In this part we continue working in unit 10.
For this next part write a short paragraph as a comment below giving your personal opinion on the following ideas:
- What is the best age to get married?
- Is it necessary for someone to get married to achieve the ultimate happiness?
- Why do you think some marriages are successful meanwhile some others end in divorce?
- What is your position towards marriage?
Once you hace completed that task in your book do the reading "For Better, For Worse" and complete exercise 2a and 2b. Post your answers as a comment.
I think the best age to get married could be around 28-32 years old, when both members of the couple have economical independence and they are mature enought to face this new life style. However, what I can assure is that getting married should not be necessary to achieve the ultimate happiness, you do not need to stay with someone to enjoy your life, to feel yourself special or to care about you, maybe this is one of the reason why the divorces are increasing every year.. people are always expecting and waiting to get everything from others, why do not we start to look for our happiness inside us? in the nature, in the opportunities we get every day, in the love we can give to other ones. I think the key of a happy marriage and a happy life is to love without attachments. I do not really care about marriage, I do not I think I need to get married to be happy with my couple.
ResponderBorrar2a.
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2b.
€ 20,000: the cost of a typical wedding in UK.
459,000: the number of weddings in the UK in 1971.
six hours: how much time does a wedding last.
231,000: the number of weddings in the UK in 2009.
€ 3,300: the cost per hour of a typical wedding in UK.
45% the rate of divorces in UK.
€ 15, 000: the average cost of a divorce.
12%: divorce rate in Italy.
Marriage has been one, and the most common lifestyle over centuries, regardless of age, religion, social status, and, sexual orientation. Talking about ages, in my opinion the best age to get married, is the one when you feel sure that you want to like the rest of your life with that person, bearing in mind whether or not both of us are economically independent, or is studying, also both of us must be mature enough to face this new lifestyle. Initially is said that marriage has been one of the most common lifestyles, because lots of people have had a life without getting married a single time in their life (also lots of people have gotten married with half the global population), and they have been happy like that, focused on their studies, globetrotting, giving their life to a sport or religion. Also, some of the couples who get married get divorced by countless reasons: The relationship wasn't working, my husband/wife cheated on me, etc. This problems have to be solved before getting married, because once you're married, it's way complicated to get single again. My position about marriage at this moment is a maybe, it'd depend on my future plans, my sport, my studies, my family, and oter things.
ResponderBorrar*Exercise 2A*
1. Fourth
2. Went
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*Exercise 2B*
£20,000 and six hours: The cost and time of a common wedding in UK
£3,300: Cost per hour of a wedding in UK
£15,000: Cost of a divorce in UK
459,000: Number of weddings in 1975 on the UK
231,000: Number of weddings in 2009 on the UK
45% and 12%: Rate of divorce in UK and Italy respectively
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ResponderBorrarMarriage in our culture has the tendency to relate to religion. You can get legally married or have the whole ceremony at the church, I don’t have a strong opinion on what is the best age to get married. If people love each other and want to spend the rest of their lives together then do it whenever you want, because the benefits regarding your bills is important. If you get married with the Christian Church just remember to consider that if the marriage doesn’t work and you get a divorce complications are to be expected. Actually, the reason that got you in the marriage process doesn’t matter, what does matter is if the couple is ready to handle the whole situation or if they are ready to grow together and make each other better because if not the marriage will end in divorce. I’m sure of one thing, a paper or a ceremony can’t give, at least to me, the ultimate happiness, but if someone thinks that it actually can then good for them, we all think different.
ResponderBorrar2a
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2b
£20 000 is the cost of a typical wedding in the UK, which lasts around six hours, this means that every hour costs £3,300.
£15,000 is the average cost of a divorce
In 1971 there were 459,000 weddings in the UK but in 2009 the number of weddings went down to 231,000.
The divorce rate in the UK is about 45% but in Italy this rate is 12%
The difference in the divorce rate is huge!!!
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ResponderBorrarI think that the best age to get married is around 29 years old, when both are mature enough and also economically stable and independent. But if you love someone and you want to spend the rest of your life with that person, just do it, the age is not really important. However, you don´t need to get married to achieve the ultimate happiness; for me, being in love, truly in love, should be enough. Nowadays, its very common to people divorce, and I think the reason is the lack of comunication, the lack of respect for themself, and most important I believe God must be the nucleus of their marriage.
ResponderBorrarMaybe someday I'll get married, but is not in my plans.
Exercise 2a:
1- Fourth
2- Went
3- Had
4- Has
5- Fewer
Exercise 2b:
A typical wedding in the UK cost about £20,000 and last six hours, so that's about £3,300 an hour.
£15,000: the average cost of a divorce if you have to go to court.
459,000: the number of weddings in the UK in 1971
231,000: the number of weddings in the UK in 2009.
45%: divorce rate in the UK.
12%: divorce rate in Italy.
2a:
ResponderBorrarfourth
went
had
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2b:
A wedding in the UK costs £20 000 and lasts about 6 hours, this means that the cost per hour is £3,300.
£15,000 is the average cost of a divorce
In 1971 there were 459,000 weddings in the UK but in 2009 there were 231,000.
The divorce rate in the UK is about 45% and 12% in Italy
I don’t think there is such thing as “the best age to get married” because in my opinion marriage is about love, mutual respect, support and commitment so I didn’t see how age is related to it. Everyone has a different idea of how to achieve the ultimate happiness and that is quite a personal choice so it’s up to each one whether or not marriage is the way to achieve it. Some people are forced into marriage and some others get married just because they can without thinking what do being married means, that’s why divorce is such a common thing. In my opinion marriage is overrated, but why does my opinion matter anyway? It’s not like I can get married haha.
BorrarI think the best age to get married is when people are 30-35 years old because they are economically independent and mature enough to know what they want and what is best for them. Also, ultimate happiness can be obtained in many different ways and among those ways marriage is just one method. This means that marriage does not necessarily involves ultimate happiness. I think some marriages are successful and others don't because some marriages can be made under certain circumstances, for example if the boyfriend leaves the girlfriend pregnant, so in that case marriage is just to hide the background situation; also, people change with time, so this changes can be good or bad for a marriage. Success in marriage depends mainly in how the couple behaves. Finally, I think marriage is a good thing because it is a way of acquiring stability, however nowadays its true meaning is taken in a pretty slight way, and this must change.
ResponderBorrarExercise 2.a.
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Exercise 2.b.
A typical wedding in the UK costs 20 000 pounds and lasts six hours, so that's about 3 300 pounds per hour.
The average cost of a divorce if you have to go to court is 15 000 pounds.
459 000 poeple married in the UK in 1971, while only 231 000 people married in the UK in 2009.
The divorce rate in the UK is 45%, while in Italy it's only 12%.
I think the best age for marriage is after 28 years of age, when both have enjoyed independence, they enjoy your salary, travel, buy a car and have the maturity to meet a marriage, they came to understand that not marry to achieve fill a void within himself, but to build a life together but be happy regardless, but I really do not think that I need to be married with a stable and happy couple.
ResponderBorrarExercise 2a.
fourth
went
had
has
fewer
Exercise 2b:
A typical wedding in the UK cost about £20,000 and last six hours, so that's about £3,300 an hour.
£15,000: the average cost of a divorce if you have to go to court.
In 1971 there were 459,000 weddings in the UK but in 2009 the number of weddings went down to 231,000.
The divorce rate in the UK is about 45% but in Italy this rate is 12%
There’s not something like a specific age for getting married. Marriage is for people who get in love and want to do it. There are persons who never get married and other ones get married very young; it doesn’t matter what age you have, you only have to be sure of what you are doing. If someone thinks that getting married will be the achievement of the ultimate happiness, he or she is wrong! Getting married is just an action that maybe will make you happy (temporary), but people need to understand that happiness only depends on them and that they can’t always be happy, and there is not something as the ultimate happiness. This could be easily understood seeing how many divorces there are all around the world. In this cases there’s not only one explanation for the divorces, that’s something that just happen… sometimes people make bad decisions, or marriage is not what they expected so they get divorced, but in other cases marriages are successful. Opinions about marriage vary, mine is that if you are going to marriage someone you have to be sure of what you are doing.
ResponderBorrar2a.
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2b.
Atypical wedding in UK costs about £20,000.
It is £3,300 for each hour of a six hour wedding.
The average cost of a divorce going to court is £15,000.
There were 459,000 weddings in the UK in 1971.
In 2009 there were 231,000 weddings.
The divorce rate in the UK is about 45%
In Italy the divorce rate is 12%
I think Marriage is not about an age, is about love but people need to have a level of mature to get marry with someone. So I think is not about an age, but we must take into account that with the pass of the years we adquire experiences and mature then age is a factor but not the most important. For some people is really important get married but, i think married is not the ultimate happiness because married is about love and love is not always happiness. The problem is that people make decisions without thinking so when they are in love they get married and don't think about consequenses, that is the reason of some marriages are successful meanwhile some others end in divorce.You need to enjoy your life, you need to know yourself and love yourself, you need to learn about world and need to know the way you wan't to move in your life, you need to be economically stable and you need to respect yourself to say you love someone more at the point you want to spend the rest of your life with him or her. That is my position about married.
ResponderBorrar2a
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2b
A typical wedding in the Uk is £20,000 and last six hours, so that's about £3,300 an hour.
The average cost of a divorce going to court is £15,000.
In 1971 there were 459,000 weddings in the UK but in 2009 the number of weddings went down to 231,000.
Divorse rate--> UK: 45%, Italy> 12%
Marriage in many cases you will get happy, because of living the rest of your life with the person you love. Actually the most of the marriage end in divorces. Because they aren't enough mature to afford it.
ResponderBorrarExercise 2a)
fourth
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Exercise 2b)
A typical wedding in the UK cost about £20,000 and last six hours, so that's about £3,300 an hour.
£15,000: the average cost of a divorce if you have to go to court.
In 1971 there were 459,000 weddings in the UK but in 2009 the number of weddings went down to 231,000.
The divorce rate in the UK is about 45% but in Italy this rate is 12%
I think that the age of marriage depends of lots of situations, but in my case I think that the perfect time in your life to wet married is around 27 and 29 years old, because on this time you are supposed to have your own work and money but more important you have time and you are mature to lose some things in order to win a better life. I want to get married someday but until I raise that day I will but before that I will achieve ultimate happiness, because that depends of us (individuals). In the case of divorce I think that the people married to young or loving some person they didn’t knew; I think that the divorce is one of the most difficult thing a person has to pass throw.
ResponderBorrar2a
Exercise 2a:
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4- Has
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2b
£20,000 The cost of a typical wedding in the UK and last six hours,( about £3,300 an hour.)
£15,000: the average cost of a divorce if you have to go to court.
459,000: the number of weddings in the UK in 1971
231,000: the number of weddings in the UK in 2009.
45%: divorce rate in the UK.
12%: divorce rate in Italy.
I think the best age to get married is thirty years old, because it is an age where most people have lived their youth completely and they can plan the possibility of settling down in a family. But it is not necessary for someone to get married to achieve the ultimate happiness. In fact many people do not want to marry because it is very complicated. I think the successful depends of the people, the conditions and the ability to overcome difficulties together. I think the marriage is not necessary to be happy with your couple, but the marriage is a symbol that represents the affection and love.
ResponderBorrarExercise 2a
1 Fourth
2 Went
3 Had
4 Has
5 Fewer
Exercise 2b
A typical wedding in the UK costs about € 20,000 and lasts six hours, so that’s about € 3,300 an hour. The divorce average costs about € 15, 000. And in 1971 there were 459 000 weddings in the UK, but in 2009 there were only 231 000. The rate in the UK is about 45%, but in Italy it’s only 12%
I think the best age to get married is different for women than for men but only if the person will like to form a family by their own, if thats the case for women will be from 25 to 30 year old and man +30; but most important is both to have economic independence. I think marriage is not the proof of love and never a happy to be goal; is just a formal way to promise love to someone. Humans have the problem (in certain way), of been emotional, everyone wants to be love and happy, so many times "been in love of the feelings" is confused with "being deeply in love with someone", for me thats the main reason of divorce. And to end, I think marriage is just a cute celebration to spend money and demonstrate others you are doing the right thing with your live; persons deeply in love don’t need all that “theatre” to promise love for ever.
ResponderBorrarExercise 2.a.
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Exercise 2.b.
* A typical wedding in the UK costs 20 000 pounds and lasts six hours, so that's about 3 300 pounds per hour.
The average cost of a divorce if you have to go to court is 15 000 pounds.
459 000 poeple married in the UK in 1971, while only 231 000 people married in the UK in 2009.
The divorce rate in the UK is 45%, while in Italy it's only 12%.