大学英语口语课件-爱情与婚姻-love-and-marriage.ppt

Love and Marriage Have you ever attended a wedding? How do you think about it? Can you describe it briefly? Wedding traditions In some western 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-wedding photos, wedding reception, and honeymoon trip…) Free Discussion How will you plan your own wedding? Different understanding of love and marriage between Chinese and Westerners… West What are your major considerations when you are choosing your wife or husband? And why? Appearance Height Personality Occupation Family Education Other factors… If your parents are strongly opposed to your marriage with somebody, what will you do? Debating: College students 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 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; Practical problems (jobs, location, family) … Some useful expression for a debate in my opinion… 我的意见是…… I’d 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…… I’m afraid i disagree. 恐怕我是持反对意见的。 I don’t think so. 我不那样认为。 on the contrary. 相反的。 all right