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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. awful. very bad, unpleasant
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NEW PASSWORD CHAPTER 6 “It Was Love, So Strong and So Real”
Pre-Reading Can cultural differences affect a marriage?
awful very bad, unpleasant She had an awful exam yesterday.
Stare: verb To keep looking at someone or something. Ex: He stared at her all afternoon.
Goon: verb To continue looking for something Ex; The student went on trying to find an answer
Discover: verb To find out something new, ex: Einstein discovered The Theory of Relativity.
Total complete or extreme Everything about the ceremony is in total control.
To face: verb To accept that there is a problem and start to find an an answer. Ex. Bill had to face the fact that he was overweight.
responsibility a duty to take care of something Parents’ responsibility is to take care of their children.
Comfortable: adj To feel very relaxed Ex: I feel comfortable in this chair.
No longer in the past but not now They get divorced last month. They are no longer married.
Although: conjunction Used to introduce a fact that makes another fact seem surprising.
Difference (noun) Not the same things There is no difference between the twins.
Alike: adv Two people or things that are the same or nearly the same. Ex: These two figures look very much alike.
Couple: noun Two people in a relationship. Ex: John and Susan have been a happily married couple for thirty years.
Marriage (noun) Legally accepted relationship between man and woman as husband and wife I hope they will have a long and happy marriage.
Difficulties: noun Things not easily done, problems we need to find an answer for. Ex: There are difficulties in every relationship at some time.
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
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.
Statement 2 Herve left before Arunaa graduated.
Statement 4. Arunaa’s parents told her not to go to France.
Statement 5 Herve expected things to be easy for her in France.
Statement 6 Arunaa says her biggest challenge was religious differences.
Statement 7 In France, Arunaa still eats rice three times a day.
Statement 8 Arunaa can speak French well now.