,Text Study,Idea Sharing,Notes to the Text,Words and Expressions,Writing,Structure Analysis,Reproduction,Understanding,Summary,Premarital Agreements,Unit 9 Section A,A premarital agreement, also called a prenuptial agreement or prenup, is a contract between two people before they marry about how they will handle their matters especially finances.,What is premarital agreement?,Warm up and Preview Check,Q1. Most of the premarital agreements are about _ if a couple divorce,A. housework,B. money/financial issues,C. rights,Q2. When is a premarital agreement signed?,A. before a marriage ceremony,B. during a marriage ceremony,C. after a marriage ceremony,Warm up and Preview Check,Q3. Who are most likely to need premarital agreements?,A. famous and wealthy people,B. ordinary but wealthy folks,C. people who want to pass more wealth on to their children from a previous marriage,D. a person who has or will get great inherited wealth or a family business, while whose future partner has nothing.,E. a poor couple,Warm up and Preview Check,Q4. A couple signs a premarital agreement in New York. They live in London and then decide to get divorced. Is their contract valid or not?,B. No,A. Yes,C. unknown,Q5. The more romantic a couples love is, the less likely they are to sign a premarital agreement.,A. True,B. False,The Main Idea and Structure Analysis,Text StudyStructure Analysis,A social phenomenonprenups or premarital agreements,Introduction of prenups/premarital agreements,Text StudyStructure Analysis,Part I,(Paras.1-4),Part II,(Paras.5-8),Who needs to have prenups?,Part III,(Paras.9-14),Some points to be taken care of before signing prenups,Part IV,(Paras.15-16),A general evaluation of prenups.,1. work out,起初我们觉得搬家无望，不过最终事随人愿。,At first we didnt think wed ever move into our new house, but it all worked out in the end.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,Word Using,to develop well; to prove successful,2. insist on/upon (ones) doing/that,他坚持要去那儿。,He insists on going there.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,to strongly demand sth. or doing sth.,Will you insist on signing prenup?,3. prospective,prospective wife/client/employees.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,likely to be or become a particular thing,4. make the headline,菲尔普斯在昨晚的比赛中又赢得一枚金牌，再次成为头条新闻。,Phelps again made the headline, after winning another gold medal in last nights event.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,to become important news in newspapers or on radio or television,5. contest vt.,该党派决定不参加本次竞选。 The leadership election will be contested by four candidates.,The party has decided not to contest this election. 有四名候选人角逐该领导职位。,Words and ExpressionsWord Using, to (take part in and) try to win sth.,5. contest n.,由于缺乏经验，三班在拔河/作文/演讲比赛中没有获胜。,Being short of experience, Class Three failed in the tug-of-war / composition / speech contest.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using, a composition; a fight to gain control,English Equivalents of Chinese,insist on,walk the dog,crazier clauses of the agreement,bind them in marriage,the division of financial assets,prospective spouses,pass the law,community property,reasonable distribution,Out-of-court settlement,II. Understanding,Text StudyUnderstanding,Answer the following questions:,1. What are prenups ?, Prenups are designed to address the problems of the division of _ if a couple divorces.,financial assets,(Paras. 1-4), Prenups are negotiated by _ and signed by _ _ a marriage ceremony.,lawyers,the prospective spouses,before,Text StudyUnderstanding,6. sting v.,Her betrayal deeply stung him. 她的背叛深深地刺痛了他。,A bee stung my skin. 蜜蜂蜇了我的皮肤。,Words and ExpressionsWord Using, to provoke by making one angry, painful; wound with a sharp pain,6. sting n.,Her words have a sting in them. 她话中带刺,The football team felt the sting of defeat. 足球队尝到了失败的痛楚。,Words and ExpressionsWord Using, a sharp pain,7. exposure (to) n.,李连杰和成龙的新片功夫之王受到媒体的广泛关注。,The new film “The Forbidden Kingdom” of Jet Li an instance of this,8. estate n.,He has inherited his fathers estate of $2 billion 他继承了父亲20亿美元的产业。,The old man left an estate of two million dollars when he died. 那老人去世时留下二百万美元的遗产。,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,property, wealth,9. be in line for sth. /be in line to do,He was getting on well in the business and was in line for a directorship 他工作一直干得不错，并且有可能会得到主任的位置。,John is in line for the presidency of the club next year. 约翰有望成为今年俱乐部总裁。,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,be likely to get sth. good,English Equivalents of Chinese,successive marriage,accumulate considerable wealth,a previous marriage,an estate of $1 billion,a potential/prospective/future spouse,great inherited wealth,a family business,(Paras.5-8),2. Who needs to have prenups?,Text StudyUnderstanding, For those who may have _ in a divorce and who want to _.,great economic consequences,remarry, For those who want to _ to be _ their children and grand children.,shield