新视野大学英语读写教程（第二版）第三册Unit 9 Section APremarital Agreements.ppt

,Text Study,Idea Sharing,Notes to the Text,Words and Expressions,Writing,Structure Analysis,Reproduction,Understanding,Summary,I.Structure Analysis,General Statement+Examples+Evaluation,The Writing Model of the Text:,Text StudyStructure Analysis,When using this writing technique,the most important point is to make sure that the examples should be relevant to the general statement.,The general statement:,Text StudyStructure Analysis,A social phenomenon prenups orpremarital agreements,including:,what prenups are who needs to have prenups some points to be taken care of regarding prenups a general evaluation of prenups.,The general statement:A social phenomenon-premarital agreements,Text StudyStructure Analysis,Examples:some examples of crazy clauses of premarital agreements(para.1)an example of prenups the case of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis(para.4),Part I,(Para.1-4),The general statement:,Text StudyStructure Analysis,Part II,(Para.5-8),Who needs to have prenups?three types of people,The general statement:Some points to be taken care of regarding prenups,Text StudyStructure Analysis,Examples:Two examples of not taking the advice.(para.11)an example of Mr.and Mrs.Smiths divorce.(para.13),Part III,(Para.9-14),Part IV Evaluations,Text StudyStructure Analysis,A positive one:prenups sometimes may help save a couple from a terrible marriage.(para.15)A negative one:prenups sometimes prove to be of no use to some happy marriages.(para.16),II.Understanding,Text StudyUnderstanding,Answer the following questions:,1.What are prenups?,Prenups are designed to address the problems of the division of _ if a couple divorces.,financial assets,(Para.1-4),Prenups are negotiated by _ and signed by _ _ a marriage ceremony.,lawyers,the prospective spouses,before,Text StudyUnderstanding,(Para.5-8),2.Who needs to have prenups?,Text StudyUnderstanding,For those who may have _ in a divorce and who want to _.,great economic consequences,remarry,For those who want to _ to be _ their children and grand children.,shield assets,passed on to,Text StudyUnderstanding,For those who have/are in line for _ _ or _,while the future partner has little or nothing at all.,inherited wealth,a family business,Text StudyUnderstanding,great,(Para.9-13),3.How to deal with problems regarding prenups?,Text StudyUnderstanding,_ are necessary._ is required to write the document.Dont use _ as your future spouse does.,Proper guidelines,A lawyer,the same lawyer,Text StudyUnderstanding,Advice from the lawyers,Dont sign prenups _.,Watch out if your spouse is living abroad with _.,under pressure,different passports,Text StudyUnderstanding,(Para.14-16),4.Evaluation of prenups.,Text StudyUnderstanding,Prenups are _.Sometimes it may help _ _.Sometimes it proves to _ _.,business agreements,save a couple from,a terrible marriage,be of no use to,some happy marriages,Text StudyUnderstanding,III.Summary,Signing agreements before marriage has become popular in the United States since 1980s._ are designed to solve problems like how to divide up _ if a couple divorces.Some people are strongly _ them but others argue that there are several reasons _ them:to protect the _ accumulation of wealth of one of the _,to protect children from a _,against,for,financial assets,spouses,Premarital agreements,previous,Text StudySummary,(to be continued),considerable,marriage,to lay _ the responsibilities andsave a couple from a _ marriage,etc.With 50%of all marriages in America _up in divorces,_ agreements seem to be _ in acceptance.,ending,premarital,terrible,gaining,bare,Text StudySummary,IV.Reproduction,Work in groups and role play the following situations mentioned in the text,trying to use as much information and manyexpressions of Text A as possible.,Text StudyReproduction,Text StudyReproduction,Role play cards(A):Role A:Youre a young man with great inheritance,your girl friend is very beautiful and you are preparing for a proposal.You need to know whether you need premaritalagreement or not,and how to make it.,Text StudyReproduction,Role play cards(B):Role B:Youre a famous movie star with threeex-wives and suffered great economic loss from each divorce.You now fall in love with a beautiful girl again and are preparing for thewedding.You want to avoid the loss and askthe lawyer for advices.,Text StudyReproduction,Role play cards(C):Role C:Youre a successful engineer with asix-year-old son,youre getting remarried witha smart woman next month.You want to know about premarital agreement and get advicesfrom the lawyer.,Text StudyReproduction,Role play cards(D):Role D:Youre a lawyer and friend ofA,B and C.You need to explain clearlywhats premarital agreement and offerprofessional advices to A,B and C.,Active Expressions,Focus Study,In English,you may find some expressionsformed by very common words,but theyare active and powerful.,Whats on at the cinema tonight?今晚电影院上演什么？Whats he up to?他忙什么呢?,I.Active Expressions,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,1.when a potential spouse has,or is in line for,great inherited wealth or.(L35)2.“An agreement is stuck under somebodys nose on the day of wedding(L47)3.some 50%of all marriages in the United States end up on the trash heap.(L67)4.“It sheds light on issues which could later widen and result in divorce.(L69),Notes to the TextActive Expressions,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,1.小偷就在马太太的眼皮底下偷走了她的珍珠。2.约翰有望成为今年俱乐部总裁。3.中韩足球大战最后以平局告终。4.你的发言并没有说明问题。,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,1.The thief took Mrs Mas pearls just under her nose.2.John is in line for the presidency of the club next year.3.The football game between Korea and China finally ended up as a draw.4.Your statement does not shed light on the subject.,More Practice,我刚才看的那本书到哪儿去了？就在你面前嘛！2.威廉王子是英国排名第三的皇位继承人。3.你要还这样开车，总有一天你会进医院的。4.最近的研究结果可能有助于揭示SARS的 病因。,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,Where is that book I was reading?Its right under your nose!,2.Prince William is third in line to be admitted to the British crown.,3.If you keep driving like that,youll end up in hospital one day.,4.Recent research may shed new light on the cause of SARS.,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,II.Focus Study,Notes to the TextFocus Study,1.The laws are based either on“community property”(split evenly)or on“reasonable distribution”.(L15),Practice,either or 或者.或者,她不是醉了就是疯了。,他不肯讲也不肯吃。,She is either drunk or mad.,He refused to either speak or eat.,Notes to the TextFocus Study,2.A typical candidate for a prenuptial agreement is a man who has accumulated considerable wealth,(L25),is the one who/that+clause 是一种的人/物,Practice,Notes to the TextFocus Study,我心目中的女朋友是漂亮、温柔而忠贞的女孩。,字典是一本对一门语言的词汇进行排序并解 释的书。,The ideal girl friend for me is the one who is beautiful,gentle and faithful.,A dictionary is a book that lists and explains the words of a language.,Notes to the TextFocus Study,Notes to the TextFocus Study,3.But never,ever,warn marriage law consultants,should you use the same lawyer as your future spouse does.(L41),某些表示否定意义的副词位于句首时，句子通常要部分倒装，即：助动词或情态动词位于主语之前。,nowhere,no longer,hardly,little,few,seldom,rarely,barely,etc.,Practice,(我从来没)_ seen such a nice movie.(他不再)_ in charge of this work.(她没怎么)_ think of the consequence.(哪儿也找不到他们)_ to be found.(我几乎听不懂)_ understand what he said.(他很少到别处去)_ anywhere except to the library._ words _ exchange.(他们几乎没交谈),Notes to the TextFocus Study,Never have I,No longer was he,Little did she,Nowhere were they,Hardly could I,Seldom did he go,Few,did they,Chinese to English,Word Using,Matching Game,1.work out(L1),起初我们觉得搬家无望，不过最终事随人愿。,At first we didnt think wed ever move into our new house,but it all worked out in the end.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,I.Word Using,develop well;prove successful,2.insist on/upon(ones)doing/that(L3),他坚持要去那儿。/他坚持要我去那儿。,He insists on(my)going there.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,strongly demand sth.or doing sth.,Will you insist on signing prenup?,3.make the headline(L17),刘翔在昨晚的比赛中为中国队赢得一枚金牌，再次成为头条新闻。,Liu Xiang again made the headline,after winning a gold medal for China in last nightsgame.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,become important news in newspapers or on radio or television,4.contest vt.(L18),该党派决定不参加本次竞选。The leadership election will be contested by four candidates.,The party has decided not to contest this election.有四名候选人角逐该领导职位。,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,(take part in and)try to win sth.,4.contest n.(L18),由于缺乏经验，三班在拔河/作文/演讲比赛中没有获胜。,Being short of experience,Class Three failed in the tug-of-war/composition/speech contest.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,a composition;a fight to gain control,5.sting v.(L25),去年影星赵薇因着装而遭攻击，很是苦恼。He blew cigarette smoke to sting my eyes.,Last year the film star Zhao Wei had been stung by criticism of the way she dressed.他吹出的烟圈熏到了我的眼睛。,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,provoke by making one angry,painful;wound with a sharp pain,5.sting n.(L25),足球队尝到了失败的痛楚。Her words have a sting in them.,The football team felt the sting of defeat.她话中带刺。,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,a sharp pain,6.exposure(to)n.(L26),李连杰和成龙的新片功夫之王受到媒体的广泛关注。,The new film“The Forbidden Kingdom”of Jet Li&Jackie Chen is getting a lot of exposure in the media.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,exposing or being exposed;an instance of this,7.enforce vt.(L39)causeto be obeyed/carried out effectively；make sth.happen,esp.by threats or force,Do the policemen in Nanning enforce traffic rules strictly?请别把你的意愿强加给这孩子。,南宁的警察严格执行交通规则吗？Dont enforce your will on the child,please.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,8.draw up(L44)write out;(of a vehicle)arrive at and stop,He had his lawyer draw up a contract for the sale of the property.一辆豪华轿车在她房前停了下来。,他让律师起草了一份房产出售合同。A fancy car drew up in front of her house.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,9.forge vt.(L53)make or produce,esp.with some difficulty make an illegal copy of sth.in order to cheat,他们是患难之交。他伪造签名兑了支票。,Their friendship was forged by adversity.He forged a signature and cashed the check.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,10.lay bare(L70),All the facts are laid bare in this special report.诽谤只能充分暴露出他们的卑鄙(foulness)。,在这份特别的报告里，所有的事实都披露出来了。Their slanders only served to lay bare their foulness.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,expose or make known sth.hidden,II.Matching Game,_ bind_ cite_ consultant_ accumulate_ dispute_ chapter_ prenuptial_ static_ acceptance_ awkward,a.a division of b.premaritalc.accepting;approvald.hold together e.gain and savef.quoteg.causing embarrassmenth.arguei.adviserj.unchanging,staying,f,d,i,e,h,a,Words and ExpressionsMatching Game,b,j,c,g,III.Chinese to English,婚前协议财产庭外和解经济后果派发喜贴采纳意见经典例子婚礼,prenuptial agreement financial assets an out-of-court settlement economic consequencessend out wedding invitationstake advicea classic examplemarriage ceremony,Words and ExpressionsC to E,Finding Your Partner,Idea Sharing,Each student in the class writes down his/her own idea of life after marriage,then tries to find the boy/girl who can accept the idea.If he/she finds one,the boy should make proposal.If the girl accepts,they can make premarital agree-ment together and there will be a wedding!,Finding Your Partner,Classical sentences for proposal:I want to spend the rest of my life with you,have family with you,take care of,have babies with you,and grow old with you.So,would you marry me/be my wife/husband?May I have this honor to take your hand into marriage?,Idea Sharing,I want to spend the rest of my life with you.With this hand,Ill lift your sorrows.With this ring,I ask you,to be mine.With this candle,Ill light your way in darkness.Marry me.Make me the happiest person alive.,Idea Sharing,Structure Writing,Practical Writing,I.Structure Writing,WritingStructure Writing,A Paragraph,A General Statement+Examples,Sometimes,a writer presents hisstatements and supports it withparticular examples.,Sample,Another problem is a prenuptial agreement signed under pressure.To avoid this,some lawyers will not draw up an agreement once a wedding date has been set.“I figure theres a sword hanging over their head,and thats pressure,”they said.Such lawyers counsel their clients never to send out wedding invitation until both signatures are on an agreement.But not everyone takes this advice.A classic example is cited by lawyers:“An agreement is,WritingStructure Writing,To be continued,Sample,stuck under somebodys nose on the day of thewedding and its usually a she and she signs,but doesnt even read it.”Another lawyer recalled one awkward episode where the two sides were still editing the contract,arguing over what to keep and delete,as 150 wedding guests were arriving for the wedding.When an agreement could not beforged,the wedding was canceled.,WritingStructure Writing,A general statement:To avoid a prenuptial agreement under pressure,lawyers counsel their clients never to send out wedding invitation until both signatures are on an agreement.,WritingStructure Writing,Two examples of not following lawyers advice:,Example 2:,A wedding was canceled because two sides could not forge an agreement on thewedding.,WritingStructure Writing,A“she”signs an agreement on the day ofthe wedding,but doesnt even read it.,Example 1:,Write a paragraph supported by examples on the following topic:The Pleasure of Talking to an Intimate Friend,Writing Task,For your reference,WritingStructure Writing,Generally speaking,its very pleasant to talk to an intimate friend.For example,if you feel depressed because of some unpleasant happenings,you can talk to your close friend about it.Then you are sure to feel relieved.An intimate friend may also offer some valuable advice.For example,if you have any conflicts with your family members or your colleagues,an intimate friend is likely to tell you what you can do to deal with such problems.Most importantly,when you talk to an intimate friend,you are free from any pressure.In other words,you dont have to think too much about what to say inorder not to offend him.,WritingStructure Writing,Letters of congratulation are written to express a writers feelings of pleasureand shared excitement when people aregetting engaged or married,giving birthto a baby,etc.,II.Practical Writing,Letters of Congratulation,WritingPractical Writing,To write a good letter of congratulation,the basic rules include:express your pleasure and share the joy of the opposite party;give cheerful messages;be sincere and pleasant;never forget to mention the specific occasion for congratulations.,WritingPractical Writing,Tips:,a.You have my earnest and warmest congratulations on this event,and good wishes for a long and happy life.b.God bless you and yours,and surround you ever with His blessing.c.Please accept my heartfelt greetings for a very happy marriage.,Expressions of Congratulation on marriage,WritingPractical Writing,To be continued,g.Sincere congratulation from the bottom of my heart on your marriage.May your path be long and filled with joy.,WritingPractical Writing,d.May you two always be in love!May happiness increase with age.,e.May every happiness be yours on this Wedding Day.Let your old friend send her