Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 Unit 2: Cultural diversity

BÀI GIẢNG ĐIỆN TỬ
TIẾNG ANH 12



• love

• money

• parents’ approval
• a nice house/flat
• a good job

Have you ever attended a wedding ?

• good health
Which of the following factors is the most important
for a happy life ? Why ?


I. Before you read
1. Vocabulary
- value [‘vælju:] (n) :

giá trị

- precede [pri:'si:d] (v) :

đến trước cái gì ( thời gian )

- determine [di'tə:min] (v) :

quyết định, quyết tâm

- confide [kən'faid] (v) :

tin cậy, ( in ) giãi bày tâm sự với ai

- sacrifice ['sækrifais] (v) :
- obliged [ə'blɑidʒd] (a) :
- reject [‘ri:dʒekt] (v) :
- counterpart [‘kauntəpa:t] (n) :

từ bỏ cái gì như một sự hi sinh
bắt buộc
bác bỏ
bên tương ứng, đối tác


Read the passage and do the tasks that follow


Task 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


TASK 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 ?


- Read again the passage and answer the questions:
Suggested answers:

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Work 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
……


Retell the ideas about love and marriage
between Americans and Asians