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1、Unit3:SectionAMarriageAcrosstheNationsIntensiveStudyMarriageAcrosstheNations1GailandIimaginedaquietwedding.Duringourtwoyearstogetherwehadexperiencedtheusualupsanddownsofacouplelearningtoknow,understand,andrespecteachother.Butthroughitallwehadhonestly
2、confrontedtheweaknessesandstrengthsofeachother’scharacters.2Ourracialandculturaldifferencesenhancedourrelationshipandtaughtusagreatdealabouttolerance,compromise,andbeingopenwitheachother.GailsometimeswonderedwhyIandotherblacksweresoinvolvedwiththerac
3、ialissue,andIwassurprisedthatsheseemedtoforgetthesubtlerformsofracialhatredinAmericansociety.IntensiveStudy3GailandIhadnoillusionsaboutwhatthefutureheldforusasamarried,mixedcoupleinAmerica.Thecontinualsourceofourstrengthwasourmutualtrustandrespect.4W
4、ewantedtoavoidthemistakemadebymanycouplesofmarryingforthewrongreasons,andonlyfindingoutten,twenty,orthirtyyearslaterthattheywereincompatible,thattheyhardlytookthetimetoknoweachother,thattheyoverlookedseriouspersonalityconflictsintheexpectationthatmar
5、riagewasanautomaticwaytomakeeverythingworkoutright.ThatpointwasemphasizedbythefactthatGail’sparents,afterthirty-fiveyearsofmarriage,weregoingthroughabitterandpainfuldivorce,whichhaddestroyedGailandforatimehadanegativeeffectonourbuddingrelationship.In
6、tensiveStudy5WhenGailspreadthenewsofourweddingplanstoherfamilyshemetwithsomeresistance.Hermother,Deborah,allalonghadbeensupportiveofourrelationship,andevenjokedaboutwhenweweregoingtogetmarriedsoshecouldhavegrandchildren.Insteadofcongratulationsuponhe
7、aringournews,DeborahcounseledGailtobereallysureshewasdoingtherightthing.6“Soitwasallrightformetodatehim,butit’swrongformetomarryhim.Ishiscolortheproblem,Mom?”Gailsubsequentlytoldmeshehadaskedhermother.IntensiveStudy7“TostartwithImustadmitthatatfirstI
8、harboredreservationsaboutamixedmarriage,prejudicesyoumightevencallthem.ButwhenImetMarkIfoundhimacharmingandintelligentyoungguy.Anymotherwouldbeproudtohavehimforason-in-law.So,colorhasnothingtodowithit.Yes,myfriendstalk.Someevenexpressshockatwhatyou’r
