NEW PASSWORD CHAPTER 6 “It Was Love, So Strong and So Real”

Embracing Our Differences

Pre-Reading  Can cultural differences affect a marriage?

Does a married couple have to share the same interests?

How can love be “real and strong”?

VOCABULARY

Stare: verb  To keep looking at someone or something. Has anyone ever stared at you? How did it make you feel?

Discovered: verb Tell me one thing you have discovered this term.

To face: verb  To accept that there is a problem and start to find an an answer.  What is a problem that you have had to face? 

Went on: verb  To continue looking for something  Have you ever gone on trying to do something, even though you knew it wouldn’t work. 

Comfortable: adj  To feel very relaxed  Where do you feel most comfortable? OR What clothes do you feel most comfortable wearing?

Alike: adv  Two people or things that are the same or nearly the same.  Are you very much alike any person in your family? Who?

Couple: noun  Two people in a relationship.  Have you ever been a part of a couple? When? Did you like it?

Difficulties: noun  Things not easily done, problems we need to find an answer for.  Tell me about some difficulties that you have in Reading and Vocabulary class.

Although: conjunction  Used to introduce a fact that makes another fact seem surprising.  Do you do anything although you know it is bad for you?

True/False?  1. Arunaa is a young woman from Malaysia T / F  2. She met Herve when she was a college student in France. T /F  3.Arunaa’s parents told her not to leave home. T /F  4. Arunaa and Herve are now married and living in France. T /F  5. It was hard for Arunaa to get used to many things in her new life. T /F

1. TRUE

2. FALSE

3 FALSE

4. TRUE

5. TRUE

Identifying Paragraph Topics  What is each paragraph in the reading about? Write the topics of the paragraphs.

Paragraph 1.  How Arunaa and Herve met

Paragraph 2.  Facing a big decision

Paragraph 3  Arunaa’s parents

Paragraph 4  Challenges for Arunaa in France

Paragraph 5  Arunaa’s decision to go

Paragraph 6  Dealing with cultural differences in marriage

Paragraph 7  Arunaa and Herve’s differences and their love

Reading for Details  TRUE / FALSE/ IT DOESN’T SAY?

Statement 1.  Arunaa met Herve in a college classroom in Malaysia.

TRUE

Statement 2  Herve left before Arunaa graduated.

False

Statement 4.  Arunaa’s parents told her not to go to France.

FALSE

Statement 5  Herve expected things to be easy for her in France.

IT DOESN’T SAY

Statement 6  Arunaa says her biggest challenge was religious differences.

False

Statement 7  In France, Arunaa still eats rice three times a day.

True

Statement 8  Arunaa can speak French well now.

IT DOESN’T SAY

Reading Between The Lines  Please turn to page 68

Possible Answers  1. Arunaa is beautiful and he wanted to meet her.  2.They never expected their daughter to want to move so far away.  3. She was worried that Herve would seem like a different person in his own country.  4. It’s part of her culture.  5. It’s not part of his culture, and it doesn’t feel right to him.