Love and MarriageLove and Marriage

Part A Part A LoveLove

What does this fairy tale

‘Beauty and Beast’

inspire you on love?

Assignment Check Share your love story with the class, and vote for a best one.

(You were required to make up a love story. Remember that?^_^)

First kiss from an ogre? Please watch the movie clip and fill in the blanks in your book.

1. unorthodox 12. supposed to be2. in your debt 13. have to be rescued3. remove your helmet4. look upon 14. making my job any

easier5. job description 15. my problem6. how it goes7. share true love’s first kiss8. not your type9. take off10. As you command11. Prince Charming

After-listening Activities

1. Brainstorm factors that you can think of when you want to meet someone and list them on your paper.

(age, wealth, health, family background, education, personality, appearance, etc.)

After-listening Activities

2. Choose 3 most important factors and decide the 3 least important factors.

3. Exchange the lists among groups and try to find an ideal spouse according to the list.

Assignment You are expected to have a debate on

the motion “Physical appearance or personality—which is more important for marriage?”

Group A: Physical appearance Group B: Personality

Attributes you may want your ideal partner to have

rich, tall, strong, handsomeIntelligent, kind, clever, tenderhonest, quiet, worthy, modestsensitive, polite, simple, faithful, tolerant, romantic, funlively, amusing, grown-up

Attributes you may want your ideal partner to have

experienced, pretty, enigmatica little crazy, open-mindedpatient, sincere, charminggood-looking, good to talk tohave a good job, humorous, have a beautiful face/heart

Part B MarriagePart B Marriage

Pre-listening: Getting someone’s attention

You’re walking down the street. You see a very attractive person. You would like to get this person’s attention—to meet him or her. What are some things that people typically say or do to get the attention of an attractive stranger?

A New York Story

You are going to hear a famous American storyteller, Garrison Keillor, tell about an experience on a New York City street. Don’t worry if you don’t understand every word. As you listen, think about the answers to these questions: What did the man do? Why? What did the woman do? Why?

Vocabulary

briefcase; dime; to lean against;

somersault n. vi. 翻筋斗 ;

sidewalk; parking meter;

Cadillac convertible

Pre-listening

In China, how do people meet someone to marry?

Where? In what situations? How did people find spouses in the past—fifty or a hundred years ago? Were the customs different from today?

Would you date someone online? Why or why not?

Guess from the titleGuess from the title

Title: Our “true testimony” of International Internet match-making

1. What is the speaker going to say?2. Are the people in the talk from the

same country or from different countries?

3. How did they meet each other?

Now listen to the Now listen to the monologue carefullymonologue carefully

1. Please listen first and then answer the questions in your paper.

2. Listen again , try to get some details to answer the questions .

Wedding CeremonyPlease watch the movie and then put the sentences in right order.