Unit 4 Cultural Encounters Teaching plan综合教程二.docx

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Unit4CulturalEncountersTeachingplan综合教程二

Unit4CulturalEncounters

TeachingPoints

Bytheendofthisunit,studentsaresupposedto

1）grasptheidearevealedinthewritingandmakeclearthestructureofthewholepassagethroughanintensivereadingofCulturalEncounters.

2）comprehendthedeductiveapproachofargumentationdevelopment.

3）getalistofnewwordsandstructuresandusethemfreelyinconversationandwriting.

4）beawareoftheimportanceandsignificanceofinterculturalunderstandingandempathy.

Topicsfordiscussion

1）InwhatlanguageareyouusuallysurfingatInternetwebsites

2）WhatfundoyoufindonInternet

3）HaveyoueverencounteranyinterculturalmisunderstandingIfhave,canyoulistthereasonsthataccountforthemisunderstandings

Culturalinformation

1.Quotes

Humanbeingsdrawclosetooneanotherbytheircommonnature,buthabitsandcustomskeepthemapart.

—Confucius

2.Cross-culturalCommunicationStrategies

Thekeytoeffectivecross-culturalcommunicationisknowledge.

◊First,itisessentialthatpeopleunderstandthepotentialproblemsofcross-culturalcommunication,andmakeaconsciousefforttoovercometheseproblems.

◊Second,itisimportanttoassumethatone’seffortswillnotalwaysbesuccessful,andadjustone’sbehaviorappropriately.

Suggestionsforheatedconflictsistostop,listen,andthink.Thishelpsincross-culturalcommunicationaswell.

◊Whenthingsseemtobegoingbadly,stoporslowdownandthink.

◊Activelisteningcansometimesbeusedtocheckthisout—byrepeatingwhatonethinksheorsheheard,onecanconfirmthatoneunderstandsthecommunicationaccurately.

◊Oftenintermediarieswhoarefamiliarwithbothculturescanbehelpfulincross-culturalcommunicationsituations.Theycantranslateboththesubstanceandthemannerofwhatissaid.Theymayexplaintheproblem,andmakeappropriateproceduraladjustments.

TextI

CulturalEncounters

SusanBassnett

GlobalReading

I.Textanalysis

1.Whichsentenceisthethesisstatement

Thelastsentenceofthe3rdparagraph:

“Mostfundamentalistheprofoundrelationshipbetweenlanguageandculturethatliesattheheartofsocietyandonethatweoverlookatourperil.”

2.Compromising,intheauthor’sview,isakeynotionintranslationandthusalsoininterculturalcommunication.Numerousexamplesareusedtoexplainthisnotion.Trytofindtheseexamples.

Paragraph4:

ThelackofanexactcounterpartoftheEnglishword“homesickness”inotherlanguagessuchasItalian,Portuguese,andGerman.

Paragraph5:

TheproblemofuntranslatabilitywhichtheearlyBibletranslatorsencountered.

Paragraph6:

EnglishandWelshspeakersmakeadjustmentsregardingthecolorspectruminthegrey/green/blue/brownrange;theflatbreadsofCentralAsiaarealongwayawayfromMother’sPridewhiteslicedtoasties,yettheword“bread”hastoserveforboth.

II.Structuralanalysis

1.WhattypeofwritingisthisessayAndwhat’sthemainstrategytheauthoradopttodevelopthebodyoftheessay

Itisapieceofargumentation.Abundantexamplesareprovidedtosupportherargumentinthebodyoftheessay.

2.Dividethetextintopartsbycompletingthetable.

Paragraphs

Mainideas

1-3

ItdescribesthecommunicationsrevolutiontakingplaceworldwideandthewidespreaduseoftheEnglishlanguage,andthenpointsoutthatthereareindeedproblemswiththecommunicationsrevolution.

4-7

Itexemplifiesthatlanguageandculturearesocloselyinterrelatedthatoftenwefindthatwhatwecansayinonelanguagecannotbeconveyedatallinanother,andthatconfrontedwithinsurmountablelinguisticproblems,translatorsnegotiatetheboundariesbetweenlanguagesandcomeupwithacompromise.

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Itbrieflypointsouttheimmensesignificanceofinterculturalunderstanding.

DetailedReading

Paragraphs1-3

Questions:

1.WhatdocheapflightsandtheInternetmeantopeopletoday（Paragraph1）

Cheapflightsmeanthatmillionsofpeoplecanaffordtovisitplacestheirparentscouldonlydreamabout,whiletheInternetmeansthatnumerouspeopleareabletocommunicatewiththeremotestplaceswithgreatease.

2.ExemplifyandexplainthatEnglishhasbecomethemostimportantinternationallanguage.（Paragraph2）

ConferencesandbusinessmeetingsaroundtheglobeareheldinEnglish,regardlessofwhetheranyonepresentisanativeEnglishspeaker.Englishhassimplybecomethelanguagethatfacilitatescommunication,andformanypeoplelearningEnglishisanessentialsteppingstoneontheroadtosuccess.

Paragraphs4-7

Questions:

1.Supplyspecificexamplestoprovethatlanguageandculturearecloselyrelatedtoeachother.（Paragraph4）

Numerousexamplesshowthatlanguageandcultureareinterrelated.TakealookatsomeEnglishidiomsandseehowdifferenttheirChinesecounterpartsare:

adropintheocean沧海一粟

tolaughone’sheadoff笑掉大牙

toshedcrocodiletears猫哭老鼠

tospendmoneylikewater挥金如土

tobebornwithasilverspooninone’smouth生长在富贵人家

2.Explainandillustratewhat“compromising”and“thespreadofEnglish”mean.（Paragraph7）

For“compromising,”refertoParagraph6ofthetext.Asto“thespreadofEnglish,”atypicalexampleisthespreadofEnglishinChina.Comparedwithothernations,ChinaboaststhelargestnumberofpeoplewhohavelearnedorarelearningEnglish.ChineselearnersofEnglisharelearninghowtoovercomeculturalandlinguisticdifferences.Intoday’sChina,themasteryofEnglishhasbecomeanimportantskillwhichisofgreatuseandvalueinallwalksoflife.

Paragraph8

Questions:

1.Accordingtothewriter,whatisthegreatfunctionofinterculturalunderstanding（Paragraph8）

Thewritersays,“Worldpeaceinthefuturedependsoninterculturalunderstanding.”Inotherwords,interculturalunderstandingwillplayamostimportantroleinthepromotionofworldpeaceinthefuture.

2.Whowillprobablybemostabletohelptheprocessofworldpeaceinthefuture（Paragraph8）

Thosewhoaremostcompetenttocontributetotheprocessofworldpeaceprobablyarethosewhohaveacquiredtheskillstounderstandtheliteral,implied,figurative,orculturalmeaningsofthewordsspokeninmanydifferentlanguages.

TextII

DoesYourBodyBetrayYou

Lead-inQuestions

1.WhatisbodylanguageWhatkindsofbodylanguagecanyouthinkof

2.Canyoutellthemeaningsofsomecommonfacialexpressionsorgestures

Mainideas

DoesYourBodyBetrayyou,thetitleindicatesthatchangesinyourbodypositionandmovementsshowwhatyouarefeelingorthinking.Infact,three-quartersofthesocialmeaningofatypicaltwo-personexchangeiscarriedbynonverbalcues,thoughmostofthetimewearenotawarethatwearedoingit.Nonverbalsignalsdifferfromculturetocultureatleastasmuchasonelanguagediffersfromanother,andsoweneedtorealizethatknowledgeofaforeignlanguageisincompleteunlessitextendstothenonverbalsignals.So,itisessentialtogetsomeknowledgeaboutnonverbalcommunication.Thepassageprovidesuswithsomecommonly-usedbodylanguagecuesandtheirinterpretationsthroughalistofexamples.

Notes

1.bodylanguage（Paragraph1）:

Bodylanguageiscommunicationbymeansoffacialexpressions,gestures,postures,andotherwordlesssignals.Bodylanguagealsoincludesgroominghabits,hairandclothingstyles,andsuchpracticesastattooingandbodypiercing.Bodylanguagecommunicatesunspokeninformationaboutpeople’sidentity,relationships,andthoughts,aswellasmoods,motivation,andattitudes.Itplaysanessentialroleinallinterpersonalrelationships,suchaschildcare,politics,teaching,andpublicspeaking.Thescientificstudyofbodylanguageiscalledkinesics.

2.betellingtheworldatotallydifferentstory（Paragraph1）:

bemeaningentirelydifferentthingsfromwhatyouaresaying

3....howevercoolandcontainedyouthinkyou’rebeing,thereisahostoflittletelltalegesturesandexpressionsthatgiveyouaway...（Paragraph2）:

…howeversuccessfullyyouthinkyouaremanagingtoappearcalmandself-controlled,alargenumberofslightchangesinyourbodypositionandmovementsprovideevidenceaboutwhatyouarefeelingorthinking...

4....you’reabundleofnerves.（Paragraph4）:

...youarefeelingverynervous.

5.invadingyourspace（Paragraph5）:

intrudingintoyourairspace

Studiesbyexpertssuggestthatmanwalksaroundinsideakindofprivatebubble,whichrepresentstheamountofairspacehefeelshemusthavebetweenhimselfandotherpeople.Toinvadeistoaffectsomeoneinanunwantedandannoyingway.

.Doesthatgiveyouanexcusetoinvademyprivacy

6.keepthematarm’slength（Paragraph5）:

avoiddevelopingarelationshipwiththem

.Ifyou’rewise,you’llkeepMrs.Jonesatarm’slength.She’stheworstgossipinthevillage.

7.Youwanttoblockoutthespeaker’swords…（Paragraph7）:

Youwanttostopyourselfthinkingaboutwhatthespeakersays…

8.inyourheartofhearts（Paragraph8）:

Ifyouknow,feel,orbelievesomethinginyourheartof

hearts,youaresureaboutitalthoughyoumaynotadmitit.

.Claireknewinherheartofheartsthatshewouldnevergobackthere.

9.tryingtoshieldherlistenerfromwhatshe’ssaying（Paragraph9）:

tryingtoprotecther

listenerfrombeinghurtbywhatshe’ssaying

.SeveralofficialsareaccusedoftryingtoshieldtheGeneralfromUSfederalinvestigators.

10.ratherthan（Paragraph11）:

insteadof

.Ratherthansqueezingyourownoranges,haveyoutriedbuyingpacksoforangejuice

11.inaquandary（Paragraph12）:

unabletodecidewhattodoaboutadifficultproblemorsituation

.Thecitycouncilisinaquandaryoverwhethertoraisetaxesorno