英语基础UNIT4.ppt

英语基础UNIT4.pptUnit FourAre Love and Marriage Like a Horse and Carriage?Content ?Warming-up Activities (P3-P4)?Background Information(P4-P13)?Language points(P14-P45)Warm-up Activities?1. What do you think is crucial for a happy marriage??2. What do you think are the major causes of the rising divorce rate??3. What’s ment on “Love is romantic, but marriage is practical”?Related Information?2m couples divorced in China in 2011, 710,000 more than in 2007.?A total of 32,999 couples ended their marriage in the capital city last year, a fifth year's growth since 2007, Beijing Times reported Friday.?A total of 38,000 couples divorced in Shanghai in 2011, making the divorce rate in the city increase 4 percent year-on-year to surpass 35 percent. Shanghai now has the second highest divorce rate in China?Some marriage registration offices in Beijing have been offering mediation services to divorcing couples, which had a major hand in curbing the divorce rate last year, according to the ministry., Aaron Ben-Ze’ev?Professor of Philosophy, is the President of the University of Haifa (since 2004). ?Professor Ben-Ze'ev is considered one of the world’s leading experts in the study of emotions, and he set up the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Emotions at the University. His research focuses on the philosophy of psychology, and especially the study of emotions. Most recently, his research has centered on love. He has published numerous articles and books on these subjects. Aaron Ben-Ze’evHis major books are:?In The Name of Love: Romantic ideology and its victims - (Oxford University Press, 2008)? Love Online: Emotions on the - (Cambridge University Press, 2004)? The Subtlety of Emotions - (MIT Press, 2000)? The Perceptual System - (Peter Lang: 1993)Frank Sinatra ?(December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998)? was an American singer and film actor.?Sinatra was the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.?H