Unit3 Unit3Understandingeachother ReadingCulturedifferences Lead in Reading Homework Discussion Content 1 Doyouhaveforeignfriendsorrelatives 2 Whatdoyouknowabouttheirlife 3 Haveyouevermisunderstoodalltheirbehaviors 4 Howcanyouunderstandtheirculturebetter Lead in WhenwetalkaboutBritishpeople wemaysaythey arealittlebitreserved especiallytheoldergenerationsdon ttalkverymuchtostrangersrespectandareproudofthetraditionsandhistoryofBritainlovesoccer rugbyandcricket AsfortheAmericans wetendtothinkthey areenthusiastic open mindedandeasytogetalongwithdonotliketoobeyothersandhatetobeflatteredloveAmericanfootball baseballandbasketball 返回目录 Readthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions 1 WhichcountryisWaledfrom WaledisfromBrunei 2 WheredoesPetercomefrom PetercomesfromtheUK 3 WhatdoesMaLithinkaboutlearningaboutculturaldifferences Shethinksthatitisagoodwaytounderstandmoreabouteachother Fastreading Readthesentencesbelowanddecidewhethertheyaretrue T orfalse F accordingtotheconversation Detailedreading InKorea itisbelievedthathenscandrivebadspiritsawayfromtheweddingceremony ThebridegroomandbridehavetositindifferentareasattheweddingreceptioninBrunei F T PeopleinBruneicelebratetheweddingbysinginganddancingthroughoutthenight IntheUK peopletakeofftheirshoesbeforeenteringsomeone shouse Therecanbegreatculturaldifferencesevenbetweenpeoplewhospeakthesamelanguage F F T 1 IntheWest whenisthepolitetimetoopenapresent Why Youshouldopenapresentwhenyoureceiveit becausepeoplewanttoseehowyoureact 2 WhatsurprisedPeterabouttheweddinginBrunei Theyhadalivehenandarooster Answerthefollowingquestions 3 WhatdrinkisnotpermittedataweddinginBrunei Alcoholisnotpermitted 4 HowdopeopleinBruneipoint Why Theyusetheirthumbtopoint becausepointingwiththeirfirstfingercancauseoffence 5 WhatBritishfestivalarePeter sAmericanfriendsnotfamiliarwith TheyarenotfamiliarwithBonfireNight 6 WhatkindoffooddoBritseatatthisfestival Theyeathotdogsandotherfoodthatcanbecookedoverthefire Fillinblanks Workingroups 1 Whatmighthappenifpeoplehadnoideaofothercountries cultures 2 Doyouthinkitmightresultinembarrassmentorinconvenience 3 Whatdoyouthinkabout cultureshock ReadingStrategy understandingtheuseofexamples Thetextwereadisadialogueonculturaldifferences Sointhiskindoftextweshoulduseexamplestoexplainconceptsandideas Sometimesweuseexamplestosupportargumentsandsometimesusedasinterestingstories ReadthedialoguecarefullyandtrytofindoutthesentencesexplainingtheconceptofculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishspeakersfromdifferentcountries IhavefondchildhoodmemoriesofBonfireNight butmyAmericanfriendsarenotfamiliarwiththatparticularfestival theBritishwhoopenedthepresentassoonashereceivedIattheend of termceremony Trytofindouttheexampleusedasaninterestingstoryaboutculturalmisunderstanding D 1 2 3 4 5 6 E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Answers b d e a c f alike celebrations fireworks hotdogs throughout prohibited ensure permitted 返回目录 1 Whydoweneedtofindoutaboutothercultures traditions 2 Howcanpeopleunderstandeachother sculturesbetter Discussion Informationaboutculturedifferences Inmostcountries noddingyourheadupanddownmeans yes InsomepartsofGreeceandTurkey however thismotioncanmean No InSouth eastAsia noddingyourheadisapolitewayofsaying I veheardyou IntheUnitedStates whensomeoneputshisthumbup itmeans Everythingisallright However inSardiniaofItalyandGreece thegestureisinsultingandshouldnotbeusedthere 返回目录 1 Writeashortpassageaboutculturedifferencesindifferentcountries 2 Finishtheworkbookexercises Homework