文档介绍：Unit 3 Marriage
Marriage
Check on students’ homework of unit 2.→
Main tasks: listening & speaking.→
Ask students to finish “home listening” of this unit. →
Answers to “home listening” of unit 2
Shot, Friday, wives
eeded, Johnson
killers, brought, justice
Secretaries
Ford theather, Lincoln
Died, accidents
Trucks, same road
Met, 34, seven rings, wrist, watch
Married, wedding dresses, same flowers
Similar, children
Cat, Tiger
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Main tasks
Warm-up Questions→
Language Focus→
Listening Task→
Speaking Task→
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Warm-up questions
1) What do you think of marriage? Do you think a happy marriage is the most important thing in your life?
2) What kind of person do you want to marry? What are your standards in choosing a panion?
3) What do you think is crucial for a happy marriage?
Warm-up questions
Give Ss some minutes to think about the warm-up questions and then ask them to give me answers.
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Language Focus
Point out some useful words & phrases in LANGUAGE FOCUS.
spouse: husband or wife; marital partner
temperament: a person’s nature.
broad-minded: willing to listen to different opinions; tolerant.
considerate: careful; not to hurt or cause inconvenience to others; thoughtful.
hot-tempered: easily ing very angry.
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Listening Task
Introduce some background information about the text. →
Point out some language points of the text. →
Play the tape of TEXT 1 once and ask the students to do EXERCISE 1. Tell them to concentrate on understanding the text as a whole at this stage.
Ask the students if they have any difficulties with language or cultural points in the text. Explain them if necessary.
Play the tape once again and ask the students to do EXERCISE 2.
Do the same with TEXT 2 and Part C.
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Background information
A marriage agreement is sometimes written and signed by two people who plan to get married. The purpose of a marriage agreement varies. In the United States and some other countries, some marriage agreements are disigned for divorce (especially for a