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FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS The modern types of dating Look at the pictures and discuss Formal dating Look at the pictures and discuss Speed dating Look at the pictures and discuss Online dating Look at the following pictures and discuss what are the modern dating practices. Casual dating An interaction between two people who are looking to get to know one another better, without commitments or promises. Its primary purpose is to determine what kind, if any, relationship will blossom. Before marriage, younger Americans date each other, that is, they often go out together. Casual dating usually begins in the early teens, and in the late teens a _______ of steady dating develops. There is a great _________ that one goes to a dance with one person, to a football game with another, and to a picnic with a third. Listen to a short passage concerning American dating and fill in the missing information. pattern possibility To be continued Sometimes two couples go out together. This is known as “ ______ dating”. Group dating is also ________ among young people. Large groups of boys and girls may _________ together. Young people may go out together for a long time, which is, ________, a public statement of their ________ to marry. Men and women go out together ___________ especially those in cities. popular go around in effect To be continued double intention a great deal Listen to a short passage concerning American dating and fill in the missing information. This is “adult dating”. They ski together, dine together, either at restaurants or in each other’s homes. The American dating _______ is a rather casual one. Often young Americans who hardly know each other go out on dates. It is also __________ for them to arrange a “blind date”, that is, a date between two young people who have not met before. system acceptable Listen to a short passage concerning American dating and fill in the missing information. 1. If you were dating, which dating varie