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Unit 3 Understanding each other Welcome to the unit Teaching aims:

1. Help the students have a general understanding of a different way of greeting each other by people from different countries; 2. Let the students know some different customs that are different in different parts of the world; 3. Ask the students to express their opinions about the benefits of learning different cultures and attitudes they should hold towards cultural differences.

Important and difficult points: How to improve the students’ speaking ability.

Teaching procedures: Step I: Discussion 1. How do we Chinese greet each other?

2. Do you know how people in different countries greet each other? （show some pictures）

In Thailand, people greet each other by __putting__ hands together and bowing. In South America, you can expect to be _hugged__ when you meet someone. In Japan, people often __bow__ to each other when they meet. In Netherlands, people __kiss___ each other on one cheek and then the other. In the Middle East, Arabs greet each other by __touching___ noses. In America, people usually __shake___ hands when they meet others. 3. Let the students know how French, Italians and Koreans greet each other through a video.

Step II: An activity. Can you imagine what may happen when people with different greeting habits meet? Try to act out the situations.

1. an Arab and an American

2. a Chinese and a Netherlander

3. A Brazilian and a Thai

4. an Italian and a Japanese

5. a French and a Korean

Step III: Discussion Why do people in different countries greet each other in different ways? Because of the cultural differences.

Ask the students to surf the Internet to find information about cultural differences before class. (food and tableware culture(餐桌文化) ;etiquette culture （礼仪文化）

;festivals;etiquette culture （礼仪文化）; number and color ;body language;education ;wedding customs )

Step IV:

Step V: Discussion What are the benefits of learning different cultures?

1. To experience different cultures…

2. To get a better understanding of…

3. To help strengthen relations with…

4. To avoid unnecessary mistakes and embarrassment... 5. To communicate freely and effectively…

6. To be a polite person….

What attitudes should we hold towards cultural differences? 1. to foreign cultures…

understand and respect foreign cultures

2. to our own culture…

protect and promote our own culture 3. When in a foreign country…

When in Rome , do as the Romans do.

4. When foreigners are in our country...

tolerate foreigners’ culture shock(文化冲击)

Presentation Present your task and share with us.

Step VI. Homework Read the passage in Part A on page119 in Workbook.