Teachingaimsanddemands1.TolearndifferentculturesbetweenChinaandAmerica,cultivatingstudents’culturalawareness.2.TolearntoexpresstheiropinionsinEnglish,developingstudents’oralability.Whatdoyouthinkofyourlifeabroad?Haveyoueverbeenabroad?WhatdoyouthinkChinaisfamousfor?WhatabouttheU.S.A?CultureinChinaandtheU.S.A.InChinaperhapsoneofthethingsthatsurprisesaWesternvisitormostisthatsomeoftheChinesehostsliketoputfoodintotheplatesoftheirguests.Informaldinners,therearealways“public”chopsticksandspoonsforthispurpose,butsomehostsmayusetheirownchopsticks.Itisalwayspolitetoeatthefood.Ifyoudonoteatit,justleavethefoodintheplate.PeopleinChinatendtoover-orderfood,fortheywillfinditembarrassingifallthefoodisconsumed.Whenyouhavehadenough,justsayso,oryouwillalwaysovereat!InWesterncountries,don’takeanyfooduntilthehosttakesupherknifeandfork.ShewillnotactliketheChinesehostandinviteyoutostartfirst.Whenshebegins,thatmeansyoucanalsostart.Helpingyourselfandrefusingifaservantpassesfoodaround.Itispolitetotakesomeofeverythingthatispassedtoyou.Butifthereissomethingyoumaynotlike,youmayquietlysay,“No,thankyou.”Itisimpoliteforaguesttoleavethetableduringameal,orbeforethehostessgivesthesignalattheend.Whenthehostessindicatesthatthedinnerisover,shewillstarttorisefromherseatandalltheguestswillrisefromtheirsatthesametime.Infact,differentcountriesorevendifferentareashavedifferentcustoms.Inordertoavoidgettingconfused,wemustlearnmoreabouttheothercountries.AnddoastheRomansdo.•Whatwouldyoulearnbyworkingorstudyinginaforeigncountry?•Howdifficultdoyouthinkitistoadjusttothecustomsofanothercountry?Readthetextanddecidethesentencesaretrue(T),false(F)orwithnoinformationprovided(NI).1.JinLifoundtheAmericanwayoflifefamiliarsoonafterherarrivalintheUSA.2.WeknowJinLihasatleastoneAmericanfriend.3.WangLeineverwentbacktotherestaurantinNewYorkagain.NITNI4.MartinstayedinChinawithalocalfamily.5.Tomcouldn’tunderstandwhyhisfriend’sgrandfatherwantedtogowithhimtothebusstation.6.Tinawasafriendofthetouristguide.NIFTReadthefivetextscarefullyagainandmatchthefivepersonswiththeirfeelingsofcultureshock.(1)JinLiAfeltamazedthathisfriend’sgrandfatherinsistedonwalkinghimtothestation.(2)WangLeiBfeltthatChinesearewelcomingfromafactthathestillgotmorefoodevenbysaying“No,thankyou”.(3)MartinCfeltthatChinesearemodestandnotusedtoacceptingcompliments(恭维)whentheyarepraisedfacetoface.(4)TomDfeltthathewasn’twelcomeafterhisAmericanfriendclosedthedoorassoonastheysaidgoodbye.(5)TinaEfeltembarrassedbecauseshetalkedloudlywithherfriendinanAmericanrestaurant.Fillintheform.situationWhentheguestisleavingAmericancultureChinesecultureAftersayinggoodbye,thehostgoesbackandclosesthedooratonce.Thehostwillseeofftheguest.situationTablemannersAmericancultureChinesecultureItiscommontospeakloudlyinarestaurant.Thehostkeepsonputtingmorefoodintheguest’sbowl.Speakquietlyinarestaurant.Ifyoudon’taskformorefood,youdon’tgetmore.situationWhenpraisedAmericancultureChinesecultureFeelhappyandsaythanks.Somemayfeelembarrassed.Whatdoyouthinkisthemostinterestingtoyouwhenyouvisitacityforthefirsttime,itspeople,itsfoodoritsarchitecture?Finishtheexercisesonworkbook.Thankyou！
