UnitTwoTheNewSingles详解.pptVIP

Unit Two The New Singles 1.? What occurs to you when you hear of a person being a spinster or a bachelor? 2.? Are any changes taking place concerning the attitudes of Chinese young people towards marriage? 3.?Which lifestyle would you prefer, singled or married? 4. What would your relatives and friends say if you were single at age 40, or at age 50? Viewpoints can be used in the pair discussion: 1.?Many single people get annoyed by others who refuse to accept that they choose to be alone. However, a growing number of professionals are doing just that. They’re exploring careers, indulging in the joys of travel, rediscovering pastimes and kindling new passions. Most say they want to get married someday, but they feel content being single until they meet the right person. 2.?More eligible people aspire to marry but remain single for the moment. It’s not that they’ve abandoned the value of marriage, but that they are taking longer to get married, perhaps due to expectations of what it should be like or a lack of desirable prospects. 3. Marriage is a fundamental social institution (制度). It is central to the nurture and raising of children. It is the “social glue” that reliably attaches parents to children. It contributes to the physical, emotional and economic health of men, women and children, and thus to that of the nation as a whole. 4. When a woman is around 30 or above, people around her might begin to panic. It seems as if she suddenly mutates (/?????????/变异) from a happy single into a pitiful spinster. Many refuse to accept that she chooses to be alone. They are eager to find solutions for her. Some folks try to fix her up. Others show their good intentions with harsh questions and judgments: “What’s wrong with you?” “You go to that big company and you still can’t find an ideal guy?” “You’re going to have a baby with a handicap if you wait until you’re too old before giving birth.” Sometimes even strangers join the action. If they spot her eating alone, they mi