模块6 Unit 3 Understanding each other Reading(1)：Cultural differences 课件（34张PPT）

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various ways
of greeting
Phone
Nod head
Smile
Say hello
Shake hands
Hug
Wave
Bow
In China, how do we greet each other?
They are supposed to put their hands together and bow.
What are people in Thailand supposed to do when they meet for the first time?
They are supposed to bow.
What are people in Japan supposed to do when they meet for the first time?
In South America and Russia, what are people supposed to do when they meet for the first time?
hug
They are supposed
to hug.
In the Middle East, what are Arabs supposed to do when they meet ?
They are supposed to touch noses.
When people from the Netherlands meet, what are they supposed to do?
They are supposed to kiss each other on both cheeks.
The Spring Festival
Thanksgiving Day
A wedding ceremony in China
A wedding ceremony in Korea
A wedding ceremony in Western countries
A wedding ceremony in Brunei
Cultural differences
Fast reading
1. How many people are involved in this dialogue? Where are they from?
2. How is the passage mainly organized?
Fast reading
Three: Ma Li --- we don’t know
Waled --- Brunei
Peter --- the UK
1. How many people are involved in this dialogue? Where are they from?
?A. In order of time .
B. By giving examples.
C. By giving definitions.
D. By offering
statistics(数据).
Fast reading
2. How is the passage mainly organized?
Reading Comprehension
1 In Korea, it is believed that hens can
drive bad spirits away from the wedding ceremony.
2 The bridegroom and bride have to sit in different areas at the wedding reception in Brunei.
roosters
3 People in Brunei celebrate the
wedding by singing and dancing
throughout the night.
4 In the UK, people take off their shoes
before entering someone’s house.
5 There can be great cultural differences
even between people who speak the
same language.
playing loud drums
Brunei,
L 43-44
Detailed reading
Topic 1: receiving presents
(line7-13)
In the west, when is the time to open a present? Why?
When someone gives you one, because people like to see the person’s reaction.
Topic 2: wedding ceremonies
To _______ bad spirits ______
To ______ luck
Considered to be very ______
drive

ensure
away
In Korea (14-22)
lucky


food
soft drinks
coffee
alcohol
tea
√
√
√
√
×
TaskⅠ What is not permitted at wedding reception in Brunei?
Wedding in Brunei (line23-32)

All men sit with
the bridegroom.
All women sit
with the bride.
VS
Where do men and women sit in a wedding reception in Brunei?
The bridegroom and the bride should sit in __________ areas. People probably wouldn’t get much sleep if you ______ near _______ a wedding reception was being held, because they play ______ to celebrate the wedding for hours afterwards, sometimes even _________ the night.
separate
throughout
lived
drums
where
Task Ⅱ Fill in the blanks.
People in most countries point
with their __________.
however
in Brunei
cause ________
thumb
Topic 3: Pointing gesture (line35-37)
They use
offense
first finger
Topic 4: customs (line38-40)
In Brunei, they think it’s funny watching new foreign teachers trying to _______ to pointing with _________ instead of first fingers. Another thing we should pay attention to is that we should take off our shoes before _________ someone’s house, which is the same in Chinese cities. Therefore, we have no _______________ getting ____________________ to it while it is difficult for many foreigners.
adjust
thumbs
entering
trouble/difficulty
accustomed/used
Topic 5: Bonfire Night (L46-52)
Nov. 5th
light large fires outside
gather around
hold a party
set off fireworks
hot dogs
In Britain
In America
Yes
No
Date

Events
Typical food

Popularity


Consolidation
the information Ma Li has collected from the following five aspects
Different _________ to the presents
Different wedding ____________
Different ________ gestures
Different __________
Different ________
reactions
ceremonies
pointing
customs
festivals
Task-based reading
Consolidation
Ma Li needs some help with her homework---it’s about cultural differences.Waled and Peter give her some 1.______________(explain).
In western countries,2.____ is rude not to open a present as soon as you receive one .3. ___________(strange),in Korean wedding ceremonies, they usually have a live hen and a rooster as a part of the ceremony 4.__________ they believe roosters can drive bad spirits away and if the hen lays an egg during the wedding, which 5._______________(consider) lucky,and everyone will congratulate them.
When in Brunei,please do remember not 6._________ (point) with your first finger, 7._________ will cause offence, and take off your shoes before going into someone's house.
What is more, sometimes there are great 8. _________(culture) differences even between native English speakers. Americans are different 9.________Britains, even though they share the same language. So, 10.__________(learn) about cultural differences is a good way to understand more about each other.
Strangely
cultural
learning
explanations
it
because
is considered
to point
which
from
Man: “Today you look very beautiful!”
( 今天您可真漂亮啊! )
Woman: “Where! Where!”( 哪里! 哪里! )
Man: “Everywhere!”( 全身都漂亮! )
A joke
What if we pay no attention to cultural differences?
Discussion

1. Review what we have leant today.
2. Search for some examples about cultural differences.
Homework