Unit 3 Understanding each otherUnit 3 Understanding each other

昆山中学 杨柳丝

Cultural differences

Period 2 Reading

In the last period, we havediscussed different ways of greetings in different countries,

so do you still remember them?

Lead-in

Can you greet your partner in a

Japanese way?

Then please try the Thailand way.

Practice

Look at the following pictures,

then tell us what country the

way of greeting is of.

Chinese/ American way

Arabian way

South American way

Dutch way

Besides greeting ways ， can you think of any other customs that are different in different countries?

Cultural differences

greeting ways

eating and clothes

festivals

wedding customs body

language

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.

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.

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.

Have you ever seen different traditional wedding ceremonies?

South Korea

In China

In UK

In Brunei

situations countries differences

festival America

Britain

present West

East

wedding

Britain

Italy

China

Brunei

traditions

Brunei

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; no

alcohol; play drums (all night)

point with their thumb

not wear yellow

take off shoes before going inside summary

Fill in the blanks

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.

cultural

information

unbelievable

puzzled turke

y

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.

reactions

similaritiestraditions

newly-weds

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.

bridegroomfemale

thumb

yellow

behavior

Romans

Consolidation This time you are supposed to retell the cultur

al 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

Jokes caused by cultural differences

Everywhere is beautiful A foreign friend didn’t know that Chinese peopl

e 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…”

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