双-泛读-amily and Marriage-091115.ppt

Family and Marriage Family and Marriage All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own fashion. Leo Tolstoy Family and Marriage Nobody who has not been in the interior of a family can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be. Jane Austen Family and Marriage Marriage is the best of human statuses and the worst, and it will continue to be…The demands that men and women make on marriage will never be fully met; they cannot be. Jessie Bernard Family Modes One with a working dad, a stay at home mum, and a group of kids. One in which both dad and mum work and kids are put at a day care center Or some other arrangements Husband and Wife Marriage and Divorce Divorce Rate in China Interaction in Marriage How to get along well with your future husband or wife? The Wink What is a happy marriage? Vocabulary Henpecked Diabetic Pearly Comprehension 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. F Vocabulary and Paraphrase 1. Mom, renowned for her talents in the kitchen, had take it upon herself to prepare a simple, but delicious meal for no less than 150 guests. My Mom is well-known for being a good cook. She decided to cook a simple, but delicious meal for over 150 guests, though it was not necessarily her duty to do so. Vocabulary and Paraphrase 2. Dad sat there as Mom ticked off her list of grievance against him. Dad sat there as my Mom kept listing one after another her complaints about him Vocabulary and Paraphrase 3. He hadn’t eaten yet, probably because making coffee was the extent of his skills in the kitchen. Dad was not good at cooking at all and the only thing that he could do was t prepare a cup of coffee. And that’s why he hadn’t eaten dinner yet. Vocabulary and Paraphrase 4. Both acts spoke volumes. My parents’ acts explicitly expressed the love they had for each other, with no reliance on words. Vocabulary and Paraphrase 5. He wondered what on the earth he was getting himself into and nearly backed out… He was not su