British Family

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British Family Personal Relationships
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Warm-up Exercise The real meanings of WIFE,
HUSBAND, FAMILY
FAMILY F - father A - and M - mother I
- I L - love Y - you
HUSBAND
Hhousing ??? Uunderstanding
????? Ssharing ?????? Bbuying
???????? Aand
?? Nnever ??? Ddemanding
????
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WIFE
W----watch ?? I----intelligent
???? F----faithful ?? E----everyday ????
W - washing I - ironing F - food
E - entertaining
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The current state of the family in Britian
The marriage in Britain
The marital roles
The Youth Culture
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Two generation households
To be close but in separate houses
Different family patterns
Live further apart
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Typical British Family
Married couple
With two or three children
Hasband works full-time
Be happy
Wife does the housework
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The changes in Modern household patterns
Large households In 1961, 16
In 2000, only 7 One
person living alone in 1961, 12
in 2000, 30
Depedent childern with lone mother In 1972,
6 In 2000, 20
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• Individual Work
• On page 20
• What is the most common family form in 2000?
• In what other kind of household has there been a
  significant increase?
• What are the reasons for the increase in one
  parent household?
• What is the trend of the birth outside marriage?

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The Revelation from Socrates
By all means marry, if you get a good wife,
you'll be happy, if you get a bad one, you'll
become a philosopher
Marriage is an institution in which a man loses
his bachelor's degree and the woman gets her
master's.
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Marriage is a 3-ring circus
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A man inserted an ad in the classified WIFE
WANTED. The next day he received a hundred
letters. They all said the same thing
You can have mine!
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Traditional Belief of Marriage
Ones priority obligation
Most important goal
Main concern in life
The moral and romantic behaviore
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The procedures of a marriage
The decision to get married
Reasons
Engagement
an agreement and public recognition
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The Marriage Ceremony
Civic ceremony 1/5 of second marriage Religious
ceremony 1/2 for first time----- Church of
England Marriage Service
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Something old Something New Something
Borrowed Something Blue
Bridegroom and groom Best man and bridesmaid
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Saturday afternoon
Wedding march give her way
make vows
Wedding ring a sign of the pure love
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Shower of rice
Wedding reception
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Wedding car decoration
Wedding cake
honeymoon
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The changing aspects of marriage
Trial marriage
The increase in one-parent family

The increase in divorce
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Group Work Who does what in the family?
Husband wife
Cooking, washing
Cleaning house
Gardening, pet care
Children care
maintenance
Moving to another city
Car, house buying
Childrens education
finance
holidays
Leisure activities
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Decision making
Household tasks
sharing
Economic and cultural contribution
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The influence of youth culture on Family Life
In 1950s, the notion of teenager

• Alienation from the family
• Revolt against the values

music and fashion
Teddy boys
Group-mindedness Extreme sensitive to
insults Dress and appearance
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Beats
Extreme pessimism about the future
Freedom and being alone
Jazz, poetry, drug
Mods
Hairestyles clothing
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Hippies
Distrust the political establishment Criticize
the inequality
Skinheads
Dress Appearance activities
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Punks
No future No hero Do it yourself
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Assignment

• Pair Work
• The Dating Game
• Each pair makes a dialogue for 510.
• The dialogue can be every aspect of the dating.
  For example, the talking between two boys about
  how to date, the talking between the boy and the
  girl during the dating, or the talking after the
  dating.
• The evaluation is based on the content of the
  dialogue, the pronunciation and the performance
  of the speakers.

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Assignment
Read through the passage about the British
Leisure on your textbook.
List the most favorite activities you like to do
in your spare time