THANH LOC HIGH SCHOOL

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India
Chin
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Korea

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Vietna
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Americ
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Japa
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Period: 8

I. VOCABULARY

I. Vocabulary

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diversity [dai'və:siti]
(n) Tính đa dạng
Romantic (adj) : [rou'mæntik] Lãng mạn
Contractual ( adj): [kən'træktjuəl]
Thỏa thuận
Precede (v) : [pri:'si:d]
xảy ra trước
Confide (v) : [kən'faid]
Chia sẻ
Physical attractiveness: ['fizikl] [ə'træktivnis]

Sự hấp dẫn ngoại hình
Partnership (n): ['pɑ:tnə∫ip]
Quan hệ đối tác
Determine (v): [di'tə:min]
Xác định
Sacrifice (v) ['sækrifais]
Hi sinh
Oblige (v) [ə'blaidʒ]
Bắt buộc

II. PRACTICE

Task 1. Match the words in column A with their definitions in

column B

A
1. precede
2. determine
3. confide
4. sacrifice
5. oblige
6. partnership
7. diversity
8. contractual

B
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

find out
the state of being a partner in business
having a duty to do sth
happen or exist before
tell s.o about sth very private or secret
willingly stop having sth you want
agreed in a contract
a range of different thing

Câu 1. According to paragraph 1, who have the rights to decide on their marriage?
A. Americans
B. Asians C. Americans and Asians
D. None of them
Câu 2. Who are not much more concerned with physical attractiveness when
choosing a wife or a husband?
A. Americans B. Indians
C. Chinese
D. Indians and Chineses
Câu 3. Americans believe in
marriage, a boy and a girl are attracted to each
other, fall in love and decided to marry each other.
A. romantic B. contractual
C. lucky D. honest
Câu 4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Asians believe that love is supposed to follow marriage, not precede it.
B. Physical attractiveness, confiding, partnership of equals, trust built on love
are four keys values in the survey
C.The Indian students agree that a woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage
than a man.
D. Indian and Chinese students think that a couple should share certain thought
with each other
Câu 5. The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to (Line 3)
A. Indians
B. Americans
C. Chinese
D. Indians and Chineses

Câu 6. The word “couple” in paragraph 4 could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. a wife and a husband B. a pair of students C. two members of the family D. two men
Câu 7. All of the following are mentioned EXCEPT.
A. Physical attractiveness B. Confiding
C. Partnership of equals
D. Loyalty
Câu 8. What are the Indian students' attitudes on partnership of equals?
A. They believe that a man has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a woman.
B. They agree that both women and men are equal in marriage.
C. They agree that a woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man.
D. They believe that marriage is a partnership of equals.
Câu 9. The Americans agree that a wife should maintain the _
after marriage.
A. beauty and money
B. beauty and love
•C. beauty and appearance
D. beauty and personality
Câu 10. 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.

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.

3. Who are much more concerned with physical
when choosing a wife or husband?
A.The young Americans
B. The young Asians
C. The young Chinese
D. The young Indians

4. The word “demand” in the sixth paragraph mostly
means ______
A.response
B. request
C. reply D. report

(Đòi hỏi, yêu cầu)

TASK 2 :

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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 ?

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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
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Game Show
Who is
the winner?

Task 3: Choose the best option

Please choose the number

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Question 1
Americans believe in ..........
marriage – a boy and a girl are
attract to each other, fall in love
and decided to marry each other.
A.

C.

romantic
lucky

B.

D.

contractual
honest

Question 2

Asians believe in ……....... marriage – the parents
of the bride and the groom decide on the marriage.

A.

C.

traditional
lucky

B.

romantic

D.

contractual

LUCKY NUMBER

Question 4
The Americans agree that a wife should
maintain the beauty and ……..... after marriage.

A.

C.

characteristic
appearance

B.

D.

personality
disappear

Question 5
The majority of Asian students reject the
American view that marriage is ..................

A.

based on love

B.

C.

contractual

D.

to sacrifice
partnership of equals

Question 6
More Asians students agree that a husband
is obliged to tell his wife....................

A.

C.

where he has been

B.

about his work

about his secret

D.

about his income

Question 7
Many young people have objected to ______
marriage, which is decided by the parents of
the bride and groom.

A.

agreed

B.

contractual

C.

share

D.

sacrificed

LUCKY NUMBER

HOMEWORK
- Review the lesson
 - Learn by heart new words and questions
 - Prepare Speaking
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