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新视野大学英语第二册教学课件
Marriage Across the Nations
Unit 3 Section A
Background Information
A Red Red Rose
Racial prejudice in America
Marriage customs
A Red Red Rose
Robert Burns (1759-1796) ( Scottish poet)
O my luve (=love)is like a red, red rose,
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my luve is like the melodie(=melody)
That’s sweetly played in tune.(和谐地)
As fair art thou(=you are fair),
my bonie(pretty) lass,
so deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my deer,
till a’ the seas gang dry.
(=till all the seas go dry)
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.
And fare thee weel(=well), my only luve,
And fare thee weel a while;
And I e again, my luve,
Tho’(=though) it were ten
Thousand mile!
racism: the belief that race accounts for differences
in human character or ability and that a particular
race is superior to others. In the history of America,
Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the prominent
leaders against racial discrimination and striving
for civil rights.
I Have a Dream Address to civil rights marchers by the Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. in Washington, . on Aug. 28, 1963
Look at these photos of some celebrities.
Can you recognize them?
you know something about their families?
do you call such marriages?
Wei Wei (韦唯) ’s husband is a famous Swedish
composer. Echo’s(三毛) husband is a Spanish
professional diver. Maggie’s (张曼玉)is a wealthy
Frenchman. And Jiang Wen’s (姜文) wife is
French, too. Their marriages can be called
marriages across nations.
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Marriage Vow
From this day forward,
take You to be my husband
and / wife, I will love you.
I will cherish you. I will be
true to you, no matter whether
there is sickness or health,
until we are parted by death,
and with this ring, as a
symbol of this pledge.
I now marry you.