Lesson4-2 Ú Ú May You Remain Happily Married To A Ripe Old Age

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CHINESE CULTURE
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LESSON 4-2
May you remain happily married to a ripe old age?
Contents 7 Key Words
Key Words

2MIN
WORDS
1. (xīnrén) n. Newlywed
• 。(A couple of newcomers.)

2MIN
WORDS
2. (zhù) v. wish someone something(as in “good luck”)
• (Happy birthday to you.)

• ！(Wish you good health.)

2MIN
WORDS
3. (yǒngyuǎn) adv. forever
• (We are always together forever.)

• (I wish you happiness forever!)

2MIN
WORDS
4. (měimǎn) adj. happy, perfectly satisfactory

• (I have a happy family.)
• (I wish you a happy life.)

3MIN
WORDS
5. (zǎoshēngguìzǐ) n. have a baby soon

(báitóuxié（dào）lǎo) live to a ripe old age in
conjugal bliss(a couple falling in love and grow old together)
/ (I wish you have a baby soon

and live to old age in conjugal bliss. )
2MIN
WORDS
6. (làngmàn) adj. romantic

• (I took part in a romantic wedding.)
• 2 14 (February 14th is a romantic day.)

2MIN
WORDS
7. (xiāngxìn) v. to believe,have confidence in
• (I believe you.)
• (We believe in love.)

2MIN
WORDS
8. (jǔxíng) v. to host an event
• ？(What time does the wedding take place?)

• (We host our wedding in Hainan.)

3MIN
KEY SENTENCES
Zhù nǐmen yǒngyuǎn xìngfú!
Wish you will always be happy and healthy!
Wǒmen dǎsuàn qù Lāsà lǚxíng jiéhūn.
We are planning to go to Lhasa to have a traveling wedding.

12NIN
TEXT 2
(Zài hūnlǐ xiànchǎng)

( )
Xīnniáng: ZhāngMéi, nǐláile Ò , háiyǒu nǐ de péngyou, huānyíng huānyíng
(Zhang Mei. Thanks for coming. Is this your friend?Welcome!)

ZhāngMéi Zhù nǐmen xīnhūnměimǎn, báitóuxiélǎo! Zǎoshēngguìzǐ!
(I wish you happy, live to old age in conjugal bliss and have a baby
soon.)

TEXT 2
Mǎlì: Zhù nǐmen yǒngyuǎn xìngfú!
(I wish you happy forever.)

Xīnniáng: Xièxie, xièxie nǐmen!
！
(Thank you, thank you.)
Mǎlì: ZhāngMéi, nǐmen xiāngxìn báitóu dào lǎo ma?
(Zhang Mei, do you believe a couple can live to old age in

conjugal bliss?)

TEXT 2
ZhāngMéi: Shìde, wǒmen xiāngxìn àiqíng.
Wǒmen měigèrén dōu xīwàng néng hé zìjǐ de àirén báitóudàolǎo.
(Yes, I do. We believe in love. And every couple has a hope

of living to old age in conjugal bliss.)
Mǎlì Hǎo làngmàn.
(How romantic is it!)

Xīnniáng: ZhāngMéi, nǐ shénme shíhou jiéhūn a?
(Zhang Mei, when will you get married?)

TEXT 2
ZhāngMéi: Yígè yuè yǐhòu ba. Wǒmen dǎsuàn qù lāsà lǚxíng jiéhūn,
nàyàng jiǎndān yìxiē.
(One month later. We are not going to hold a wedding

ceremony. We plan to go to Lhasa to have a traveling
wedding. We want it be simple.)
Xīnniáng Tài hǎo le! Ràng wǒmen gān yìbēi!
(It's wonderful! Cheers!)

1NIN
NOTES
*拉萨 lāsà
Lhasa, the capital of Tibetan Autonomous Region, to-cated in
western China.

4MIN
EXERCISES
Match
欢迎
举行（huānyíng）婚姻
（jǔxíng）为健康（hūnyīn）
（wèijiànkāng）
美满婚礼
（měimǎn）（hūnlǐ）
干杯大家
（gānbēi）（dàjiā）

5MIN
EXERCISES
FILL IN THE BLANKS
相信 • _____你们新婚快乐！
举行
• 我会_____记住你。
• 他们的生活很______。
永远
• 今天晚上我们要_____一个晚会。
幸福
• 那是个非常_____的婚礼。
祝 • 我不_____他的话。
浪漫
10MIN
EXERCISES
Role-Play
Role Assignment
Three students They are talking about the

meaning of love? Does real love
exist?

10NIN
EXERCISES
Communiction
Today,Anna is at one of her

Chinese friends'
wedding.She wears Chinese
clothing.She think it is
really interesting how
people greet each other.
Topic:I attended a Chinese

wedding.

CULTURE WINDOWS
Chinese people take dating and

marriage very seriously. Because
they see dating as way to lead to a
marriage, therefore, they are very
serious about it. They usually inform
their parents who they are dating.
They need the approvement of their
parents. In China, what parents
think about their date is very
important.

CULTURE WINDOWS
22 20
In China,by law a man can legally

get married at age 22,and a woman
can get married at age 20.Once they
reach this age,they can go and get
their marriage license.Chinese law
only protects legally married couples
rights,it does not protect couples
that are living together without a
marriage license.

CULTURE WINDOWS

CULTURE WINDOWS
In China,depending on where you

are from,wedding ding ceremonies
vary.This is because the social status
between people is vastly different.A
wedding must have a wedding banquet
and wedding cars.Wedding cars must
follow each other in a row.Some
wedding have more than twenty to
thirty cars,but never less than ten
cars.Some weddings have more than
twenty to thirty cars,but never less
than ten cars. Some wedding banquets
are very big and some are small.Guests
must either give wedding gifts or give
cash in a sealed red envelope.
Nowadays, some Chinese like to travel
and get married, and some like to have
multiple weddings at once.

shǒuzhūdàitù）
Stand by a stump waiting for

more hares to come and
dash themselves against
it.(fig.)wait for a windfall;
trust in chance and strokes
of luck.
General
Knowledge of
Chinese Culture
Word formation
mù
eye
The character looks like the shape of an eye.

Word formation
yǎn
eye
The is the sound element of the word.
yǎnjīng eye yǎnguāng eye sense of
judgment.

Word formation
máng
blind
The is the sound element of the word.
mángrén blind person mángmù blind do
sth.without knowing what one's doing.

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Contents 7 Key Words

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• 。(A couple of newcomers.)

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2. (zhù) v. wish someone something(as in “good luck”)

• (Happy birthday to you.)

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3. (yǒngyuǎn) adv. forever

• (We are always together forever.)

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4. (měimǎn) adj. happy, perfectly satisfactory

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5. (zǎoshēngguìzǐ) n. have a baby soon

/ (I wish you have a baby soon

6. (làngmàn) adj. romantic

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7. (xiāngxìn) v. to believe,have confidence in

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8. (jǔxíng) v. to host an event

• ？(What time does the wedding take place?)

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Zhù nǐmen yǒngyuǎn xìngfú!

Wish you will always be happy and healthy!

Wǒmen dǎsuàn qù Lāsà lǚxíng jiéhūn.

We are planning to go to Lhasa to have a traveling wedding.

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(Zài hūnlǐ xiànchǎng)

(Zhang Mei. Thanks for coming. Is this your friend?Welcome!)

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Mǎlì: Zhù nǐmen yǒngyuǎn xìngfú!

(I wish you happy forever.)

(Zhang Mei, do you believe a couple can live to old age in

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ZhāngMéi: Shìde, wǒmen xiāngxìn àiqíng.

Wǒmen měigèrén dōu xīwàng néng hé zìjǐ de àirén báitóudàolǎo.

(Yes, I do. We believe in love. And every couple has a hope

(How romantic is it!)

(Zhang Mei, when will you get married?)

nàyàng jiǎndān yìxiē.

(One month later. We are not going to hold a wedding

(It's wonderful! Cheers!)

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Three students They are talking about the

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Today,Anna is at one of her

Topic:I attended a Chinese

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Chinese people take dating and

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In China,by law a man can legally

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In China,depending on where you

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Stand by a stump waiting for

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