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.