New Horizon College English Unit 9 Premarital Agreements

1. New Horizon College English Unit 9 Premarital Agreements

2. Expression & Patterns Pre-reading Activities Background information Questions for discussion Summary Text Analysis Text structure Devices for developing it Main idea Writing Exercises Writing skill Writing practice Homework & Revision Words using Words game

3. Background Information Pre-reading Activities • premarital agreement • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis • Aristotle Onassis

4. Pre-reading Activities Background Information • premarital agreements • Premarital agreements or prenuptial agreements are binding legal contracts between two people who intend to marry each other.

5. Pre-reading Activities Background Information Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Born on July 28, 1929, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was first lady of the United States during the administration (1961-1963) of her first husband, John F. Kennedy. She had been a newspaper reporter and photographer before their marriage in 1953. As first lady, she was a patron of the arts and an international fashion-trendsetter. Under her supervision the White House was restored and redecorated and declared a national museum. She was riding beside President Kenney when he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on Nov 22, 1963. In 1968 she married the Greek shipping millionaire Aristotle Onassis. After her second husband’s death, in 1975, she worked as an editor in book publishing.

6. Pre-reading Activities Background Information Aristotle Onassis Born on January 20, 1906, Aristotle Onassis was a Greek shipping millionaire who accumulated a fortune of more than $500 million. Born of Greek parents in Turkey, he went to Buenos Aires in 1923 and became a telephone operator there. Soon Onassis established a tobacco import business, and by 1930s he bought unused freighters at low prices and by the end of World War II had amassed great wealth in shipping. After the war he increased his shipping fleet by purchasing surplus wartime freighters. He was also one of the pioneers in the construction of oil supertankers. Onassis used his profits to acquire hotels and banks throughout the world, as well as Olympic Airways. Onassis, who was divorced in 1960, had a well-publicized friendship with the soprano Maria Callas. In 1968 he married Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.

7. Pre-reading Activities Questions for discussion work in pairs to discuss the following questions.

8. Questions for discussion Pre-reading Activities 1. What do you think of traditional marriage? 2. What do you think of the premarital agreements?

9. Expressions & patterns Words & ExpressionWord UsingWord Game

10. Words using 1. … if his marriage didn't work out …(Para. 1) work out: develop well; prove successful e.g. There have been enormous problems with the project, but it has all worked out now. 这项工程问题一直很多,不过现在一切顺利. 2. … he could keep his treasured ice-cream collection safely stored away in a freezer. (Para.1) collection: n. 1) a set of things that have been collected e.g. a stamp collection邮票藏品 2) collecting or gathering e.g. The local council is responsible for the collection of domestic waste. 地方市政会负责收集居民垃圾.

11. Words using 3. … he could keep his treasured ice-cream collections safely stored away in a freezer. (Para. 1) store away / up: collect and keep sth. for future use e.g. You can store coffee beans away in the freezer to keep them fresh. 你可以把咖啡豆存放在冰箱里保鲜. 4. A woman insisted on verifying who would walk the dog. (Para.1) insist on /upon: 1) strongly demand sth. e.g. My parents insist on coming too. 我父母也坚持要来. 2) say firmly that sth. is true e.g. He insisted on the truth of his story, even though the police didn’t believe him. 尽管警方不相信,他还是坚持说他说的话是真的.

12. Words using 5. …lawyers for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis contested the prenuptial agreement … (Para. 4) contest: vt. 1) argue that sth. is not right e.g. The divorce was not contested. 该离婚没有遭到反对. 2) (take part in and) try to win (sth.) e.g. The leadership election will be contested by four candidates. 有四名候选人角逐该领导职位. 6. A typical candidate… (Para. 6) candidate: n. a person who is competing to get a job or position, or sb. who is taking an exam e.g. There are a large number of candidates for the job. 该工作有许多应聘者.

13. Words using 7. The effort to shield assets to be passed on to children and grandchildren…(Para. 7) shield: vt. protect from harm; defend from criticism, attack, etc. e.g. Let me shield you from the wind. 让我为你挡风. e.g. Denis says they’re using the children as a human shield. 丹尼斯说他们把孩子当作人墙. 8. …more common among retried people in their 60s and 70s who are remarrying after a spouse has died. (Para. 7) retire: vi. give up one’s regular work, esp. because of age e.g. She’s worried that she won’t have enough money to live on when she retires. 她担心退休后没有足够的钱生活. 2) go away, esp. to somewhere quiet or private e.g. We were a bit tired, so we retired to our hotel room after dinner. 我们有点累,所以晚饭后就回到旅馆房间休息.

14. Words using 9. Another situation that calls for premarital agreements … (Para. 8) call for: require, demand or need sth. e.g. Launching a new product onto the market is a highly complicated business, and careful planning is called for. 向市场推广一项新产品是件复杂的事情,需要好好策划. 10. …it can be impossible to enforce it in court if proper guidelines have not been followed. (Para. 9) enforce: vt. cause (a rule, law, etc.)to be obeyed, or carried out effectively e.g. The teacher will enforce the rules of the school. 教师将执行学校的规定. 2) make (sth.) happen, esp. by threats or force e.g. They enforced payment by threats of legal action. 他们通过以诉诸法律相威胁,来迫使人们接受规定的工资.

15. Words using 11. …some lawyers will not draw up an agreement once a wedding date has been set. (Para. 10) draw up : write out e.g. The lawyer drew up a contract for the sale of the property. 律师起草了一份房产出售合同. 2) (of a vehicle) arrive at a certain point and stop e.g. A taxi drew up in front of the hotel. 一辆出租车停在饭店前. 18. Such lawyers counsel their clients never to send out wedding invitations… (Para. 10) invitation: n. inviting; a request to go or come somewhere e.g. I got a letter of invitation yesterday. 我昨天收到一封邀请信. 2) sth. which encourages sb. to do sth. e.g. Officials believe that allowing government-backed loans would be an invitation to fraud.

16. Words Game think about complete the based on the meanings

17. Words Game a set of things that have seen collected collection verify make certain of or prove the truth of sth. negotiate discuss sth. in order to reach an agreement relation or influence bearing remove a word, letter, etc from a piece of writing delete enforce make people obey a rule or law

18. Words Game think about match the phrases with their meanings

19. Words Game guess the meaning of these words store away demand that sth. should be done insist on get more of sth. gain in keep sth. for future use under pressure make sth. easier to understand send out almost; very nearly just about influenced by urgency or other form of pressure shed light on send sth. to a number of people

20. Text Analysis Part I (1—4)Introduction of prenups Text Structure Part II (5—8) Who want prenups Part III (9—14)Some points to be taken care of regarding prenups Part IV (15—16)Evaluations of prenups

21. Text Analysis devices for developing it a general statement supported by example (paras 12-13) example 1 An agreement is stuck under somebody’s nose on the day of wedding general statement To avoid a prenuptial agreement under pressure Lawyers counsel their clients never to send Out wedding invitations until both signatures Are on the agreement. example 2 Two sides were still editing the contract

22. summary Main Idea The essay focuses on one special phenomenon: prenups or premarital agreements. The writer wants to tell us what prenups are, who want prenups, the points to be taken care of before signing prenups and finally a general evaluation of prenups.

23. writing Writing Practice write your composition on the topic of Bad habits can ruin your healthwith the writing skill a general statement supported by example

24. writing Writing Practice Bad habits can ruin your health General statement: Bad habits can ruin your health Examples: 1. Excessive coffee drinking 2. Skipping breakfast 3. Eating too much before sleep 4. Smoking, excessive drinking

25. Exercises • Learn the new words and expressions of the text by heart. • Go over the text and try to get the main idea of the text. • Do the exercises on pages.

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