江苏省海头高级中学英语译林牛津版选修6Unit3Unit 3 Understanding each other同步教案（阅读1）

江苏省海头高级中学英语译林牛津版选修6Unit3同步教案（阅读1）

Steps:
lead-in
Offer some pictures related to some cultural differences, ask the Ss to collect information about different culture characters.
Fast reading
Read dialogue fast and answer some questions on the book.
1. Which country is Waled from?
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2. Where does Peter come from?
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3. Does everyone in Brunei wear yellow?
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Detailed reading
(1)Ask the Ss to read the dialogue carefully and answer some detailed questions.
1. What does thanksgiving celebrate?
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2. What is eaten at thanksgiving?
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3. In the West, when is the polite time to open a present? Why?
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4. What can you not drink at a wedding in Brunei?
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5. What should you do instead of pointing with your first finger in Brunei?
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6. What customs do Chinese cities and Brunei have in common?
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(2) The chat room dialogue outlines differences between cultures, put the subjects of the dialogue in the correct order. Write 1 to 7 in the blanks.
Weddings _____ Presents _____ Shoes _____
USA/UK cultural differences _____ An American celebration ______
Colour of clothing ______
Pointing _______Ask the students to read the article again, do the exercises below.
In Waled’s opinion, the American teacher at his school is quite interested in _____.
talking about the gifts that they often receive from others.
talking about the custom of the Thanksgiving Day.
talking about the cultural differences between America and Britain.
making lectures about the cultural differences between the US and the UK.
The Bruneians intend to ________.
provide alcohol and soft drinks in the wedding ceremony.
Give guests presents as a souvenir
See the people’s reaction when giving presents to them.
Hold an exciting and unique wedding ceremony
In Italy, guests attending a wedding are expected to _______
give the newly-weds presents
receive presents from the newly-weds
sit with the bridegroom and the other men
sit with the bride and the other women
4.According to this text, fill in the blank with the correct word, only one word in each blank.
In the traditional festival between America and Britain
There is no 1 in Britain at all, because it is 2 to Americans.
In dealing with presents between Chinese and the Westerners
Westerners consider it 3 to open a present when given one, which is not the usual 4 in China.
In the wedding customs
In Italy, the newly-weds are expected to give their guests presents as a souvenir in 5 of the day.
The newly-weds are 6 from each other in the wedding reception in Brunei. It is 7 to fall asleep because of the exciting 8 .
In the common life of Brunei
Common people are not 9 to wear yellow, because the color is the 10 of the royal family.
It is 11 to take off shoes before going inside the Bruneian houses, which can express your 12 .
It is 13 for us to learn the cultural differences as 14 above.