新视野大学英语3 unit 9课件.pptVIP

premarital adj. He didn’t agree with his mother’s views on premarital sex. 他不同意母亲关于婚前性行为问题的观点。 He didn’t appear to have any financial or marital problems. 他看起来没有任何经济或婚姻问题。 work out (L1) store away (L2) insist on/upon (one’s) doing/that (L3) insist on / upon verify v. make no mistake about it Difficult Sentence 1 But make no mistake about it, what most of them are about is money—and how financial assets will be divided up if a couple divorces. address v. If you address a problem, you start trying to solve it. e.g. 有几件事情正在处理。 A number of issues are being addressed. 政府过去在处理全球变暖问题上行动迟缓。 Governments were slow to address the problem of global warming. bind - vt.(pt., pp. bound) Difficult Sentence 2 They have been gaining in acceptance in the United States since the early 1980s, when more states began passing laws that affected the division of financial assets in a divorce. make the headline (L17) contest vt. (L18) contest n. (L18) Difficult Sentence 3 …lawyers for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis contested the prenuptial agreement between her and Aristotle Onassis after his death, reportedly winning $26 million in an out-of-court settlement. (L.16) sting v. (L25) sting n. (L25) exposure (to) n. (L26) Difficult Sentence 4 A typical candidate for a prenuptial agreement is a man who has accumulated considerable wealth, has already been stung once, and wants to reduce his exposure to future problems. (L.25) shield vt. to shield sth. (from… ) to (L. 32) Difficult Sentence 5 The effort to shield assets to be passed on to children and grandchildren is making prenups more common among retired people in their 60s and 70s who are remarrying after a spouse has died. (L.32) pass on to (L.32) call for be in line for Difficult Sentence 6 Another situation that calls for premarital agreements occurs when a potential spouse has, or is in line for great inherited wealth or a family business, especially if the future partner has