step_by_step_4__英语听力入门_第四册_答案(张民伦_张锷).doc

Unit 1 Happy Family Life (1) Part I Warming up A. Tips for a happy marriage 1 Go on dates with each other. Renew romantic feelings by spending special time together. 2. Be as specific as you can when you complain, make a request, or offer praise. 3 When stressed by fatigue or your own insecurities, imagine you and your partner in a foxhole, surrounded by danger. Instead of striking out at your partner, find a way to protect the partnership! 4. When you feel distant, talk about it with your partner. 5. Be assured that partners in all marriages sometimes get tired, irritable, or distracted. Work together to understand each other. 6. Respect each other. Leave if danger exists. Find professional help if physical, sexual, emotional, or verbal abuse occurs. 7 Fight to understand, not to win. Tape-script Here are a few general ideas I believe help make a marriage work: 1. Go on dates with each other. Renew romantic feelings by spending special time together. 2. Be as specific as you can when you complain, make a request, or offer praise. 3. When stressed by fatigue or your own insecurities, imagine you and your partner in a foxhole, surrounded by danger. Instead of striking out at your partner, find a way to protect the partnership! 4. When you feel distant, talk about it with your partner. 5. Be assured that partners in all marriages sometimes get tired, irritable, or distracted. Work together to understand each other. 6. Respect each other. Leave if danger exists. Find professional help if physical, sexual, emotional, or verbal abuse occurs. 7. Fight to understand, not to win. B. Tapescript: Having been married for more than 40 years, I can attest to the truth of the following statement: To excel in the art of domestic argument, one must master the art of 1osing. Modern psychologists are taken with the win-win solution. But in marriage, success resides more in lose-lose solutions. Out of these, both parties can win. For in the love configuration, losing gives a~ that alw