Unit 9 Section A I Background Knowledge 1. Premarital agreem Premarital agreements or prenuptial agreements are binding legal contracts between two people who intend to marry each other. 2. 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 3. Aristotle onassis Born on January 20, 1906, Aristotle Onassis was a Greek shipping millionaire who accumulated a fortune of more than $500 million. Born of Greek parents in Turkey, he went to Buenos Aires in 1923 and became a telephone operator there. Soon Onassis established tobacco import business, and by 1930s he bought unused freighters at low prices and by the end of World War Il had amassed great wealth in shipping After the war he increased his shipping fleet by purchasing surplus wartime freighters 4. The American Academy of Marriage Lawyers Its official name is the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Ⅱ. Text Analysis 1. Main idea of the text The author gives the reader a detailed exposition of what prenups are, who need prenups, what points to be taken care of before signing prenups, and how people evaluate prenups 2. Text structure analysis Part I(Paras. 1-4)Introduction of prenups Para.1 a humorous beginning---some crazy clauses of premarital agreements Para. 2 The real premarital agreement: Most of them are about how financial assets will be divided up if a couple divorces Para. 3 What are prenups and who sign them? (1) Prenuptial agreements---or"prenups"are designed to address the problems of the division of financial assets as they arise (2) Prenups are negotiated by lawyers for the prospective spouses, and signed by the prospective spouses before a marriage ceremony Para. 4 An example of prenups: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis won $26Unit 9 Section A I. Background Knowledge 1．Premarital agreements Premarital agreements or prenuptial agreements are binding legal contracts between two people who intend to marry each other. 2．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. 3．Aristotle Onassis Born on January 20, 1906, Aristotle Onassis was a Greek shipping millionaire who accumulated a fortune of more than $500 million. Born of Greek parents in Turkey, he went to Buenos Aires in 1923 and became a telephone operator there. Soon Onassis established a tobacco import business, and by 1930s he bought unused freighters at low prices and by the end of World War II had amassed great wealth in shipping. After the war he increased his shipping fleet by purchasing surplus wartime freighters. 4．The American Academy of Marriage Lawyers Its official name is the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. II. Text Analysis 1. Main idea of the text The author gives the reader a detailed exposition of what prenups are, who need prenups, what points to be taken care of before signing prenups, and how people evaluate prenups. 2. Text structure analysis Part I(Paras.1— 4) Introduction of prenups Para.1 A humorous beginning---some crazy clauses of premarital agreements. Para.2 The real premarital agreement: Most of them are about how financial assets will be divided up if a couple divorces. Para.3 What are prenups and who sign them? (1) Prenuptial agreements--- or “prenups”—are designed to address the problems of the division of financial assets as they arise. (2) Prenups are negotiated by lawyers for the prospective spouses, and signed by the prospective spouses before a marriage ceremony. Para.4 An example of prenups: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis won $26