Approaching Culture

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Unit 7

• Approaching Culture

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Part I

• Task A Cultural Difference in Sending Gifts
• Pre-listening Discussion
• People in all countries enjoy gifts. Sometimes
  the meanings are different in different cultures.
  Please talk about what Chinese people like to
  give as gifts for ordinary friends and what the
  gifts mean and what is not appropriate as gifts
  according to the Chinese culture?

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Vocabulary

• symbol
• a sign, shape or object which is used to
  represent something else
• A heart shape is the symbol of love.
• The white bird is a symbol of freedom.
• ????????????

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• even (referring to number)
• forming a whole number which can be divided
  exactly by two2,4, and 6 are even numbers and
  1, 3,and 7 are odd numbers.
• set
• a group of similar things that belong together in
  some way
• ??,??,??
• She bought a dinner set of Chinese make.
• ?????????????

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• Argentina A country of southeast South America.
  Europeans first explored the region in the early
  1500s, and in 1776 Spain established a
  viceroyalty that included present-day Argentina,
  Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia. Argentina
  achieved its independence from Spain in 1816.
  Buenos Aires is the capital and the largest city.
  Population 34,180,000.

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• Switzerland A country of west-central Europe.
  The French took brief control of Switzerland
  during the French Revolution, but the confederacy
  was restored in 1815. Switzerland later adopted a
  federal constitution (1848) and maintained a
  policy of neutrality through both World Wars.
  Bern is the capital and Zurich the largest city.
  Population 6,995,000.

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While Listening

• Now you are going to listen to some people
  talking about what is consider as proper gifts
  and what are not in different countries. Look at
  the pictures in your books and put a check (?)on
  the picture if it is a proper gift, and if it is
  not, put a cross (?).

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Answers

• 1. Argentina
• A tie is too personal
• 2. Switzerland
• Roses mean love.
• 3. Italy
• Even numbers (2, 4, 6) are unlucky
• 4. Japan
• Japanese people usually dont give four of
  anything as gift.

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• Task B Ways to Greet People
• Pre-listening
• Vocabulary
• hug
• to hold someone or something close to your body
  with your arms, usually to show that you like,
  love or value them

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• firm
• strong and tight
• a firm handshake

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• There are many ways in the world to greet people.
  Listen to a few examples of greetings from some
  countries. Choose correct answers for each
  greeting.
• 1. A bow Japan, Korea
• 2. A hug Brazil, Russia
• 3. A strong, short handshake
• Canada, the U.S
• 4. A softer, longer handshake
• Egypt, Mexico

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Part II Museums in the Modern World

• Pre-listening Discussion
• Have you been to a museum? What is it like? What
  can you see and do there?
• What can visitors usually do in a traditional
  museum?

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• Vocabulary
• privileged
• having an advantage that only one person or group
  of people has, usually because of their position
  or because they are rich
• ???????????
• As an ambassador, she enjoys a very privileged
  status.
• vacationer (u.s) holidaymaker (uk)
• a person who is on holiday away from where they
  usually live

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• While listening Some changes have taken place in
  modern museums. What are these changes? Listen to
  some statements and supply the missing
  information

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• Key to exercise A
• 1. changed, few, bored, rainy
• 2. museum directors, what they are seeing
• 3. Provide fun, feel at home

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• Task B. Now you will listen to the whole passage.
  While listening, pay special attention to the
  specific museums mentioned in the passage.
  Complete the following chart with key words.

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• Vocabulary
• metropolitan
• of a very large city, often the most important
  city in a large area or country
• (musical) instruments
• an object, such as a piano, guitar or drum, which
  is played to produce musical sounds
• costume
• the set of clothes typical of a particular
  country or period of history, or suitable for a
  particular activity??,??,??

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• reproduction
• a copy of something, especially a painting, or
  the process of copying something
• The book contains excellent color reproductions
  of Monet's paintings.
• stegosaurus
• ??

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• architecture the style or the manner of building
  in a particular country or period of history
• ??? ????,????
• He likes Greek architecture.
• ??????????
• represent
• lifestyle

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Key to exercise B

• 1. A science museum in Ontario, Canada
• electricity/ pass / body
• 2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
• 17th C instruments /music
• 3. The Modern Museum in Sweden
• put on costumes / the Stockholm Opera
• 4. American Museum of Natural History, NYC
• bone-by-bone reproduction / stegosaurus

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Task C

• Listen again and complete the outline according
  to the information given on the tape.

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Key to Exercise C

• The major changes in the museums in the modern
  world
• I. Reading out to new audiences
• A. the young
• B. the poor
• C. the less educated members

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• II. Appearance
• A. old museums rebuilt
• B. newer ones
• 1. modern in architecture
• 2. inside the museums
• a. modern lighting, color and sound
• b. showing fewer objects
• c. display of a group of objects to
• represent lifestyle

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• III. Helping visitors become part of what they
  see
• A. no guided tours
• B. encouraging visitors to touch, listen,
  operating and experiment / discover scientific
  principles for themselves.
• IV. Providing educational services and childrens
  departments
• A. film showings
• B. dance programs

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Part III Kwanzaa

• Pre-listening Vocabulary
• goal
• ones aim or purpose a position or object one
  wishes to reach or obtain
• cooperative
• willing to help or do what people ask

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• economics
• the way in which something, such as a plan or
  course of action, is influenced by economic
  considerations
• ??????
• The economics of national growth are of great
  importance.
• ??????????????????

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• candleholder
• a candlestick a holder for one candle
• ??
• Swahili
• A Bantu language of the coast and islands of
  eastern Africa from Somalia to Mozambique. It is
  an official language of Tanzania and is widely
  used as a lingua franca(???????)in eastern and
  east-central Africa. Also called Kiswahili.
• (??) ?????

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• Kwanzaa is an African-American celebration. When,
  where, why and how do people celebrate it? Listen
  carefully and get the answers to these questions
  and fill in the missing information to complete
  the outline.

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Kwanzaa

• I. When and where Kwanzaa began
• in 1966, in Los Angeles
• II. The purpose of Kwanzaa
• to honor black culture, esp. the importance of
  the family
• III. The word Kwanzaa
• A. language Swahili
• B. meaning first fruits of the harvest

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• IV. People who celebrate Kwanzaa
• A. African American
• B. families in Canada, Britain, France and Africa
• V. The period of time when Kwanzaa is celebrated
• seven days from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1
• VI. The seven goals honored by Kwanzaa
• A. unity
• B. personal independence
• C. joint responsibility
• D. cooperative economics
• E. purpose
• F. creativity
• G. faith

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• VII. What people do during the celebration
• A. discussing one of the goals each day
• B. getting together for a party
• C. enjoying a holiday meal
• D. playing African music