1Unit1DifferencesBetweenCulturesThinkingAheadStudentsareaskedtodiscussthefollowingquestionsingroups.Thereferenceanswersforthequestionsareofferedbelow:1.Howdoyouthinkabouttheword“culture”?Cultureisawordforpeople’s“wayoflife”,meaningthewaytheydothings.文化是一个词对人们的“生活方式”,这意味着他们做事情的方式。Agroupofpeoplehasaseparateculturewhenthatgroupsetsitselfapartfromothersthroughitsactions.一群人有一个单独的文化当集团通过其行动使自己有别于他人。Culturesarewhatmakecountriesunique.Eachcountryhasdifferentculturalactivitiesandculturalrituals.Cultureismorethanjustmaterialgoods,thatisthingsthecultureusesandproduces.Cultureisalsothebeliefsandvaluesofthepeopleinthatculture.Culturealsoincludesthewaypeoplethinkaboutandunderstandtheworldandtheirownlives.文化使国家独一无二的。每个国家有不同的文化活动和文化仪式。文化不仅仅是物质,是东西文化的使用和产生。文化也是人民的信仰和价值观的文化。文化还包括人们思考和理解世界的方式和自己的生活。2.Whyshouldwestudycross-culturalcommunication?Cross-culturalcommunicationreferstothestudyofsuccessfulcommunicationsacrossdifferentcultures.Itconcernstheunderstandingoftraditionandmodernization,consistencyandchange.Asweunderstandsomeoftheongoingnationalcharacteristicsofapeople,wecanexaminehowthiscultureisseenfromtheoutside,howitinteractswithotherculturesandhowitischanging.研究成功的跨文化交际是指不同文化之间的通信。这问题的理解传统和现代化、一致性和改变。我们理解一些正在进行的民族特色的人,我们可以检查这个文化是如何从外面看到,如何与其他文化,以及它是如何变化的Theincreaseininternationalbusinessandinforeigninvestmenthascreatedaneedforexecutiveswithknowledgeofforeignlanguagesandskillsincross-culturalcommunication.2国际贸易和海外投资的增加产生了需要的外语知识和技能的高管们的跨文化交际。Thechallengeisthatevenwithallthegoodwillintheworld,miscommunicationislikelytohappen,especiallywhentherearesignificantculturaldifferencesbetweencommunicators.Miscommunicationmayleadtoconflict,oraggravateconflictthatalreadyexists.Soitisveryimportantthatweshouldstudycross-culturalcommunication.面临的挑战是,即使世界上所有的善意,误解可能会发生,特别是当传播者之间存在着显著的文化差异。误解可能会导致冲突,或加剧冲突已经存在。所以它是非常重要的,我们应该学习跨文化交际。(Fromhttp://www.tzsy.cn/english/news/culture/200805/13-86570.html)PartIVideoTimeInthispart,studentswillhave2taskstoaccomplish.Task1Intask1,studentswillwatchavideoclipfromGuaShaandthendotheexercisesasrequired.Beforewatching,studentsaresupposedtoreadthewords,expressionsandculturalnotesrelatedtothevideo.TranscriptMrs.Xu:Howcomeitdoesn’tlooklikethecourtroomonTV?为什么它看起来并不像电视上法庭？Judge:Becauseitisn’tacourtroom,Mrs.Xu.Doeseitherofthecounselorhaveproblemwithmyholdinghearingsinchambers?Totellyouthetruth,becauseIcan’tstandthatawfulechointhecourtroom,youknow,windsinthegallery.法官：因为它不是一个法庭，徐太太。咨询师对于我在内廷举行听证会有问题吗？说句实话，因为我无法忍受的是可怕的回声在法庭上，你也知道，风在画廊。(Peoplewerechuckling.)LawyerQuinlin:Noproblem,yourhonor.JohnQuinlin,attorneyforthedefense.3律师昆林：没问题，你的荣誉。约翰·昆兰，律师辩护。JudgeHorowizs:WhythatI’veneverseenyouaroundbefore,Mr.Quinlin?法官霍洛维茨：为什么，我从来没有见过你，昆林先生？LawyerQuinlin:I’veneverhadthehonor,yourhonor.Er,Idealmostlywiththeintellectualpropertyrightscases.律师昆林：我从来没有过的荣誉，你的荣誉。呃，我处理...
