Unit 2 Tales of True Love
Key to Exercises
Opener
Suggested answers for reference
1. Qian Zhongshu was a Chinese literary scholar and writer, best known for his wit
and
great
academic
knowledge.
One
of
his
most
famous
novels
is
Fortress
Besieged
(
銆婂洿鍩庛�?/p>
). Yang Jiang was a Chinese playwright, author, and translator.
Her
memoir
We
Three
(
銆婃垜浠花銆?/p>
)
recalls
memories
of
her
late
husband,
Qian
Zhongshu, and her daughter, Qian Yuan, who died before her father.
David Beckham is an English former professional footballer, and the first English
player to win league titles in four countries: England, Spain, the United States and
France. David is married to Victoria Beckham, an English businesswoman, fashion
designer, model, and singer. They have four children.
2. Qian and Yang鈥檚 romance began when they met at Tsinghua University after Yang
Jiang enrolled in the graduate school in 1932. They married in 1935.
David started dating Victoria in 1997, after she attended a charity football match.
The couple announced their engagement in 1998 and married in 1999.
3. During the Cultural Revolution, like many other prominent intellectuals of the time,
Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang were 鈥渟ent down鈥? doing 鈥渞eform through labor鈥?nbsp;in
a 鈥渃adre school鈥?nbsp;in Henan from 1969 to 1972.
The challenge David
and Victoria have
come across is
media attention. They
are
both famous, so their relationship has attracted a great deal of media attention from
its very beginning.
Reading & Interacting
I. Understanding the Text
1. Text Organization
Dates
Senders
Information