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Unit3EnglishAroundtheWorldTopic2Somethingsusuallyhavedifferentmeaningsindifferentcultures.SectionCWhatdothegesturesthatarecommonintheUSAmean?I’mpuzzled.I’mjustkidding.Goodluck.InCanada,people______________whentheygreeteachother,whilepeople_____asasignof________inJapan.wavetheirhandsrespectbowbowwavehandsInCanada,noddingheadshows______________,whilepeople____________________________toshowagreementinIndia.Bodylanguagemeansdifferentthingsindifferentcultures.agreementshaketheirheadsfromsidetosideLearnmoreaboutdifferentcultures.batWhydoweChineseusethepatternofbattodecoratetheirhouses?It’sasymboloflonglifeandhappiness.IthaspositivemeaningsinChineseculture.Heisblindasabat.It’sasymbolofuglinessandbadluck.Ithasnegativemeaningsinwesterncultures.盲目、瞎眼1bRead1aandchoosethecorrectanswers.1.Thetitleofthepassagemaybe____.A.AnimalsandPlantsB.ChinaandForeignCountriesC.DifferentCultures,DifferentMeaningsD.PositiveandNegativeMeanings2.InChina,manyparentswanttheirchildrentobecome“dragons”.The“dragons”heremean____.A.successfulpeopleB.childrenC.strongpeopleD.creatures3.Inwesterncountries,heroeskilleddragonstoprotectpeople.Thisshowsdragonsareconsideredtobe____.A.braveB.strongC.lovelyD.dangerous4.InParagraph3,theunderlinedword“regarded”means____.A.consideredB.givenC.lookedD.watchedADCAReadPara.2carefullyandguessthemeaningofeachphraseaboutdogsinpairs.ahomelessdogamaddogarunningdogadogcatchingamouseYouarealuckydog.Everydoghasitsday.inChinainwesterncountries丧家狗疯狗走狗狗捉耗子多管闲事Youarealuckyperson.你真是个幸运儿Eachpersonhasgoodluckattimes.人人都有得意日。Dogsareconsideredhonestandgoodfriendsofhumans.ReadPara.3carefullyandmarkT(true)orF(false).()1.DragonsplayanimportantroleinChineseculture.()2.Inancienttimes,theChineseemperorscomparedthemselvestodragons.()3.Inwesterncultures,dragonhaspositivemeanings.TTFn.皇帝Theancientemperorscomparedthemselvestodragons.compare…to…compare…with…e.g.把……和……作比较把……比作……(1)他在诗中把那姑娘比喻成月亮。He________thegirl____themooninthepoem.(2)如果把他俩的工作作比较，你就会发现她的好很多。Ifyou______________________,you’llfindhersismuchbetter.古代的皇帝把自己比作龙。comparedtocompareherworkwithhisLanguagepointReadPara.4carefullyandchoosetherightanswers.()1.Rose____inChinesecultureandwesterncultures.A.hassimilarmeaningsB.hasdifferentmeaningsC.hasnegativemeanings()2.Rosestandsforthefollowingexcept____.A.loveB.peaceC.goodluckD.courageACn.勇气PlantandanimalInChinesecultureInwesternculturedogdragonrosehonest,andgoodfriendsofhumans;haspositivemeaningsstrongandmagicalcreaturesdangerousanimalsstandsforlove,peace,courageandfriendshipnegativemeaningsstandsforlove,peace,courageandfriendship1cCompletethetablebasedon1a.Youcanalsoaddsomethingelse.Retellthetextbasedonthetableyoufilledin.Listen,readandfindthefollowingphrasesinthepassage.considerthedoghonestattimesberegarded/consideredascompare…toasymbolofstandforpayattentionto有时；间或被当做/认为……认为狗诚实……的象征注意代表把……比喻成……MatchthephraseswiththeirChinesemeanings.2Completethesentenceswiththecorrectformsofthegivenphrases.payattentiontostandforattimesregardascompare…to1.Peoplesaytheroseoften___________love.2.Dogsare____________honestandgoodfriendsofhumans.3.Youneedto_________________thedifferencesmore.4.RobertBurns__________hislove______aredrose.5.Everybodymakesmistakes______...