Unit two : Cultural Diversity
I. Vocabulary :
1. Diversity = variety (n) ……………………………………………
2. Traditional (a) : ……………………………………………
Tradition (n) . Traditionally (adv)
3. Marry (v) …………………………………………………………….
Marriage(n) …………………………………………………………
4. Contractual marriage (n) …………………………………………
5. Bride / groom (n) ……………………………………………
6. Be suppose to (v) ……………………………………………
7. Survey (n) ……………………………………………
8. Attitude (n) ……………………………………………
9. Response (n) = reply ………………………………………
10. Physical attractiveness (n) ………………………………
11. Be concerned with (v) …………………………………
12. Maintain (v) ……………………………………………
13. Confide (v) ……………………………………………
14. Agree with (v) ……………………………………………
15. Share (v) ……………………………………………
16. A/ The majority of : ……………………………………
17. Reject (v) ……………………………………………
18. Sacrifice (v) ……………………………………………
19. Significantly = Importantly (adv)
20. Oblige (v) ……………………………………………
21. Altar (n) ………………………………………………
22. Master of Ceremony (n) …………………………………
23. Banquet (n) …………………………………………………………….
24. Ancestor (n) ……………………………………………………….
25. Wedding ceremony (n) ……………………………………………
26. Palm leaves (n) ……………………………………………
Complete the following sentences:
1. Many young people have objected to ……………… marriage, which is decided by their parents.
2. London is home to people of many ……………… cultures.
3. The young are ……………… more concerned ……………… physical attractiveness than elderly people.
4. My parents will have celebrated 30 years of ……………… by next week.
5. You are not ……………… to say anything unless you wish to do so.
6. Many Vietnamese people ……………… their lives for the revolutionary cause of the nation.
7. ……………… marriage – a boy and a girl are attracted to each other , fall in love , and decide to marry each other.
8. The Americans agree that a wife should ……………… her beauty and appearance after ……………….
9. A large ……………….of Indian men agree that it is unwise to ………………. in their wives and a woman has to ………………. more
in marriage than a man.
10. Love ………………. to follow marriage , not precede it.
Fill each gap in the sentence with a suitable word from the list on the right:
Summary
Contract
ual
Attitude
Maintain
Equal
Partnersh
ip
Marriage
Romantic
Sacrice
Groom
1. A teacher has no _____________________ obligation to entertain students.
2. He employs a mechanic to _______________________ his eet of trucks.
3. This history book has a _______________________ at the end of each chapter.
4. He raised his sts in the _______________________ of a boxer ready to ght.
5. She walked proudly beside the handsome _______________________ in a brown tail coat.
6. Any mother will ________________________ her life for her children.
7. We wished the bride and groom a happy ________________________.
8. The _________________ schoolgirl’s mind was full of handsome heroes, jewels, dances and
ne clothes.
9. There seemed to be a business ________________________ between the two men.
10. All men are considered ________________________ in a court of law.
II. Write /t/ , /d/ or /id/ to show how the – ed ending is pronounced :
A. 1. defined 2. hoped 3. sacked 4. relaxed
5. prepared 6. watched 7. helped 8. asked
9. looked 10. tolerated 11. needed 12. collected
13. stopped 14. laughed 15. talked 16. wanted
17. demanded 18. rented 19. agreed 20. determined
B. 1. a. naked b. looked c. booked d. hooked
2. a. concerned b. raised c. developed d. maintained
3. a. appeared b. agreed c. coughed d. loved
4. a. sacrificed b. trusted c. recorded d. acted
5. a. laughed b. weighed c. helped d. missed
C. 1. a. diversity b. sacrifice c. oblige d. significant
2. a. weather b. appear c. measure d. pleasure
3. a. unwise b. develops c. values d. equals
4. a. ancestor b. celebrate c. conical d. certain
5. a. precede b. reject c. schedule d. wedding
6. a. takes b. pens c. boats d. traps
7. a. tension b. decision c. provision d. precision
8. a. married b. passed c. described d. arranged
9. a. laugh b. rough c. cough d. through
10. a. cook b. school c. soup d. noon
III. Multiple Choice :
1. London is home to people of many _______ cultures.
a. diverse b. diversity c. diversify d. diversification
2. John cannot make a _______ to get married to Mary or stay single until he can afford a house and a car.
a. decide b. decision c. decisive d. decisively
3. My mother used to be a woman of great _______, but now she gets old and looks pale.
a. beauty b. beautiful c. beautifully d. beautify
4. A curriculum that ignores ethnic tensions, racial antagonisms, cultural _______ and religious differences is pot relevant.
a. diversity b. contacts c. barriers d. levels
5. It is not easy to _______ our beauty when we get older and older.
a. develop b. maintain c. gain d. collect
6. Many young people have objected to _______ marriage, which is decided by the parents of the bride and groom.
a. agreed b. shared c. contractual d. sacrificed
7. All parents are _______ to at least try to behave in ways that will give their own children an important protection
a. decided b. supposed c. followed d. rejected
8. It is thought that traditional marriage _______ are important basis of limiting divorce rates.
a. appearances b. records c. responses d. values
9. Affected by the Western cultures, Vietnamese young people's attitudes ____ love and marriage have dramatically changed.
a. for b. with c. through d. towards
10. The young are _______ more concerned with physical attractiveness than elderly people.
a. much b. as c. many d. as much as
11. Mr. Pike held his wife's hands and talked urgently to her in a low voice, but there didn't seem to be any response.
a. feeling b. emotion c. reply d. effect
12. You are not _______ to say anything unless you wish to do so.
a. obliged b. willing c. equal d. attracted
13. The bride looked _______ on her wedding than she does as usual.
a. nicer and more attractive b. more nicer and more attractive
c. more nicer and more attractive d. more attractive and nicer
14. Many Vietnamese people ______ their lives for the revolutionary cause of the nation
a. sacrifice b. sacrificed c. sacrificial d. sacrificially
15. Most of us would maintain that physical ______ does not playa major part in how we react to the people we meet.
a. attract b. attractive c. attractiveness d. attractively
16. They had a ______ candlelit dinner last night and she accepted his proposal of marriage.
a. romance b. romantic c. romantically d. romanticize
17. A recent survey has shown that supporters of equal partnership in marriage are still in the ______.
a. crowd b. particular c. majority d. obligation
18. She sacrificed her career _______ her children.
a. to b. for c. on d. with
19. Marriage should be a(n) _______partnership.
a. equal b. unique c. limited d. successful
20. We need a decision _______ this project by next week.
a. in b. on c. with d. to
21. There was an enthusiastic response _______my suggestions.
a. for b. of c. to d. with
22. A large number of India men agreed that it was unwise to confide _____their wives.
a. in b, on c. of d. with
23. Professor Berg was very interested in the diversity of cultures all over the world.
a. variety b. changes c. conservation d. number
24. Jane has become to Roger, and the wedding will be in April.
a. proposed b. engaged c. settled d. agreed
25. They decided to divorce and Mary is ______ to get the right to raise the child.
a. equal b. determined c. obliged d. active
26. - JANET: "Do you feel like going to the cinema this evening?" - SUSAN: " …………………………… "
A. I don't agree, I'm afraid B. You’re welcome C. I feel very bored D. That would be great
27. “What a lovely hat you have!” – “Thanks. _____________”
a. I’m glad you like it b. I don’t care c. That’s OK d. Certainly
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