Unit 3 Understanding each other

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Unit 3 Understanding each other
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Period 2 Reading
Cultural differences
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Lead-in
In the last period, we have discussed different
ways of greetings in different countries, so do
you still remember them?
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Practice

• Can you greet your partner in a Japanese way?
• Then please try the Thailand way.

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• Look at the following pictures, then tell us what
  country the way of greeting is of.

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Arabian way
Chinese/ American way
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South American way
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Dutch way
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a cultural difference
Besides greeting ways,can you think of any other
customs that are different in different countries?
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greeting ways
eating and clothes
Cultural differences
festivals
wedding customs
body language
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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.
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Detailed Reading
1. What does Thanksgiving celebrate? Its 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.
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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 persons reaction.
4. What can you not drink at a wedding in
Brunei? Alcohol.
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Have you ever seen different traditional wedding
ceremonies?
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South Korea
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In China
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In UK
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In Brunei

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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
summary
take off shoes before going inside
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Fill in the blanks
cultural

• 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.

information
unbelievable
puzzled
turkey
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reactions

• 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.

similarities
traditions
newly-weds
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• 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. Whats more, if you go to
  Brunei, you should point with your 12
  ______instead of your index finger. You
  shouldnt wear 13 _____either.
• Appropriate 14 _______is always welcome. So
  remember when in Rome, do as the _______5 do.

bridegroom
female
thumb
yellow
behavior
Romans
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Consolidation

• This time you are supposed to retell the
  cultural 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 Bruneiand in the UK in Italyall these are
  so amazing.

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Jokes caused by cultural differences

• Everywhere is beautiful
• A foreign friend didnt know that Chinese
  people say Nali, nali to show
  humility(??)?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

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