UNIT TWO
CULURAL DIVERSITY
A-READING
WORK IN PAIRS. DISCUSS THE QUESTION:
Which of the following factors is the most important for a happy life ? why ?
Love
A nice house/ flat
Money
A good job
Parent’s approval
Good health
Romantic (a)
Attract (V) attractiveness (n)
Decide on s.th/ to do sth
On the other hand
Survey (n)
Conduct (v)
Confide (v) in sb
A large number of :
Significantly (adv)
Romanticism (n)
Response (n)
Be supposed to do sth
Lãng mạn
Thu hút; sự thu hút
Quyết định làm gì
Trái lại
Sự khảo sát
Cuộc khảo sát
Tin ai, giãi bài tâm sự với ai
Many
Importantly
Sự lãng mạn
Answer
Có nhiệm vụ
Task 1 Explain the meaning of the italicized words / phrases in the following sentences
Love is supposed to follow marriage, not precede it
A survey was made to determine their attitudes toward love and marriage
They agree that it is unwise to confide in their wives
An Indian woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man
A husband is obliged to tell his wife where he has been
Choose their meaning :
Having a duty 5. happen or exist before
Trust
Willing to stop having something you want
Find out
Answer keys
Precede : happen or exist before
determine : Find out
Confide : Trust
Sacrifice : Willing to stop having something you want
obliged : Having a duty
Task 2 Answer the following questions
1. What are the four key values in the survey?
1 They are Trust built on love, physical attractiveness, confiding, partnership of equals
2. Who are much more concerned with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband , the young Americans or the young Asians?
2 The Americans are much more concerned than the Indians and Chineses
3. What are the Indian students’ attitudes on a partnership of equals?
3 They agree that “ a woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man”
4. Why does the American wife trust her husband to do the right thing?
4. Because he loves her not because he has to
5. What is the main finding of the survey?
5. Young Asians are not as romantic as their American counterparts
Discuss the question: what are the differences between a traditional Vietnamese family and a modern Vietnamese family?