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PartA: Reading Unit3

Australia Project Introduction: The reading material is a magazine article about colors and cultures. You may use the background information to do research on the color and prepare an oral report about the color you choose, in which you may think about what the color symbolizes indifferent cultures with the help of the information mentioned in the text. In the course of doing the project, you will discuss both positive and negative meanings of the color. You are required not only to search for as much information about color as the can, but also to choose useful information for an oral report. You are expected to assign roles to each group member, cooperate by working together, and fulfill each part of the assignment. Let’s enjoy a short film. And tell us what you see in the film. 1. Pairworks: Discuss the following questions: What is your favorite color? Why do you like it? What about your partner? Do you like his/her favorite color? Why or why not? Why do different people have different ideas about the same color? What are the colors of the five rings on the Olympic flags? What do the colors represent? 2. Read the magazine article about colors and cultures. Answer the following questions. 1. What does the color red mean in China? 2.Why did women wear yellow ribbons on blouse collars or sleeves in the USA and the UK decades ago? 3.What is green always associated with? 4.What does in the black mean? 5.What kind of people is white usually associated with? Answers: 1.There is the color of happiness, excitement and good luck. 2.The yellow ribbons were regarded as a sign of hope by women waiting for their husband or boyfriends to come home safely from war. 3.Green represents growth, health and the environment, and it has long been associated with Ireland, where the national flower is green. 4.Theidiomconveysthepositivemeaningofhavingmoneyorthatabusinessismakingaprofit. 5.surgeons,nurses and dentists

PartB: 1.Read the passage again and ask each group to discuss the following questions: What other meanings do you know off or the colors mentioned in the reading passage? Can you give an example? Are you interested in any other color? What do you know about it? 2.Group work. Discuss the eight questions in PartB in groups. While discussing, you should focus on the positive and negative meanings of colors in different cultures. Homework: 1.Readthepassageinprojectandtrytoremembersomethingaboutthecolors. 2.SurftheInternetandgainmoreinformationaboutcolorsindifferentcultures.