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Who are much more concerned with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband, the young Americans or the young Asians2. What are the Indian students’ attitudes on a partner

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I VOCABULARY

I Vocabulary

 diversity [dai'v :siti][dai'v :siti]əə (n)

 Romantic (adj) : [rou'mæntik]

 Contractual ( adj): [k n'træktju l] [k n'træktju l] əə əə

 Precede (v) : [pri:'si:d]

 Confide (v) : [k n'faid] [k n'faid] əə

 Physical attractiveness: ['fizikl] [əə'træktivnis'træktivnis]

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II PRACTICE

Task 1 Match the words in column A with their definitions in column B

d happen or exist before

e tell s.o about sth very private or secret

f willingly stop having sth you want

g agreed in a contract

h a range of different thing

Task 2 : Answer the questions.

1.

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 thing?

5 What is the main finding of the survey?

1 They are physical attractiveness, confiding,

partnership of equals, trust built on love

2 The young Americans

3 The Indian students agree that a woman has to

sacrifice more in a marriage than a man

4 Because he loves her not because he has to

5 The main finding of the survey is that young

Asians are not as romantic as their American counterparts

Game Show

Who is the winner?

Task 3: Choose the best option

Asians believe in …… marriage – the parents

of the bride and the groom decide on the marriage

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Question 5

The majority of Asian students reject the

American view that marriage is

contractual partnership of equals

Question 6

More Asians students agree that a husband

is obliged to tell his wife

about his work

about his secret

where he has been

A B.

contractual agreed

share sacrificed

Many young people have objected to marriage, which is decided by the parents of the bride and groom.

Question 7

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HOMEWORK