Listening questions - marriage - Higher
Opinions on marriage
You are listening to a French podcast. The discussion is about views on marriage. Listen to each caller and choose the correct answer.
Question
Claire doesn’t want to:
| A | get married. |
| B | invite a lot of people to her wedding. |
| C | become jealous. |
| A |
| get married. |
| B |
| invite a lot of people to her wedding. |
| C |
| become jealous. |
The answer is A.
Transcript:
Je préférerais vivre avec ma petite amie sans être mariées puisque beaucoup de mariages se terminent après des disputes familiales. En outre, la fête de mariage coute beaucoup trop cher car on se sent obligé d’inviter tout le monde.
I would prefer to live with my girlfriend without getting married since lots of marriages end in family arguments. Besides, weddings are far too expensive as there is too much pressure on people to invite everyone.
Question
Théo wants to get married because he’d like:
| A | a delicious wedding cake. |
| B | a big party. |
| C | a fabulous honeymoon. |
| A |
| a delicious wedding cake. |
| B |
| a big party. |
| C |
| a fabulous honeymoon. |
The answer is B.
Transcript:
J’ai l’intention de me marier plus tard car je veux faire une fête avec toute ma famille. Notre mariage doit être un jour inoubliable.
I intend to get married in the future because I want to have a big party with my whole family. The wedding day has to be unforgettable.
Question
Julie has a negative opinion of marriage because, in her opinion:
| A | nobody should promise to be faithful for all their life. |
| B | her parents are divorced. |
| C | divorce is very common. |
| A |
| nobody should promise to be faithful for all their life. |
| B |
| her parents are divorced. |
| C |
| divorce is very common. |
The answer is A.
Transcript:
Mes parents ont divorcé quand je n’avais que neuf ans, mais ce n’est pas pour ça que j’ai une opinion négative du mariage. Moi, je trouve que personne ne devrait promettre d’être fidèle à quelqu’un pour toute la vie.
My parents divorced, when I was only nine, but that is not the reason my opinion of marriage is negative. I believe that nobody should promise to be faithful for all their life.
