Unit 2 Reading12 (Chuan)

A survey was made to determine their attitudes toward love and marriage 3.. A husband is obliged to tell his wife where he has been Choose their meaning : a.. Willing to stop having some

UNIT TWO

WORK IN PAIRS DISCUSS THE QUESTION:

•Love

•A nice house/ flat

•Money

•A good job

•Parents’ approval

•Good health

Which of the following factors is the most important for a

happy life ? why ?

- romantic [rou'mæntik] (a)

- attract (v)/ attractiveness (n)

- contractual [kən'træktjuəl] (adj)

- On the other hand:

- survey ['sə:vei] (n)

- conduct ['kɔndʌkt] (v)

- confide [kən'faid] (v) in sb

- A large number of :

- significantly [sig'nifikəntli] (adv)

- romanticism [rou'mæntisizəm] (n)

- response [ri'spɔns] (n)

- Be supposed to do sth (v)

Lãng mạn Thu hút; sự thu hút Khế ước

Trái lại

Sự khảo sát Tiến hành, chỉ đạo Tin ai, giãi bài tâm sự với ai Many

Importantly

Sự lãng mạn Answer

Có nhiệm vụ

1 Vocabulary

2 Task 1: Explain the meaning of the italicized words / phrases in the

following sentences

1 Love is supposed to follow marriage, not precede it

2 A survey was made to determine their attitudes toward love and marriage

3 They agree that it is unwise to confide in their wives

4 An Indian woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man

5 A husband is obliged to tell his wife where he has been

Choose their meaning :

a Having a duty e happen or exist before

b Trust

c Willing to stop having something you want

d Find out

Answer keys

1 precede : happen or exist before

2 determine : find out

3 confide : trust

4 sacrifice : willing to stop having something you want

5 obliged : having a duty

- They are Trust built on love, Physical attractiveness,

Confiding, and Partnership of equals

- The Americans are much more concerned than the Indians

and Chineses

- They agree that “a woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man”

- Young Asians are not as romantic as their American

counterparts

3 Task 2 : Answer the following questions

1 What are the four key values in the survey?

2 Who are much more concerned with physical attractiveness

when choosing a wife or a husband , the young Americans

or the young Asians?

3 What are the Indian students’ attitudes on a partnership of equals?

4 Why does the American wife trust her husband to do the right things?

- Because he loves her not because he has to

5 What is the main finding of the survey?

4 Task 3 : Discuss the question:

what are the differences between a traditional Vietnamese family and a modern Vietnamese family?

Ideas A traditional Family A modern Family

house and children?