Marriage Across the Nations

Unit Three

Topics for Discussion

• Can you describe the person you want to marry?

• What do you think a marriage is?

• What do you think makes a good marriage.

Quotes on MarriageWhat is marriage?

• There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

• If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.

What makes a good marriage?• If you would marry suitably, marry your

equal.

• A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

• Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.“

• A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.

Funny quotes on marriage

• My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.

• A good wife always forgives her husband when she is wrong.

• What is the difference between a boyfriend and a husband? --- About 30 pounds

• When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge that to let him keep her.

• I married Miss Right. I just didn’t know her first name was Always.

Funny quotes on marriage

• When you meet someone who can cook and do housework--don't hesitate a minute--marry him.

• Before marriage, a man yearns for the woman he loves. After marriage, the 'Y' becomes silent!

• Love is blind -- marriage is the eye-opener

Useful structures• experience the usual ups and downs• the weakness and strength of one’s character• have no illusions about what future holds for us……• overlook sth. in the expectation that• make everything work out right• have a negative effect on sth.• the budding relationship• spread the news of sth. to sb.• be supportive of sth.

• counsel sb. to do sth.• To start with I must admit that...• harbor reservation about sth.• express shock at sth.• with every indication that…• approach sth. with a father-knows-best attitude• hesitate to do sth.• proceed to do sth.

ups and downs

• After all the ups and downs of the past forty years of hardworking, my father is happy to retire and enjoy a leisurely life.

• 四十年辛勤工作，历经起起伏伏，我父亲很高兴退休，享受悠闲生活。

weakness and strength

• Bad and good, weakness and strength, vice and virtue, are all opposites within duality.

have no illusions about

• I have no illusions about the difficulties in the path of that goal, but I’m alsoabsolutely convinced that that is the solution that is deeply in the interests ofboth the Israelis and Palestinians.

in the expectation that

• They buy the company's stock now in the expectation that the price will rise.

make everything work out• Only have a little faith in me, and I’ll make

everything work out right.

have a negative effect on

• Does garbage pollution have a negative effect on city's environment? Garbage in a city can cause a variety of problems. These include contamination of ground water, surface water, and even the cities water system

the budding relationship

• The budding relationship between the two countries then blossomed .

spread the news

• I hope that the children here today will spread the news and tell their friendsto read the book and that those friends will spread the news to ever widening circlesof friends and acquaintances.

be supportive of

• We can share our goals and frustrations with these new people and they willbe supportive of us.

counsel sb. to do sth.

• Privately, the present was being counseled to end the war.

to start with

• I would like to start with a quotation from a government report as follows: 

• “We live at a time when our economy is more than ever exposed to international forces.”

express shock at• Meanwhile, neighbors,

friends and colleagues yesterday continued to express shock at the death of a man described as caring, committed and destined for biggerthings.

with every indication that

• By 1900 Germany was the greatestpower on the continent and certainly rivaled Britain as an industrial power withevery indication that it would overtake Britain as an industrial power.

a ‘father knows best’ attitude

• Surprising as it sounds, many companiestake a ‘father knows best’ attitude and fail to meet the needs of their customers.

hesitate to do

• Why do small business hesitate to invest in people management and training?

proceed to do

• Wrap these in plastic wrap and refrigerate while you proceed to do the pie filling, or even for a few days.

Every time---Britney Spears• Notice me

Take my handWhy are weStrangers whenOur love is strongWhy carry on without me? And everytime I try to flyI fall without my wingsI feel so smallI guess I need you baby

• And everytime I see you in my dreamsI see your face, it's haunting meI guess I need you babyI make believe That you are hereIt's the only wayI see clearWhat have I doneYou seem to move on easy

• And everytime I try to flyI fall without my wingsI feel so smallI guess I need you babyAnd everytime I see you in my dreams

•I see your face, you are haunting meI guess I need you babyI may have made it rainPlease forgive meMy weakness caused you painAnd this song is my sorryOhhhh

• At night I prayThat soon your faceWill fade away And everytime I try to flyI fall without my wingsI feel so smallI guess I need you babyAnd everytime I see you in my dreamsI see your face, you are haunting meI guess I need you baby

• After all...After all...