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

2. Embracing Our Differences

3. Pre-Reading  Can cultural differences affect a marriage?

4. Does a married couple have to share the same interests?

5. How can love be “real and strong”?

6. VOCABULARY

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

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

9. 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? 

10. 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. 

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

12. 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?

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

14. 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.

15. 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?

16. 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

17. 1. TRUE

18. 2. FALSE

19. 3 FALSE

20. 4. TRUE

21. 5. TRUE

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

23. Paragraph 1.  How Arunaa and Herve met

24. Paragraph 2.  Facing a big decision

25. Paragraph 3  Arunaa’s parents

26. Paragraph 4  Challenges for Arunaa in France

27. Paragraph 5  Arunaa’s decision to go

28. Paragraph 6  Dealing with cultural differences in marriage

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

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

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

33. TRUE

34. Statement 2  Herve left before Arunaa graduated.

35. False

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

37. FALSE

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

39. IT DOESN’T SAY

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

41. False

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

43. True

44. Statement 8  Arunaa can speak French well now.

45. IT DOESN’T SAY

46. Reading Between The Lines  Please turn to page 68

47. 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.