Unit3UnderstandingEachOtherLookatthefollowingpictures.Inwhichcountriesdopeoplegreeteachotherinthewayineachpicturedo?5.Howdopeoplefromdifferentcountriesgreeteachother?(Fillintheform)nationalitywayofgreetingThailandSouthAmericaTheMiddleEastTheUSADutchJapanputone’shandstogether/pressone’spalmstogetherandbowslightlyhugeachothertouchnosesshakehandsfirmlykissonbothcheeksbowtoeachotherSomeoftheSouthAmericancountries,Russia,France,Arabcountries…Kiss:Shakinghands:InFrance,itisthecustomtoshakehandswithpeopleintheofficeeverymorning.Britain,China…WhataboutanArabandaJapanesemeetingforthefirsttime?AsaChinese,ifyouarenotfamiliarwithgreetingsfromothercountries,whatmighthappen?Maybewewouldfeelembarrassed;wemightbeinvolvedinawkwardsituationslike…Practicetalkingaboutculturaldifferencesinpairswiththeinformationintheform.Youmightfollowthepatternsbelowifyoulike.A:It’sstrange/interesting/fascinating/funnythat….Whatdoyouthink?/Howdoyoufindit?/What’syouropinionabout…?Iagree./Ithinkit’sgoodmanners/polite/acceptableto…Well,Ithinkit’sjustlikethewaywe…SorryIdon’tthinkso./It’sbadmanners/rude/notacceptableto…Discussion:1.Whydoyouthinkthatweshouldlearnculturaldifferencesbetweendifferentnations?2.Whichofthefollowingwordsindicatetherightattitudestowardsculturaldifferences?Toexperiencedifferentcultures;togetabetterunderstanding…;tohelpstrengthenrelationswith…;toavoidunnecessarymistakesandembarrassment;tocommunicatefreelyandeffectively,tobeapolitePerson,etc.A.respectB.tolerateC.lookdownuponD.appreciateE.hateF.understandG.rejectABDFDoyouknowofanyotherwaysofgreetingthatpeoplearoundtheworlduse?InEnglish—speakingcountries,therearesomeformalgreetings,suchas“Howareyou?”and“Howhaveyoubeen?”.Therearealsosomeinformalwaysofgreeting.Forinstance,peopleoftengreetothersthattheyknowwellwith“Hi!”,“hello”,“Hithere”,or“What’sup?”.WhileinChina,peopletendtosay,“Haveyouhadyourbreakfast/lunch/supper?”or“Whereareyougoing?”Peopleindifferentcountriesgreeteachotherindifferentways.Why?Firstly,culturaldifferences;Secondly,peopleusedifferentgreetingstowardsdifferentpeople.Forexample,theirsuperiorsandtheirpeersCanyouthinkofanyothercustomsthataredifferentindifferentpartsoftheworld?OnecustomthatisdifferentintheWestandinChinaiswhattosaywhensomeonegivesyouacompliment.InChina,mostpeoplewouldusuallyshowsomecourtesiesfirstandthengiveacomplimentinreturntotheperson.ButinWesterncountries,itispolitetoacceptthecomplimentbysaying“Thankyou”.1.Atestonculturalawareness:Guessthemeaningofthefollowinggesture.Goodluckoreverythinggoeswell.Someonemustbecrazy.Idon’tknoworIhavenoidea.Ican’t/didn’thearyou.That’senoughorit’salloverforme.‘Thumbdown’signindicatesrefusalorrejection.Somethingisabitsuspicious/oddhere.Comehere.‘OK’intheUSA.InItaly,‘Hello’;inMalaysian,‘Comehere’.‘Oh,Iforgot’orasignofsurprise.‘Slowdown’,‘Relax’,orWaitasecond’.Aguessinggame:Matchtheidiomswithitsmeaning.()1.Withopenarms.()2.Tokeepastraightface.()3.Toputyourheadstogether.()4.Tobeallears.()5.Toshrugsomethingoff.()6.Tobeinoverone’shead.()7.Tokeepone’snoseoutofsomeone’sbusiness()8.Topullalongface.()9.Toletone’shairdown.a.Todisregardingsth.b.Tobeinvolvedinaprojectthatistoodifficult.c.Toactcasually,tobeoneself.d.Tolistenattentively.e.Toworktogetherwithsomeone;toshareinformation.f.Nottoshowone’struefeeling;nottolaughundermostcircum...
