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下一页,Prenuptial agreements, or prenups are designed to address _ problems as they arise in a marriage. They are negotiated by lawyers for the _ spouses, and signed before a minister binds them in marriage. A typical _ for a prenuptial agreement is a man who has _ considerable wealth, has already been _ once, and wants to reduce his _ to future problems. Retired people in their 60s and 70s who are remarrying after a spouse has died need prenups as well in order to _,financial,prospective,candidate,accumulated,exposure,shield,stung,上一页,assets to be _ on to children and grandchildren. Another situation that calls for premarital agreements _ when a _ spouse has, or is in _ for, great _ wealth or a family business, especially if the future partner has little or nothing at all. Of course, there are some notable problems _ such an agreement. First, one should not use the _ lawyer as his/her future spouse does. Second, one should _ a prenuptial agreement,potential,line,inherited,regarding,same,avoid,occurs,下一页,passed,上一页,signed under pressure. Last but not _, one should take into _ the situation in which a couple decides to divorce while living abroad, or when they have different _; because what _ is the law of the country where the couple is getting _. The discussions for a prenuptial agreement sometimes do save a couple from a _ marriage; whereas, _ love has no _ on this process.,passports,divorced,terrible,romantic,bearing,consideration,least,matters,V. Exercises,Comprehension,读写教程: Ex., p. 249,Vocabulary,读写教程: Ex. , p. 249,读写教程: Ex. , p. 250,Structure,读写教程: Ex. , p. 252,读写教程: Ex. , p. 252,Collocation,读写教程: Ex., p. 250,Word Building,读写教程: Ex. , p. 251,读写教程: Ex. , p. 251,Translation,读写教程: Ex. , p. 253,读写教程: Ex. , p. 253,Please list three crazier clauses of prenuptial agreements according to the text.,First, a future husband wanted to be sure that he could keep his treasured ice-cream collection if his marriage failed. Second, a woman wanted to make clear who would walk the dog.,. Answer the following questions.,下一页,Back,读写教程 : Ex. II, p. 249,Third, one man wanted to be entitled to a divorce if his future wife gained more than 15 pounds once she married him.,3. Why has signing prenups become popular in the US since the early 1980s?,2. What is a prenuptial agreement?,A prenuptial agreement, or prenup, negotiated by lawyers and signed before a marriage, is mainly designed to deal with financial problems when divorce is insisted on by one party.,Because more and more states began passing laws based either on “splitting evenly” or on “whatever a judge thinks is fair”.,下一页,上一页,Back,4. What are the three situations calling for premarital agreements?,First, a wealthy man who has been stung once may want to avoid such future problems. Second, protecting children from a previous marriage is a strong reason. Third, when one future partner is extremely rich while the other is poor.,上一页,下一页,Back,5. What kinds of problems can prevent a premarital agreement from being enforced in court?,First, any language mistakes in a prenup, even a misplaced preposition, can be disastrous. Second, a prenuptial agreement signed under pressure can cause problems. Third, there can be a dispute over premarital accords if a couple decides to divorce while living abroad, or when they have different passports.,上一页,下一页,Back,6. How do British courts view prenuptial agreements?,Prenuptial agreements are almost ignored by British courts because English law says that circumstances of a marriage arent static, and therefore a judge should decide how financial assets will be divided.,下一页,上一页,Back,7. According to some lawyers, why do more and more American people begin to accept prenuptial agreements?,For one thing, divorce rate in the US is very high, which is often accompanied by money problems. For another, laying bare all ones finances can sometimes save a couple from a terrible marriage.,上一页,下一页,Back,8. Why is there still hope for the couple who signed a prenup?,Because many people just put the prenup in a drawer and never look at it again after signing it.,1. All description and information on hotels, guest houses in this brochure should be _ as we have never heard them before., verified,读写教程 : Ex. , p. 249,. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.,下一页,Back,上一页,2. We have _ for moving to a large house, because this house is too small for us., justification,上一页,下一页,Back,3. Sometimes hed sit and look at it, and his eyes would _ with the tears of despair., sting,4. Even apart from such exceptions, however, a contract not made in the required form, but completely performed on one side, might be _., enforced,上一页,下一页,Back,5. Characteristically, he does not _ any source for this assertion., cite,上一页,下一页,Back,6. He was always _ in womens company, especially girls company., awkward,7. The _ in todays Times says “Peace declared!”, headline,8. The _ had also moved against us in another way., dispute,上一页,下一页,Back,读写教程 : Ex. , p. 250,. Rewrite each of the following sentences using the expressions given in the parentheses.,下一页,Back,上一页,1. She has certainly become more confident over the last couple of years. (gain in),She has certainly gained in confidence over the last couple of years.,2. The actor was written about a lot when he was accused of eating a pet dog. (make the headlines),上一页,下一页,Back,The actor made the headlines when he was accused of eating a pet dog.,3. Gregs parents are worried that he will be influenced by the kind of people they dont approve of while hes at college. (exposure to),Gregs parents are worried about his exposure to the kind of people they dont approve of while hes at college.,4. The opposition parties are demanding the ministers resignation over the scandal (丑闻). (call for),上一页,下一页,Back,The opposition parties are calling for the ministers resignation over the scandal.,5. Ive prepared a list of candidates that Id like to interview. (draw up), Ive drawn up a list of candidates that Id like to interview.,6. Finally, shell become penniless if she carries on spending as much as that. (end up),上一页,下一页,Back,Shell end up penniless if she carries on spending as much as that.,7. She talks very honestly about her three unhappy marriages in her autobiography (自传). (lay bare),She lays bare her three unhappy marriages in her autobiography.,8. Hoping that he might be able to provide an explanation for the problem, I asked Mario to look at the engine. (shed light on),上一页,下一页,Back, Hoping that he might be able to shed light on the problem, I asked Mario to look at the engine.,上一页,下一页,Back,读写教程 : Ex. , p. 250,. Look at the sentences taken from your reading passage. Just think about what other words can be modified by the word “wedding” and fill in the sentences with the right words.,e.g. To avoid such problems, some lawyers will not draw up an agreement once a wedding date has been set. A lawyer recalled one awkward episode where the two sides were still editing the contract, arguing over what to keep and delete, as 150 wedding guests were arriving for the wedding.,上一页,下一页,Back,They have decided to give Henry a record player as a wedding pre_.,sent,2. Hostage Allan Nicklin flew home from Saudi Arabia yesterday in time to celebrate his silver wedding anni_.,versary,3. The order of the wedding ser_ remains secret; these people are planning a pleasant surprise to the new couple.,vice,上一页,下一页,Back,4. Her golden wedding ba_ gleamed (闪亮) on the shelf.,5. The dress has been packed away, the wedding al_ has finally found a resting place and the honeymoon has become a distant memory.,nd,bum,6. Then I realized that over the years the white wedding dre_ had become yellow, and the flowers in her hair had died, and the bride inside the dress had grown old.,ss,上一页,下一页,Back,7. We have had our wedding ph_ enlarged and hung one of them on the wall of our bedroom.,otos,8. Frequently couples at their golden wedding cele_ will say something to the effect of “we made it a point never to go to bed angry”.,bration,. The suffix an can be added to the name of a place in order to form an adjective or noun that describes or refers to sb. or sth. that comes from that place, or to the name of a famous person in order to form an adjective or noun that describes or refers to sth. or sb. that is connected with or typical of that persons work or the time at which he or she lived. For example:,Back,读写教程 : Ex. VI, p. 251,上一页,下一页,Back,America Shakespeare,American Shakespearean,Look at the following words that have been formed by adding -an to some nouns and translate the Chinese expressions into English, using the words.,上一页,下一页,Back,Africa Asia Europe Italy Victoria Elizabeth Hollywood James,African Asian European Italian Victorian Elizabethan Hollywoodian Jamesian,上一页,下一页,Back,1. 由伊丽莎白时代的人完善的传统,2. 维多利亚时代精美家具的展览,3. 具有非洲根源的舞蹈音乐,an exhibition of fine Victorian furniture,dance music with African roots,a tradition perfected by the Elizabethans,上一页,下一页,lots of shops run by Asians,4. 许多由亚洲人开办的商店,Back,make the British feel more European,watch Italian football very often,5. 使英国人更有欧洲人的感觉,6. 经常看意大利足球,上一页,下一页,produce some Hollywoodian films,write some novels of Jamesian style,7. 制作了一些好莱坞式的电影,8. 写了一些詹姆斯风格的小说,. The prefix pre- with the meaning of “before” can be added to nouns (mainly to form adjectives), verbs and adjectives with or without the hyphen. For example:,nuptial cook war,上一页,下一页,Back,读写教程 : Ex. VII, p. 251,prenuptial precook pre-war (prewar),上一页,下一页,Back,Look at the following words that have been formed by adding pre- to nouns, verbs and adjectives and choose the proper word to fill in each blank.,pre- + school pre- + marital pre- + exist pre- + game pre- + historic pre- + mature pre- + plan pre- + suppose,pre-school premarital preexist pre-game prehistoric premature preplan presuppose,上一页,下一页,上一页,下一页,Back,1. _ agreements are also welcome to some young people in China.,Premarital,2. I had been a little too _ in coming to this conclusion.,premature,上一页,下一页,上一页,下一页,Back,3. The players were showered with gifts in a _ ceremony.,pre-game,4. It could not have been _, since no imagination could have foreseen its need.,preplanned,上一页,下一页,上一页,下一页,Back,5. More and more parents are beginning to realize the importance of _ education for their children.,pre-school,6. That place is worth seeing. It has some monuments that _ written history.,preexist,上一页,下一页,上一页,下一页,Back,7. I must _ that you know the principal facts of the case.,presuppose,8. Some _ people lived in caves.,prehistoric,读写教程 : Ex. VIII, p. 252,上一页,下一页,VIII. Study the model carefully and then combine the following pairs of sentences after the model.,Back,Model: A dispute can also break out over prenuptial agreements if a couple decides to divorce. The couple lives abroad at the same time.,A dispute can also break out over prenuptial agreements if a couple decides to divorce while living abroad.,上一页,下一页,Back,He always listens to the radio. At the same time he is driving to work.,He always listens to the radio while driving to work.,2. He works in an American company. He gives lectures on economics in a college in the evening.,He works in an American company while giving lectures on economics in a college in the evening.,上一页,下一页,Back,3. In some societies women are treated as professional equals on the job. They are treated as servants at home.,In some societies women are treated as professional equals on the job while being treated as servants at home.,4. We serve as teachers. We should be pupils at the same time.,We should be pupils while serving as teachers.,上一页,下一页,Back,5. The two professors will exchange their views. They will do so when they are in Paris attending a meeting.,The two professors will exchange their views while in Paris attending a meeting.,读写教程 : Ex. IX, p. 252,上一页,下一页,IX. Now rewrite the following sentences to achieve emphasis by placing the negative part at the beginning.,Back,1. This thought did not come to her mind even once.,Not even once did this thought come to her mind.,上一页,下一页,Back,3. He understood the weakness of his own position least of all.,Least of all did he understand the weakness of his own.,2. They were no sooner released by order of the court than they were rearrested by the police.,No sooner were they released by order of the court than they were rearrested by the police.,上一页,下一页,Back,4. The couple seldom went to the theatre together during their stay in the USA.,Seldom did the couple go to the theatre together during their stay in the USA.,5. We cannot understand a disease unless we understand the person who has the disease.,Not unless we understand the person who has the disease can we understand a disease.,1.总统夫人威胁要公开揭发丈夫,这件事成了头条新闻。,It has made the headlines that the presidents wife threatened her husband with public exposure.,读写教程 : Ex. , p. 253,上一页,下一页,threaten sb. with public exposure,. Translate the following into English.,make the headlines,Back,2. 那位富有的女士再三要求签定婚前协议, 令其未婚夫自尊心大大受损,结果以拒婚告终。,The wealthy ladys repeated demand on a premarital agreement greatly stung her future husbands pride and ended up in his refusal to get married.,上一页,下一页,the wealthy ladys repeated demand on sth.,end up in sb.s refusal to get married,Back,sting sb.s pride,3. 他在支票上伪造他哥哥的签名,以不正当手段得到了这笔钱,但是却被媒体曝了光。,He got the money dishonestly, by forging his brothers signature on a check, which was exposed by the media.,下一页,上一页,forge his brothers signature on a check,get sth. dishonestly,Back,be exposed by the media,4. 他举了个典型的例子来说明警官朝那人开枪是正当的,因为那人先朝他开枪。,He cited a classic example to show that the police officer shot the man with justification because the man had shot at him first.,上一页,下一页,cite a classic example,Back,shoot the man with justification,shoot at him first,5. 毫无疑问,有些妇女坚持要有离婚的权利,如果他们丈夫干的工作和积攒的钱不如她们多的话。,Make no mistake about it, some women would insist on the right to get a divorce if their husbands did not work and save money as much as they did.,上一页,make no mistake about it,insist on,Back,下一页,the right to get a divorce,6. 对指纹的偶然发现, 有助于弄清他被派来调查的凶杀案。,The casual discovery of the fingerprint shed some light on the murder he had been sent to look into.,上一页,the casual discovery of,shed some light on,Back,下一页,be sent to look into,7. 玛丽不愿向陌生人吐露心声,只是朝他尴尬地笑了笑。,Unwilling to lay bare her private thoughts to a stranger, Mary only gave him an awkward smile.,上一页,lay bare ones private thoughts,be unwilling to,Back,下一页,give him an awkward smile,8. 重要的不是订婚双方对对方有没有信心,而是客观地看待婚姻本身,它与浪漫的爱情无关。,What matters is not whether the engaged couple have faith in each other, but to view the marriage as it is, which has no bearing on romantic love.,上一页,what matters,view the marriage as it is,have no bearing on,Back,下一页,自20世纪80年代初以来,婚前协议在美国被越来越多的人接受,因为当时越来越多的州开始通过关于离婚财产分配的法律。,1. Prenups have been gaining in acceptance in the United States since the early 1980s, when more states began passing laws that affected the division of financial assets in a divorce.,上一页,XI. Translate the following into Chinese.,读写教程 : Ex. XI, p. 253,Back,下一页,名人的婚前协议总是头条新闻: 杰奎琳肯尼迪奥纳西斯的律师在亚里士多德奥纳西斯死后拿出两人的婚前协议对簿公堂,据说后来在庭外和解中赢得了2,600万美元。,2. The prenups of the famous make the headlines: lawyers for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis contested the prenuptial agreement between her and Aristotle Onassis after his death, reportedly winning $26 million in an out-of-court settlement.,上一页,Back,下一页,典型的欲签订婚前协议的人是那些积存了大量财富的男性,他们曾吃过苦头,因而想减少自己日后的麻烦。,3. A typical candidate for a prenuptial agreement is a man who has accumulated considerable wealth, has already been stung once, and wants to reduce his exposure to future problems.,上一页,Back,下一页,保护自己的资产,使之能传到儿子和孙子手中,这种努力使婚前契约在已退休并丧偶、又准备再婚的六七十岁的老人当中更为常见。,4. The effort to shield assets to be passed on to children and grandchildren is making prenups more common among retired people in their 60s and 70s who are remarrying after a spouse has died.,上一页,Back,下一页,另一种要求签立婚前协议的情形是,未来的丈夫或妻子已经或即将继承巨额遗产或家庭产业,尤其是在未来伴侣家资不多或一贫如洗的情况下。,5. Another situation that calls for premarital agreements occurs when a potential spouse has, or is in line for, great inherited wealth or a family business, especially if the future partner has little or nothing at all.,上一页,Back,下一页,律师们援引的一个经典例子是: “婚礼那天,某人通常是她面前突然出现了一份协议,于是,她看都没看一眼就签了字。”,6. A classic example is cited by lawyers: “An agreement is stuck under somebodys nose on the day of the weddingand its usually a sheand she signs, but doesnt even read it.”,上一页,Back,下一页,有一位律师回想起一件尴尬事:男女双方还在修改协议,争论哪些该保留,哪些该删除,此刻却有150名宾客陆陆续续来参加婚礼。,7. A lawyer recalled one awkward episode where the two sides were still editing the contract, arguing over what to keep and delete, as 150 wedding guests were arriving for the wedding.,上一页,Back,下一页,伦敦一家法律公司的一名律师经常为分处 英美两国的夫妇处理离婚事宜。他注意到, 在英国,法院“几乎忽视”婚前协议。,8. A lawyer in a London law firm that often handles divorces for British-American couples noted that in Britain, prenuptial agreements were “just about ignored” by the courts.,上一页,Back,. Writing,(对比分析类),My Choice Between Sth. and Sth. Else,1. 在两个事物之间作出你的选择,2. 对比说明你的选择理由,写作模式(对比分析类),Para.1: 1) With a gradual/sharp growth (decline/worsening/progress/arrival) of/in sth., people become more and more concerned about how to 2) To make it, some prefer towhile others choose to 3) If I were asked to make a choice between the two, however, I would like to attach more weight to the latter/former than to the former/latter.,Back,上一页,下一页,(划线部分可以被替换),Para. 2: 4) It is true that _ does ensure/ bring a lot of for one, such as, but, compared with _, it seems less attractive to me. 5) To begin with, , thereby
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