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Unit 3

Understanding each other Period 1

Welcome to the unit and reading 江都区丁沟中学

葛克丽

Teaching aims: 1. To increase students’ awareness of cultural differences and develop correct attitudes towards cultural differences. 2. To improve students’ ability to search for information. Teaching difficulties:

To improve students’ active participation and statement on the topic Teaching procedures: Step1. Lead-in Brainstorming: 1. How to greet each other (pictures) 2. Why do you think people in different countries greet each other so differently? (Cultural differences) 3. This is one aspect of the cultural differences. What about other cultural differences? Step2 Fast reading 1) As a Chinese, if you are not familiar with greetings from other countries, what might happen? 2)

Who is the interviewer ?

Who are interviewees ?

Where are they from ? Step3 While-reading 1)

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Main idea: different _________ to presents When you receive a present from a friend in the UK, you are expected to ________. A．refuse it right away

B．put it aside and open it later C．open it immediately 2)

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Main idea:wedding ceremony Meaning of animals

To ______ bad spirits ______

To ______ good luck

Considered to be very________

Where do men and women sit in a wedding reception in Brunei?

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_________________________________________________________ What can’t you drink at a wedding in Brunei? __________________________________________________________ Instead of singing and dancing all night, what do people do at a wedding ceremony? __________________________________________________________ 3)

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___________________________________________________________ What customs do Chinese cities and Brunei have in common? ____________________________________________________________ Where is Bonfire celebrated? Do Americans know about it? _____________________________________________________________ 4)

line54-59 Find out Ma Li’s opinion on cultural differences.

________________________________________________________ Step4 Post-reading Which of the following words can indicate your attitudes towards cultural differences? A.

respect

B. tolerate C. look down upon D. appreciate

E. hate

F. understand

G. refuse In my opinion, it is important to learn about other people’s cultures and share them with each other. Although it may sometimes seem that we are different in many aspects, we actually have a lot more in common. After all, we are all human beings, living on the same planet.

To sum up, we should seek more common ground on major questions while reserving differences on minor ones. （求同存异）

Step5 Translation 在我看来，除了了解文化差异，我们还应该尊重、包容文化差异。

我们甚至要学会欣赏不同国家的文化，没有这些文化差异我们的世界就不会那么丰富多彩。

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Step6 Discussion What are the benefits of learning about cultural differences? 

broaden our horizons by knowing about the other countries’ customs

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avoid unnecessary misunderstanding

and embarrassment

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enable us adapt to a new environment

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strengthen relationships with other countries

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help to construct a harmonious world Step7 Homework 1. Try to tell some cultural differences to each other. 2. Read the passage and underline difficult or important sentences.

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