新视野第三册第九单元.doc

新视野第三册第九单元 Unit 9 Section A Premarital Agreements 1. Pre-reading 1. 1 Background information Premarital agreements：Premarital agreements or prenuptial agreements are binding legal contracts between two people who intend to marry each other. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis : Born on July 28, 1929, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was first lady of the United States during the administration (1961-1963) of her first husband, John F. Kennedy. She had been a newspaper reporter and photographer before their marriage in 1953. She was riding beside President Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963. In 1968 she married the Greek shipping millionaire Aristotle Onassis. 1. 2 Topic-related video 1. 3 Topic-related discussion 2. While-reading 2. 1 Global reading 2. 1. 1 Understand the major details of the text 2. 1. 2 Understand organization of the text 1)Main idea of the text The essay focuses on one social phenomenon: prenups or premarital agreements.The author gives the reader a detailed exposition of what prenups are, who needs prenups, what points to be taken care of before signing prenups, and how people evaluate prenups. 2) Text structure analysis Part One (Paras. 1-4)A general introduction of prenups: What are prenups and how they are forged? 1 .Prenups are designed to address the problems of the division of financial assets as they arise. 2.Prenups are negotiated by lawyers for the prospective spouses, and signed by the prospective spouses before a marriage ceremony. Part Two (Paras5-8.)This part is about who needs prenups. 1.Prenups for those who will be involved in great economic consequences in a divorce and those who want to remarry. 2. Prenups for those who have accumulated considerable wealth, have already been stung once, and want to reduce their exposure to future problems. 3 Prenups for those who want to shield assets to be passed onto children and grandchildren. 4. Prenups for those who has ,or in line for. great inherited w