Modul 5: Hangutánzó szavak: 06 50th Wedding Anniversary

Hi. Let’s look at some more sounds.

I’m sure you’ve been to a party and heard this sound. People often click along to the beat of the music that plays around them. Maybe you’ve seen people clicking whilst they are dancing…Sometimes people click to get somebody’s attention. (demonstrate). Although that can be quite rude, so it’s not often done.

What other sounds do we hear at parties? Again, on the dance floor, we can sometimes hear the swishing of skirts. When ladies spin around when dancing, the sound of swishing can be heard by their skirts and dresses.

Another sound that we can associate with parties is the sound of corks popping. When you hear this sound, you know that a nice drink is about to be poured in celebration of something, perhaps a wedding or a birthday. Often a toast, a speech, will be made.

The sound of popping corks is usually shortly followed by the sound of glasses clinking. In England, the phrase used when clinking glasses in celebration of something is, “cheers!”

The Story: 50th Wedding Anniversary (with explanation)

Alice and Peter are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary. They have booked a venue in a gorgeously rustic barn which sits on the edge of a lake.

Rustic is a style of decor. It’s natural and a little rough around the edges but can look gorgeous, or pretty, when designed well. So, Alice and Peter are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary which is in a gorgeously rustic barn. A barn is an animal stable-like shelter. The barn sits on the edge of a lake, a huge pond.

The barn is decorated with white balloons and fairy lights. There are about one hundred guests who have all just finished their dinners and are now on the dance floor letting loose and enjoying the party.

The rustic barn is beautifully decorated with white balloons and pretty fairy lights. There are about one hundred guests in the barn who have just finished eating  and are on the dance floor letting loose. To let loose means to forget about everything else for a moment so that you can relax and enjoy yourself.

A three-tier cake that is positioned in the corner of the room will soon be cut; to the left of it is a jazz band who are serenading the evening with the most beautiful music which the guests can’t help resist dancing to.

A cake with three tiers is positioned, sat in the corner of the room. The cake will soon be cut. To the left of the cake is a jazz band who are serenading the evening. This means they are playing music all evening for the guests to enjoy. They play the most beautiful music which the guests can’t help but dance to. They can’t resist it.

Men can be seen clicking their fingers in time to the beat and the women’s skirts are swishing freely as they spin around their partners.

The men are clicking to the music and the women are dancing. Their skirts are all spinning around.

The sound of corks popping can be heard in the distance as the waiters prepare champagne flutes for a toast.

There is a subtle sound of corks popping. The corks are popping in the distance so you can just about hear them pop. Champagne flutes are readied for the toast, speech.

Peter is about to give a speech to thank all the guests for coming out and spending the evening with himself and Alice. They will then clink their glasses and sip the champagne in celebration of the couple.

The toast, or speech, is going to be given by Peter to say thank you. To agree with what he says, the guests will clink their glasses with each other and sip the champagne. A sip is just swallowing a small amount of the drink.

Peter is concerned about his speech, however. He had decided to talk about their wedding day, but just as he was reminiscing about the wedding ceremony, he recounted the years.

To be concerned about something, it means you are worried about it. So, Peter is worried about his speech because when he was reminiscing, happily remembering, the wedding ceremony he realised something.

That special day had only been 49 years ago. What on earth is he going to say in his speech? How did we possibly get our anniversary date wrong? he thought to himself.

This wasn’t their 50th Anniversary, it was their 49th! What would he say in his speech? How did they get it wrong?

The Story: 50th Wedding Anniversary (2nd reading)

Let’s take a look at the story again.

Alice and Peter are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary. They have booked a venue in a gorgeously rustic barn which sits on the edge of a lake. The barn is decorated with white balloons and fairy lights. There are about one hundred guests who have all just finished their dinners and are now on the dance floor letting loose and enjoying the party. A three-tier cake that is positioned in the corner of the room will soon be cut, to the left of it is a jazz band which is serenading the evening with the most beautiful music which the guests can’t resist dancing to. Men can be seen clicking their fingers in time to the beat and the women’s skirts are swishing freely as they spin around their partners.
The sound of corks popping can be heard in the distance as the waiters prepare champagne flutes for a toast. Peter is about to give a speech to thank all the guests for coming out and spending the evening with himself and Alice. They will then clink their glasses and sip the champagne in celebration of the couple. Peter is concerned about his speech, however. He had decided to talk about their wedding day, but as he was just reminiscing about the wedding ceremony, he recounted the years. That special day had only been 49 years ago. What on earth is he going to say in his speech? How did we possibly get our anniversary date wrong? he thought to himself.