Unit13-marriage

MARRIAGEUnit13Unit13MARRIAGEUnit13Watchthemovieclipandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhatdoyoufeelfromLester’swords?Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalbackgroundHeisdepressedandsedated.Verycoldandpassionless.2.Whatdoyouthinkoftheirmarriage?Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalbackgroundAmericanBeautyVideoScript1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalbackgroundLester:That’smywife,Carolyn.Seethewaythehandleonthosepruningshearsmatcheshergardeningclogs?That’snotanaccident.Jim:Hush,Bitsy!Hush,what’swrongwithyou?Lester:That’sournext-doorneighbor,Jim.Andthat’shislover,Jim.Jim:Youspoiledher.Bitsy,nobark.Comeinsidenow.Me?Comeon.Yes.Inside.Carolyn:Goodmorning!Jim!Jim:Goodmorning,Carolyn.Carolyne:Iloveyourtie,thatcolor!Jim:Ijustloveyourroses.Howdoyougetthemtoflourishlikethis?VideoScript1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalbackgroundCarolyn:Well,I’lltellyou.Eggshellsandmiracle-Gro.Jim:I’veneverheardaboutthat.Lester:Man,Igetexhaustedjustwatchingher.Shewasn’talwayslikethis.Sheusedtobehappy.Weusedtobehappy.1.DivorceinAmericaCulturalbackground1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalbackgroundThedivorcerateinAmericaisreportedtobemorethan50%,whichmeansoneintwocoupleswillbreakup.Whyisitsohigh?Whatistherealreasonforthemtodivorce?FreedomisoneofthemostimportantbeliefsforAmericansandnothingcanreplaceit.Soiftheythinktheloveandfamilycan’tofferthemhappinessandsafety,theywouldchoosetodivorce.Theywouldn’tthinkmoreaboutthefamilyorthechildrenbecausetheytakethemselvesasthecenter.What’sworse,asthedivorcerateinAmericarises,badeffectsarebroughtonchildrenwhoareusedtogrowingupwithbothparents.Culturalbackground2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalbackground2.Stutteredspeech1)MoneyMoneyisasensitiveareaandyourhouseholdfinancesneedtobeproperlystructured.Youandyourspouseshoulddefineyourcorevalues.Trytocometoanunderstandingaboutwhatyoubothcarethemostaboutspendingmoneyon.Culturalbackground3AudiovisualsupplementCulturalbackground2)Thein-lawsItisnotuncommonforsomemothers-orfathers-inlawtooversteptheirboundariesandinterferewiththeirchild’smarriage.Ifyourin-lawsarecausingdifficultiesinyourmarriage,youandyourspousewillthenneedtosetboundarieswithyourparents.Culturalbackground4AudiovisualsupplementCulturalbackground3)ThewaytheyspendtheirtimetogetherOfcourse,youandyourspousehaveindividualneedsandinterests.However,youandyourspouseshouldfocusonthetimeyouspendtogether,insteadoftheactivityitself.StructuralanalysisStructuralanalysisGeneralanalysisRhetoricalfeaturesMarriageisasocialunionorlegalcontractbetweenindividualsthatcreateskinship.Peoplegetmarriedforsuchreasonsaslegal,social,emotionalandeconomical;forpublicdeclarationoflove;orforthelawfulfoundationofafamily.Marriagepracticesarediversifiedindifferentcultures.Theyaredependentonmanythings,suchasconventions,habits,legalsystem,etc.Howmuchdocontemporarypeoplevaluetheirmarriage?Whatarethepossiblecausesoftheirdifficultiesinregardtomarriage?Howcanmarriagebemorerationallyunderstood?Thistextattemptstoconvincethereadersthatmarriageisthoughttobefullofdifficultiesbyallpeople,conventionalandunconventional,pastandpresent,anditsuggeststhattakingaproperattitudetowardsthesedifficultiesmaymakesomedifference.StructuralanalysisThetextfallsintothreeparts:PartI(Paragraph1):Theauthor,afterquotingRussellonthesubject,putsforwardhisownargumentthatdifficultiesinregardtomarriagehavebeenanoldissueforcenturies.PartII(Paragraphs2－7):Theauthoranalyzestherootsofsuchdifficultiesbylistingquotationsfromfamousliteraryworksandfamouspeople.StructuralanalysisGeneralanalysisRhetoricalfeaturesStructuralanalysisPartIII(Paragraphs8－9):Theauthorassignsthecausesofunhappymarriagestotheexcessiveconsciousnessofdifficultiesinhumanbeings,andencouragespeopletofacethedifficultiesinmarriagebravely.StructuralanalysisGeneralanalysisRhetoricalfeaturesRhetoricalFeatures1Inthistexttheauthoroftenmakescommentsonthepeoplehequotesorwhatissaidbythosepeoplesoastoexpresshisownopinions.ListedbelowarethecommentsmadebytheauthorinParagraphs5－7:…thereputedsayingofthehenpeckedSocrates,....(Paragraph5)Burtonisfarfromencouraging!(Paragraph5)Pepysscribbledinhisdiary...(Paragraph5)ThepiousJeremyTaylorwasaskeenlyawarethatmarriageisnotallbliss.(Paragraph6)ThesentimentalandoptimisticSteele…(Paragraph6)Dr.Johnson,…devotedhusbandthoughhewas…(Paragraph7)StructuralanalysisGeneralanalysisRhetoricalfeaturesMARRIAGERobertLynd“Conventionalpeople,”saysMr.BertrandRussell,“liketopretendthatdifficultiesinregardtomarriageareanewthing.”Icouldnothelpwondering,asIreadthissentence,whereonecanmeettheseconventionalpeoplewhothink,orpretendtothink,asconventionalpeopledo.Ihaveknownhundredsofconventionalpeople,andIcannotrememberoneofthemwhothoughtthethingsconventionalpeopleseemtothink.Theywereall,forexample,convincedthatmarriagewasastatebesetwithdifficulties,andthatthesedifficultieswereasold,Detailedreading1.1Detailedreading1Detailedreading1.2Detailedreadingifnotasthehills,atleastasthedayonwhichAdamlostaribandgainedawife.Ayoungergenerationofconventionalpeoplehasgrownupi