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Marriage Across the Nations

Section A

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(AP)  President Obama says the nation's decades-old food safety system is a "hazard to public health" and in need of an overhaul, starting with the selection of a new head of the federal Food and Drug Administration. The president also said he was creating a Food Safety Working Group to coordinate food safety laws throughout government and advise him on how to update them. Many of these laws, essential to safeguarding the public from disease, haven't been touched since they were written in the time of President Theodore Roosevelt, he said.

Food Safety System A Health Hazard

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Revision Related Information Discussion Detailed study Summary Assignments

Teaching arrangements

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I. Related InformationI. Related InformationThe American Way:

Marriage all begins with engagement. Traditionally, a young man asks the father of his sweetheart for permission to marry her. If the father agrees, the man later proposes to her.

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Often he tries to surprise her by "popping the question" in a romantic way. Sometimes the couple just decides together that the time is right to get married. The man usually gives his fiancee a diamond ring as a symbol of their engagement. They may be engaged for weeks, months or even years.

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As the big day approaches, bridal showers and bachelor's parties provide many useful gifts. Today many couples also receive counseling during engagement. This prepares them for the challenges of married life.

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II. Discussion Are you in favor of

marriage across nations? Why?

What benefits and problems may a couple from different nations have in your opinion?

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Part I (Paras.1-4) Gail and Mark decided to marry after being together for two years to get to know each other better and learn to take a realistic view on a mixed marriage.

Part II (Paras.5-9) Their planned marriage met with Gail’s mother’s resistance, who reminded her to be very certain that Mark was the right life-long partner, though she did not oppose their plan because of his color.

III. Structure analysis

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III. Structure analysis

Part III (Paras.10-21)

Gail’s father’s reaction to their planned marriage.

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IV. Writing techniques of the passage

In Section A, the writer uses one of the common ways to present one’s opinion. The structure can be described in the following way. 

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Presentation of some ideas, opinions or arguments.  

Correct or reject the ideas, opinions or arguments.     

Presentation of some other, or different or even opposing ideas, opinions or arguments.

Facts, or reasons, or examples to support the ideas, opinions or arguments presented.   

IV. Writing techniques of the passage

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The writer presented two different ideas: one about her early idea and the other about others’ idea. Then she goes on to reject both of them. The two ideas and the rejects are parallel to each other, both of which are not correct and are followed by corrections. This is what we called the parallel structure.

IV. Writing techniques of the passage

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• The mother’s original opinion:

To start with I must admit that at first I harbored reservations about a mixed marriage, prejudices you might even call them.

• The mother corrects her original opinion:

But when I met Mark I found him a charming and intelligent young guy. Any mother would be proud to have him for a son-in-law. So, color has nothing to do with it.

IV. Writing techniques of the passage

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• The mother presents others’ opinion:

Yes, my friends talk. Some even express shock at what you’re doing.  

• Then the mother rejects that opinion, too:

But they live in a different world. So you see,

Mark’s color is not the problem.　

IV. Writing techniques of the passage

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V. Detailed study of the text Part I

A general introduction of our relationship

What information can you get from the first paragraph?

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You can imagine how surprised I was.

Try to imagine that you’re all alone on a desert island.

It’s hard to imagine living in a place where there are no cars.

imagine vt.2) to form（ a picture or idea） in t

he mind

1) plan to have, think about having…

+ wh- clauseImagine + that clause

+ v-ing

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All the characters in this book are .

Up to now, she has been the most suitable person .

An set designer can always enhance the play.

imaginary / imaginable / imaginative

imaginary

imaginable

imaginative

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a mix of good experiences and bad experiences

Life is full of ups and downs.

He has seen the ups and downs in the history of the relations between the two countries.

ups and downs:

人生充满了欢乐与痛苦。

他经历了两国关系史上的阴晴圆缺。  

Translation

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What are the benefits of our racial and cultural differences?

What does the couple think about their future?

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What do many couples find out ten, twenty, or thirty years later?

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work out (L17): develop in a certain way; turn out; find by reasoning

Translation  如果你耐心点，事情会有个圆满的结果。

你已经得出答案了没有？Have you worked out the answer?

Things will work out well if you will just be patient.

How the situation will work out only time can tell.

情况将会如何，只有以后才能知道。

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Assignments

Read the text carefully for better understanding;

Preview the rest part of the text;

Finish Ex. I-VII

After-class discussion

----What does marriage mean?

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Teaching Arrangements

Class report

Revision

Detailed study of the text

Consolidation

Exercises

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China's premier expressed concern Friday about its massive holdings of Treasuries and other U.S. debt, appealing to Washington to safeguard their value.

Premier Wen Jiabao noted that Beijing is the biggest foreign creditor to the U. S. and called on Washington to see that its response to the global slowdown does not damage the value of Chinese holdings.

"We have made a huge amount of loans to the United States. Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I'm a little bit worried," Wen said at a news conference following the closing of China's annual legislative session. "I would like to call on the United States to honor its words, stay a credible nation and ensure the safety of Chinese assets."

China 'worried' about U.S. Treasury holdings

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　 新华网北京３月１３日电 中国国务院总理温家宝１３日再次重申要求美国保持信用，信守承诺，保证中国资产的安全。 　　温家宝在十一届全国人大二次会议举行的记者会上回答华尔街日报记者提问时，作上述表示。 　　“我们把巨额资金借给美国，当然关心资产的安全。说句老实话，我确实有些担心。” 温家宝说。 　　温家宝表示，中国确实是美国最大的债权国，美国又是世界上最大的经济体，我们十分关注美国经济的发展。奥巴马总统的新政府采取了一系列的应对金融危机的措施，我们对于这些措施的效果予以期待。

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V. Detailed study of the text Part II

What was Deborah’s attitude toward our relationship originally? And what was it now?

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counsel: n. advice; suggestion;

v. give advice to; advise

Listen to the counsel of your elders.

听从长辈们的劝告吧。

顾问建议他们放弃这个计划。

忠言有利无害。

The counselor counsel(l)ed them to give up the project.

Good counsel does no harm.

Saying

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Part II

What was Deborah’s attitude at the beginning? And what was the difference of her attitude after she met him?

What was the response of Deborah’s friends?

What was the reason for Deborah’s resistance?

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habor: n. place of shelter for ships; (fig) place of safety or shelter

v. keep sth secretly in one’s mind; to give shelter to (a criminal, etc.)

船只都停泊在港湾里。

她对当局把他关入监狱耿耿于怀。

She harbored a grudge against the authorities for putting him in jail.

The boats lay at anchor in the harbor.

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… at first I harbored reservations about a mixed marriage, prejudices you might even call them.

Inversion, for emphasis

Normal Structure:… at first I harbored reservations about a mixed marriage, and you might even call these reservations prejudices.

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confirm: v. prove that sth. is true; make a plan, meeting, etc. certain, esp. by telephone

The announcement in the evening paper confirmed people suspicions of the rumor.

The hotel confirmed our reservations by telegram.

晚报上的通告证实了人们对传闻的怀疑。

旅馆打来电报确认我们所预订没有变动。

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How did the father approach our decision?And what was he worried about?

Part III

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Why the haste?

This is an elliptical question. In Wh-questions we often have ellipsis. Another example in this reading passage is:

Then why the rush?

Why bother waiting any longer?

Why not make one for yourself instead of buying one?

为什么我们还得费功夫等下去呢？

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…he made it very clear when we were discussing marriage that if I had any doubts about anything, I should not hesitate to cancel our plans.

“it” is used as the formal object, while the real object is the “that-clause”.

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What did the father do then to dissuade Gail from getting married?

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…it never too late to change your mind.

Meaning:

…you can change your mind any time.

活到老，学到老。

亡羊补牢，未为晚也。

One is never too old to learn.

It is never too late to mend.

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Gail and I had experienced _____and ______ in two years, now we come to ______, ____________

and ________ each other.

We confronted ___________ and ________ of each other’s character. We have learnt to be __________, ______________ and ________ . The source of our strength was our mutual _____ and _______.

ups downs

know understand

respect

weaknesses strengths

tolerant compromising open

trustrespect

Summary

Why did we decide to get married?

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When Gail’s mother heard the news, instead of ______________she _________ Gail to reconsider our marriage. Though she regarded me as

________ and _________,

she was afraid that

Gail may be marrying

me for ______ reasons.

counseledcongratulations

charming intelligent

wrong

What did her mother think?

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When Gail’s father heard the news, he approached our decision with _________________ attitude. He doubted that I was marrying in order to ________ in the USA , for I had problems with the Citizenship department. So, they all _________ that Gail be sure that ___________________________ and she may ________________ .

remain

suggested

change her mind

What was her father’s response?

a father-knows-best

she was doing the wrong thing

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Assignments

Read the passage aloud;

Preview Section B;

Paragraph wring—P67

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Leisure WritingWrite about the traditional customs of marriage in your hometown. If necessary, you may consult the older generation of your family about the story.

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Would you like to marry a man or a girl from another culture? Why or why not? Give your ideas in your group.

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Summary of the Text

Gail and I decided to get married out of ___________________

___________, but our wedding plans met with some _________.

and respect

resistance

love, mutual trust

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1. What did Gail and Mark experience during their two years together?

Speaking Tasks for Pair Work

ups and downs understand and respect each other confront weaknesses and strengths

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2. What effect did racial and cultural differences have on them?

racial issues racial hatred enhance the relationship be open with each other tolerance compromise

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3.What happened when Gail spread the news of their wedding plans to her family?

4.Why did Gail’s mother, Deborah, counsel her to be sure she was doing the right thing?

instead of congratulations resistance supportive joke about counsel

with every indication that date reservations a mixed marriage prejudices last forever

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5. How did Gail’s father approach their decision to get married?

with a father-knows-best attitude haste rush the citizenship status suspect be realistic change one’s mind

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ReferenceWIFE

HUSBANDH —— housing 有房子U —— understanding 有心灵相通S —— sharing 有分享的喜悦B —— buying 有钱买想要的东西A —— and 还有N —— never 绝对不D —— demanding 要求太高的

W —— washing     I —— ironing      F —— food    E —— entertaining

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For example

w-washing

i- …

f- …

e- …

I. I. Guess the Real Meaning of Husband , Wife and Family

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II. Chinese to EnglishII. Chinese to English

宽容相互尊重避免错误不兼容偏见女婿知女莫若父怀疑异族通婚

tolerance mutual respect avoid mistake incompatible prejudice son-in-law father-knows-best suspect mixed couple

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妥协 种族主义者 理想主义的 现实主义的 ( 状态 ) 最好时 ( 状态 ) 最差时

compromise racist idealistic realistic at one’s best at one’s worst

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I. Old to NewI. Old to New

false impressionsuitablefail to seeadviselater; followingwords;signcruelgo ondecide

illusion compatible overlook counsel subsequent indication harsh proceed resolve

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III. Word CollocationIII. Word Collocation

mutual

trust

support

benefits

understanding

tolerance

compromise

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meet with

accident

danger

death

approval

disapproval

opposition