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新英语视听说教程Unit+1原文及答案
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:
AndIcanprod