Unit 2 Reading 12

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<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> • 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 ?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(4)</span> 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, quyÕt. - confide [kən'faid] (v) :. tin cậy, ( in ) giãi bày tâm sự với ai. - sacrifice ['sækrifais] (v) : - obliged [ə'blɑidʒd] (a) : - reject [‘ri:dʒekt] (v) :. t©m. từ bỏ cái gì như một sự hi sinh bắt buộc bác bỏ. - counterpart [‘kauntəpa:t] (n) :. bên tương ứng, đối tác.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(5)</span> Read the passage and do the tasks that follow.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(6)</span> 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.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(7)</span> 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 ?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(8)</span> - Read again the passage and answer the questions: Suggested answers: 5. What Whatdoes is the main finding of the survey ?on a 1. are the four key values in the survey? 3. Indian students’ attitudes 2. Who are much more concerned with physical 4. Why the American wife trust her husband partnership of equals? four keythe values: physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or aconfiding; husband, to do right thing ? attractiveness; young are not asmore romantic as their American a woman has to sacrifice in aAsians marriage than partnership of equals; trust on the young Asians Americans or the young ?built because he loves her not because he has to. counterparts love. a The man young Americans are.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(9)</span> 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 …….

<span class='text_page_counter'>(10)</span> Retell the ideas about love and marriage between Americans and Asians.

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