Love and Marriage Part A Love

What does this fairy tale ‘Beauty and Beast’ inspire you on love?

Assignment Check Share your love story with the class, and vote for a best one. ( You were required to make up a love story. Remember that?^_^)

First kiss from an ogre? Please watch the movie clip and fill in the blanks in your book.

1. unorthodox 12. supposed to be 2. in your debt 13. have to be rescued 3. remove your helmet 4. look upon 14. making my job any easier 5. job description 15. my problem 6. how it goes 7. share true love’s first kiss 8. not your type 9. take off 10. As you command 11. Prince Charming

After-listening Activities 1. Brainstorm factors that you can think of when you want to meet someone and list them on your paper. (age, wealth, health, family background, education, personality, appearance, etc.)

After-listening Activities 2. Choose 3 most important factors and decide the 3 least important factors. 3. Exchange the lists among groups and try to find an ideal spouse according to the list.

Assignment You are expected to have a debate on the motion “ Physical appearance or personality — which is more important for marriage? ” Group A: Physical appearance Group B: Personality

Attributes you may want your ideal partner to have rich, tall, strong, handsome Intelligent, kind, clever, tender honest, quiet, worthy, modest sensitive, polite, simple, faithful, tolerant, romantic, fun lively, amusing, grown-up

Attributes you may want your ideal partner to have experienced, pretty, enigmatic a little crazy, open-minded patient, sincere, charming good-looking, good to talk to have a good job, humorous, have a beautiful face/heart

Part B Marriage

Pre-listening: Getting someone’s attention You’re walking down the street. You see a very attractive person. You would like to get this person’s attention—to meet him or her. What are some things that people typically say or do to get the attention of an attractive stranger?

A New York Story You are going to hear a famous American storyteller, Garrison Keillor, tell about an experience on a New York City street. Don’t worry if you don’t understand every word. As you listen, think about the answers to these questions:  What did the man do? Why?  What did the woman do? Why?

Vocabulary briefcase; dime; to lean against; somersault n. vi. 翻筋斗 ; sidewalk; parking meter; Cadillac convertible

Pre-listening In China, how do people meet someone to marry? Where? In what situations? How did people find spouses in the past — fifty or a hundred years ago? Were the customs different from today? Would you date someone online? Why or why not?

Guess from the title Title: Our “true testimony” of International Internet match- making 1. What is the speaker going to say? 2. Are the people in the talk from the same country or from different countries? 3. How did they meet each other?

Now listen to the monologue carefully 1. Please listen first and then answer the questions in your paper. 2. Listen again, try to get some details to answer the questions.

Wedding Ceremony Please watch the movie and then put the sentences in right order.