Reading(1)：Cultural differences教学设计(第二课时)

Reading

Cultural differences Step 1: Lead-in Many people like chatting on line, especially you students. You must have many e-pals.

What do you think of online chat? Do you think it is really a good way to know more things and make more friends? Have you ever experienced any funny things or awkward situations when chatting with your cyber friends? Now, we will read an Internet chat room conversation. Surely you will know all about these after you read it. Sometimes online chat does benefit us a lot.

Step 2: Fast reading for general ideas Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part A on Page34. Just focus on and identify the information needed to answer these questions. Answers 1. He is from Brunei.

2. He comes from UK. 3. No, they don’t. Only the Sultan and his family do. Step 3: Detailed reading for important information.

1. Let’s read the passage again and complete Parts C1 and C2 on page 36.

Answers C1 1. Thanksgiving Day is held to celebrate the first harvest after the European settlers went to live in the USA. 2. Turkey. 3. In the West, the polite time to open a present is when someone gives it to a person, because they like to see the person’s reaction. 4. Guests expect presents as a souvenir to remember the big day. 5. Alcohol. 6. In Brunel, you should use your thumb to point at things. 7. In both places, you should take off your shoes before going inside a house. C2

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Step 4: Practice 1. Let’s complete Part D (Refer to the text while complete part D) Answers D 1d

2c

3f

4g

5b

6e

7h

8a 2. Now, let’s read Ma Li’s diary about her chat room discussion. Fill in blanks with correct words. E 1)traditions

2)Thanksgiving

3)harvest

4)Europe

5)celebrate 6)weddings

7)embarrassing

8) presents

9)rude

10) thumb

Step 5: Post-reading activities

1. Now let’s make up a dialogue by using the questions in Part F on Page 37. Work in pairs for a few minutes and then present your dialogue to the whole class. 2. There are also cultural differences in different English-speaking countries. For example: Americans enjoy a good sense of humour; the British take a somewhat different view and believe a formal approach is the best way; the Australians are more informal and straightforward, often enjoying a good laugh and calling their close friends or new acquaintances by their first names. 第

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Discussion: What might happen if people had no idea of other countries’ cultures? Do you think it might result in embarrassment on inconvenience? What do you think about “culture shock”? 2.

Do you know more information about cultural differences? 

In most countries, nodding your head up and down means ‘yes’. 

In some parts of Greece and Turkey, however, this motion can mean ‘no’. 

In South-east Asia, nodding your head is a polite way of saying ‘I’ve heard you.’

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In the United Stated, when someone puts his thumb up, it means ‘Everything is all right.’

However, in Sardinia of Italy and Greece, the gesture is insulting and should not be used there.

Step 6：Language Points

Vocabulary

Words

difference, accumulate, topic, native, accent, tradition, celebration, settler, end-of-term, wedding, embarrassing, newly-wed, souvenir, clarify, participate, reception, bridegroom, bride, alcohol, drum, adjust, royal, analyse, excitement, misunderstand, summary, habit, custom, expectation, nationality, homeland, anyway, youth, wage, overseas, consultant, approval, ambition, incident, feast, pepper, proper, procedure, pocket, request, remark, religion, generally, certain, concern, greeting, slight, equally, tour, minority, swap, seal, account, bravery, mask, carve, spirit, claw, wolf, belief, ancestral, govern, steam, belong, plain, flat, power, peace, bow, arrow, retell, roast

in celebration of, first finger, log off, some day, take up, give out, hold up, body language, shake hands, business card, take part in, hunt for, meet with, belong to, have power over Useful expressions

Sentence patterns 1. He gets quite excited whenever it comes to this topic. 2. If you had joined the chat room ten minutes ago, you would have known what we were talking about! 3. Should you come to Brunei, you would have to take off your shoes…. Step 7: Homework 1. Finish Parts A1 and A2 on page

116 in the workbook. 2. Prepare the part Word Power.

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