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Unit 2: Cultural diversity
Reading
Warm up
Look at the pictures following and guess where people come from
GUESSING GAME
How do you know where they come from?Their clothes
Do their clothes reflect their cultures?
Yes
Do different countries have the same culture?
YESNO
Different countries have different cultures
Before reading
bride (n) groom (n) confide (v) contractual (a) counterpart (n) determine (v) maintain (v) precede (v) sacrifice(v) partnership (n)
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
groom bride
confide (v): to tell sb secrets and personal information that you do not want the other people to know
Vocabulary
confide in sb
confide st to sb
contractual (a) :thoả thuận counterpart (n) :bên tương ứng đối tác determine (v) : xác định maintain (v) : giữ, duy trì precede (v) :đến trước, đi trước sacrifice (v) : Hi sinh
Vocabulary
Question
Do Americans and Asianshave the same idea about love and mariage?
While reading
Read the passage and answer the questions below: What is “contractual” marriage? How many values are there in the summary of the
survey? Don’t Americans believe in “ romantic” marriage? Is it wise for Indian men to confide in their wives? According to Americans, what should a wife do after
marriage? What do most Asian students refuse to accept? Why do American wife trust her husband? What can we infer from the values in the survey?
Answer What is “contractual” marriage?
How many values are there in the summary of survey?
The marriage which parents of the bride and the groom decide
4 values( physical attractiveness, confiding, partnership of equals, and trust built on love)
Don’t Americans believe in “romantic” marriage?
Answer
Yes, they do
Is it wise for Indian men to confide in their wives?
No, it isn’t
According to Americans, what should a wife do after marriage?
Answer
Maintain her beauty and appearance
What do most Asian students refuse to accept?
Marriage is a partnership of equals
Why do American wife trust her husband?
Answer
Because he loves her not because he has to
What can we infer from the values in the survey?
Asians are not as romantic as their American counterparts.
After reading
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