WritingalettertoexplainculturalmisunderstandingsSkillsbuilding1:completingatextFourtipsaboutwhatyoushoulddobeforeyoulisten.Readthetextfirstsoyouunderstandthesubjectofthetextandthetypeofwordsyouarelikelytohear.Trytoguessthewordsthatmightbeusedtofillintheblanks.Lookforcluesinthesentencesandinthewordsbeforeoraftertheblanks.Decideifitiscontentwordsorgrammarwordsthatyouarelisteningfor.Whatisthefirstthingyouneedtodobeforelistening?Whyshouldwedothis?Whatshouldwedonext?Howcanwedecidewhatthemissingwordsprobablyare?Whatisthefourththingabout?Whatdoyouthinkweshoulddoafterwehavefinishedapassage?(Proofreadittoensurethatitmakessenseandcheckwhetherthereareanymistakesinit,includeanyspellingmistakes.)Step1:showingforeignvisitorsaroundReadthediaryinPartAandtrytoguesswhateachofthemissingwordsisbyusingthemethodsyouhavelearntinSkillsbuilding1.Listeningpractice:Listentotherecordingandfillinthemissingwords.Youmaycheckyourguessesatthesametime.6MayHadagreatdayyesterday.Weshowed(1)__________visitorsaroundBeijing.Theyseemedtoenjoyitalthoughthereweresome(2)__________incidents.OnemancalledMrSinghlookedvery(3)__________whenIputoutmylefthandto(4)__________withhim.Intherestaurant,weorderedarealfeast,buthewouldnoteattheblackpepper(5)__________.MrTakashienjoyedtheForbiddenCityandaskedsomanyquestions.HespentlotsofMoneyon(6)__________.IhavenoideawhatthreestrangeupsetshakehandsbeefgiftsHewilldowiththemallandittookupalotoftime.Heseemedtogiveoutalotof(7)_____________andgotabitupsetwhenmyclassmatedidnotgothroughtheproperprocedureandjustputitinhispocketwithoutlookingatit.Hekeptmakingan(8)__________signandmyclassmateandIthoughtitwasarequest,butjustdidnotknowwhathewanted.FinallywewenttotheSummerPalace.TherewasaboatwecouldgoonbutwegotheldupasMrHudsonremarkedthattheboatwastoo(9)__________.Ithoughttherewaslotsofbusinesscardsokcrowded(10)__________.However,showingvisitorsaroundisagreatwaytoimproveourEnglishandhopefullywecandoitagainnextyear.spaceListentothetapeagainandtrytoanswerthefollowingquestions:Whichtouristattractionsdidthetwostudentsshowthethreeforeignersaround?WhydidthewriterfeelstrangeaboutMrSingh?WhereisMrSinghfrom?WhereisMrTakashifrom?DoyouthinktheOKsignmadebyMrTakashimeans‘verygood’or‘great’?Whywouldn’tMrHudsongetontheboat?Whichtouristattractionsdidthetwostudentsshowthethreeforeignersaround?TheForbiddenCityandtheSummerPalace.WhydidthewriterfeelstrangeaboutMrSinghBecausehelookedupsetwhenthewriterheldouthislefthandtoshakehandswithhim.WhereisMrSinghfrom?HeisfromIndia.WhereisMrTakashifrom?He’sfromJapan.DoyouthinktheOKsignmadebyMrTakashimeans‘verygood’or‘great’?No.Whywouldn’tMrHudsongetontheboat?Hethoughtitwastoocrowded.ReadPartBandfindoutwhattheword‘taboo’means.Circlethetaboosindifferentcultures.FindoutthereasonwhyMrTakashididnotlookveryhappywhenthestudentjustputhisbusinesscardinhispocket.Answers:PartB:Paragraph2…,ifyouarefromIndia,youmaynoteatbeefbecauseofyourreligion.Paragraph3InIndia,itisimpossibletoshakehandsorgivesomeonesomethingwithyourlefthand.Japanesepeoplemaybowandevengiveouttheirbusinesscardstogreetothersandgetupsetifpeopledonotlookatthecardscarefully.Soremembernottojustputtheminyourpocketwithoutlooking.ListentoyourteacherwhohastravelledtotheUSAandJapanandfillintheblanksbelow.1.PeoplefromtheUSAfeel______whenpeoplestandtooclosetothem.2.InJapan,giving______isveryimportant.3.The‘OK”sign...
