N-400_marital_status

N-400 Sections 8 asks questions about marital status: single, married, widowed, divorce, spouse and ex-spouses. To listen to the stories, click: Listen, Itunes, RealMedia, WindowsMedia, Odeo, or download the audio file to a Mp3 player. || Jenna Bush, daughter of George W. Bush, did not want a wedding at the White House. ||
 * New || [|For Jenna Bush, a Texas Wedding Beats a White House Ceremony]
 * 1 || [|Wedding Anniversary] || What are some common ways to celebrate wedding anniversaries? What do people do, where do they go, and what gifts to they buy for their spouses? ||
 * 2 || [|Dating and Marriage] || The customs of dating and marriage vary from place to place around the globe, and in some countries, matchmakers play an important role in that process. ||
 * 3 || [|Divorce rate explosion expected in Japan] || Women often stayed in unhappy marriages fearing they would be unable to support themselves financially without a spouse. ||
 * 4 || [|‘Collapse of love’ in Sarkozy divorce] || Cecilia Sarkozy, ex-wife of the French President, has spoken out on the reasons behind their recent divorce. ||
 * 5 || [|A 7-year Marriage Limit] || A German politician has said that marriages should only last seven years. ||
 * 6 || [|The Sarkozys Will Divorce] || The couple went to see a divorce judge on Monday. ||
 * 7 || [|Will July 7 Be Lucky for Newlyweds]? || July 7, 2007 promises to be a day in which more people will get married than on a usual Saturday. ||
 * 8 || [|ESL Podcast 303 – A Traditional Wedding] || Here comes the bride! Find out what the happy couple says when they get married in this episode. ||
 * 9 || [|ESL Podcast 133 - Going to a Wedding] || Let's get married in today's podcast! ||
 * 10 || [|ESL Podcast 311 – A Mid-life Crisis] || Getting older is not always the same as getting wiser. Learn about a man’s mid-life crisis in this episode. ||
 * 11 || [|Vocabulary of Marriage] || As society's ideas about getting married have changed, terms like "courtship" and "betrothal" seem old-fashioned these days. ||
 * 12 || [|ESL Podcast 345 – The Seven-year Itch] || Some men think women are like cars: When you get tired of the one you have, you go get a new one. Find out why that may not be a good idea in this episode. ||
 * 13 || [|Divorce is bad for the environment] || //divorce / environment / ecologists / resources / efficiency / household sizes / divorce rates / being surprised / climate change / electricity / water// ||
 * 14 || [|A Woman with 10 Husbands] || Eunice Lopez married the men in order to help them live legally in the United States. ||
 * 15 || [|Are Pitt and JoileGetting Married?] || Are Brad Pitt and Angelina Joile going to tie the knot? ||
 * 16 || [|McCartney Divorce Settlement] || Paul McCartney and Heather Mills marriage is over. ||