Reading(1)：Cultural differences教学设计内容推荐

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Cultural differences Language observation and appreciation

Exercise 1:

What have you learnt about cultural differences in Reading? Task1：

Please rearrange the following statements according to the text to complete the table below. 1.

Open a present when someone gives you one in America or the UK. 2.

Men and women sit together at wedding receptions in Brunei. 3.

Serve alcohol at the wedding reception in Brunei. 4.

Play loud drums to celebrate the wedding throughout the night in Brunei.

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Point with the first finger in Brunei. Cultural differences around the world 6.

Take off your shoes before going into someone’s house in

Dos Don’ts

Brunei.

7.

Have Bonfire Night in the UK.

8.

Have Bonfire Night in America.

Task 2：

Prepare a one-minute speech about Cultural differences. You can use the facts from the text. If you talk about something new, you will get a surprising present.

Exercise 2: Language focuses Task 1:

Please translate the following phrases into English: 1.

驱走(散) ________________________________

2. 对童年有美好的回忆_______________________ 3.

对…大为惊异,惊讶于_____________________

4. 确保；担保；保证_________________________ 5.

在…方面有麻烦, 做…费劲

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参加熟人的婚礼

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被认为

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6. 彻夜，通宵达旦

__________________________ 8. 下蛋

____________________________________ 10. 英语为母语的人

_________________________ Tips: (小知识) Two effective ways of learning lexical chunks

a.

Learn them deep into their functional meaning; b.

Classify them into different functional families. 同学们好！在我们学习英语单词和词组时，一定要勤查英语词典，真正体会领悟他们的内涵意义；特别注意积累英语的同义、近义词表达法。同时，可别忘记还要关注这些英语单词或词组所能匹配的汉语同义或近义词哟。

例如：“在…方面有麻烦”一般都翻译成have trouble in。但事实上，英语中表达上述汉语意思的词和词组可丰富了！大家还记得Wei Hua吗？在英国读高中的一年里她经历了种种的不适应。你们还记得

“be challenging”、“be a great challenge”、“struggle to do”、“It is a struggle for sb. to do”以及后来的“suffer a lot doing sth.”, “have difficulty in”, “have a hard time doing sth.”吗？哈哈，把他们放在一起，岂不是构成了表达“困难”语义的英语大家族了吗？以后，当想到difficulty，有了这些表达方法，你们的写作和表达是不是很“高大上”呀？

有了这个思路，你是不是想跃跃欲试了？老师抛砖引玉先来一个：

老师有个叫Tom的美国朋友，Tom老师的中文不好，老是分不清楚“Grace长着一张瓜子脸”还是“Grace

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长着一张爪子脸”。

我们可以说：

Stupid Tom has great trouble distinguishing between “瓜” and “爪”.

Stupid Tom suffered a lot trying to distinguish between “瓜” and “爪”. It is very challenging for stupid Tom to distinguish between “瓜” and “爪”.

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Task 2:

Make five sentences using “have trouble in”、“suffer from” or other phrases belonging to “困难” family. Sentences about history, arts or science are particularly preferred. e.g. When Einstein discovered The Theory of Relativity, he had a hard time getting it across to other physicists. 该你了：________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

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Task 3:

Find in the Reading passage a sentence to match the following meanings. An example is as follows: Open a present when someone gives you one. 原文：It’s rude not to open a present when someone gives you one.

We think it’s strange not to open it!

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Men and women sit in separate areas at wedding receptions in Brunei. 原文: ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2.

Don’t serve alcohol at the wedding reception in Brunei. 原文:______________________________________________________________________________________ 3.

Play loud drums to celebrate the wedding throughout the night. 原文:______________________________________________________________________________________ 4.

Don’t point with the first finger in Brunei. 原文:______________________________________________________________________________________ 5.

Take off your shoes before going into someone’s house in Brunei.

原文: _____________________________________________________________________________________ 6.

Have Bonfire Night in the UK. 原文:______________________________________________________________________________________ 7.

Don’t have Bonfire Night in America.

原文:______________________________________________________________________________________ Think：

What can you conclude from the above sentences?

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