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河北大学外语部

New HorizonCollege English

Foreign Language Teaching & Research Department

Speaking

ListeningViewing

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Functions

Unit 3

1, form your viewpoint on the social phenomenon – divorce, remarriage and single-parent families.

2, Conceding a Point; Expressing Disagreement; Making Suggestions; Expressing Dislike.

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ContentsUnit 3

Lead-In

Basic Listening Practice Listening In

Single Parent, Double troubleFunctionsLet’s Talk Speaking Out

Further L &S

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Watch the video clip and answer the following questions.1. What may be the

possible barriers to marriage according to the movie?Key: age gap,cultural difference

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2. What are the reasons for some people to get divorced?

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ReferenceKey words: Blind love before marriage, not fully understand, incompatible characters, postmarriage change, increasing quarrels, unfaithful, etc.

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3. What are the essential elements for a successful marriage?Key words: Mutual/love/trust/ support/understanding, shared values and interests, commitment, effective communication, similar educational background, equal economic status, physical fitness,etc.

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Group work

Topic words collection! Work in groups and do your utmost to come up with as many topic words as possible. The group which gathers the most words wins!

Who is the winner?

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ReferenceMarriage, divorce, remarriage, singleness, Single-parent family, nuclear family, extended family, spouse, Early marriage, break up, split up, separate Joint custody, visitation rights, marriage stability

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Testing yourself

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custody, affection , frantic, predominant

1. Which country is the ____ member of the alliance? 2. The old king was held in great ______. 3. When his parents died, he was placed in the _____ of his aunt. 4. The child’s parents were _____ when she did not return home on time.

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Creation Time!Make up a dialogue according to either of the following situations. Don’t forget to include the following skills in your dialogue:Conceding a Point Expressing Disagreement Making Suggestions Expressing Dislike

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Situations1. A young couple are discussing whose parents they shall have dinner with on the Eve of the Spring Festival—an occasion for family reunions. The wife wants to be with her parents because one of them is sick, while the husband objects that they already had the dinner with her parents last year. Finally they invite all four parents to a restaurant near them and visit them on the Spring Festival Day

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Let’s talk!There is a higher divorce rate than before. Some people get remarried while some still keep single after the divorce.

Which is the right choice? Provide adequate arguments for your statement.

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Supplementary reading

1. An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune. 不良的婚姻是恶运的来源。 2. Where love fails, we espy all faults. 爱情一失败，一切毛病都发现。 3. Hasty love, soon cold. 匆忙的爱情冷得快。 4. Marriage makes or ma

rs a man. 婚姻成全人，也能损害人。 5. Home is where the heart is. 家是心之所依。

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