Stepbystep3000第二册U1-U6答案与原文.docx

Unit 1 Part I - A 87, 80, 53, 48, 24, 17 Script: The P orter Family Mr William Porter is very old. He is 87. And Mrs Catherine Porter is 80. Mr P orter is from Wales. Joh n P orter and Mary are brother and sister. Joh n P orter is 53 and he is a lawyer. His wife Susan is 48, and she is an architect. James Porter and Joa n Lee are cous ins. James P orter is 24 and Joa n Lee is 17. Part I - B spending special time together. specific, complain, request, praise. fatigue, in securities, foxhole, strik ing out , p rotect. distant all marriages, Work together o understand Resp ect, dan ger, pro fessi on al, p hysical, verbal Understand, win Part I - C 40, excel, domestic argume nt, los ing wi n-wi n, lose-lose, wi n, a gift, returns argue over, arent, who, in con trol, fear, did nt n eed, ought not to , could nt, tried to, destroy, marriage love, loved, secure, discover, garde n, cultivate, the most p recious, own self, bloom. obta in, our partn er, loved and res pected, con trol. Part II- A A2 similar social backgrounds. the same race or same ethnic background. the same religion. A3 Japan / 9.2% / arran ged marriages 3% / betwee n blacks and whites Many people in Wester n cultures choose their own wives and husba nds. In many other coun tries, spo use are ofte n chose n by the paren ts. In China and Japan before this cen tury (20th cen tury), upp er-class marriages were arra nged by the older males. In many cultures in the Middle East, Asia, and p re-i ndustrial Europe, the mans family n egotiated a bride p rice with the woma ns family; the mans family was exp ected to pay it. In Hi ndu In dia, the brides family p aid a grooms p rice to the family of the man. These customs are weakening;for intance, only 9.2 percent of Japanese marriages are now arran ged. What are the criteria for choosing mates? Most marriages-whether arranged by families or occurring from personal attraction or love--are based on similar social backgrounds. In other words, the man and the woman come fr