Surrogate Mother
SURROGATE MOTHER
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- What aspect of today's topic challenges your existing assumptions the most?
- If you could change one thing about how society approaches this issue, what would it be?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
I’m in a dilemma. My husband and I have been happily married for 10 years. I am 30 and my husband are 38, and we have three beautiful, healthy children. I’ve agreed to become a surrogate mother for a married woman who has unsuccessfully tried to have a baby for 10 years. I have discussed this with my husband, and he is agreeable. (The egg and sperm will be the other couple’s? they are just using my body as an incubator.) I will be paid $5,000 when my pregnancy is confirmed, and $5,000 after the baby is born. All my pregnancies and deliveries have been relatively easy. When I told my mother about this, she said “Have you lost your mind? If you go through with this, I don’t want to see you in that condition.” I told her she could live her own life, and she could let me live mine.
Dialogue Practice
Practice the dialogue with your teacher.
선생님과 대화를 연습해 보세요.
(1) How long have the couple been married?
(2) How many children do they have?
(3) What has she recently agreed to do?
(4) Did her husband respect her decision?
(5)When and how much will she be paid?
(6) When she told this to her mom, how did her mother feel about it?
(7) What did she tell her mom when her mom said she is against her decision?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
'discuss'는 타동사이므로 전치사 없이 목적어가 바로 옵니다. 'talk about'과 혼동하지 마세요.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
What Does It Mean?
(1) surrogate mother
(2) All my pregnancies and deliveries have been relatively easy.
(3) Have you lost your mind?
(4) “If you go through with this, I don’t want to see you in that condition.”
Extra Practice
(1) Do you think she made the right decision?
(2) Do you think $10,000 is enough for a surrogate mother?
(3) Would you be willing to be a surrogate mother if you were well paid?
(4) What would you say if your wife were willing to be a surrogate mother?
(5) Do you think it natural for her mom to be angry, or is it none of her business?
(6) Who do you think has more right to the baby if the surrogate doesn’t give up the
child, the surrogate mother or the natural parents?
(7) Who do you think is most responsible if the child is less than perfect?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: SURROGATE MOTHER
Level: Middle Advanced (M.A)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!