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Fred, you know who John Taylor is, don't you?
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Of course I know who he is. He's president of the Senior Class!
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Well, John and Alice White are getting married...
and right after
graduation.
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Getting married! I didn't even know they were engaged! |
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You mean you haven't noticed Alice's ring?
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No, I haven't seen her for a long time.
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Actually, I don't see Alice very much either. I guess she's been pretty
busy.
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Are getting
married.
The two-word verb get
married has largely replaced the intransitive use of the verb marry (but not the transitive use: He married his boyhood sweetheart). Like many two-word verbs (get
up, sit down), get married has the stronger stress on the second word. Here, as in
many cases, the progressive form of the verb is used to indicate future time:
John and Alice are going to get married.
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You
mean to say...?
is ellipsis for Do you mean to
say...?
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Actually
= really, as a matter of fact.
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I
guess = I imagine, I suppose.
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CULTURAL
BACKGROUND
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The class graduating from
secondary school is called the Senior Class. In general, all high-school
classes every year hold class elections, often accompanied by campaigning,
speech making, and election promises. Patterned after national elections for
public office, these are considered firsthand training in self-government.
One of the highest school honors is to be elected president of the Senior
Class. John and Alice are “engaged" to be married. He
has given her an "engagement" ring to indicate their mutual commitment.
An engagement may last only a short while, or it may be months or even
years before the couple gets married. The modern trend is to short engagements.
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Source:
English Teaching Forum - Author: Julia Dobson |
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