NEW PASSWORDCHAPTER 6

“It Was Love, So Strong and So Real”

Embracing Our Differences

Pre-Reading

Can cultural differences affect a marriage?

Does a married couple have to share the same

interests?

How can love be “real and strong”?

VOCABULARY

awful

very bad, unpleasant

She had an awful exam yesterday.

Stare: verb

To keep looking at someone or something.

Ex: He stared at her all afternoon.

Go on: verb

To continue looking for something

Ex; The student went on trying to find an answer

Discover: verb

To find out something new, ex: Einstein discovered The Theory of Relativity.

Total

complete or extreme

Everything about the ceremony is in total control.

To face: verb

To accept that there is a problem and start to find an an answer. Ex. Bill had to face the fact that he was overweight.

responsibility

a duty to take care of something

Parents’ responsibility is to take care of their children.

Comfortable: adj

To feel very relaxed Ex: I feel comfortable in this chair.

No longer

in the past but not now

They get divorced last month. They are no longer married.

Although: conjunction

Used to introduce a fact that makes another fact seem surprising.

Difference (noun)

Not the same things

There is no difference between the twins.

Alike: adv

Two people or things that are the same or nearly the same.

Ex: These two figures look very much alike.

Couple: noun

Two people in a relationship.

Ex: John and Susan have been a happily married couple for thirty years.

Marriage (noun)

Legally accepted relationship between man and woman as husband and wife

I hope they will have a long and happy marriage.

Difficulties: noun

Things not easily done, problems we need to find an answer for.

Ex: There are difficulties in every relationship at some time.

True/False?

1. Arunaa is a young woman from Malaysia T / F

2. She met Herve when she was a college student in France. T /F

3.Arunaa’s parents told her not to leave home. T /F

4. Arunaa and Herve are now married and living in France. T /F

5. It was hard for Arunaa to get used to many things in her new life. T /F

1. TRUE

2. FALSE

3 FALSE

4. TRUE

5. TRUE

Identifying Paragraph Topics

What is each paragraph in the reading about? Write the topics of the paragraphs.

Paragraph 1.

How Arunaa and Herve met

Paragraph 2.

Facing a big decision

Paragraph 3

Arunaa’s parents

Paragraph 4

Challenges for Arunaa in France

Paragraph 5

Arunaa’s decision to go

Paragraph 6

Dealing with cultural differences in marriage

Paragraph 7

Arunaa and Herve’s differences and their love

Reading for Details

TRUE / FALSE/ IT DOESN’T SAY?

Statement 1.

Arunaa met Herve in a college classroom in Malaysia.

TRUE

Statement 2

Herve left before Arunaa graduated.

False

Statement 4.

Arunaa’s parents told her not to go to France.

FALSE

Statement 5

Herve expected things to be easy for her in France.

IT DOESN’T SAY

Statement 6

Arunaa says her biggest challenge was religious differences.

False

Statement 7

In France, Arunaa still eats rice three times a day.

True

Statement 8

Arunaa can speak French well now.

IT DOESN’T SAY

Reading Between The Lines

Please turn to page 68

Possible Answers

1. Arunaa is beautiful and he wanted to meet her.

2.They never expected their daughter to want to move so far away.

3. She was worried that Herve would seem like a different person in his own country.

4. It’s part of her culture.

5. It’s not part of his culture, and it doesn’t feel right to him.