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幽默的sportsmanship：

运动员精神

Q1、whatisareservedpersonlike?

Answer:

Areservedpersonisonewhodoesnottalkverymuchtostrangers,doesnotshowmuchemotion,andseldomgetsexcited.

Q2、whatisthecharacteroftheEnglishmen?

reserved、humor、modesty、cold、sportsmanship.

Q3、whatissportsmanship?

sportsmanshipistheabilitytopracticeasportaccordingtoitsrules,whilealsoshowinggenerositytoone’sopponentandgoodtemperindefeat.

Casestudy

Q、WhatmadetheBritishfeelquiteunhappyinthissituation?

TheloudspeakingandspeakingtheirnativelanguagemadethereservedBritishfeelquiteunhappy.TheEnglishmanisreserved,hedoesn’tshowmuchemotionandseldomgetsexcited.

Unit1B

thepioneeringspirit创业精神tryingsomethingnew探索精神

equality平等nationaloptimism民族乐观

freedom自由theDeclarationofIndependence独立宣言rags-to-richer白手起家socialmobility社会流动性Americandream美国梦

Comprehensionquestions

1.Can 

you 

summarize 

the 

character 

of 

Americans?

Thecharacters 

Americansarethe 

pioneeringspirit,tryingsomethingnewandbeingeagertoequalityandfreedom.TheAmericaniscompetitive,friendly,spontaneous,adaptable,efficient,energetic,andkindhearted.

2.In 

what 

sense 

is 

pioneering 

spirit 

still 

an 

important 

part 

American 

character?

1）.Exceptfortheslaves,immigrantscametoAmericavoluntarilyinsearchofgreaterprosperityandfreedom.（para3）

2）.Inthemid-nineteenthcentury,thepioneeringspiritledAmericansettlerstotravelwestwardinsearchoflandandgold.（para4）

3）.Thedesiretostartanewlifeinanewplaceisnoticeablethroughoutthenation.ManyAmericanschangeresidenceseveryyear.（para5）

4）.Americanswhodon’tchangeresidencearealsoonthemove—travelingbyairorautotoseetheirowncountryortovisitothers.TheneedtoexploreanewfrontierisbasictotheAmericancharacter.（para7）

3.WhatistheAmericanDream?

WhatisitsimpactontheAmericancharacter?

TheAmericanDreamisthatthebeliefthatanyindividual,nomatterhowpoor,canachievewealthandfamethroughdiligenceandvirtue.

Impact:

Americansareoptimisticandadventurous.ThetypicalAmericanbelievedintryingsomethingnewinanattempttomakelifebetter.Hehadafirmfaithinthepossibilityofprogress.EverydayineverywayIamgettingbetterandbetter.

4.What 

are 

basic 

rootsofAmerican 

The 

characterarethepioneeringspirit,thelibertyspiritandtheequalityspirit.

Q;

Why 

did 

feel 

uncomfortable?

Please 

give 

him 

suggestions 

on 

how 

to 

get 

along 

with 

English 

people.

TheAmericandidsomethingthathethoughtisfriendly,buttheEnglishseemedquiteunfriendlytohim,sohefeltuncomfortable.

Americanisabitcasual,optimistcandoutgoing.Hecalledthefirstnamesandtouchedthepeopleontheshoulder.

But,Englisharereservedandconservative.Theydislikephysicaltouchanddisliketoshowmuchemotion.It’salsonotpolitetocallthefirstnames.

Suggestions:

1.OnthewholeBritishhabitsofpolitenessareveryinformal.Allpolitenessisbasedontheelementaryruleofshowingconsiderationforothers,andacknowledgingtheconsiderationtheyshowtoyou.

2.ConversationinBritainisingeneralquietandrestrainedandloudspeechisconsideredill-bred.

PassageCTheChineseCharacter

ComprehensionQuestions

1.Apartfromfamily,whatareotherimportantunitsinChinesesociety?

Howdotheywork?

Clan.Aclanistheaggregateofkinship.Aclanmaycompriseawholevillageorsuburb,andcounties,provincesandstateareconglomeratesofavastnumberofvillagesandsuburbswithsuchclanpopulations.

GroupinglinkedbyfriendshipormarriageisalsoanotherimportantunitinChinesesociety.Adistrictmayhaveallitsgroupingssoassociatedtogether,andthisformsthebasisforcommonactioninanemergency.

2.WhyisChinaacountrywithhighlycomplicatedsocialrelationship?

Whataresupposedtobetheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofit?

Chinesesocietyappearsasamassofcirclesorgroupingsratherthanstratusorlevels.Withineachcircleorgroupingthepeoplearerelatedinclanorcloserkinshipandoffercooperationandsuccortoeachother.Marriageandfriendshipcreatedlinkswithotherclansandgroupings.Therefore,adistrictmayhaveallitsgroupingssoassociatedtogether.So,thesocialrelationshipinChinaismorecloseandcomplicatedthanWesterncountries.

Suchkindisgoodforthesteadyofasocietyandpeacefullife,goodforgoverningbutnotgoodfordevelopment,foravantideasandreformation.Itisaspersonalorientedsociety.Sometimesitiseasytodealwithsomething,butothertimesitmakesthingsmorecomplicatedandevenhind