Step 1: Lead-in

Questions: 1. In December, there is an important festival in western countries, what is it?

2. What other festivals around the world do you know about?

3. What ways can you think of if you want to know how foreign people celebrate their festivals and customs?

Step 2. Reading

Passage 1

Skimming

Put the events at the India wedding in the correct order.

The Indian wedding

a. The bride’s father led her to the bridegroom.

b. The couple took seven steps.

c. The celebrations began.

d. The bridegroom arrived on a horse.

e. The couple joined hands and walked around a fire.

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