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Multiple Marriages
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Multiple Marriages
再婚

How to Use Comparatives and Superlatives

Date: Jul 02 2012

Themes: Family, Romance

Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives

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It would be great if we could get everything right on the first try. But that doesn’t always happen, even with major life decisions like marriage. It takes some people two or more marriages before they finally find true, lasting love.

On the other hand, all relationships take effort and determination, even when true love is involved. Hear Marni and Amy talk about the pros and cons of getting married, again.

如果我们做每一件事时,第一次尝试就能取得成功,这该多好呀。但事情不会总那么顺利,甚至包括像婚姻这样生活中的重大决策。有些人要经历两次或者更多次的婚姻才能找到真正的、永恒的爱。
另一方面,所有恋爱关系都需要努力和决心,尤其遇到真爱时。请听玛尼和艾米讨论再婚的利弊。

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Marni

Marni

Amy

Amy

Marni:  I am about to get married for the second time, and I was thinking, you know, I am technically, you know, this is a multiple marriage for me. I’ve been married more than once at this point, or will be, I should say. And, I don’t know, I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, and sort of feeling a little strange about it. Like, you know, it didn’t work the first time. Should I really jump into this again, even though we’ve been together for 10 years? I don’t know. What is your take?

Amy:  Well, it sounds like you’ve been together for a long time, and maybe the first marriage you jumped into a little more. I don’t know the history. But it seems like, if you’ve been with someone for 10 years and you want to make it official, you shouldn’t worry about what’s in your past. Everyone has a history.

Marni:  I guess. You’re right. And yes, I’ve put a lot of thought into it. It’s not like I’m going into this hastily. But I felt that way in my first marriage as well, and things change, people change. But I feel…you know, I feel good about this. I feel like I’m a little older, I’m a little wiser. Perhaps the experience from my first marriage will help me in my second marriage.

Amy:  I mean, in a way, I feel like you are better off than the average person getting married, having no idea what to expect or how to deal with it. You’ve been through it once and, you know, the more practice you have at something, the better you are at it, usually.

Marni:  This is true.

 

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Marni is about to get married. She is nervous about it because she has already been married once before, and that marriage didn’t work out. She wonders if she should be getting married a second time.

Amy tells Marni not to worry. Everybody has some sort of romantic past. Just because Marni’s first marriage did not work, out doesn’t mean that she shouldn’t get a second chance at getting it right.

Marni isn’t jumping into getting remarried. She and her fiance have already been together for ten years. She has thought a lot about getting married for the second time. She thinks that she is older and wiser than she was the first time she got married, and she hopes that will help her make this marriage last.

Do you know anyone who has been married more than once? What do you think it takes to have a successful marriage?

 

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sanaa2000

sanaa2000

Egypt

groom & bride

02:54 PM Jul 02 2012 |

sanaa2000

sanaa2000

Egypt

I know alot of pple who have been married more than once.Sometimes we have the right to be married again,but sometimes we take awrong decisions & break our partner heart.I agree with Amy,but I hope i could find aperson & complete all my life with him inshallah.

02:51 PM Jul 02 2012 |

ana.p94231

ana.p94231

India

It happens. Sometimes you take decisions hastily but, its good to move on instead of ruining yours’ and your partners’ life. One of my friend is divorcee and I don’t know about her past life but, she is very good human being. There must be something wrong with her ex-husband only. Now she is in relationship with someone. They love each other and when I see both of them together, I always think that they should get marry soon because they are very good couple, understanding and most important trust each other. Trust is very important in any relationship. I think, if they will get marry then for sure their marriage will be a successful marraige.


Hope good for everyone and All the Best to all of you those who are getting marry no matter for first, second, or third time.. try till you get your soulmate….:)        

02:08 PM Jul 02 2012 |

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Orchestra

Orchestra

Russian Federation

Sorry for my radical point of view, but I reckon that multiple marriage is absolutely not good and sort of shamful thing even though! It could sound naive a bit, but I beilive that marriages are being made in heaven and you can’t just get rid of your soulmate if something went wrong. If you’re not sure a hundred per cent in  your spouse, don’t get married till you are! Otherwise, be a whole forever and ever till the death tears you apart! Amen =)

02:06 PM Jul 02 2012 |

REfaee

REfaee

Yemen

multiple marriage is one of isues that spread over the whole world  and that always refers to the of happiness with the first one so we start to look for happiness again more and more till we find it through change and lloking for other wife or husband


other reason in my opinion that is behind multiple marriage is varying desire,,i mean by that we wanaa to have more thatn a chance t5o enjoy life with more than oneSmile

12:32 PM Jul 02 2012 |

The Last Joke

Yemen

Dear Parion :


Multiple Marriage is :a number of marriage that contains another number of marriage an integral number of the same time without a remainder !



To marriage more than one for a person in life…to marriage again after divorce ! it called Digamism or digamy !


i know in this lesson : ebaby’s teachers are talking : To marriages again after divorce !


but my friend asked me about Multiple Marriage in Islam !!!


 


Dear : thanks a lot for your comment !

12:30 PM Jul 02 2012 |

ailsa hou

China

I sorry,i didn’t marry before,but i think there does not have wrong or right as long as we treat it seriously….

09:12 AM Jul 02 2012 |

no0oudy

no0oudy

Saudi Arabia

In my opinion about marriage, husband & wife before they get marriage must to learn how to be a husband and a wife, and to become a father and mother.


and take the responsibility into consideration about love and sustenance and care about children.

06:36 AM Jul 02 2012 |

rickymathew

India

nice to know…

05:52 AM Jul 02 2012 |

farid1390

farid1390

Afghanistan

Nice topic, thank you very much for sharing this topic with us here.

05:11 AM Jul 02 2012 |

The Last Joke

Yemen

Dear Gentleman , yoshia and wyz agf : thanks a lot for your great words !


03:31 AM Jul 02 2012 |

The Last Joke

Yemen

Joy :



 



In the case of


Marni, sometimes bad things happen to people who seem undeserving of them. But Allah (God) allows things to happen for His reasons, whether or not we understand them. Above all, however, we must remember that Allah (God) is good, just, loving, and merciful. Often things happen to us that we simply cannot understand. However, instead of doubting Allah’s (God’s) goodness, our reaction should be to trust Him.




Marni should always say in good or bad status (All praises and thank be to God (Allah),





 



Allah ( God )always Gives His best to Those who leave the choice with Him !


whatever happens is Allah’s will”.





وعسى أن تكرهوا شيئا وهو خير لكم وعسى أن تحبوا شيئا وهو شر لكم والله يعلم وأنتم لا تعلمون



Allah said :But it is possible that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and that you love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knows, and you know not.
In the case of


Marni , it is true that her marriages actually couldn’t successed , but I am insisting that was Allah’s( God’s ) destiny for her. I am deeply feeling so sad for the Stopping of her relation with her husband , But I have conviction in deep inside me that her relation with her husband

according to Allah’s ( God’s ) will . Marni must have a great faith in Allah( God)...


Allah said :Don’t think it to be an evil to you; On the contrary it is good for you:




لا تحسبوه شرا لكم بل هو خير لكم



03:26 AM Jul 02 2012 |

Joy900

Joy900

Japan

thank you guys :


Baset : are you sleeping ? sorry ,


i forgot to ask you : in the case of Marni , what we should do ??

03:14 AM Jul 02 2012 |

anil singh786

India

i need a rich and beautiful women for marry age dosen matter

02:44 AM Jul 02 2012 |

yoshia

yoshia

Japan

SO interesting conversations are here.


The Last Joke is so wise man. I could learn a lot form him.


Joy, her questions made me fun.


you guys thanks.

01:34 AM Jul 02 2012 |

Joy900

Joy900

Japan

hey baset : wait , time is 4:00am in sanaa , too late to deal with ur friends , you should sleep !

01:10 AM Jul 02 2012 |

The Last Joke

Yemen

Joy :Honestly ,Your words like a certificate which  honors me forever !


Joy : see you later ! i’m busy with some friends here in my home !

01:07 AM Jul 02 2012 |

Joy900

Joy900

Japan

Baset : i know


Islam is a beautiful religion, not terrorism!


 It is unfortunate that some media often gives the wrong impression of what Islam is all about.  .


Baset : Everyone should believe in something , but i believe in this  :


Islam is beautiful religion because Baset lives there !

12:52 AM Jul 02 2012 |

The Last Joke

Yemen

 


 


Islam has the right to protect our society !


 


Let me tell you some propose :


 


-Before the Quran was revealed, there was no upper limit for polygyny and many men had scores of wives, some even hundreds.


 


Islam wanted to put an upper limit of four wives. Islam gives a man permission to marry two, three or four women, only on the condition that he deals with them justly. In the same sure Allah said: ‘It is very difficult to be just and fair between women’.


قال تعالى (و لن تستطيعوا أن تعدلوا بين النساء و لو حرصتم)  


-In some societies it is common for a man to have mistresses and/or multiple extra-marital affairs (Forbidden relationship ), in which case, the woman leads a disgraceful, unprotected life. The same society, however, cannot accept a man having more than one wife, in which women retain their honourable, dignified position in society and lead a protected life.


MAN HAS ONE WIFE AND 20 GRIL FRIENDS , MAN has Forbidden relationship with some less!


Islam wants to put this Forbidden relationship in framework of marriage. 


-In average life span of females is more than that of males  ,i mean the World female population is more than male population …By nature males and females are born in the same but a female child can fight the germs and diseases better than the male child. For this reason, there are more deaths among males as compared to the females during  age.


During wars, there are more men killed as compared to women. More men die due to accidents and diseases than women. The average life span of females is more than that of males, and at any given time one finds more widows in the world than widowers.


Islam wants to protect the modesty of men & women !


There are several other reasons, why Islam has permitted limited Multiple marriage but it is mainly to protect the modesty


 Islam doesn’t want  fornication in our society


Joy : believe it or not :



Islam is a beautiful religion, not terrorism

Joy900

Joy900

Japan

Baset : you said : that the Islam permits but does not command a man to have four wives.


 IF YOU THINK YOU CAN’T JUDGE BETWEEN WIFES,THEN STAY WITH ONE ONLY . ISLAM PREFER ONE ONLY !


Why is Multiple marriages allowed in Islam ? Can you tell me some propose ?


 

12:38 AM Jul 02 2012 |

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