Unit 2. Cultural diversity

Who are much more concerned with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband, the young Americans or the young Asians.. What are the Indians students’ attitudes on a partne

1 What do you know about the age of marriage

in Vietnam?

2 What is attitude of Vietnamese people about marriage?

3 In your opinion, what are the most important factors in marriage ( LOVE, MONEY, A

GOOD JOB, GOOD HEALTH, A NICE

HOUSE/FLAT, PARENTS’ APPROVAL ) ? (in Vietnam and American)

Discussion: Work in groups and answer these questions.

- cultural (adj):

- diversity (n):

- be concerned(v):

- trust (n):

- bride (n)

- groom (n):

- survey (n):

- conduct (v):

- counterpart (n):

- maintain (v):

thuộc về văn hóa

sự đa dạng quan tâm

sự tin cậy

cô dâu chú rể cuộc điều tra tiến hành

đối tác duy trì, giữ What do you call

her/him?

- cultural (adj):

- diversity (n):

- be concerned(v):

- trust (n):

- bride (n)

- groom (n):

- survey (n):

- conduct (v):

- counterpart (n):

- maintain (v):

thuộc về văn hóa

sự đa dạng quan tâm

sự tin cậy

cô dâu

chú rể

cuộc điều tra

tiến hành

đối tác duy trì, giữ

1 Love is supposed to follow marriage, not

precede it.

2 A survey was made to determine their

attitudes toward love and marriage.

3 They agree that it is unwise to confide in

their wives.

4 An Indian woman has to sacrifice more in a

marriage than a man.

5 A husband is obliged to tell his wife where

he has been.

Task 1 Explain the meaning of the italicized words/ phrases in the following sentences

1 precede:

2 determine:

3 confide in:

4 sacrifice:

happen or exist before find out

5 obliged:

tell someone about something very important or secret

willingly stop having something you want

having a duty to do something

Task 2 Answer the questions.

1 What are the four key values in the survey?

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

3 What are the Indians students’ attitudes on a partnership of equals?

4 Why does the American wife trust her husband

to do the right thing?

5 What is the main finding of the survey?

Discuss the question:

Discuss the question:

What are the differences between a traditional Vietnamese family and a modern Vietnamese family?

 Generation

 Responsibility

 Rules

 The role of woman and man

• Prepare Speaking lesson

1 What are the four key values in the

survey?

→ They are Physical attractiveness; Confiding; Partnership of equals; Trust built on love.

You are unlucky!

You’ve just lost half of your points!

Lucky

number!

20

2 Who are much more concerned with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband, the young Americans

or the young Asians?

→The young Americans are much more

concerned than the young Indians and the Chinese with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband.

3 What are the Indians students’ attitudes

on a partnership of equals?

→ The Indians students agree that a woman has

to sacrifice more in marriage than a man.

4 Why does the American wife trust her

husband to do the right thing?

→The American wife trusts her husband to do

the right thing because he loves her not because

he has to.

X 2

Lucky

number!

5 What is the main finding of the survey?

→ The main finding if the survey is that young Asians are not as romantic as American

counterparts.