新视野大学英语第二版第三册Unit9课件.pptVIP

video 文体：Prose The writer centers his writing upon one social phenomenon: premarital agreements or prenups. To achieve the effect as expected, the writer adopts the pattern of “definition applicability points for attention evaluation”. The whole passage can be divided into 4 parts as follows: what prenups are (Para.1-4) who needs to have prenups (Para.5-8) some points to be taken care of regarding prenups. (Para.9-13) some general evaluations of prenups. (Para.14-16) Logic structures Definition Generalization and example Classification Comparison Part 1 (Para.1-4) (1)Prenups are designed to address the problems of the division of financial assets if a couple divorces. (Para.2) (2) Prenups are negotiated by lawyers for prospective spouses ,and designed before a minister binds them in marriage. (Para.3) Details (1)A future husband wanted to be sure that if his marriage didn’t work out, he could keep his treasured ice-cream collection safely stored away in afreezer. (2)A woman insisted on verifying who would walk the dog. (3)One wanted the right to get a divorce if his bride-to-be gained more than 15 pounds once she became his wife. Why prenups popular since the early 1890s? Because more states began passing laws that affected the division of financial assets in a divorce from 1980s. The laws are based either on “community property” (split evenly) or on “reasonable distribution” (whatever a judge thinks is “fair”). (Para.3) Details Lawyers for Jecqueline Kennedy Onassis contested the prenup between her and Aristotle Onassis after his death, reportedly winning $26 million in an out-of-court settlement. Alyssa Chia:?two?mansions?and 500,000?alimony贾静雯：两栋豪宅和50万赡养费 This?was?