大学英语口语课件love-and-marriage.ppt

1、Love and Marriage,【Happy April Fools Day】,April 1 is not a national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other.,Whats love?,Love means never having to say youre sorry. -Love Story,What are your major considerations when you are

2、 choosing your BF or GF? And why?,Appearance Height Personality Occupation Family Education Other factors,The sweetest things you can do for a girl are the little things that let her know shes in your heart chaste 贞洁的爱; devoted 专一的爱; loyal 忠诚的爱; tender 温柔的爱; sincere 真挚的爱; fervent 热烈的爱; burning 炽热的爱;

3、 intense 强烈的爱; wild 狂热的爱; at first sight一见钟情; story爱情故事; triangle三角恋爱; affair风流韵事。,【各种恋】,初恋Puppy Love / First Love， 单恋/暗恋unrequited love， 暗恋have a crush on, 网恋Internet love, 热恋honeymoon phase, 苦恋bitter love, 师生恋teacher-student love, 同性恋homosexuality hm,seksjlt , 三角恋 love triangle, 夕阳恋sunset love, 双性

4、恋bisexuality basekulti , 姐弟恋toy boy love,【搭讪佳句】,1. You look like someone I know. Havent we met before?你跟我一个朋友长得好象。我们之前见过吧? 2. Thats a great haircut.你的发型很不错。 3. Are you here alone? 一个人吗? 4. I lost my number, can I have yours?我把我的电话号码弄丢了，你可以把你的告诉我吗?,【“名花/草有主了”怎么表达】,比较常见的表达有 be spoken for 或 be taken，指已

5、有人拥有所有权的已被预订。Shes already taken.她已经有男朋友了。或者说 off the market 例：Yo, dude. Youd better quit chasing after her. Shes off the market. 老兄，你最好别追她了，她已经名花有主了。,【如何用语英语表达你现在的感情状态】,1. single单身； 2. in a relationship恋爱中； 3. engaged已订婚； 4. married已婚； 5. in an open relationship开放式关系； 6. widowed widud丧偶； 7. separate

6、d spretd分居状态； 8. divorced dvrst已离异； 9. domestic dmstk partnership未婚同居关系； 10. Civil Union同性婚姻,【分手理由】,1.Ive met someone else./ Theres someone else.我另结新欢了。 2.Youre really too good for me./I dont deserve you.我配不上你。 3.I just dont love you anymore.我不爱你了。4.I really dont wanna be tied down.我不想被束缚。 5.The mag

7、ics gone from our relationship.我们之间的爱情魔力已经不见了。,Its over.我们缘分已尽。 Were not meant for each other.我们命中注定不适合。 I need some time alone.我需要一个人过一阵子。 Were better off as friends.我们做朋友比较好,【wedding】,求婚:proposal 媒人:matchmaker 订婚:engagement 未婚夫:fiancefinse 未婚妻:fiancee,finse 婚宴:wedding feast 婚纱:wedding gown 新郎:groo

8、m 新娘:bride 男傧相:bestman 女傧相:bridesmaid 证婚人:witness of wedding 婚誓:wedding vows 花童:flower girl 嫁妆:dowrydari 蜜月:honeymoon,Marriage,再婚:remarry 重婚:bigamy bmi 试婚:trial marriage 包办婚姻:arranged marriage 近亲结婚:intermarriage 老少配:May and December marriage 如意郎君:Mr.Right 闪婚:flash marriage 一夫一妻:monogamy mnmi 离婚:divo

9、rce,Have you ever attended a wedding? How do you think about it? Can you describe it briefly?,bride 新娘 bridegroom (groom) 新郎 groomsman (best man)伴郎 bridesmaid 伴娘 wedding ceremony 结婚典礼 wedding invitation 婚礼请柬 church wedding 教堂婚礼traditional Chinese wedding 传统中式婚礼 outdoor wedding 户外婚礼 wedding reception

10、 婚宴 wedding dress 婚纱、结婚礼服 Wedding march 婚礼进行曲 honeymoon 蜜月,【“我不嫁给你”各种恶搞说法】,高中水平:I will never marry you. 高考:Never will I marry you. 四级:You are the last man I am willing to marry. 六级:Under no circumstances will I marry you. GRE: If you were the last man in the world, I would definitely remain single.,

11、I _ , take you _, to be my wedded wife (husband). To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness or in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us apart. And hereto I pledge you my faithfulness.,Wedding vows,Wedding traditions,In some west

12、ern countries, brides are supposed to gather something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue, and to carry or wear them on their wedding day as they walk down the aisle.,It is said that the average expenses of Chinese wedding has risen to RMB 120,000 (including the cost of pre-we

13、dding photos, wedding reception, and honeymoon trip),What your opinion on the huge cost of a wedding?,Free Discussion,How will you plan your own wedding?,Different understanding of love and marriage between Chinese and Westerners,West,China,Absolutely personal issue,Family background social relation

14、s “Marry your match”,Love Marriage,High divorce rate,Marriage Love Marriage = responsibilities and duties,Description of a date: Pretty, cute, smart, humorous,Description of a date: Height, Occupation, Education background, Family,Love at first sight transient,Time breeds love. Last long,Independenc

15、y in economy and thought,All is common./Share everything,Total equality Househusband,Men should handle external matters, while women look after the home,Marry You-Bruno Mars,If your parents are strongly opposed to your marriage with somebody, what will you do?,Free Discussion,Debating: College stude

16、nts falling in love,The claim(the Proposition) : College love affair will do more good than harm. Reference arguments: to enrich the life experience; to promote the growth of your mind; to support each other; pure environment/ without interference; plenty of time for mutual understanding; easier to

17、find true love; firm emotional foundation happy recollections; .,Debating: College students falling in love,The counterclaim(the Opposition): College love affair will do more harm than good. Arguments: Financial burden; Interfere with the study (time-consuming); Immature thoughts; Uncertain future;

18、Practical problems (jobs, location, family) ,Some useful expression for a debate,in my opinion 我的意见是 Id like to point out that 我想指出的是 Personally I think 我个人认为 the point is that 关键是, 要点是. I believe that 我相信 in my experience 根据我的经验 but what about？ 但关于方面呢？,what I mean to say was 我的意思是说 Im afraid i disa

19、gree. 恐怕我是持反对意见的。 I dont think so. 我不那样认为。 on the contrary. 相反的。 all right， but dont you think？ 好吧，但难道你不觉得 thats a good point. 这个看法不错。 thats not （entirely） true. 那不（完全）正确。 wellwhat do you think （about）？ 你觉得怎么样？ let me rephrase what I said. 让我重申刚才所说的,Story reproduction,A farmer who lived in a small v

20、illage suffered from a severe pain in the chest. This never seemed to get any better. The farmer eventually decided that he would consult a doctor in the nearest town. But as he was a miserly person he thought he would find out what he would have to pay this doctor. He was told that a patient had to pay three pounds for the first visit and one pound for the second visit. The farmer thought about this for a long time, and