Unit3UnderstandingeachotherTaughtbyMaoYanpingCulturaldifferencesReading1.DoyouhaveE-palsorrelativesinforeigncountries?2.Whatdoyouknowabouttheirlife?3.Haveyouevermisunderstoodalltheirbehaviors?4.Howcanyouunderstandtheirculturebetter?BrainstormingFastReading1.WhichcountryisWaledfrom?WaledisfromBrunei.2.WheredoesPetercomefrom?PetercomesfromtheUK.3.DoeseveryoneinBruneiwearyellow?No.YellowistheroyalcolourfortheSultanandhisfamily.DetailedReading1.WhatdoesThanksgivingcelebrate?It’stodowithcelebratingthefirstharvestafterthesettlersfromEuropewenttoliveintheUSA.2.WhatiseatenatThanksgiving?Thehugeturkey.3.IntheWest,whenisthepolitetimetoopenapresent?Why?Inthewest,itispolitetoopenapresentwhensomeonegivesyouone.Becausepeoplewanttoseetheperson’sreaction.4.WhatcanyounotdrinkataweddinginBrunei?Alcohol.5.WhatshouldyoudoinsteadofpointingwithyourfirstfingerinBrunei?Pointingwithourthumb.6.WhatcustomsdoChinesecitiesandBruneihaveincommon?Takingshoesoffbeforeyougoinsidesomeone’shouse.Readthepassagecarefullyandfillinthetable.PeoplePeoplefromfromdifferentdifferentcountriescountriesDifferentDifferentsituationssituationsDifferentDifferentreactionsreactionsTheTheAmerican/theAmerican/theBritishBritishAboutAboutThanks-Thanks-givinggivingTheTheAmerican/American/theBritishtheBritishAboutAboutPresentsPresentsTheAmericanopenitwhenreceivingitwhiletheBritishnotTheAmerican:talkmuchaboutThanksgivingtheBritish:knownothingaboutitTheBritish/TheBritish/theItaliantheItalianAboutAboutthewedtheweddingdingTheguestsgivepresentstothenewly-wedsintheUKwhileitisoppositeinItalyPeoplefromPeoplefromBrunei/Brunei/peopleinpeopleinsomeothersomeothercountriescountriesPointingPointingtootherstoothersPeopleinBruneipointwiththeirthumbwhileotherswiththeirfirstfingerPeoplefromPeoplefromBrunei/theBBrunei/theBritishritishAboutAboutthetheweddingweddingMenandwomensitindifferentareainBruneiandwithnoalcoholintheweddingReadingStrategy:understandingtheuseofexamplesThetextwereadisadialogueonculturaldifferences.Sointhiskindoftextweshoulduseexamplestoexplainconceptsandideas.Sometimesweuseexamplestosupportargumentsandsometimesusedasinterestingstories.ReadthedialoguecarefullyandtrytofindoutthesentencesexplainingtheconceptofculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishspeakersfromdifferentcountries.OurAmericanteacherisalwaystalkingaboutThanksgiving…TheBritishteachersdidn’tknowwhathewastalkingabout…TrytofindoutthesentencessupportingtheargumentthattherearedifferencesaswellassimilaritiesbetweenWestweddings.IntheUK,theguestsareexpectedtogivepresentstothenewly-weds,butinItaly…Trytofindouttheexampleusedasaninterestingstoryaboutculturalmisunderstanding.TheBritishteacherwhoopenedthepresentassoonashewasgivenitattheend-of-thetermceremony…Homework1.WriteashortpassageaboutdifferencesbetweenthesouthernersandthenorthernersinChina.2.Finishtheworkbookexercises.
