Unit 3 Understanding each other

1. Unit 3 Understanding each other 昆山中学 杨柳丝

2. Period 2 Reading Cultural differences

3. Lead-in In the last period, we have discussed different ways of greetings in different countries, so do you still remember them?

4. Practice Can you greet your partner in a Japanese way? Then please try the Thailand way.

5. Look at the following pictures, then tell us what country the way of greeting is of.

6. Arabian way Chinese/ American way

7. South American way

8. Dutch way

9. a cultural difference Besides greeting ways，can you think of any other customs that are different in different countries?

10. eating and clothes greeting ways Cultural differences festivals wedding customs body language

11. Fast Reading 1. 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.

12. Detailed Reading 1. What does Thanksgiving celebrate? It’s to do with celebrating the first harvest after the settlers from Europe went to live in the USA. 2. What is eaten at Thanksgiving? The huge turkey.

13. 3. In the West, when is the polite time to open a present? Why? In the west , it is polite to open a present when someone gives you one. Because people want to see the person’s reaction. 4. What can you not drink at a wedding in Brunei? Alcohol.

14. Have you ever seen different traditional wedding ceremonies?

15. South Korea

16. In China

17. In UK

18. In Brunei

19. talk much about Thanksgiving know nothing about it open it when receiving it do not open it guests give presents to newly-weds give presents to Have a huge banquet men and women sit separate; noalcohol; play drums (all night) point with their thumb not wear yellow summary take off shoes before going inside

20. Fill in the blanks cultural Mali has to do her homework on1______ differences. So she goes online to chat with others and find some 2__________she needs. She gets to know English and American people have 3__________ differences in culture even though they both speak English. For example, The British may be 4_____ when Americans talk about thanksgiving and the huge 5________ they eat. information unbelievable puzzled turkey

21. reactions There are different 6______ in the West and the East Whey they get presents. Westerners like to open them as soon as they get them. Though there are 7_______ between wedding 8_____ ___in the west, there are also differences between different western countries. In Italy, guests except to get presents from the 9________ while the guests are expect to give presents to them in the UK. similarities traditions newly-weds

22. bridegroom female In Brunei, a male guests has to sit with the 10 _________and the other men and a 11_______ guest has to be with the bridge and the other women in a different area. What’s more, if you go to Brunei, you should point with your 12 ______instead of your index finger. You shouldn’t wear 13 _____either. Appropriate 14 _______is always welcome. So remember when in Rome, do as the _______5 do. thumb yellow behavior Romans

23. Consolidation This time you are supposed to retell the cultural differences you have got from the dialogue, you may start like this: I am Ma Li/Waled/Peter, today in the chat room I learned a lot about cultural differences, in Brunei…and in the UK… in Italy…all these are so amazing. Consolidation

24. Jokes caused by cultural differences Everywhere is beautiful A foreign friend didn’t know that Chinese people say “Nali, nali” to show hu’mility(谦虚)。Once when he attended a wedding ceremony of a young Chinese couple, he praised the bride that she was beautiful, the bridegroom answered “where, where”. The foreign friend got confused, and then he answered “Everywhere is beautiful, for example: the hair, the eyes, the ears and the nose…”

25. Homework: 1.Try to tell some cultural differences to each other. 2. Finish the exercises on page 36-37 .

26. Thank you!