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unit01Lesson1Lesson1Lesson2ExtendedExercisesCheckpointAgendaUNITGOALS1.Getreacquaintedwithsomeone2.Askaboutaperson’sexperiences3.Greetavisitortoyourcountry4.Explainlocalcustoms5.WriteaboutlocalcustomsofgreetingsLesson1Lesson1333Lead-inListeningSpeakingReadingWriting1-Lead-inLead-inSitcom:HaveWeMetBefore?Scene13ExerciseAExerciseB1-ExerciseAExerciseAA.Checkwhethereachstatementistrue(T)orfalse(F).TrueFalseMs.NovakisfromChicago. □□2.MariehasnevergonesnorkelinginAustralia. □□3.Ms.NovakmetMarieinParis. □□4.MariemovedfromParisthreeyearsago. □□5.KaterinaisMs.Novak’ssister. □□6.Ms.NovakhasseenMarieinphotographs.□□1-ExerciseBExerciseB

B.Completetheconversationwiththewordsyouhear.Ms.Novak: Oh,youwerethe1______________onasmallairplaneinChina.You2_______________meovertheGreatWall.Marie: No.Ms.Novak: Haveyouevergone3_______________inAustralia?Marie: No.Ms.Novak: 4____________abusinPeru?Marie: No.Ms.Novak,I’mquitesurewe’venevermetbefore.IcamehereonlyayearagofromParis.pilotflewsnorkelingDriven1-ExerciseBExerciseBMs.Novak: Paris?Mysister,Katerina,livedthereforayear.Marie: Katerina?KaterinaNovak?!Shelivedwithme!Ms.Novak: Ofcourse!Youwereinallthepicturesshesenthome.Marie: 5___________________!Ms.Novak: Yousee,6___________________.WhatacoincidenceIneverforgetaface1-ListeningListening3Part1WhoAreYou?

Part2AskAboutaPerson’sExperiencesPart3Introduction

Part4WaysofGreetingsinSoutheastAsianCountriesNewWordsPart5Recognition331-Part-1Part1WhoAreYou?Decidewhichofthefollowingstatementscouldbetrue,basedontheinformationintheconversation.Explainyourdecisions.□1.EdandKeitharefriends. □2.Edisabusinessman.□3.Keithisfromanothercountry.□4.EdandKeithmetataparty.□5.EdandKeithbothknowJackBailey.□6.JackBaileyisEd’sboss.1-Part-2Part2AskAboutaPerson’sExperiencesListentothegameOnceinaLifetime.Checkifthecontestantsansweredyes(Y)orno(N)tothehost’squestions.Haveyouever…SuzyyesnoBillyesno1.beentoSouthAmerica?□□□□2.beentoChina?□□□□3.flowninanairplane?□□□□4.drivenabus?□□□□5.boughtadigitalcamera?□□□□6.visitedChicago?□□□□Haveyouever…?1-Part-3Part3IntroductionYouwillheartwoconversationsinwhichtwopeopleareintroducedtonewfriends.ThefirstpersoniscalledKateandthesecondpersonisnamedKathy.Listentotherecordingandticktheinformationyouhearaboutthesetwopeople.InformationKate—Thailand—China—Turkey—16yearsold—60yearsold—6lyearsold—businesswoman—secretary—studentKathy—Canadian—Korean—Columbian—English—French—Korean—Spanish—divorced—married—single1-Part-4Part4WaysofGreetingsinSoutheastAsianCountriesCheckwhethereachstatementistrue(T)orfalse(F).TrueFalse1.Indonesianstendtogreeteachotherinaquickway.□□2.InSingapore,peopleseldomusefirstnamesforgreeting.□□3.InMalaysia,handshakingisthemostwidelyusedwayfor greeting. □□4.InPhilippines,itisimpolitetopointamiddlefingerata personorthing.□□5.Bruneiansliketohaveafirmhandshake.□□1-Part-5Part5RecognitionYouwillhearaconversationbetweenamanandawoman.Thewomanthinkssheknowstheman,soshestartsaconversation.Listentotherecordingandbrieflyanswerthequestionsbelow.QuestionsAnswers1.Atfirstdoesthemanrecognizethewoman?2.Wheredoesthewomanthinktheman’sfrom?3.Wheredoesthewomanthinktheymet?4.Havetheymetbefore?____________________________________________________________________________No.Chicago.Highschool(CentralHigh).Yes.1-NewWordsNewWords★ coincidence n. 巧合

colleague n. 同事，同僚 congratulation n. 祝賀▲ contestant n. 參賽選手★ customary adj. 習(xí)俗性旳 deliberate adj. 審慎旳◆ gosh interj. 啊呀 institute n. 學(xué)院；學(xué)會(huì) literally adv. 字面上地★ obscene adj. 下流旳◆ outstretched adj. 伸開旳 pilot n. 飛行員 purse v. 撅起嘴唇◆ reciprocate v. 回報(bào)◆

snorkel v. 使用呼吸管潛泳 thumb n. 大拇指1-SpeakingSpeakingGetReacquaintedwithSomeone3ConversationModelConversationPairWork1-Conversation-ModelConversationModelReadandListenA:Audrey,haveyoumetHanah?B:No,Ihaven’t.A:Hanah,I’dlikeyoutomeetAudrey.C:Hi,Audrey.Youlookfamiliar.Ithinkwe’vemetbefore.B:Really?When?C:Lastmonth.YouwereatmysisterNicole’sparty.B:Oh,that’sright!Howhaveyoubeen?RhythmandintonationpracticeNowlistenagainandtrytoimitate.Payattentiontothestresspattern.1-ConversationPairWorkConversationPairWorkIntroduceclassmates.Ifyouthinkyou’vemetbefore,getreacquainted.Orusethepicturestorole-playwhereyoumayhavemet.Startlikethis:A:

,haveyoumet

?B:

…C:

…Continuetheconversationinyourownway.atafriend’shouseatatheateratagyminaclassatanartexhibition1-ReadingReading333TopicPreviewTextATextBVocabularyExercisesVocabularyActivity1-TopicPreviewTopicPreviewWhichgesturesdopeopleuseinyourcountry?“Comewithme.”“Thereheis.”“Six.”1-TextATextA3TextComprehensionCheckTA-Text-1TextAReadthearticleaboutgesturesaroundtheworld.Inyouropinion,howaregesturesdifferentfromspeech?Tocommunicatewellwithpeopleofothercountries,youmustlearntospeakwell,right?Yes,butspeakingisn’teverything.Someexpertssayonlythirtypercentofcommunicationcomesfromtalking.Yourgesturesandothernon-verbalactionsmatter,too.Butindifferentcultures,thesameactioncanhavedifferentmeanings.Whenyouhavetomeetsomeonefromadifferentculture,beprepared.Doyouknowwhatkindofgesturesandcustomsareappropriate?Let’slookatshakinghands.NorthAmericanslikeafirmhandshake.ButtheFrenchpreferalight,shorthandshake.IfyoushakeaFrenchperson’shandtheNorthAmericanway,heorshemaynotlikeit.PeopleinEasternEuropeancountriesandsomeLatinoculturesprefershorterhandshakes,too.Huggingaftershakinghandsisalsoacommonintroductionthere.Don’tbesurprisedifaBraziliangivesyoua

hug.Ifyoumisinterpretgesturesofintroduction,yourfriendshipmaygetoffonthewrongfoot!BodyTalk!byKellyGarbo

TA-Text-2TextAEveryonearoundtheworldknowsthe“OK”handgesture,don’tthey?ButinSpain,partsofSouthAmerica,andEasternEurope,theOKsignisconsideredrude.AndifyougoshoppinginJapan,itmeansyou’dlikeyourchangeincoinsinsteadofbills.InFrance,makingtheOKsignmeans“zero”orthatsomethingisworthless.SocheckbeforeyouusetheOKsigntobesureit’sOK!Understandingevenafewkeygesturesfromdifferentculturescanmakeyouabettercommunicator.Sonexttimeyoutravel,trybeingculturallysensitive.Findoutthelocalgesturesandletyourbodytalk.NorthAmericanslikeafirmhandshake.CommunicateCommunicatev.toexchangeinformationorconversationwithotherpeople,usingwords,signsetc;tocontactsomeone,especiallybytelephoneorbywritingaletter交流；通信●Peopleusemorethanwordswhentheycommunicatewitheachother.●Wecommunicatedmostlybye-mail.

★non-verbal★non-verbal

adj.notusingwords非口頭旳●Whenyouareinforeigncountries,youcancommunicatethroughnon-verbalactions.●Indailylife,weusemorenon-verbalmeansthanverbalonestocommunicate.cultureculturen.theideas,beliefs,andcustomsthataresharedandacceptedbypeopleinasociety文化●WespeakChineseathomesothattheboysdon’tlosetouchwiththeirlanguageandculture.●

Changingthecorporatecultureisalonganddifficultprocess.customcustomn.somethingthatisdonebypeopleinaparticularsocietybecauseitistraditional習(xí)慣，風(fēng)俗●Theguideoffersinformationonlocalcustoms.●Thecustomofnamingwomenafterflowersisbecominglesscommon.★hug★hugn.theactionofputtingyourarmsaroundsomeoneandholdingthemtightlytoshowloveorfriendship擁抱misinterpretmisinterpretv.tonotunderstandthecorrectmeaningofsomethingthatsomeonesaysordoes,ortoexplainsomethingwronglytootherpeople誤解●Somepartsofthereportcouldbemisinterpreted.●

Shehadmisinterpretedhissilenceasanger.sensitivesensitiveadj.abletounderstandotherpeople’sfeelingsandproblems;abletomeasureorreacttoverysmallchangesinheat,light,etc敏感旳,能了解（別人旳感情和問題）旳；敏捷旳●It’smadememuchmoresensitivetotheneedsofthedisabled.●Throughouthercareersheremainedverysensitivetocriticism.give…ahuggive…ahug

give…ahug擁抱●Paulgavemeabighug.●GivingahugisawayofgreetinginWesterncountries.getoffonthewrongfootgetoffonthewrongfoot

getoffonthewrongfoot糟糕旳開端●SimonandIgotoffonthewrongfootbutwe’regoodfriendsnow.●Gettingoffonthewrongfootdoesnotnecessarilymeanatotalfailure.TA-ComprehensionCheckComprehensionCheckCheckwhethereachstatementistrue(T)orfalse(F). TrueFalseSeventypercentofcommunicationcomesfromnon-verbal actions.□□2.Ifyoudon’tspeaksomeone’slanguage,it’salwayssafeto usegestures.□□3.Frenchpeoplegenerallydon’tlikefirmhandshakes.□□4.Braziliansnevershakehands.□□5.JapanesepeoplethinktheOKsignisrude.□□1-TextB33TextBWarm-upTextComprehensionCheckCriticalThinkingTB-Warm-upWarm-up1. Doyoualwaysmeanwhatyousay?Inwhatsituationsdoesyourrealmeaningdifferfromwhatyousay?2. Workinpairsorgroupstogivesomeexamplesofdifferentcustomsinspeakingindifferentcountries.ReadingStrategy:makinginferencesUsetheinformationinareadingtofigureoutanswerstoquestionsthatarenotclearlystated.TB-TextTextBMeanWhatYouSay:TheArtofConversationIt’salwaysagoodideatostudythelanguageofaforeigncountrybeforeyoutravelthere.Butspeakingwithsomeonefromanothercountrycaninvolvemorethanjustwordsinadifferentlanguage.Peopleindifferentcountriescanhaveverydifferentcustomswhentheyspeak.PeopleinIndonesia,forexample,alwayswanttobeagreeableandpolite,andthismeansthattheydon’tliketosayno.Intheirnativelanguage(BahasaIndonesia),therearemanywaystosayyes.Buttwelveoftheseyeswordsactuallymeanno!Australiansarefriendlypeople,buttheyvaluedirectness.Australianspreferaclear,directresponse,evenifitisnottheonetheywanted.TheFrenchappreciatethe“art”ofconversation,whichcanincludearguingasaformofentertainment.Inthiscase,speakersmayinterrupteachotherfrequently.Thisisconsideredactiveparticipationintheconversationbybothpeople.Itisbetterthanoneperson“l(fā)ecturing”theother.AsinmanyotherLatinAmericancountries,titlesareveryimportantinCostaRica.People’stitlescanindicatetheirprofession,suchasDoctor(doctor)orIngeniero(engineer).Licenciadoisusedwhentalkingtosomeonewithacollegedegree.Ifsomeonedoesnothaveaprofessiontitle,Senor(Mr.),Senora(Mrs.),orSenorita(Miss)areappropriate.~~~involveinvolvev.toincludesomethingasanecessarypartorresult;toincludeoraffectsomeoneorsomething包括；涉及●Thesechangeswillinvolveeveryoneonthestaff.●Ididn’trealizeputtingonaplayinvolvedsomuchwork.agreeableagreeableadj.someonewhoisagreeableisveryniceandislikedbyotherpeople;pleasantoracceptable受人喜歡旳；愜意旳●Wespentamostagreeablecoupleofhours.●Themainobjectiveistofindasolutionthatisagreeabletothecompanyintermsofcost.responseresponsen.somethingthatissaidorwrittenasareply;somethingthatisdoneasareactiontosomethingthathashappenedorbeensaid回答；響應(yīng)● Carlmadenoresponse,andcarriedonwithhismeal.● Theexhibitionhasreceivedapositiveresponsefromvisitors.indicateindicatev.toshowthataparticularsituationexistsorthatsomethingislikelytobetrue表白●Thestudyindicatesastrongconnectionbetweenpovertyandcrime.●Researchindicatesthatover81%ofteachersaredissatisfiedwiththeirsalary.professionprofessionn.ajobthatneedsspecialeducationandtraining職業(yè)●Somestudentsenterotherprofessionssuchasartsadministration.●Johnsonwasabarristerbyprofession.evenifeven

if

evenif雖然● She’sgoingtohaveproblemsfindingajobevenifshegetsherAlevels.● ShedecidestomarryTomevenifherparentsdon’tapprove.ProperNames

CostaRica哥斯達(dá)黎加ProperNamesTB-ComprehensionCheckComprehensionCheckCompletethechartwiththeinformationyouhaveread.CountryArtofConversationIndonesiaAustraliaFranceCostaRicatobeagreeableandpolitegivingclearanddirectresponsetakinganactivepartinconversationusingtitlesTB-CriticalThinkingCriticalThinkingCheckwhethereachstatementistrue(T)orFalse(F).TrueFalsePeoplearoundtheworldspeakinthesameway.□□2.ItisnotpolitetosaynoinIndonesia. □□3.Australiansonlywanttoheartheanswersyes.□□4.IfyouarevisitingCostaRica,useatitleto addresssomeone.□□1-VocabularyExercisesVocabularyExercisesCompletethesentencewithawordorphraseinthebox.Changetheformwherenecessary.Eachonecanonlybeusedonce.1. Mostresearchanddevelopmentprojects_________someelementofrisk.2. Thegovernmentmusttake__________actiontostopthefighting.3. Timespentineducationisagood__________ofsocialandeconomicposition.4. Can’twedealwiththisnow__________waitinguntiltomorrow?5. It’sasubtlepointthat’sopento______________.misinterpretinvolvesensitiveindicateevenifresponseappreciatefirmcommunicateinsteadofinvolvefirmindicatorinsteadofmisinterpretation1-VocabularyExercisesVocabularyExercisesmisinterpretinvolvesensitiveindicateevenifresponseappreciatefirmcommunicateinsteadof6. Thereisagrowing___________oftheneedforenvironmentalreforms.7. Thegovernmentshouldlistentoindustryand___________toitsneeds.8. Fishisvery___________tochangesinwatertemperature.9. He’sdeterminedtoprovehisinnocence,___________hehastogotothehighestcourtintheland.10.Canyousomehow___________tohimthatwearejustnotinterested?appreciationrespondsensitiveeven

ifcommunicate1-VocabularyActivityVocabularyActivityActivitiesClassification.Writeactivitiesforeachcategorybelow.ActivitiespeopleusuallytakeActivitiespeopleusuallygoatour________________________________________fishing________________________________________anexamshoppingawalkdancingabathswimmingabreathsightseeing1-WritingWriting33Step1ReadingStep2DiscussionStep3Writing1-Step1ReadingStep1ReadingReadtheinformationaboutgreetingsinAsia.GettingGreetingsRightThetraditionalgreetinginAsiaisabow.Infact,therearedifferenttypesofbowsusedingreetingsthroughoutAsia.Forexample,InJapan,China,andKorea,peoplebow,butinJapanthebowisusuallylower.InIndiaandnearbycountriesinSouthAsia,mostpeopleputtheirhandstogetherandbowalittle.WhileeachAsianculturehasitsowntraditionalspecialgreeting,thesedays,don’tbesurprisedifpeopleinAsiajustshakeyourhand.1-Step2DiscussionStep2DiscussionNowtalkwithyourpartneraboutwhatyouhavejustread,andseeifyouhaveunderstoodallthemainpoints.1-Step3WritingStep3WritingWritedosanddon’tsforavisitortoChinaabouthowtogreetandaddresspeople,andwhattotalkaboutandwhatnottotalkabout.Thenshareyourworkwithyourpartnerandhaveasmalldiscussiontomakeitbetter.ReferenceSample1-Step3WritingStep3WritingReferenceSampleHowtoGreetandAddressPeopleinChinaNowadays,manyforeignerscometoChinaandevenvisitsomefamilies.Thus,howtogreetandaddresspeopleinChinabecomesabigquestion.Usually,youshouldaddressthosewhoareofthesameageorpositionasyoubyMisterorMiss,ortheirnames.Whileyoushouldbowtotheolderorpersonswhoareinhigherposition,andyouraddressshouldchangetoUncle,Aunt,ortheirtitles.Atthesametime,itisveryimpolitetoaddressthemjustbytheirnamesandyoumustn’tdothat.Youcanchatwiththemabouttheirhometown,family,weather,healthorentertainment.MaybepeoplebelievethatsalaryisnotasecretforChinese,whichisexaggeratedbysomereports.YouhadbetternotaskaboutsalaryifyoumeetChineseatthefirsttime.LearnmoreChinesehabitsandcustoms,andyouwillhaveagoodtimeinChina.Lesson2Lesson2333Lead-inListeningSpeakingReadingWriting2-Lead-inLead-inSitcom:HaveWeMetBefore?Scene23ExerciseAExerciseB2-ExerciseAExerciseA

A.Completeeachstatementwiththecorrectanswer.1.Ms.Novakhas______.a.notbeentothiscitybeforeb.beentothiscityeighttimesc.beentothiscitymanytimes2.Ms.Novaksaysshehasseen______inthiscity.a.manythingsb.everythingc.nothing3.Mr.EvansdoesnotbelieveMs.Novakhas______.a.seentheCityOperab.touredtheJapaneseGardensc.doneeverythinginthiscitycbc2-ExerciseAExerciseA4.Mr.EvansasksMarieto______the“MuseumofCheese”.a.reserveticketsforb.gettheaddressforc.getatourguidefor5.The“MuseumofCheese”______.a.haseverykindofcheeseb.doesnotsellcheesec.onlyhasveryoldcheeseaa2-ExerciseBExerciseB

B.Completetheconversationwiththewordsyouhear.Mr.Evans: Ihave1____________.Ms.Novak: Thankyou.DidyouknowthatMarie2_______________,Katerina?Mr.Evans: Really?It’sasmallworld,isn’tit?So 3______________________beforeyouleave?Ms.Novak: No.I’mgoing4______________________.Mr.Evans: What?!You’revisitingourgreatcityandyou’re 5_____________________?Ms.Novak: I’vecomehere6________________________.I’veseenitallbefore.yourticketsknowsmysisterareyougoingsightseeingbacktothehoteltoreadnotevengoingtoseeitonceamonthforeightyears2-Listening33ListeningPart1TriptoVancouverPart2ComparingPlacesPart3LocalCustomsinIndonesiaNewWords2-Part-1Part1TriptoVancouverListentotheconversationwithatouristinVancouver.Checkwhetheritisyes(Y)orno(N).Hasshe… yesno1.beentotheVancouverAquariumyet? □□2.beentothetopofGrouseMountain? □□3.visitedGastownyet? □□4.trieddimsumyet? □□5.gonetothetopoftheHarborCenterTower? □□6.seentheCapilanoSuspensionBridgeyet? □□dimsumtheVancouverAquarium2-Part-2Part2ComparingPlacesMaggieisgoingonabusinesstriptoBoston.Sheisaskinghersecretary,Helen,abouthotelsthere.Listenandfillinthechartbelow.TheMidtownTheBostonBayTheFairfieldBestlocationNewestMostexpensiveCheapestBestrestaurant2-Part-3Part3LocalCustomsinIndonesiaCheckwhethereachstatementistrue(T)orfalse(F).

TrueFalse1.FrenchisthemostwidelyspokenforeignlanguageinIndonesia.□□2.InIndonesiausingrighthandtogiveorreceiveisconsidered□□disrespectful.3.Huggingandkissingbetweenahusbandandwifeinpublicis□□forbiddeninIndonesia.4.ItisOKtochewguminpublicinIndonesia.□□5.Indonesianstendtoanswerindetailwhenasked“Whereareyou□□going?”2-NewWordsNewWords affection n. 愛◆ archipelago n. 群島▲ aquarium n. 水族館 characteristic n. 特點(diǎn) cheese n. 乳酪 crook v. 使彎曲◆ dimsum n. 點(diǎn)心 distinct adj. 與眾不同旳 diversity n. 多樣化 equivalent n. 等同物，相應(yīng)物 ethnically adv. 種族方面地 gum n. 口香糖▲ linguistic adj. 語言旳 location n. 地點(diǎn)，位置▲ motto n. 座右銘 reserve v. 預(yù)訂 sightseeing n. 觀光◆ skyride n. 空中游覽車★ suspension n. 懸掛2-SpeakingSpeakingConversationStrategyInteraction.WheninRome…32-ConversationStrategy:invitationsandreceptionsConversationStrategy

ConversationStrategy:invitationsandreceptionsUsetheseexpressionswhenyouextendorgetaninvitationfordinner.◆extendinganinvitation

●I’dliketoinviteyouoverfordinnerthisSunday.

●MywifeandIwouldlikeyoutojoinusfordinnertomorrow.

●Letmetreatyoutodinnerthisevening.

●Howabouthavinglunchwithmetoday?◆acceptinganinvitation

●Thankyouforyourinvitation.I’dbegladtocome.

●I’dlikethatverymuch.Thankyou.

●Soundsgreat.◆declininganinvitation

●I’msorry,butIhaveaclassatthattime.Thanksanyway.

●I’dloveto,butI’mafraidIhaveapreviousengagement.

●I’dreallyliketogo,butIhavetogotoBeijingonbusinessnextweek.2-InteractionInteractionWheninRome…Step1PairWorkStep2GroupWorkStep3Discussion332-Step1PairWorkStep1PairWorkReadthetipsaboutcustomsaroundtheworld.Discusswhichonesyou’veneverheardofbefore.IntheU.S.A.,youshouldcalltoexplainifyouaregoingtobemorethan15minuteslateforaparty,lunch,ordinner.InChina,

youshouldcoveryourmouthwhenyouareusingatoothpick.InThailand,

youshouldnevertouchaperson,evenachild,onthehead.InSaudiArabia,avoidaskingpersonalquestionsaboutaperson’sfamily.2-Step1PairWorkStep1PairWorkIntheU.K.,itisbetternottoaskpeoplepersonalquestions,aboutwheretheylive,howmuchmoneytheymake,orwhattheydo.InJapan,

youshouldtakeoffyourshoesbeforeenteringsomeone’shome.InRussia,

wearingacoatinapublicbuildingorputtingitonachairinarestaurantisconsideredrude.InEcuador,youshouldopenagiftimmediatelyandthankthepersonwhogaveittoyou.2-Step2GroupWorkStep2GroupWorkChooseatopic.Onyournotepad,writesomerulesforhowtobehaveinyourhometown.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Topic:Rules:Aretherespecialrulesforwomen?Aretherespecialrulesforchildren?Topics●howtomeetandgreetnewpeople●howtobehavewhenyouvisitsomeone’shome●howtobehaveinarestaurant2-Step3DiscussionStep3DiscussionCompareyournoteswiththoseoftheothergroups.Doeseveryoneagree?2-ReadingReading33TopicPreviewPre-readingQuestionsTextC2-TopicPreviewTopicPreviewReadsomeproverbsabouttolerance.ThentrytowritedownChineseproverbsabouttoleranceasmanyaspossible.Patienceisavirtue.Stronginaction,gentleinmethod.Letpatiencegrowinyourgardenalways.Ifyoudon’tlikeit,youcanlumpit.Theleastsaid,thesoonestmended.Youcantellthesizeofamanbythesizeofthethingsthatmakehimmad.2-Pre-readingQuestionsPre-readingQuestions1.WhatdoyouthinkoftheBritish?Doyouthinktheyaretolerant?2.WouldyoupleaselistsomedifferencesbetweenthecharactersofaBritishmanandanAmerican?3.Haveyoueverheardoffox-hunting？What’syouropinionofthisactivity?2-TextCTextC33TextUnderstandingtheStructureoftheTextVocabularyExerciseGrammarandStructureOnBritishTolerance

Para1TheattitudethatintoleranceisanevilisespeciallystronginBritain,wheretolerancehasbeenelevatedintotheGreatNationalVirtue.Webelieveourselvestobeuniqueamongnationsinourgenerosityofspiritandourreadinesstoputupwithallkindsofpeople.Listentoanypublicdebateorradiophone-inaboutimmigrationandyouwillhearpeoplereiteratingthisview.OnlytheBritish,theysay,wouldhaveallowedsomanyblackandbrownpeopleintotheircountry,wouldhavetreatedthemsowell,giventhemjobs,putthemontheNationalHealthService,andsoon.Andthis,theyconclude,iswhynomoreofthemshouldbeallowedin.

Para2Theirconclusion,ofcourse,givesthegameaway,forthetolerancetheyaretalkingaboutdoesnotinfactexistbutisinventedasajustificationforpresentintolerance.Itisathoroughlyhypocritical

posturewhichmakesonewonderwhetherBritishclaimstobeingespeciallytoleranthaveanyvalidityatall.Tolerance,accordingtotheOxfordEnglishDictionary,is“thedispositiontobepatientwithorindulgenttotheopinionsandpracticesofothers”and“freedomfrombigotryor