ，准许)to the marriage is necessary, but over the age of 18, the parents consent is unnecessary. Most girls and nearly all men are over 18 when they get married. The process It is quite normal for a girl of 16 to go out with a boyfriend. If they are together for a long time and know each other well, the girl would invite her boyfriend to her house to meet her parents. If they had made private promise to marry, the boy will buy an engagement ring (订婚戒指 )for the girl. If the girl changes her mind, she usually returns the ring. If they continue getting along well, the engagement ring will be replaced by the wedding ring of plain gold. Tips:The engagement ring is placed on the third finger of the girls left hand. For the wedding, most British couples, whether religious or not, will go to church to have the ceremony. For the church ceremony, the bride dressed in a long white dress and attended by her close friends and relatives. Other couples may go to a registry (登记)office to have the ceremony, where the ceremony is usually less formal and more purely legal. British meals mean different things at different times to different people. The first meal of the day is breakfast which is now often hurried and informal. Traditionally it is a hearty (丰盛) meal eaten in many homes throughout the country, particularly at weekend. The traditional English breakfast is a fried or grilled （烧烤） dish consisting of bacon, eggs and sausage （香肠）， mushrooms, tomatoes, black pudding, and fried bread or potatoes. In recent years a light breakfast , usually called continental breakfast has become popular in Britain. A light breakfast has no cooked dish and consists of fruit juice or cereal [`si?ri?]谷类食品, and marmalade [`ma:m?leid]果酱 and coffee. Lunch i