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• School of Foreign Studies
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• Yu Yangxiao
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Unit Nine Section A Premarital Agreements
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Warm up

1. How to keep a happy marriage?
2. Do you want to have a premarital agreement
   before your marriage? Why?

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Background Information

• Premarital agreements
• Premarital agreements or prenuptial
  agreements are binding legal contracts between
  two people who intend to marry each other.

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

• Born on July 28, 1929, Jacqueline Bouvier
  Kennedy was first lady of the United States
  during the administration (1961-1963) of her
  first husband, John F. Kennedy. She had been a
  newspaper reporter and photographer before their
  marriage in 1953. She was riding beside President
  Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas,
  Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963. In 1968 she married the
  Greek shipping millionaire Aristotle Onassis.

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• bride ?? a woman who is getting married, or
  who is just married
• bride-to-be ??? a woman who is going to be
  married soon

Structure n.-to-be
Example
groom-to-be ??? father-to-be ??? mother-to-be
???
father-in-law ??,?? mother-in-law ??,??
I. New Words
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I. New Words

• 2. contest
• a. ??,?? (take part in and) try to win sth.
  (vt.)
• b. ??,?? a composition (n.)

Example
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The ex-president has decided not to contest this
election.
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I. New Words

• 2. contest
• a. ??,?? (take part in and) try to win sth.
  (vt.)
• b. ??,?? a composition (n.)

Example
????,?????/??/??????????
Because of nervous, we failed in the tug-of-war /
composition / speech contest.
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I. New Words

• 3. sting (stung, stung)
• a.???? make sb. feel upset, hurt, or
  annoyed(vt.)
• b. ?,? (of an insect) cause sharp pain (vt.)

Example
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My conscience stung me sharply.
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I. New Words

• 3. sting (stung, stung)
• a.???? make sb. feel upset, hurt, or
  annoyed(vt.)
• b. ?,? (of an insect) cause sharp pain (vt.)

Example
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A bee stung me on the arm.
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I. New Words

• 4. exposure
• a.?? (ton) the state of being put into a
  harmful situation (n.)
• b. ????(ofn.) the act of making sth. publicly
  known (n.)

Example
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Exposure to the cold wind left my lips feeling
dry.
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I. New Words

• 4. exposure
• a.?? (ton.) the state of being put into a
  harmful situation (n.)
• b. ????(ofn.) the act of making sth.
  publicly known (n.)

Example
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the exposure of political corruption
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writing device general statement supported by
examples

• The essay focuses on one social phenomenon
  prenups or premarital agreements. The writer uses
  this writing device to tell us what prenups are,
  who needs prenups, what points to be taken care
  of before signing prenups, and how people
  evaluate prenups.

Question How did the author organize the
passage? How can we divide the passage into four
parts?
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Text Structure
Part One (Para.1-4)
Introduction of prenups.
Part Two (Para. 5-8)
Who want prenups?.
Some points to be taken care of regarding
prenups.
Part Three (Para. 9-14)
Part Four (Para.15-16)
Evaluations of prenups.
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Part I (Para.1-4)

• The general statement A social
  phenomenon--premarital agreements

Examples some examples of crazy clauses of
premarital agreements (para.1) an example of
prenups the case of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
(para.4)
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Part II (Para.5-8)

• The general statement

Who needs to have prenups?
Para.5 Para.6 Para.7 Para.8
Examples three kinds of people
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Part III (Para.9-14)

• The general statement Some points to be taken
  care of regarding prenups

Examples Two examples of not taking the
advice.
(para.11) an example of Mr. and Mrs. Smiths
divorce.
(para.13)
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Part IV (Para.15-16)

• Evaluations

A positive one prenups sometimes may help
save a couple from a
terrible marriage.
(para.15) A negative one prenups sometimes
prove to be of no use
to some happy
marriages. (para.16)
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Premarital Agreements

• Para. 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 a freezer. A woman insisted on verifying
  who would walk the dog. One man wanted the right
  to get a divorce if his bride-to-be gained more
  than 15 pounds once she became his wife.
• Para.2 These are some of the crazier clauses of
  prenuptial agreements. But make no mistake about
  it, what most of them are about is money and
  how financial assets will be divided up if a
  couple divorces. And divorce with its
  accompanying money problems is common in the
  United States.

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• Para.3 Prenuptial agreements or "prenups"
  are designed to address these problems as they
  arise. Prenups are negotiated by lawyers for the
  prospective spouses, and signed before a minister
  binds them in marriage. They have been gaining in
  acceptance in the United States since the early
  1980s, when more states began passing laws that
  affected the division of financial assets in a
  divorce. The laws are based either on "community
  property" (split evenly) or on "reasonable
  distribution" (whatever a judge thinks is
  "fair").
• Para.4 The prenups of the famous make the
  headlines lawyers for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
  contested the prenuptial agreement between her
  and Aristotle Onassis after his death, reportedly
  winning 26 million in an out-of-court
  settlement.

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Language points

• make no mistake (about it)
• emphasize what one is saying is true ??????

Example
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Make no mistake about it, he will pass the test.
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Language points

• 2. gain in
• get more of sth. ????

Example
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These people have gained in fame as a result of
their television appearance.
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Language points

• 3. make/ hit the headlines
• become important news ??????

Example
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Beckham again made the headlines, after scoring
three points for England in last nights game.
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• Para5. But prenuptial agreements are also for
  lesser known, although wealthy folks. "It's
  because divorce has such great economic
  consequences, and successive marriages have
  become so common," said a family law lawyer.
• Para.6 A typical candidate for a prenuptial
  agreement is a man who has accumulated
  considerable wealth, has already been stung once,
  and wants to reduce his exposure to future
  problems. "They want to make their own
  arrangements, rather than let a court decide,"
  said the president of the New York chapter of the
  American Academy of Marriage Lawyers.

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• Para.7 Protecting children from a previous
  marriage is a strong reason for prenuptial
  contracts. "Someone may have an estate of 1
  billion and he may not want a second spouse to
  get a payment of half a billion. He may want more
  for his children," said a lawyer. The effort to
  shield assets to be passed on to children and
  grandchildren is making prenups more common among
  retired people in their 60s and 70s who are
  remarrying after a spouse has died.
• Para.8 Another situation that calls for
  premarital agreements occurs when a potential
  spouse has, or is in line for, great inherited
  wealth or a family business, especially if the
  future partner has little or nothing at all.

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Language points

• 4. be in line for sth.
• be likely to get sth. ?????

Example
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She is an excellent employee and is in line for
promotion.
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• Para.9 But even when both parties have signed
  such an agreement, it can be impossible to
  enforce it in court if proper guidelines have not
  been followed. A lawyer is required to write the
  document, for mistakes in language even a
  misplaced preposition can be disastrous. But
  never, ever, warn marriage law consultants,
  should you use the same lawyer as your future
  spouse does.
• Para.10 Another problem is a prenuptial
  agreement signed under pressure. To avoid this,
  some lawyers will not draw up an agreement once a
  wedding date has been set. "I figure there's a
  sword hanging over their head, and that's
  pressure," they said. Such lawyers counsel their
  clients never to send out wedding invitations
  until both signatures are on an agreement.

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• Para.11 But not everyone takes this advice. A
  classic example is cited by lawyers "An
  agreement is stuck under somebody's nose on the
  day of the wedding and it's usually a 'she'
  and she signs, but doesn't even read it." Another
  lawyer recalled one awkward episode where the two
  sides were still editing the contract, arguing
  over what to keep and delete, as 150 wedding
  guests were arriving for the wedding. When an
  agreement could not be forged, the wedding was
  canceled.
• Para.12 A dispute can also break out over
  prenuptial agreements if a couple decides to
  divorce while living abroad, or when they have
  different passports. A lawyer in a London law
  firm that often handles divorces for
  British-American couples noted that in Britain,
  prenuptial agreements were "just about ignored"
  by the courts because English law says that
  circumstances of a marriage aren't static, and
  therefore a judge should decide how financial
  assets will be divided.

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• Para.13 That can lead to "court-shopping", since
  what matters is the law of the country where the
  couple is getting divorced. He gave the following
  example "A wealthy Mr. Ed Smith gets married to
  Mrs.Smith, and they enter into a New York
  prenuptial contract. They live in England, and
  then decide to get divorced. English lawyers will
  say to Mrs. Smith, 'No, that contract is not
  valid,' while Mr.Smith will want it to be an
  American case. The issue of where it will be held
  can greatly multiply the amount of time required
  to reach a settlement."
• Para.14 Romantic love has no bearing on this
  process, say these lawyers, who consider prenups
  to be business agreements. Their justification
  some 50 percent of all marriages in the United
  States end up on the trash heap .

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• Para.15 Moreover, the discussions for a
  prenuptial agreement, which involve laying bare
  all one's finances, sometimes save a couple from
  a terrible marriage. "It sheds light on issues
  which could later widen and result in divorce,"
  said a lawyer.
• Para.16 But there is still hope. "Many people
  sign an agreement, put it in a drawer and never
  look at it again," the lawyer added.

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Language points

• 5. But never, ever, warn marriage law
  consultants, should you use the same lawyer as
  your future spouse does.

?????????????? ??,?????????,? ???????????????
nowhere, no longer, hardly, little, few, seldom,
rarely, barely, etc.
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Never have I

• (????) ___________ seen such a nice movie.
• (???) _______________ in charge of this work.
• (????) ___________ think of the consequence.
• (????????)___________________ to be found.
• (??????)______________ understand what
• he said.
• (???????)_________________ anywhere
• except to the library.
• ____ words _______ exchange.(???????)

No longer was he
Little did she
Nowhere were they
Hardly could I
Seldom did he go
Few
did they
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Language points

• 6. draw up
• prepare a written document, such as a
  contract ????

Example
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The two countries drew up a peace treaty after
the war ended.
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Language points

• 7. under ones nose
• just in front of sb. ????

Example
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The thief walked out of the museum with the
painting right under the guards nose.
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Language points

• 8. just about
• almost very nearly ?????

Example
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It was just about the end of March when I saw him.
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Language points

• 9. That can lead to "court-shopping", since what
  matters is the law of the country where the
  couple is getting divorced.

Paraphrase
People may choose court to get a divorce because
the important thing is the law of the country
where the couple is getting divorced.
Court-shopping a word created by the writer,
probably modeled after window-shopping. The
implied meaning is that one may choose a court
among several for ones legal suit.
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Language points

• 10. have no bearing on sth.
• have no effect or influence on sth. ??????

Example
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His comments had no bearing on our decision.
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What you have said has no bearing on the subject.
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Language points

• 11. lay sth. bare
• make sth. known ????

Example
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All the facts are laid bare in this report.
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Language points

• 12. shed light on
• make sth. easier to understand ?????

Example
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These clues shed new light on the mystery.
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IV Activity

• Please create a short story or dialogue
  by making use of as many new phrases and words in
  this section as possible in an effort to remember
  their meaning and usage.

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V Assignments
Paragraph writing
Write a paragraph supported by examples You may
choose whatever you are interested in as your
topic.
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Thanks for your attention