Unit 2
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
A. READING
TRUNG VUONG HIGHSCHOOL
Teacher: Lê Thị Hồng Quế
September, 2021
WARM-UP
Match the pictures with the countries
India
Korea
Vietnam
America
China
1
2
3
4
5
Japan
6
Đi trước
New words:
1. Romantic (adj):
2. Contractual ( adj):
3. (to) precede:
4.(to) be concerned with:
5. (to )confide in :
6. Physical attractiveness (n) :
7. Partnership of equals(n):
8. (to) determine :
9. (to) sacrifice :
10. (to) be obliged to:
Lãng mạn
Thỏa thuận
Tin cậy
Sự hấp dẫn ngoại hình
Quan hệ bình đẳng
Xác định
Hi sinh
Bắt buộc
Quan tâm với
II. WHILE-READING
Read the passage and do the tasks that follows
Traditionally, Americans and Asians have very different ideas about love and marriage. Americans believe in “romantic” marriage – a boy and a girl are attracted to each other, fall in love, and decide to marry each other. Asians, on the other hand, believe in “contractual” marriage – the parents of the bride and the groom decide on the marriage; and love – if it ever develops – is supposed to follow marriage, not precede it.
To show the differences, a survey was conducted among American, Chinese and Indian students to determine their attitudes towards love and marriage. Belove is a summary of each group’s responses to the four key values.
Physical attractiveness: The Americans are much more concerned than the Indians and the Chinese with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband. They also agree that a wife should maintain her beauty and appearance after marriage.
Confiding: Few Asian students agree with the American students’ view that wives and husbands share all thoughts. In fact, a majority of Indians and Chinese think it is better and wiser for a couple not to share certain thoughts. A large number of Indian men agree that it is unwise to confide in their wives.
Partnership of equals: The majority of Asian students reject the American view that marriage is the partnership of equals. Many Indian students agree that a woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man.
Trust built on love: Significantly, more Asian students than American students agree that a husband is obliged to tell his wife where he has been if he comes home late. The Asian wife can demand a record of her husband’s activities. The American wife, however, trusts her husband to do the right thing because he loves her not because he has to.
The comparison of the four values suggests that young Asians are not as romantic as their American counterparts.
1. Which of the follow statements is NOT TRUE?
A. Asians believes that love is supposed to follow marriage, not precede it.
B. Physical attractiveness, confiding, partnership of equals, trust built on love are four key values in the survey.
C. The Indian students agree that a woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man.
D. Indians and Chinese students think that a couple should share certain thoughts to each other.
Confiding: Few Asian students agree with the American students’ view that wives and husbands share all thoughts. In fact, a majority of Indians and Chinese think it is better and wiser for a couple not to share certain thoughts. A large number of Indian men agree that it is unwise to confide in their wives.
Partnership of equals: The majority of Asian students reject the American view that marriage is the partnership of equals. Many Indian students agree that a woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man.
2. The Americans agree that a wife should maintain the …….....…after marriage.
beauty and money
B. beauty and love
C. beauty and appearance
D. beauty and personality
3. Who are much more concerned with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or husband?
The young Americans
B. The young Asians
C. The young Chinese
D. The young Indians
To show the differences, a survey was conducted among American, Chinese and Indian students to determine their attitudes towards love and marriage. Belove is a summary of each group’s responses to the four key values.
Physical attractiveness: The Americans are much more concerned than the Indians and the Chinese with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband. They also agree that a wife should maintain her beauty and appearance after marriage.
4. The word “demand” in the sixth paragraph mostly means ______
response B. request C. reply D. report

(Đòi hỏi, yêu cầu)
Trust built on love: Significantly, more Asian students than American students agree that a husband is obliged to tell his wife where he has been if he comes home late. The Asian wife can demand a record of her husband’s activities. The American wife, however, trusts her husband to do the right thing because he loves her not because he has to.

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Indian men agree that confiding in their wives is wise
B. Asian students agree with American students that marriage is a partnership of equals.
C. The main finding of the survey is that young Asians are as romantic as their American counterparts.
D. The American wife trusts her husband to do right thing because he loves her not because he has to.
Confiding: Few Asian students agree with the American students’ view that wives and husbands share all thoughts. In fact, a majority of Indians and Chinese think it is better and wiser for a couple not to share certain thoughts. A large number of Indian men agree that it is unwise to confide in their wives.
Partnership of equals: The majority of Asian students reject the American view that marriage is the partnership of equals. Many Indian students agree that a woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man.
Trust built on love: Significantly, more Asian students than American students agree that a husband is obliged to tell his wife where he has been if he comes home late. The Asian wife can demand a record of her husband’s activities. The American wife, however, trusts her husband to do the right thing because he loves her not because he has to.
The comparison of the four values suggests that young Asians are not as romantic as their American counterparts.
GAME: RING THE GOLDEN BELL
Question 6
A.
B.
C.
D.
Americans believe in .......... marriage – a boy and a girl are attract to each other, fall in love and decided to marry each other.
romantic
contractual
lucky
honest
A.
B.
C.
D.
contractual
agreed
share
sacrificed
Many young people have objected to ______ marriage, which is decided by the parents of the bride and groom.
Question 7
Question 8
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Americans agree that a wife should maintain the beauty and ……..... after marriage.
personality
appearance
activities
characteristic
Question 9
The majority of Asian students reject the
American view that marriage is ..................
A.
B.
C.
D.
based on love
to sacrifice
contractual
partnership of equals
Question 10
More Asians students agree that a husband
is obliged to tell his wife....................
A.
B.
C.
D.
about his income
about his work
about his secret
where he has been
III. POST-READING
Choose the best option of words to complete the passage:
The Americans are much more concerned than the Asians with physical (1) ................. when choosing a wife. Most Asians think it is wiser for a couple (2) .................... certain thoughts and a woman has to (3) ................. more in a marriage than a man. The American wife doesn’t need to demand a record of her husband’s activities (4) ................. she trusts him. After all, young Asians are not (5) ................. as their American ones.
A. attract B. attractive C. attractiveness D. attraction
A.to share B. sharing
C. share D. not to share
3. A sacrifice B. sacrificed
C. sacrifices D. sacrificing
4. A. because B. because of
C. although D. in spite of
5. A. more romantic B. as romantic
C. romantic D. the most romantic
Physical attractiveness: sự hấp dẫn ngoại hình
+ to V / not to V
+ V0
+S+V: bởi vì
+S+V: mặc dù
+N/Ving:bởi vì
N/Ving: mặc dù
As + adj +as
HOME WORK
-copy all the lesson into your notebooks.
- Learn all the rules by heart.
- Prepare MORE EXERCISE 3
Thanks for your attention!