最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part 課件

1、最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Communicative Activities,Book 1-Unit 5,Part I,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Introduction of Functions Listen and Speak More Sentences,Communicative Activities,Book 1-Unit 5,Return to Menu,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Enrich your vocabul

2、ary,interpret vt. 解釋；理解；詮釋，體現(xiàn)；口譯 The students were asked tointerpretthe poem. n. interpretation Theirinterpretationwas faulty they had misinterpreted things. 他們的理解是錯誤的-他們將事情曲解了。,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,subtlety n.精妙，巧妙；細微的差別 They had obviously been hoping to approach the topic with

3、moresubtlety. adj.subtle adv.subtly We changesubtlyall the time.,Enrich your vocabulary,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Introduction of Functions,Book 1-Unit 5,Why did you think so? Why dont you do ? How has it come about that ? Could you tell me why ? What makes you choose /think so? Do yo

4、u know why ? How come ? Why was that?,How to ask for reasons:,Giving and Asking for Reasons,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,Id prefer to play basketball One reason is that . Another reason is that . I mean . My point is that . The main reason was that . My reason for asking th

5、is question is to. Just because .,How to give reasons:,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Listen and Speak,Book 1-Unit 5,Conversation Developing a Dialogue Listening Open a Forum More Practice in Discourse,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,Conversation,Study the conversati

6、on and answer: What did Derby invite Tom to do? What did he say? Why and how did Tom decline the invitation?,Henry and I want to go for a ride in his new car this week end. Its such fun to go cruising on the highway to see the autumn views. Do you like to come along?,Well, Id love to, but Im afraid

7、I cant make it this weekend. Ive got tons of school work to do right now .,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,go cruising: (colloquialism) driving the car at a steady speed Well, Id love tobut signals a polite rejection, opposition, or difference in conversation. Im afraid signal

8、s an undesirable response. make it: be successful tons of school work: exaggeration, a feature of spoken language drive somebody nuts: a colloquial expression, meaning “to drive somebody crazy” due: if something isdueat a particular time, it is expected to happen, be done, or arrive at that time.,No

9、tes to Conversation,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,Developing a Dialogue,Work in pairs to imagine the situations for the following sentences. And then try to develop them into a short dialogue like the two examples on page 58. And then present your dialogues to the class.,Sen

10、tences One reason is that people there are friendlier. Its 12, October. I mean, they didnt show their feelings as quickly as we did. It may be the money. Children like this kind of toys.,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,References,A: Where do you like to live, the city or the c

11、ountryside? B: Id like to live in the countryside. One reason is that people there are friendlier. Farmers are not as sophisticated as the people in the city. They are warm-hearted to each other in the village. ,A: Did you forget something? B: Oh! No. Its 12, October! Its my moms birthday! I must ru

12、sh to buy some flowers before she discovers that I almost forgot it.,1,2,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,A: What do you think of the English? Do you feel that sometimes they are cold and not very open? B: Well, its true that they sometimes did not respond to us very quickly, I

13、 mean, they didnt show their feelings as quickly as we did. But once you know them wellthey are just like us.,3,A: Whats up, Linda? Why did the manager look very unhappy this morning? B: It may be the money. The accountant said our funds are very low now in our bank account.,4,A: These are just mean

14、ingless pieces of wood. B: No, they have interesting play value! Children like this kind of toys. They are simple, but can offer many possibilities of playing.,5,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,Listening,An American journalist has just returned to New York after a short visit

15、to England. Now he is on a TV show talking about his impression of the English culture.,Judging attitude,Expressions for subjective judgments I found Probably And I think ,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,negative adj.消極的，否認的； positive adj.積極的；確實的，肯定的； objective adj.客觀的，實體的； subjective adj.主

16、觀的；個人的,Enrich your vocabulary,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Enrich your vocabulary,straightforward adj.直截了當?shù)?；坦率的；明確的 I was impressed by hisstraightforwardintelligent manner. articulate adj. 發(fā)音清晰的；善于表達的；有關(guān)節(jié)的 vt. 清晰地發(fā)（音）；言語表達； She is anarticulateyoung woman.,最新Unit England as seen by Americ

17、ans Part,sympathetically adv.悲憐地，富有同情心地 She noddedsympathetically. n. sympathy adj. sympathetic colleague n. 同事 I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about mycolleague.,Enrich your vocabulary,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,Cultural Bias,A cultural bias is often a personal or

18、 unique perspective one takes when viewing another culture. It comes as a result of overgeneralization based on one or several incidents one has encountered. An extreme example could be like this: one tourist lost his wallet when he was touring another city. As a result, he might say that people in

19、that city are thieves, and that is a cultural bias.,Try to point out which part of the conversation could reflect the speakers cultural bias.,I found that English people are sort of overmodest or something like that. We Americans are a bit showy.,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit

20、5,Discuss ways to avoid cultural bias,Dont make hasty conclusions based on a few cases. Try to enrich ones experience by diverse means. Put oneself into anothers shoes when making observations. Discuss cultural phenomena on a case-by-case basis. Avoid making generalizations based on limited experien

21、ces. Keep ones mind open to diverse opinions and viewpoints. Use multiple perspectives when observing a culture. Etc.,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,Making Your Judgments,According to the journalist, _ are usually _.,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,Unde

22、rstanding Cultural Differences,Speaking loud is often considered impolite in western societies such as Britain or America. But in China, it is more acceptable, such as using cell phones in public. Being straightforward is more acceptable in the US than in the UK or China. Slow pace of life is also o

23、f different value for people in different countries or regions. In China, it is less acceptable in the big cities in the eastern regions or other well-developed regions such as Guangdong and Hong Kong.,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,Language learners often have a misconceptio

24、n that native speakers are always meaningful in their talk! Being articulate or expressive is also of different value to different cultures. In the US people tend to associate it with power of communication and a sharp mind while in China people dont think so. In contrast, people in China usually co

25、nsider the quiet people have probably more power to communicate or greater skills to manage interpersonal relationship.,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,Detecting Changes in Attitudes,How did the journalist change his views about the English?,At the beginning his views about th

26、e English were that they were very modest, and sometimes even too modest. Because they did not show their feelings straightforward, he often had trouble finding how they felt in communication. But as time went on, he gradually got used to the English culture, and found the English were just like the

27、 Americans having a lot of feelings underneath, and a lot to express in communication. The only difference, in his opinion, was that the English were not as quick as the Americans to express their emotions in public.,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,Open a Forum,Work in small g

28、roups and discuss:,Where do you like to pursue graduate study if you have an opportunity? And why?,American universities Australian universities British universities Canadian universities Chinese universities,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,Possible reasons for the trends that

29、 Chinese students go to pursue further studies in other countries after they complete college education in China,The population pressure is too great for Chinese higher educational institutes to bear. China is increasingly opening itself to the world. Our people are more aware of their roles in the

30、world: to see the world, to learn from the world, and to make contributions to the world. (Nationalist views or the concepts of traditional nation states are getting increasingly blurred now as people immigrate from country to country more frequently. ) Young people would like to increase their comp

31、etitive power by studying abroad. ,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,More Practice in Discourse,Work in pairs. Select three sentences and build them into short dialogues.,My point is that students dont know French. Why has he turned down the proposal? I will leave on Friday. Lif

32、e is a bit easier in this country. You dont love me. Shops are open until 11:00 pm. Its a matter of degree.,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Practice reading the sentences on page 60, and work individually to complete the task.,a. 5b. 3c. 8d. 1e. 7f. 2g. 6h. 4,Book 1-Unit 5,More Sentences,Ch

33、eck your answers,最新Unit England as seen by Americans Part,Book 1-Unit 5,how come : an informal way of asking why. For example, “How come youre up so early today?” A similar expression is “How so?” NOTE: “How so?” is usually used by itself to ask “why?” Just because: an informal expression one uses to show that one doesnt like to give the reason,Notes,最新