2. GROUP 2:
• Bùi Bích Phương
• Đỗ Thị Nhâm
• Hoàng Thị Hải Yến
• Lê Minh Thu

3. I. INTRODUCTION
II. BODY
I. BEFORE THE WEDDING DAY
1. Choosing the day
2. Choosing place
II. ON WEDDING DAY
1. The wedding ceremony
2. After the wedding ceremony
III. CONCLUSION
IV. Q & A
V. EXERCISE

4. BEFORE WEDDING
CHOOSING DAY
Saturday is considered the most Monday for wealth
favored day to marry. Tuesday for health
Wednesday the
The Summer was considered a best day of all
Thursday for losses
good time to marry
Friday for crosses
Saturday for no
June was considered to be a luck at all
lucky month to marry

5. BEFORE WEDDING
CHOOSING PLACE:
-A register office
A church of the Church of England
A synagogue Other places

6. BEFORE WEDDING DAY
CHOOSING PLACE FOR RECEPTION
OUTSIDE

7. BEFORE WEDDING DAY
CHOOSING PLACE FOR RECEPTION
INSIDE

8. BEFORE WEDDING DAY
DECORATION OF PLACE
FLOWERS
Flowers have always been
used for decoration at weddings
A combination of red and white
flowers is avoided by the
superstitious because they stand
for blood and bandages

9. BEFORE WEDDING
CHOOSING PLACE:
IN VIETNAM
AT HOME IN RESTAURANT
IN CHURCH
OUTSIDE

10. ON WEDDING DAY
THE WEDDING CEREMONY
-The groom and his best man
wait inside the church for the
arrival of the bride and her
‘entourage’
-The bride then taken by her
father, to the accompaniment of
music and the ceremony starts.

11. ON WEDDING DAY
THE WEDDING CEREMONY
IN VIETNAM
The wedding ceremony starts
in front of the altar. The bride
and the groom would kneel
down and pray, asking their
ancestors’ permission to be
married,

12. ON WEDDING DAY
THE WEDDING CEREMONY
The groom and the bride
say their vows
They give each other rings

13. ON WEDDING DAY
THE WEDDING CEREMONY
They sign in wedding register

14. AFTER WEDDING CEREMONY
THE WEDDING RECEPTION
8 steps
1. Introduction
2. Catering
3. The wedding cake
4. Seating plan
5. Greeting arrivals at the Reception
6. Speeches
7. Cutting the cake
8. After the formalities

15. AFTER WEDDING CEREMONY
THE WEDDING RECEPTION
OUTSIDE

16. ON WEDDING DAY
THE WEDDING RECEPTION
INSIDE

17. AFTER WEDDING CEREMONY
THE WEDDING RECEPTION
A number of speeches
and/or toasts are given in
honour of the couple from
Best Man, Brides Father
and the Groom

18. AFTER WEDDING CEREMONY
THE WEDDING RECEPTION
The married couple,
the couple's parents,
the best man and the
wedding entourage
greet each of the
guests
IN VIETNAM

19. AFTER WEDDING CEREMONY
THE WEDDING RECEPTION
Guests leave
presents for
the bride and
groom on a
table in the
room where
the reception
takes place.

20. ON WEDDING DAY
THE WEDDING RECEPTION
Cutting Wedding Cake
It is considered
lucky for the
couple to cut the
cake together. It
symbolises
them working
together during
their marriage.

21. ON WEDDING DAY
THE WEDDING RECEPTION
After the reception the bride
throws her bouquet back
over her shoulder where the
unmarried female guest
group together
The groom to remove the
garter worn by the bride and
throw it back over his
shoulder toward the
unmarried male guests.

22. CONCLUSION
- It’s obvious that there are some changes
between the past and present on wedding
customs in England.
- To prepare for wedding day, people have to
carefully choose the day and place.
- Some superstition should be care as well
during wedding day.
- They are also different from Vietnam.

23. VOCABULARY
1. Synagogue (n)
a building that Jews met for religious worship and teaching (giáo đường)
2. Superstitious (adj)
believing in that particular events happen in a way, bring a bad or good luck that
can not be explained by science or reason ( thuộc mê tín)
3. To the accompaniment of sth (idiom)
while musical instrument is being played ( một bản nhạc nền)
4. Ancestor (n)
a person in your family who lived in a long time ago ( died already) (tổ tiên)
5. Entourage (n)
a group of people who travel with an important person (những người tùy tùng)
6. Reception (n)
a formal social occasion to welcome sb or celebrate sth. (tiệc chiêu đãi)
7. Catering (n) work of providing food and drinks for meeting or social
events.

24. SOURCE:
www.onelifeceremonies.co.uk/outdoor-wedding-ceremon
http://www.weddings.co.uk/info/tradsupe.htm
http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/marriage.htm