新英语视听说教程原文与答案.doc

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Unit1DifferencesBetweenCultures

ThinkingAhead

Studentsareaskedtodiscussthefollowingquestionsingroups.Thereferenceanswersforthequestionsareofferedbelow:

1.Howdoyouthinkabouttheword“culture”?

Cultureisawordforpeople’s“wayoflife”,meaningthewaytheydothings.Agroupofpeoplehasaseparateculturewhenthatgroupsetsitselfapartfromothersthroughitsactions.Culturesarewhatmakecountriesunique.Eachcountryhasdifferentculturalactivitiesandculturalrituals.Cultureismorethanjustmaterialgoods,thatisthingsthecultureusesandproduces.Cultureisalsothebeliefsandvaluesofthepeopleinthatculture.Culturealsoincludesthewaypeoplethinkaboutandunderstandtheworldandtheirownlives.

2.Whyshouldwestudycross-culturalcommunication?

Cross-culturalcommunicationreferstothestudyofsuccessfulcommunicationsacrossdifferentcultures.Itconcernstheunderstandingoftraditionandmodernization,consistencyandchange.Asweunderstandsomeoftheongoingnationalcharacteristicsofapeople,wecanexaminehowthiscultureisseenfromtheoutside,howitinteractswithotherculturesandhowitischanging.

Theincreaseininternationalbusinessandinforeigninvestmenthascreatedaneedforexecutiveswithknowledgeofforeignlanguagesandskillsincross-culturalcommunication.

Thechallengeisthatevenwithallthegoodwillintheworld,miscommunicationislikelytohappen,especiallywhentherearesignificantculturaldifferencesbetweencommunicators.Miscommunicationmayleadtoconflict,oraggravateconflictthatalreadyexists.Soitisveryimportantthatweshouldstudycross-culturalcommunication.

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PartIVideoTime

Inthispart,studentswillhave2taskstoaccomplish.

Task1

Intask1,studentswillwatchavideoclipfromGuaShaandthendotheexercisesasrequired.Beforewatching,studentsaresupposedtoreadthewords,expressionsandculturalnotesrelatedtothevideo.

Transcript

Mrs.Xu:

Howcomeitdoesn’tlooklikethecourtroomonTV?

Judge:

Becauseitisn’tacourtroom,Mrs.Xu.Doeseitherofthecounselorhaveproblemwithmyholdinghearingsinchambers?

Totellyouthetruth,becauseIcan’tstandthatawfulechointhecourtroom,youknow,windsinthegallery.

（Peoplewerechuckling.）

LawyerQuinlin:

Noproblem,yourhonor.JohnQuinlin,attorneyforthedefense.

JudgeHorowizs:

WhythatI’veneverseenyouaroundbefore,Mr.Quinlin?

LawyerQuinlin:

I’veneverhadthehonor,yourhonor.Er,Idealmostlywiththeintellectualpropertyrightscases.

Judge:

Applesandoranges（风马牛不相及）,MrQuinlin;Thetwoareasoflawhavevirtuallynothingtodowitheachother.

LawyerQuinlin:

Well,yes,ofcourse.SoItoldmyclient.Butheinsistedonmyrepresentinghim.AlsoI’dliketohavetherecordshowthatmyclientonlyhadtwodays’noticeofthishearing;alsoformeonly24hours’preparationtime.

Judge:

Ithinkweareputtingthecartbeforethehorse（本末倒置）,yourcounselor.Thishearingisforthepurposeofdeterminingwhetherthereissufficientevidencetoadvancecourtproceedings,sotakeoffyourlawyercaps.Andbeforewegetcaughttotheseformalities,let’sjusttalkaboutthematter.WilltheChildWelfareAgencycaretostart?

LawyerDavis:

Yes,yourhonor.Wearepreparedtoproceedinanywayyousaveit.Threedaysago,wereceivedatelephonecallfromthesocialworkerondutyatSt.MatthewhospitalinformingusofapossiblecaseofchildabusediscoveredasaresultofmedicalexaminationbyDoctorMichaelLongman.UponadministratingtreatmentintheERtoDenisXu,DoctorLongmanhadreasontosuspectthatDenishadbeenthesubjectofphysicalabuse.

Judge:

I’vereadthereport,Ms.Avery.Verythoroughasusual.

LawyerDavis:

Asyoucansee,themedicalreportindisputablyprovesthatDenisXuhasbeenasubjectofdeliberate,long-termneglectandabuse.

LawyerQuinlin:

Objection!

Nofoundation,justconjectureandspeculation!

Judge:

Thisisahearing,notatrial,Mr.Quinlin,butyoumakeafinepoint.

LawyerDavis:

Inordertosupplementthemedicalreport,youwillknowthatweprovidedadditionalevidence.

（LawyerDavisopenedasuitcase.）

LawyerQuinlin:

Yourhonor,wehaven’treceivedanycopiesofevidenceorreportrelatedtothiscase.

MargaretAvery（murmuring）:

Ithoughtyouprovidedthemwithcopies.

LawyerDavis:

En.Sorry,yourhonor,norecite.

MargaretAvery:

Idon’tknowhowthiscouldhavehappened.

LawyerDavis:

Yourhonor,theCWAwascurrentlycarryingafullinvestigationofthiscaseandhaslocatedaconsiderablenumberofwitnesses,allofwhomarepreparedtotestifyregardingMr.DatongXu’sviolentnature,andtheneglectandabusehehasinflictedonhisyoungsonDenis.

LawyerQuinlin:

AndIcanpro