Prime Time 7/8, Language in Use, Arbeitsheft

Language in use: My parents chose my husband You are going to read a text about an arranged marriage. In most lines of the text there is a word that should not be there. Write that word in the space provided after each line. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick ( ü ). There are two examples at the beginning. When I tell people here in America that I have an arranged marriage advice , they advice 0 react in one of two ways. Some love my story because it appears to confirm their ü 00 belief that America is doing it the wrong: “Kids nowadays – having sex in Q1 middle school! All the single mums! The institution of marriage is dying! Your Q2 popular culture is just so beautiful.” Others are more cautious. If Alex happens Q3 to be around, they appraise us both, searching for signs of trauma centre or Q4 misery. Eventually, they did lean in and whisper, “Well, it ended up just fine, Q5 right? You’re both happy? You’ve made it to work and it was all for the best? Q6 Right?” These aren’t really questions. They’re statements which designed to Q7 make everything OK, and I know my cue well enough by now to smile and Q8 say, “Yes! – Yes, of course.” The “yes” is not exactly a lie detector. Alex and I Q9 have been married for 17 years, and our relationship is a stable. But the life we Q10 live together is still difficult for me to accept with. For one thing, the words Q11 “arranged marriage” conjure up images that have nothing left to do with me. Q12 Child brides and dowry burnings on the one hand, or henna and Bollywood on Q13 the other. I grew up in the USA, a product test of New England suburbia, Q14 evangelical Christianity andWellesley College. I was the bicultural kid brother Q15 who wore salwar kameezes during the day, read Sweet Valley High at night and Q16 swooned over “happily ever after” stories. But I always knew with my marriage Q17 would be arranged. Dating was absolutely forbidden in my family. By the time I Q18 turned 20, I knew my arranged marriage was set in stone fruit. Saying “no” Q19 (though I still longed to) was not for an option. The stakes in our honour-and- Q20 shame-based family tree were too high, even though this is hard to understand. Q21 6 28 Extreme situations 5 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv