文档介绍：YANGTZE NORMAL UNIVERSITY
Unit 1 Marriage
Passage A Arranged Marriage
Pre-reading questions:
1. What do you Know about arranged marriage?
Arranged marriage is a marriage arranged by someone other than the couple getting wedded (usually by the parents of the couple), curtailing or avoiding the process of courtship. Such marriages had deep roots in less-developed regions. Today, arranged marriage is still practiced in South Asia, and the Middle East and East Asia to some extent.
2. Can you think of any example of arranged marriage?
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Skim the whole passage and try to get the general idea of each of the 5 passages.
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Two types of marriage in China: arranged marriage and liberal marriage.
The modern system of arranged marriage.
Young Chinese have pragmatic ideas about marriage.
Parents go to marriage markets to find suitable partner for their kids.
Many people end up in semi-arranged marriage.
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1. perpetuate: cause to continue or prevail
使永存, 使不朽
They decided to perpetuate the memory of their leader by building a statue.
他们决定建一座雕像来永远纪念那位领袖。
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2. family tree: essive generations of kin
家谱,族谱, 族谱图
I can not trace my family tree back farther than my great-grand parents.
我无法把我的家谱追溯到我曾祖父母以前。
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3. blind date: a date with a stranger
相亲, (由第三方安排的)男女间初次见面
I met my wife on a blind date
我是通过相亲认识我妻子的。
Have you ever had a blind date?