WELCOME TO OUR LESSON.
UNIT 2:
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
A. READING 1
Have you ever attended a wedding ?
Which of the following factors is the most important
for a happy life ? Why ?
love
money
parents’ approval
a nice house/flat
a good job
good health
Unit 2 : Cultural Diversity
1. Vocabulary
- Value – valuable [‘vælju:] (n) :
- precede [pri:`si:d] (v) :
- determine [di`tə:min] (v) :
- Confide in [kən`faid] (v) :
- sacrifice [`sækrifais] (v) :
- Obliged to = compulsory= must [ə`blɑidʒd] (a) :
- Reject - rejection [‘ri:dʒekt] (v) :
- counterpart [‘kauntəpa:t] (n) :
đến trước cái gì ( thời gian )
quyết định, quyÕt t©m
tin cậy, giãi bày tâm sự với ai
từ bỏ cái gì như một sự hi sinh
bắt buộc
I. Before you read
bác bỏ
giá trị
bên tương ứng, đối tác
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
A. READING 1
UNIT 2
I. before reading
II. While reading
Task 1.
Read the passage and do the tasks that follow
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 aver 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 toward love and marriage. Below 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 Indians men agree that it is unwise to confide in their wives.
Partnership of equals: The majority of an Indian students reject the American view that marriage is a 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 Asians wife can demand a record of her husband’s activities. The American wife, however, trust 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.
Task 1: Choose the best answer
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. must 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 ?
four key values: physical attractiveness; confiding;
partnership of equals; trust built on love.
The young Americans are
a woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than
a man
because he loves her not because he has to.
young Asians are not as romantic as their American counterparts
Suggested answers:
- Read again the passage and answer the questions:
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 ?
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
HOMEWORK.
Good bye!