Unit 2: Cultural diversity

Reading

Warm up

Look at the pictures following and guess where people come from

GUESSING GAME

How do you know where they come from?Their clothes

Do their clothes reflect their cultures?

Yes

Do different countries have the same culture?

YESNO

Different countries have different cultures

Before reading

bride (n) groom (n) confide (v) contractual (a) counterpart (n) determine (v) maintain (v) precede (v) sacrifice(v) partnership (n)

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

groom bride

confide (v): to tell sb secrets and personal information that you do not want the other people to know

Vocabulary

confide in sb

confide st to sb

contractual (a) :thoả thuận counterpart (n) :bên tương ứng đối tác determine (v) : xác định maintain (v) : giữ, duy trì precede (v) :đến trước, đi trước sacrifice (v) : Hi sinh

Vocabulary

Question

Do Americans and Asianshave the same idea about love and mariage?

While reading

Read the passage and answer the questions below: What is “contractual” marriage? How many values are there in the summary of the

survey? Don’t Americans believe in “ romantic” marriage? Is it wise for Indian men to confide in their wives? According to Americans, what should a wife do after

marriage? What do most Asian students refuse to accept? Why do American wife trust her husband? What can we infer from the values in the survey?

Answer What is “contractual” marriage?

How many values are there in the summary of survey?

The marriage which parents of the bride and the groom decide

4 values( physical attractiveness, confiding, partnership of equals, and trust built on love)

Don’t Americans believe in “romantic” marriage?

Answer

Yes, they do

Is it wise for Indian men to confide in their wives?

No, it isn’t

According to Americans, what should a wife do after marriage?

Answer

Maintain her beauty and appearance

What do most Asian students refuse to accept?

Marriage is a partnership of equals

Why do American wife trust her husband?

Answer

Because he loves her not because he has to

What can we infer from the values in the survey?

Asians are not as romantic as their American counterparts.

After reading

Write a summary about 150

wordsof the

passage