课件32张PPT。Unit3 ReadingCultural differencesHow do you greet each other in China?
How do the people from these counties greet each other? Why do people in different countries greet each other in different ways? Cultural differencesFast Reading1. Which country is Waled from?
Waled is from Brunei.
2. Where does Peter come from?
Peter comes from the UK.
3. Does everyone in Brunei wear yellow?
No. Yellow is the royal colour for the Sultan and his family.Listen and read1)Ma Li came to the chat room to___.
A. make some new friends
B. look for some native English
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C. collect some information
D. practice EnglishMultiple choices.Careful reading2)You would be expected to give a present to your guests if you got married in_____.
A. the USA B. the UK
C. Italy D. Brunei
3)If you went to a wedding in____, you wouldn’t expect any alcohol.
A. The USA B. the UK
C. Italy D. Brunei4)From the text we can learn that there are different ideas about good manners. We should always____ whenever we go.
A. do as we like
B. do as we are told to
C. do as the local people do
D. take off your shoes5)To Westerners, it is _______ not to open the present as soon as you get it.
A. polite
B. friendly
C. common
D. impolite2. Analyze the text.ThanksgivingweddingSocial behaviorsCultural
differences1.What does Thanksgiving celebrate ?2.What is the typical food
eaten at Thanksgiving? turkeythrowing confettithree bowsFill in the formHave a huge banquetalcoholplay drums sit in different areasThe guests the newly-wedsThe newly-wedssouvenir( )1.In Brunei, they use their first finger to point.
( )2.You can wear yellow if you come to Brunei.True or false:FF×( )3.In China, you need to take off your shoes before going inside.
( )4. In the west , it’s rude to open a present when someone gives you a gift.TF Even the UK and the USA seem to have different 1) t__________. American have sth called 2)T________, a festival which celebrates the first (3) h________ of the settlers going from (4) E________ to the USA. British people do not (5) c________ this. The differences between (6)w_________ in different countries were also discussed. raditionshanksgivingarvesturope elebrateeddings Post-readingIt seems we need to understand cultural differences to avoid mistakes in communication, which could be (7)e___________. For example, Westerners coming to the East do not know that we do not open (8)p________ in front of the person who gives them to us. Waled told us that in Brunei it is (9)r______to point with your first finger and so they use their (10) t_______instead. mbarrassingresentsudehumbproject
Make up groups of four and try to list cultural differences as many as you can.Do you know “nodding head”? In most countries, nodding your
head up and down means_____.In some parts of Greece and
Turkey, however, this motion can
mean_____.In South-east Asia, nodding your
head is a polite way of saying
______________. ‘no’.‘yes’.‘I have heard you.’Homework1. Write a short passage about cultural differences.
2. Finish the workbook exercises. Thanks
