Unit9PremaritalAgreements.ppt

Premarital Agreements Table of Contents I. Reading Comprehension Questions II. Cultural Notes III. Language Points 1. What causes premarital agreements? The distribution of wealth or financial asset. 2. What kind of people favor the premarital agreement?Some of the people with accumulated wealth. 3. Why premarital agreement is favored by people with accumulated considerable wealth? 8. Why does a lawyer say that there is still hope? Because many people who signed an agreement put it in a drawer and never look at it again. 9. Do you think it necessary to sign the premarital agreement at the first marriage? Yes, when none of us are not rich. 10. When did prenups come into being in great number? As early as 1980s. II. Cultural Background 1929-1994 US first lady. She redefined the role of first lady with signified elegance, magnetic charm, trend-setting style, and cool composure after the assassination of JFK. Creative quotations from Jacqueline: When Harvard men say theyve graduated from Radcliffe, then weve made it. There are many little ways to enlarge your childs world. Love of books is the best of all. It helped her (Caroline) learn that something you create yourself is the best kind of present. If you bungle raising your children, I dont think whatever else you do well matters very much. (do poorly) John F. Kennedy May 29, 1917 ---, born of Irish descent in Brookline, Massachusetts. 1940---graduated from Harvard and entered the US Navy September 12, 1953--- he married Jacqueline Bouvier 1961--- won the President Election by a narrow margin November 22,1963---was assassinated as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die. Inaugural Address We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom-symbolizing an end as well as A beginning --- signifying renewal as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same sol