Activity 6

During an interview with a couple who have been residing in Pretoria for many years, they said the following:

Like expensive perfume and decadent chocolate, the fine nuance which binds people together is still visible after six decades. Jan (83) and Trienie (79) Loubser are still as in love as the day they met in 1950. They worked together and knew that they were meant for each other when they saw one another for the first time. On 28 March 1953, the two love birds decided to start their lives together and the rest is history. The Loubser couple have four children, two boys and two girls of which the youngest boy and girl have passed away. They have nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Jan said that he fell in love with her upbeat personality and she is and was the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. Trienie said that he was always very attractive and that the respect he had for his parents was a bonus. “They say the way in which a man treats his mother, is how he will treat his wife. He was very good to his mother and father, and I knew that he would look after me.”

Activity 6

Answer the questions after you have read the passage.

1. Who is mentioned in the article? 2. Where does the couple live? 3. When did the couple get married? 4. Who conducted the interview and wrote the article?

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For the curious

Interview your facilitator. Find out where they were born, where they lived as a child, and if they still live in the same city that they were born? Also ask them if they have visited any historical places in the city that they now live in.