Premarital Agreements
Unit 9
Stage 1,Warming-up Activities
Stage 2,Reading-Centred Activities
Stage 3,Vocabulary Exercises
Stage 4,Translating and Writing
Warming-up Activities
Background information
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Questions for thought and
discussion
Background information
premarital agreements
Premarital agreements or
prenuptial agreements are
binding legal contracts between
two people who intend to marry
each other.
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,
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.
the American Academy of
Marriage Lawyers
Its official name is the American
Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Enriching your vocabulary
Read the sentences carefully and
guess the meaning of the italicized
term in each sentence according
to the context and your own
experiences.
He is faced with the fact of an
irremediable marital breakdown,
At that time,abortion,divorce,premarital
sex,and drug trafficking were listed as
serious sins,
There is growing concern about the
increase in the number of prenuptial
agreements,
nuptial promises
the nuptial day
婚姻婚前的婚前的结婚的
Her new book is a collection of short
stories,
Our library has a large collection of
books,
There are three collections a day from
the post box on the corner,
Are you able to verify your theory?
There is a clause in the contract which
says the company can fire people for
economic reasons,
A clause can be introduced with "that "
or "which",
短篇小说集藏书收取证明条款从句
We feel bound together by our past
experiences,
The prisoner was bound hand and foot,
The contract binds you to completion
of the work within two years,
The idea rapidly gained acceptance in
political circles.
Division within the party will limit its
chances at the election,
She works in the company's sales
division,
连接 绑住约束认可意见分歧部门
The news of his death was printed in
headlines across all the newspapers,
I intend to contest the judge's decision in
another court,
She stands a good chance since only two
people are contesting the seat,
She won a gold medal in an international
contest,
Candidates must write their names on the
top page of the exam paper,
标题位置提出质疑争夺比赛参加考试者
He was stung into making an angry reply,
He felt a sting on his elbow as the spider
jumped away,
Exposure to the cold wind left my lips
feeling dry,
That building is where the chapter meet
on Thursdays,
She held her hand above her eyes to
shield them from the sun,
The soldier's shield saved him from being
killed by his enemy,
被激怒 刺痛暴露分会遮挡盾牌
They came back to England in 1991 to
retire,
I retired to my study upstairs,
There is a law against dropping litter but
it is rarely enforced,
They tried to enforce agreement with
their plans,
She works for a firm of public relations
consultants,
The sword snapped,
退休回到执行迫使咨询公司剑
We have had to refuse the invitation to
the wedding,
Sad thoughts are an invitation to
depression,
Signature of this document means that
you agree with us,
The lawyer cited a previous case to
support his argument,
She was cited by the government for
doing an outstanding piece of work,
邀请引诱，诱惑签名援引嘉奖
The police asked some awkward
questions about where the money had
come from,
Janet fixed copies and edited books for a
variety of publishers,
All references to racial problems were
deleted from the history books,
She forged a new career for herself as a
singer,
They are forging all kinds of documents
to a high standard,
编辑删掉开创伪造令人发窘的
They've been trying to settle the dispute
over working conditions for the last three
days,
Nobody disputed that David was clever,
Do you have to show your passport at the
check-in desk?
The national birth rate has remained
static for the last few years,
Your remark didn't have any bearing on
what happened,
争端 不认为护照稳定关系
She had a proud,distinguished
bearing,
They lost their bearings in the dark,
I can see no justification for dividing
the company into smaller units,
We piled all the newspapers into a
heap,
We have heaps of time before the train
leaves,
They heaped the food onto our plates,
姿态 方向理由堆许多,大量 堆
She shed a few tears at her
daughter's wedding,
I'd like to shed a few pounds before
the summer,
These trees shed their leaves in fall,
The farmer built a shed for his
tractor next to the barn,
I keep my socks in the bottom
drawer,
流 出减轻落棚抽屉
Questions for thought and
discussion
Listen to a short passage
carefully and then discuss
the questions on page 242 in
groups.
Homework
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.
Reading-Centred Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Discuss the questions on page 242
in groups.
Text structure analysis,
Types of Reading Comprehension
Questions
The essay focuses on one social
phenomenon:____________________
____________,The author uses
many different writing techniques
such as general-specific details and
general-examples to tell us what
_________ are,who want _________,
the points to be taken care of before
signing ____________ and finally a
general evaluation of __________,
premarital agreements
or prenups
prenups prenups
prenups
prenups
How many can the whole passage be
divided into?
The first part,
The second part:
The third part,
The fourth part,
4 parts
From Paragraph 1 to 4
From Paragraph 5 to 8
from Paragraph 9 to 14
Paragraph 15 and 16
Paragraph 1 is an introduction of prenups,
A humorous beginning — crazy clauses
of______________________,or a joke about
what __________are about,
Paragraph 2 is the real premarital
agreement,The author corrects himself by
saying that most of the prenups are about
how _______________will be divided up if a
couple divorces,
premarital agreements
prenups
financial assets
Then Paragraph 3 deals with the general
definition of prenups,what are prenups
and who sign them?
Premarital agreements are designed to
___________________________________
when a couple put an end to their
marriage,
And prenups are negotiated by lawyers
for________________________,and
signed before______________________.
address the division of financial assets
the prospective spouses
a marriage ceremony
Paragraph 4 is just one example of prenups,
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis won
_______________ through her prenups with
her second husband Aristotle Onassis.
The second part is about who need to have
prenups,The author goes into detail to talk
about __________________who need to have
prenups before a marriage,
Paragraph 5,Prenups are for those who will
be involved in __________________________
in a divorce and those who want to ________.
$26 million
4 types of people
great economic consequences
remarry
Paragraph 6,Prenups are for those who
have accumulated___________________,
have already been stung once,and want to
_____________________ to future problems,
Paragraph 7,Prenups are for those who
want to _______________to be passed on
to______________________________,
Paragraph 8,Prenups are for those who has,
or is in line for,______________________
or ________________,especially if the
future partner has_____________________,
considerable wealth
reduce their exposure
shield assets
children and grandchildren
great inherited wealth
a family business
little or nothing at all
The third part deals with what points
should be taken care of when one goes
into a premarital agreement.
Paragraph 9,
1,Proper _____________are necessary.
2,A lawyer is required to write the
______________.
3,Do not use the same lawyer as your
_________________does,
guidelines
document
future spouse
Paragraph 10:
Do not sign a prenuptial agreement
___________________.
Paragraph 11,
Two examples of not_________________,
Paragraph 12,
Watch out that a dispute of ____________
prenups could happen if a couple decides
to divorce while ________________with
different passports,
under pressure
taking the advice
carrying out
living abroad
Paragraph 13:
An example of Mr,and Mrs,Smith’s
__________.
Paragraph 14,
An understanding of the nature of
prenups,
prenups are_____________________,
divorce
business agreements
The fourth part is about the general
evaluations of prenups,one negative and
the other positive.
Paragraph 15,
Prenups sometimes may help save a
couple from____________________,
Paragraph 16,
Prenups sometimes prove to be of no use
to_________________________,
a terrible marriage
some happy marriages
Reading-Centred
Activities
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing (exercises 8
and 9 )
Unit 9
Stage 1,Warming-up Activities
Stage 2,Reading-Centred Activities
Stage 3,Vocabulary Exercises
Stage 4,Translating and Writing
Warming-up Activities
Background information
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Questions for thought and
discussion
Background information
premarital agreements
Premarital agreements or
prenuptial agreements are
binding legal contracts between
two people who intend to marry
each other.
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,
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.
the American Academy of
Marriage Lawyers
Its official name is the American
Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Enriching your vocabulary
Read the sentences carefully and
guess the meaning of the italicized
term in each sentence according
to the context and your own
experiences.
He is faced with the fact of an
irremediable marital breakdown,
At that time,abortion,divorce,premarital
sex,and drug trafficking were listed as
serious sins,
There is growing concern about the
increase in the number of prenuptial
agreements,
nuptial promises
the nuptial day
婚姻婚前的婚前的结婚的
Her new book is a collection of short
stories,
Our library has a large collection of
books,
There are three collections a day from
the post box on the corner,
Are you able to verify your theory?
There is a clause in the contract which
says the company can fire people for
economic reasons,
A clause can be introduced with "that "
or "which",
短篇小说集藏书收取证明条款从句
We feel bound together by our past
experiences,
The prisoner was bound hand and foot,
The contract binds you to completion
of the work within two years,
The idea rapidly gained acceptance in
political circles.
Division within the party will limit its
chances at the election,
She works in the company's sales
division,
连接 绑住约束认可意见分歧部门
The news of his death was printed in
headlines across all the newspapers,
I intend to contest the judge's decision in
another court,
She stands a good chance since only two
people are contesting the seat,
She won a gold medal in an international
contest,
Candidates must write their names on the
top page of the exam paper,
标题位置提出质疑争夺比赛参加考试者
He was stung into making an angry reply,
He felt a sting on his elbow as the spider
jumped away,
Exposure to the cold wind left my lips
feeling dry,
That building is where the chapter meet
on Thursdays,
She held her hand above her eyes to
shield them from the sun,
The soldier's shield saved him from being
killed by his enemy,
被激怒 刺痛暴露分会遮挡盾牌
They came back to England in 1991 to
retire,
I retired to my study upstairs,
There is a law against dropping litter but
it is rarely enforced,
They tried to enforce agreement with
their plans,
She works for a firm of public relations
consultants,
The sword snapped,
退休回到执行迫使咨询公司剑
We have had to refuse the invitation to
the wedding,
Sad thoughts are an invitation to
depression,
Signature of this document means that
you agree with us,
The lawyer cited a previous case to
support his argument,
She was cited by the government for
doing an outstanding piece of work,
邀请引诱，诱惑签名援引嘉奖
The police asked some awkward
questions about where the money had
come from,
Janet fixed copies and edited books for a
variety of publishers,
All references to racial problems were
deleted from the history books,
She forged a new career for herself as a
singer,
They are forging all kinds of documents
to a high standard,
编辑删掉开创伪造令人发窘的
They've been trying to settle the dispute
over working conditions for the last three
days,
Nobody disputed that David was clever,
Do you have to show your passport at the
check-in desk?
The national birth rate has remained
static for the last few years,
Your remark didn't have any bearing on
what happened,
争端 不认为护照稳定关系
She had a proud,distinguished
bearing,
They lost their bearings in the dark,
I can see no justification for dividing
the company into smaller units,
We piled all the newspapers into a
heap,
We have heaps of time before the train
leaves,
They heaped the food onto our plates,
姿态 方向理由堆许多,大量 堆
She shed a few tears at her
daughter's wedding,
I'd like to shed a few pounds before
the summer,
These trees shed their leaves in fall,
The farmer built a shed for his
tractor next to the barn,
I keep my socks in the bottom
drawer,
流 出减轻落棚抽屉
Questions for thought and
discussion
Listen to a short passage
carefully and then discuss
the questions on page 242 in
groups.
Homework
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.
Reading-Centred Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Discuss the questions on page 242
in groups.
Text structure analysis,
Types of Reading Comprehension
Questions
The essay focuses on one social
phenomenon:____________________
____________,The author uses
many different writing techniques
such as general-specific details and
general-examples to tell us what
_________ are,who want _________,
the points to be taken care of before
signing ____________ and finally a
general evaluation of __________,
premarital agreements
or prenups
prenups prenups
prenups
prenups
How many can the whole passage be
divided into?
The first part,
The second part:
The third part,
The fourth part,
4 parts
From Paragraph 1 to 4
From Paragraph 5 to 8
from Paragraph 9 to 14
Paragraph 15 and 16
Paragraph 1 is an introduction of prenups,
A humorous beginning — crazy clauses
of______________________,or a joke about
what __________are about,
Paragraph 2 is the real premarital
agreement,The author corrects himself by
saying that most of the prenups are about
how _______________will be divided up if a
couple divorces,
premarital agreements
prenups
financial assets
Then Paragraph 3 deals with the general
definition of prenups,what are prenups
and who sign them?
Premarital agreements are designed to
___________________________________
when a couple put an end to their
marriage,
And prenups are negotiated by lawyers
for________________________,and
signed before______________________.
address the division of financial assets
the prospective spouses
a marriage ceremony
Paragraph 4 is just one example of prenups,
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis won
_______________ through her prenups with
her second husband Aristotle Onassis.
The second part is about who need to have
prenups,The author goes into detail to talk
about __________________who need to have
prenups before a marriage,
Paragraph 5,Prenups are for those who will
be involved in __________________________
in a divorce and those who want to ________.
$26 million
4 types of people
great economic consequences
remarry
Paragraph 6,Prenups are for those who
have accumulated___________________,
have already been stung once,and want to
_____________________ to future problems,
Paragraph 7,Prenups are for those who
want to _______________to be passed on
to______________________________,
Paragraph 8,Prenups are for those who has,
or is in line for,______________________
or ________________,especially if the
future partner has_____________________,
considerable wealth
reduce their exposure
shield assets
children and grandchildren
great inherited wealth
a family business
little or nothing at all
The third part deals with what points
should be taken care of when one goes
into a premarital agreement.
Paragraph 9,
1,Proper _____________are necessary.
2,A lawyer is required to write the
______________.
3,Do not use the same lawyer as your
_________________does,
guidelines
document
future spouse
Paragraph 10:
Do not sign a prenuptial agreement
___________________.
Paragraph 11,
Two examples of not_________________,
Paragraph 12,
Watch out that a dispute of ____________
prenups could happen if a couple decides
to divorce while ________________with
different passports,
under pressure
taking the advice
carrying out
living abroad
Paragraph 13:
An example of Mr,and Mrs,Smith’s
__________.
Paragraph 14,
An understanding of the nature of
prenups,
prenups are_____________________,
divorce
business agreements
The fourth part is about the general
evaluations of prenups,one negative and
the other positive.
Paragraph 15,
Prenups sometimes may help save a
couple from____________________,
Paragraph 16,
Prenups sometimes prove to be of no use
to_________________________,
a terrible marriage
some happy marriages
Reading-Centred
Activities
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing (exercises 8
and 9 )
