Unit 3 Marriage Matters

Part ISection A

quadruple

• adj. 四倍的；四重的 • vt. 使…成四倍 • vi. 成为四倍 • n. 四倍• cable in quadruples • 四芯电缆 • Diabetes quadruples the risk for women and doubl

es it for men . • 糖尿病将使女性患病风险增至普通风险水平的四倍（男性

为两倍）。• Marriage halves our griefs , doubles our joys , quad

ruples our expenses . • 婚姻使忧烦减半，欢乐多一倍，但开销增加四倍。

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Median a.

中间的 , 中央的• the median family income• 中等家庭的收入

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Spouse

• n. 配偶 [C]Jobs are available for spouses on campus and in the community.

• 校园里和社区里有配偶可做的工作。

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Arranged marriage

• 包办婚姻• Do you think marriages based on love

are more successful than arranged marriage ?

• 你认为建立在爱情上的婚姻比包办婚姻更成功吗？

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Ethnic background

• 民族或者是哪国人或者两个都是 ... • E.g. I am Chinese. 我是中国人 • I am Mongolian. 我是蒙古人 • I am a Chinese Australian. 我是澳大利亚华人 • I am a Canadian Inuit. 我是加拿大因纽特人 • I am Chinese and I am from the Mongolian ethnic m

inority.• 我是中国人，并是蒙古少数民族

• Race 种族 . ( White/Caucasian: 白种人 Asian : 亚洲人 Black/African : 黑人 )

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Section B

Wedding anniversary

•A wedding anniversary is the anniversary of the date a wedding took place.

•The names of some anniversaries provide guidance for appropriate or traditional gifts for the spouses to give each other; if there is a party these can be brought by the guests or influence the theme or decoration.

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Wedding anniversary• These gifts vary in different countries, but some years have wel

l-established connections now common to most nations: 5th Wooden, 10th Tin, 15th Crystal, 20th China, 25th Silver, 30th Pearl, 40th Ruby, 50th Golden, 60th Diamond.

• The tradition may have originated in medieval Germany where, if a married couple lived to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their wedding, the wife was presented by her friends and neighbours with a silver wreath to congratulate them for the good fortune that had prolonged the lives of the couple for so many years. On celebration of the 50th, the wife received a wreath of gold.

• Over time the number of symbols expanded and the German tradition came to assign gifts that had direct connections with each stage of married life. The symbols have changed over time. For example in the United Kingdom, diamond was a well known symbol for the 75th anniversary, but this changed to the now more common 60th anniversary after Queen Victoria's 60 years on the throne was widely marked as her Diamond Jubilee.

Matchmaker

• someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others

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Section C

• Breadwinner ['bredwin ] n. ə 负担生计的人

• Homemaker[‘h um,meik ] n.ə ə 主妇 ,持家的人

• Self-sufficient adj. 自足的 ; 极为自负的 ;傲慢的

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Submissive• adj. 顺从的；服从的；柔顺的• Yet he was as submissive to a word of advice as if h

e had been in constant terror. • 可是他好像一直提心吊胆，我劝他的话，他没有不听的。 • The little girl from the convent was in her prim whit

e dress , with her small submissive face . • 那个从修道院来的小姑娘穿着整洁的白外衣，一张温驯的

小脸蛋。 • The submissive lose initiative , both in thought and

action ; moreover , the anger generated by the feeling of being thwarted tends to find an outlet in bullying those who are weaker.

• 顺服者丧失了思想和行动上的主动权，更甚者，他们倾向于通过欺凌弱小者来发泄因感到挫败而产生的愤怒。

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Part IIOral

Practice

Exercise 1 some useful words

• Adore• Ask someone out• Be attracted to each other• Be unable to take one’s eyes off • Blind date• Break up• Date • Divorce • Fall in love (at the first sight)• Go out with• Start dating• Take someone out

Exercise 2

• What is important for a good marriage?Look through the list below and check any words you do not know

1. Being honest with each other2. Having clear roles of who does what (e.g. the husband does the DIY, the wife doe

s the3. cooking)4. Sharing the same sense of humour5. Having children6. Liking the same music7. Being faithful to each other8. Allowing each other their space (e.g. freedom to go out with friends but without t

heir9. partner)10. Having a pre-nuptial agreement11. Being from the same religious backgrounds12. Being from the same social class13. Being educated to the same level14. Sharing the same political beliefs15. Having your own place to live16. Having a joint bank account17. Being sensitive to each other’s needs18. Having a good physical relationship19. Sharing the same hobbies and interests20. Liking each other’s friends21. Liking each other’s families22. Remembering important dates (e.g. birthdays, anniversaries)23. Being able to compromise24. Enjoying the same television programmes25. Spending a lot of time together26. Telling each other everything (not keeping secrets)

Prenuptial agreement• A prenuptial agreement or premarital agreement, com

monly abbreviated to prenup or prenupt, is a contract entered into prior to marriage, civil union or any other agreement prior to the main agreement by the people intending to marry or contract with each other.

• 婚前协议，通常缩写为 prenup 或 prenupt ，指有意成婚或者彼此承诺的人在结婚、民事结合（即同性结婚）或者正式注册之前签署的一份协议。

• The content of a prenuptial agreement can vary widely, but commonly includes provisions for division of property and spousal support in the event of divorce or breakup of marriage. They may also include terms for the forfeiture of assets as a result of divorce on the grounds of adultery, further conditions of guardianship may be included as well.

• 婚前协议的内容可能不尽相同，但是普遍都包括离婚或婚姻破裂时财产分配以及配偶抚养方面的条款。有时可能还会包括因通奸而导致离婚时财产没收以及对于监护权的进一步要求等条款。

• There are two types of prenuptial agreements: marriage contract for people who are married or about to be married, and cohabitation agreement for unmarried couples. A variation for people who are already married is a postnuptial agreement, also called a postmarital agreement.

• 婚前协议分为两种：已婚夫妇或将婚夫妇签署的婚姻协议，以及未结婚伴侣签署的同居协议。已婚夫妇签署的协议也叫做 postnuptial agreement 或者 postmarital agreement 。

• Which of the above do you think are very important, quite important and not important for a good marriage? Put them into the columns below. In pairs discuss how you have grouped the list, giving reasons for your opinions.Not important Quite importa

nt Very important

1. Being honest with each other2. Having clear roles of who does what (e.g. the husband does the DIY, the wife doe

s the3. cooking)4. Sharing the same sense of humour5. Having children6. Liking the same music7. Being faithful to each other8. Allowing each other their space (e.g. freedom to go out with friends but without t

heir9. partner)10. Having a pre-nuptial agreement11. Being from the same religious backgrounds12. Being from the same social class13. Being educated to the same level14. Sharing the same political beliefs15. Having your own place to live16. Having a joint bank account17. Being sensitive to each other’s needs18. Having a good physical relationship19. Sharing the same hobbies and interests20. Liking each other’s friends21. Liking each other’s families22. Remembering important dates (e.g. birthdays, anniversaries)23. Being able to compromise24. Enjoying the same television programmes25. Spending a lot of time together26. Telling each other everything (not keeping secrets)

Let’s have some fun

the waffly wedded wife