ENGLISH 12
LÊ VĂN HÂN, M.A
Nguyễn Huệ Upper-Secondary School
Welcome to our class
Unit 2: Cultural Diversity
READING
English 12 - Basic
WARM-UP
Game
"Matching"
Match each picture with a suitable name of the country given.
India
Korea
Vietnam
America
China
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Before You Read
Activity 1: Lead - in
Questions - Answers
What do you see in those pictures?
In your opinion, which of the above factors is the most important for a happy life? Why? ( House / Love / Money / Job / Health / Fame )
UNIT 2
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Reading
: the state of being a partner in business

: happen before something
precede (v)
partnership (n)
: tell somebody personal secret
confide (v)
determine (v)
sacrifice (v) /s’ækrifais/
oblige (v) /ə’blaidʒ/:
: officially decide
: hy sinh
bắt buộc, cưỡng bách
counterpart (n) /’kauntəpa:t/
: đối tác
BEFORE YOU READ
Activity 1: Vocabulary

Activity 2
Checking Vocabulary

Gap - Fill
BEFORE YOU READ
1. Parents are ...................by law to send their children to school.
2. An Indian woman has to .....................more marriage than a man.
3. They agreed that it was unwise to...............in their wife.
4. Love is supposed to follow marriage, not ...................it.
5. An inquiry was set up to...................... the cause of accident.
6. He developed his own program in......................... with an American expert.

obliged
sacrifice
confide
precede
determine
partnership
GAP - FILL

Activity 1
Questions - Answers

(Pair Work)
WHILE YOU READ
1. What is the survey about?


2. What are the four key values in the survey?


3. Who are much more concerned with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband, The young Americans or the young Asians?


Questions - Answers
The survey is about the traditional attitudes of American and Asian toward love and marriage.
They are: Trust build on love , Physical attractiveness, confiding, Partnership of equals.
The young Americans are much more concerned than the young Asians with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband.
4. What are the Indian students’ attitudes on a partnership of equals?



5. Why does the American wife trust her husband to do the right thing?
The Indian students agree that a woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man.
Because she considers that her husband really loves her with all his heart not because he has to.
Questions - Answers

Activity 2
Multiple Choice

(Pair Work)
WHILE YOU READ
Multiple choice
1. Americans believe in .......... marriage – a boy and a girl are attracted to each other, fall in love and decided to marry each other.
A. contractual B. romantic C. lucky
2. Asians believe in ……....... marriage – the parents of the bride and the groom decide on the marriage.
A traditional B. romantic C. contractual
3. The Americans agree that a wife should maintain the beauty and ……..... after marriage.
A characteristic B. personality C appearance
4. The majority of Asian students reject the American view that marriage is ..................
A partnership of equals B. based on love C. to sacrifice
5. More Asian students agree that a husband is obliged to tell his wife....................
A. Where he has been B. about his work C. about his secret
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Activity: Discussion
“What are the differences between a traditional Vietnamese family and a modern Vietnamese family?”
( Group work)

AFTER YOU READ
Suggested Ideas
Write a paragraph about 80 words about the differences between a traditional Vietnamese family and a modern Vietnamese family.
Find what things are good luck and bad luck in customs and traditions of all the countries in the world.
Homework
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