Culture shock

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Unit 12

• Culture shock

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culture shock

• A condition of confusion and anxiety affecting a
  person suddenly exposed to an alien culture or
  milieu.
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A story says many nations were deserted in a
wild island. What would the Frenchmen, the
Germans, the Chinese and the Americans do? The
Frenchmen were enjoying themselves by
dating. The Germans were devoted to the
possibility of survival from the eye of
philosophy. The Chinese were holding a
meeting. The Americans were actually
swimming toward their hometown.
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In this unit we will

• Read a letter magazine pages and what people say
  on a radio show.
• Talk about different cultures and manners and do
  role-plays
• Listen to different accents, an interview and
  some dialogues.
• Write an informal letter.
• Learn about verbs followed by ing form or
  infinitives and Present Participles.

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Warm up

• which of the Key Words do you associate with the
  countries in the photos?

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Barbecues
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hot dogs
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hamburger
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fish and chips
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kangaroo steaks
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roast beef
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Big Ben
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Word Trade Centre
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the Empire State Building
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the Great Barrier Reef
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Grand Canyon
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Sydney Opera House
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Statue of Liberty
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American football
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soccer (football)
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baseball
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basketball
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cricket
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rugby
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surfing
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Listen to Three people talking. Which country are
they from?

Australia
America
Britain
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talk about it
different climates
sunshine
eating on the beach
international food
fast food
jogging walking sport
crazy about sport
watch movies / TV / sport
in their own country
in their own country
abroad (Greece Italy)
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2. Well, its a big, big country, so its kind of
hard to say whats typical.Like the weather
weve got all kinds of different climates. Our
way of life, well, I guess its fast, so the food
is fast, too, lots of hamburgers and hot dogs.
What else? Er, I guess we watch a lot of TV in
our free time there are hundreds of channels on
24 hours a day. Er, we go to the movies a lot,
too. And sports is very big. Our basketball and
football stars earn millions of dollars. Most of
us go on holiday in our own country, its so big
and there are so many wonderful places to visit.
You should come and visit us!
3. Its difficult to say what is typical, as
weve become such a multicultural society. Our
weather hasnt changed though and people still
spend a lot of time talking about it! In terms of
food, our traditional roast beef or fish and
chips are not as popular as they used to be.
People eat a lot more international food these
days Italian food, Indian food, that kind of
thing. Free time? If you go to a park any
weekend, youll see lots of people jogging,
walking or fishing. There are a lot of fitness
fanatics! We like watching sport too, especially
football, though our national teams always seem
to lose! a lot of us go abroad for our holidays
every year. Greece and Italy are the most popular
destinations, probably because the weathers so
nice. There we are. Ive mentioned the weather
again!

• 1. Our typical way of life? Well, were a beach
  culture, you know. We spend a lot of time at the
  beach, surfing, swimming, eating, partying we
  even have our Christmas dinner on the beach, you
  know! Its the weather, you see, always lots of
  sunshine. And as for free time, were just crazy
  about sport cricket, rugby, tennis. I guess most
  of us spend our holidays on the coast in our
  country Its very expensive to go abroad, you
  know. Everywheres just so far away!

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Lesson One

• Visiting Britain

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Fast Reading (3 minutes)

• Which of the following are not mentioned (??) in
  the letter
• food buildings money
• humor transport accommodation
• tipping weather countryside

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Read to learn (6 minutes)(True or False)
F

• You can only eat English food in London.
• Aunt Mei is visiting for one week.
• You dont always need to leave a tip after a meal
  in a restaurant.
• Some British mushrooms arent safe to eat.
• British people never laugh
• There are many Chinese restaurants in Britain.
• Most British people are friendly.
• It is always foggy in London.

T
T
T
F
T
T
F
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• Read aloud
• (Following the record)

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Homework

• Checking Corner
• (Lesson 1)
• English Weekly (43)

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1. Our typical way of life? Well, were a beach
culture, you know. We spend a lot of time at the
beach, surfing, swimming, eating, partying we
even have our Christmas dinner on the beach, you
know! Its the weather, you see, always lots of
sunshine. And as for free time, were just crazy
about sport cricket, rugby, tennis. I guess most
of us spend our holidays on the coast in our
country Its very expensive to go abroad, you
know. Everywheres just so far away!
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2. Well, its a big, big country, so its kind of
hard to say whats typical.Like the weather
weve got all kinds of different climates. Our
way of life, well, I guess its fast, so the food
is fast, too, lots of hamburgers and hot dogs.
What else? Er, I guess we watch a lot of TV in
our free time there are hundreds of channels on
24 hours a day. Er, we go to the movies a lot,
too. And sports is very big. Our basketball and
football stars earn millions of dollars. Most of
us go on holiday in our own country, its so big
and there are so many wonderful places to visit.
You should come and visit us!
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3. Its difficult to say what is typical, as
weve become such a multicultural society. Our
weather hasnt changed though and people still
spend a lot of time talking about it! In terms of
food, our traditional roast beef or fish and
chips are not as popular as they used to be.
People eat a lot more international food these
days Italian food, Indian food, that kind of
thing. Free time? If you go to a park any
weekend, youll see lots of people jogging,
walking or fishing. There are a lot of fitness
fanatics! We like watching sport too, especially
football, though our national teams always seem
to lose! a lot of us go abroad for our holidays
every year. Greece and Italy are the most popular
destinations, probably because the weathers so
nice. There we are. Ive mentioned the weather
again!
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3. Its difficult to say what is typical, as
weve become such a multicultural society. Our
weather hasnt changed though and people still
spend a lot of time talking about it! In terms of
food, our traditional roast beef or fish and
chips are not as popular as they used to be.
People eat a lot more international food these
days Italian food, Indian food, that kind of
thing. Free time? If you go to a park any
weekend, youll see lots of people jogging,
walking or fishing. There are a lot of fitness
fanatics! We like watching sport too, especially
football, though our national teams always seem
to lose! a lot of us go abroad for our holidays
every year. Greece and Italy are the most popular
destinations, probably because the weathers so
nice. There we are. Ive mentioned the weather
again!