英语阅读3蒋静怡unit 1-2.ppt

英语阅读（三） Unit 1-2 Unit One Family and Marriage by Helen Section Three : The odd couple 1. What was the family name of the couple mentioned? The Fedders. 2. Where did they live? Washington. 3. Please briefly introduce the Fedderses.( their jobs, their religious social background, their social status, etc.) They were archetypical successful Catholic Washington couple with five children living in a gleaming colonial-style mansion. The husband was a lawyer, and the wife, a home-stay mom. From the outside, they have it all. Section Three : The odd couple 4. What made Charlotte Fedders finally decide to divorce her husband? The last straw for her came the day her husband turn his violent rage against his eldest son. 5. How did Mr. Fedders treat his families? Fedders had beaten his wife often and savagely. He thumped her repeatedly even when she was pregnant. He ran his household with iron rules: no one can enter the house in shoes; the boys had to do thirty press-ups whenever they came into the room. Section Three : The odd couple 6.How did the disclosure of their family issue influence their lives respectively? Fedders was forced to resign and got a lower paid job. He had to pay $12,000a year to Chaarlotte and the children. The older children all worked and contributed their money to the household. Charlotte earned a little in a flower shop. Section Three : The odd couple 6. What kind of woman was Charlotte Fedders before, during, and after marriage? Before the marriage, she was a young nurse who never thought she would find a husband with the sort of earning power. In her marriage, she was a poor, clinging pathetic creature who invested everything in her husband and her children. After the marriage, she became a self-confident and articulate woman who made speeches on battered wives up and down the country. Section Three : The odd couple 7. What can we learn from the story? To have a