(共21张PPT)
Bridging Cultures
Unit 2
Reading and thinking
“Welcome, Xie Lei”
Business Student Building Bridges
2. What kind of genre(体裁) is this text
1. How does the author develop the passage
Activity 1: Read for text type
A. By following a timeline
B. By listing figures
C. By making comparison
Activity 1: Read for text type
Activity 1: Read for text type
2. What kind of genre(体裁) is this text
1. How does the author develop the passage
Activity 1: Read for text type
Time order
A. a science magazine
B. a school newspaper
C. a travel journal
D. an advertisement brochure
Activity 2: Read for main ideas
The lead
(para.1-2)
Brief of Xie Lei and she attend the exchange programme.
The body
(para 3-7)
The that Xie Lei faced and
she handled them.
The tail (para.8)
to Xie Lei
introduction
why
challenges
how
Best wishes
Read para 1,2 and finish the name card of Xie Lei.
19-year-old
Xie Lei
① To learn about global business.
②To improve her English
③To set up a business in China after graduation.
Activity 3: Read for details
excited but quite nervous
Name: ___________________
Age:_____________________
Nationality:_______________
Destination:_______________
Initial feeling:______________
Major:____________________
Reason for choosing exchange programme:_____________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
China
London
business
Activity 3: Read for details
Read Para. 3-6 and fill in the table about Xie Lei’s experience on the echange programme.
1
2
3
5
4
6
get used to(___________) a whole new life learnt to_______________________; learnt to______________________________; asked for _______________________
miss home(__________) lived with ______________
Daily life
(Para.3-4)
Challenges
Xie Lei’s solution
use public transport
help when she got lost
ask for things she didn’t know
a host family
Feeling
anxious/
uneasy
comforted
3
4
adaption to
loneliness
Feeling
got help from ___________ ; _______a lot to prepare
participating in _______ and giving _____________ gave presentation on _______________________
Academic
requirements
(Para. 5-6)
Challenges
Xie Lei’s solution
her tutor
read
traditional Chinese art
presentations
class
writing an essay
confused
surprised
/ confident
5
6
After going trough these challenges, how did Xie Lei feel about her life in the UK now
feel at home
How did Xie Lei feel about her life in the UK now
Emotion clue
感情线索
Please work out and underline the reasons for her feelings.
Draw a graph to show the change of her feeling from the beginning until now.
time
feelings
six months ago
at first
when she met academic challenge
after a few weeks
now halfway through
her exchange year
excited
& nervous
surprised
comforted
feel at home
confused
(She felt ... because ...)
confident
because she left China for the first time
because she had a second family in the UK
because she thought she knew less than other people
because she could speak up in class after just a few weeks
because her presentation on traditional Chinese art was a great success
because what seemed strange before now appears quite normal to her
Please try to describe Xie Lei’s emotional change and the reasons.
time
honeymoon
acceptance
frustration
ajustment
feelings
emotional stage
months in new country
STAGE OF
Activity 4: Think and pair
Read para 7 and answer the questions.
Now halfway through her exchange year, Xie Lei feels much more at home in the UK. What seemed strange before now appears quite normal to her. “Engaging in British culture has helped,” she said. “As well as studying hard, I’ve been involved in social activities. British people are fascinated by our culture and eager to learn more about it, so I’m keen to share my culture with them. While I’m learning about business, I’m also acting as a cultural messenger building a bridge between us.
Q1: How could Xie Lei make herself feel much more at home
Did she just try to engage in foreign culture and forget our Chinese culture
Activity 4: Think and pair
Read the whole passage and think.
How
Place What Xie Lei did
In__________ She and her host family __________to _____.
She taught Laura to __________________
In _________ Give ____________on ___________________.
In __________ _________________culture with British.
the host family
calss
a presentation
traditional Chinese art
social activities
Keen to share Chinese
take turns
cook
cook stir-fried tomatoes
and eggs.
a cultural messenger
Suppose one of you is the reporter form your school newspaper and the other is Xie Lei. The reporter needs to interview Xie Lei about her life in the UK.
Reporter: Nice to meet you, Xie Lei. I’m the news reporter XXX. May I ask you a few questions about you life in the UK
Xie Lei: Of course, go ahead, please.
Reporter: How is your life in the UK Did you meet some challenges and how could you handle them / How do you feel when facing challenges / What did you do as a cultural messenger / What else can we do to spread our Chinese culture /...
Xie Lei: ...
Activity 4: Role Play
We will improve our ability to engage in international communication so as to tell China’s stories well, make the voice of China heard, and present a true, multi-dimensional(多维), and panoramic(全面的) view of China to the world. —Xi Jinping
How can we act as a cultural messenger
What else can we do to spread our Chinese culture
Homework 1: Discuss and share
spread Chinese culture
clothing
food
traditional festivals
art
(caligraphy/painting/ paper cutting/ opera...)
architechture
......
Xie Lei, whose (ambitious) is to set up a business in China, _______(leave) for London six months ago to study as exchange student. In London, she found _____ not easy to adapt to life there. People there use a lot of words that she is not familiar with and they speak fast. So she had difficulty using public transport and (ask) for things she didn’t know the English names for.
Academic requirements also confused her. She discussed how _________(write) an essay with her tutor. Following her tutor’s advice, she read a lot and participated (active) in class. The fact _______ now she can give an attractive presentation in class even surprises herself. Nowadays she is more __________(confidence) and determined to put what she is learning practice when back in China.
ambition
left
an
asking
to write
actively
that
confident
into
it
Homework 2: complete the passage