Unit 2 cultural diversity

based on common sense or experienceMore constructively, Mieder has proposed the following definition, A proverb is a short, generally known sentence of the folk which contains wisdom, truth, morals, and traditional views in a metaphorical, fixed, and memorizable form and which is handed down from generation to generation.5 Norrick created a table of distinctive features to distinguish proverbs from idioms, cliches,

Korea

Vietna m

Americ a

Chin a

Japa n

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I Vocabulary

 Contractual ( adj): [kən'træktjuəl]

 Ex: We have contractual obligations to control prices

 Precede (v) : [pri:'si:d]

 Ex: She preceded him out of the room.

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

 Sacrifice (v) ['sækrifais]

 Ex: Her parents made sacrifices so that she could have a good education.

 Oblige (v) [ə'blaidʒ]

 Ex:Parents are obliged by law to send their

children to school

1 What are different beliefs in love and marriage between

Americane people and Asian

people?

2.How many values are

determine attitudes towards

love and marriage that

mention in this textbook?

What are they?

Task 2 : Answer the questions.

1 Who are much more concerned with physical attractiveness when

physical attractiveness when

choosing a wife or a husband, the young Americans or the young Asians ?

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

3 Why does the American wife trust her husband to do the right thing?

4 What is the main finding of the survey?

1 The young Americans

2 The Indian students agree that a woman has to

sacrifice more in a marriage than a man.

3 Because he loves her not because he has to.

4 The main finding of the survey is that young

Asians are not as romantic as their American counterparts.

Who is the winner?

1 2 3 4

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Question 1

Americans believe in

marriage – a boy and a girl are

attract to each other, fall in love and decided to marry each other

Asians believe in …… marriage – the parents

of the bride and the groom decide on the marriage.

lucky contractual

Question 2

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Question 4

The Americans agree that a wife should maintain the beauty and …… after marriage

personality

characteristic

Question 5

The majority of Asian students reject the

American view that marriage is

based on love to sacrifice

Question 6

More Asians students agree that a husband

is obliged to tell his wife

C. D. about his income

about his work about his secret

where he has been

A B.

contractual agreed

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

Question 7

LUCKY NUMBER

differences between a traditional Vietnamese family and a modern Vietnamese family