NEW PASSWORDCHAPTER 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”?
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.
Go on: 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.
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.