A survey was made to determine their attitudes toward love and marriage.. Who are much more concerned with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband, the young Americans
Trang 3Have you ever attended a wedding ?
Which of the following factors is the most important for a happy life? Why?
• parents’ approval
• a nice house/flat
• a good job
• good health
Trang 4VOCABULARY:
- precede (v)
- determine (v)
- confide (v)
- sacrifice (v)
- oblige (v)
- value (n)
- reject (v)
- counterpart (n)
đến trước, đi trước xác định
chia sẻ, tâm sự
hi sinh bắt buộc, cưỡng bách giá trị
khước từ, bác bỏ bên tương ứng, đối tác
Trang 5Read the passage and do the tasks that follow
Trang 6Task 1: Choose the best answer
1 Love is supposed to follow marriage, not preceded it.
a Happen (exist) before b made c told
2 A survey was made to determine their attitudes toward love and marriage.
a get b help c find out
3 They agree that it is unwise to confide in their wives.
a be angry b tell secret with c keep silent
4 An Indian woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man.
a give up something voluntarily b survive c exist
5 A husband is obliged to tell his wife where he has
been.
a let b force c help
Trang 7TASK 2 :
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?
Trang 8four key values: physical attractiveness; confiding;
partnership of equals; trust built on love
The young Americans are
a woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than
a man because he loves her not because he has to.
young Asians are not as romantic as their American counterparts
Suggested answers:
- Read again the passage and answer the 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 thing?
5 What is the main finding of the survey?
Trang 9Work in groups Discuss the differences between a traditional Vietnamese family and a modern
Vietnamese family based on the cues bellow
- number of children
- the house they live in
- the head of the family
- who works
- who takes care of children and do the housework
- the income
……
Trang 10Retell the ideas about love and marriage between Americans and Asians