M6 U3 Reading Cultural differencesI. Complete my essay, please.Thanks to the help of Peter and Waled, I have gathered much information about _. For example, Westerns usually open the present as soon as they receive it to see the persons _. Wedding customs also _ greatly. At a Korean wedding ceremony, they have a _ hen and a rooster to _ bad spirits. However, at wedding receptions in Brunei, men and women sit _ and alcohol is _. Also, in Brunei, it is appropriate to use the_ to point. Pointing with your first finger may cause _ . Although Americans and Brits speak the same language, their _ are not always alike. The British _ Bonfire Night on November 5th every year, _ Americans dont have this festival.II. Pair work: Quiz which is right? Circle the right answer, please.1. Indians nod their heads to disagree / agree.2. Egyptians wear yellow / blue clothes at funerals (葬礼).3. Japanese like the numbers 5,7,9 / 2,6,8 .4. Men are / arent allowed to shake hands with women in Thailand. 5. Arabians use their left / right hand to pass things to others.6. Brits drive on the left / right side of the road.7. Westerns consider dragons lovely / evil.8. Brits believe walking under a ladder will bring good / bad luck.9. The bat is considered as a sign of luck / evil in China.10.Americans advocate individualism / collectivism (集体主义).III. Group discussion: 1. What should Xu Datong do to get his son back?2. What attitudes should we take towards other cultures?3. Whats the English saying that best describes what we should do when living in foreign countries?_ Lets watch some interesting pictures. Try to find out the differences in it as many as possible. Good morning, everyone. Just now we watched some interesting pictures of different countries. How many cultural differences have you found? (板书 cultural differences )Great! Today we wll learn more about cultural differences. Open our textbooks and turn to page 34, please. “cultural differences”, go through the article quickly and find the answers to the three questions. (PPT) O.K. tell me the answers to the questions. (PPT) These special occasions are examples of cultural differences. (PPT) Lets read the reading strategy together to understand the use of examples. (PPT)So in this article the examples are used to explain the concept of cultural differences. Lets look at these example in detail.The first example is an end-of-term ceremony. (PPT) go through it (PPT) : What happened at the ceremony and the reason for it. What will Chinese do on this occasion? Will we open the present right away? (No) Why? (Because its rude to do that.) Very good. This example shows Brits and Chinese act differently when receiving a gift. So Politeness may mean different things in different countries. More specifically, between (western countries and eastern countries). Its cultural difference, too. (板书)Now lets move on to the second example, “a Korean wedding ceremony”. go through it quickly . Tell me whether these sentences true or false. (PPT) As we can see, Korean wedding ceremony is quite different from Chinese wedding ceremony. This is part of cultural differences, too. (板书) Besides, both Korea and China are Asian countries, so we can see there are also cultural differences between eastern countries (板书)Another Asian country is mentioned in the article, its (Brunei). (PPT) Lets listen to what Waled tells Ma Li about Brunei. Match the information with its related countries. (PPT) These example reflect the cultural difference in (Wedding receptions) between (eastern countries). So we use different gestures, or body language.Just now we discussed the cultural differences between eastern countries and western countries or between eastern countries. What about western countries? Do they have the same culture? (No) Now lets read the article from L41- L52, to learn more about western culture. (PPT) You are Pter and I am Ma Li.What do Brits do on Bonfire Night? (PPT) Do Americans celebrate Bonfire Night, too? (No) Why? Do they have this festival? No (Because they dont have this festival) (PPT) From this example, we can see even though Brits and Americans share the same lanhuage, their customs ar