Unit 2 BRIDGING CULTURESSection Ⅰ Reading and Thinking(1)

Unit 2

BRIDGING CULTURES

主题语境

——

人与自我之

跨文化沟通，包容与合作

【语境概说】

本单元的话题内容是

“文化的沟通”，

它属于

“人与社会”这

一主题语境下的“跨文化沟通，

包容与合作”。

本单 元的主要内容包括出国留学

的经历以及利与弊的讨论。通过本单元的学习，学生在语言能 力、文化意识、思

维品质和学习能力方面，尤其在跨文化交流方面将得到融合发展。

Culture is “knowing the best ideas in the world that people have ever said.”

文 化就是

“了解世界上人们说过的最好的思想”。

Culture can be used as a measure of a country’s level of civilization and the rise and

fall of society.

文化可以作为衡量一个国家文明程度高低和社会兴衰的尺度。

Knowledge is a treasure, but practise is the key to it.

知识是珍宝，而实践是获取它的钥匙。

It is not enough to be industrious, so are the are you industrious for?

光勤劳是不够的，蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么而勤劳。

Section

Ⅰ

Reading and Thinking(1)

1.

Discussing

—

Look at some pictures of the universities you want to study

abroad? Give your reasons.

The__answer__is__open.

2.

Predicting

—

Look

at

the

pictures

and

read

the

title

of the

passage

on

page

14-15

and predict what the text is probably about?

The__passage__i s__probably__about__the__Chinese__student__Xie__

Lei’s

__life__

and__s tudy__in__the__UK.

1.

First reading

—

Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.

(1)Match the main idea with each paragraph.

Para.1

A.

Follow Xie Lei’s progress

Para.2

Lei has adapted to the new life

Para.3

differences in class

Para.4

general introduction to Xie Lei and her study

Para.5

Lei left China for London

Para.6

difficulties that Xie Lei met while living in London

Para.7

advantages of living with a host family

Para.8

academic requirements

答案

Para.1

E

Para.2

D

Para.3

F

Para.4

G

Para.5

H

Para.6

C

Para.7

B

Para.8 A

(2)Read for details.

①

Why was Xie Lei very nervous when she left for London?

Because__she__

didn’t

< br>__know__what__to__expect.

②

Why has Xie Lei got involved in social activities?

Sharing_ _Chinese__cultures__with__the__British__people.

2.

Second reading

—

Fill in the blanks according to the text.

Six months

Xie Lei left China for a business

①

qualification in a UK university to

ago

realize her

②

ambition.

Challenges

What Xie Lei did

·

Learn to use public

③

transport

Adaptation to a

·Learn to ask for things she didn’t

Daily life

whole new life

know the English names for

·

Ask

④

passers-by for help

In the UK

Loneliness

Writing an essay

⑥

Academic

requirements

Participating in

class and giving

presentations

·

Feeling much more at home

Now

·

Acting as a cultural

⑩

messengers building a bridge between the two

countries’ people

3.

Third reading

< /p>

(1)Summarizing

：

Rea d the passage again and try to summarize its main idea in one

sentence.

The__p assage__is__mainly__about__Xie__

Lei’s

__experience__in__London.

(2)Thinking and discussing

：

What kind of person do you think Xie Lei is

？

Discuss

with your partners and find evidence in the article to support your opinion.

excellent

< br>，

diligent

，

brav e

，

strong-minded

，< /p>

progressing

，

hard- working...

work

：

Suppose you are a newspaper interview Xie Lei using the

following words or phrases

：

keep it up, get along, make progress, board, adjust to, It is the first time...get used to,

as far as one is concerned, feel at home, all the best, etc.

The__answer__is__open.

Lived with a

⑤

host family

·

Got help from her

⑦

tutor

·

⑧

Read a lot to prepare

Gave

presentation

on

⑨

traditional Chinese art

2.

Suppose you are Xie write a paragraph beginning with “When I came to

England for the first time, it was hard for me to get used to...”

The__answer__is__open.

阅读技巧点拨

如何理解长难句？

if the sentence is compound (look for and

，

but

，

or

，

etc.)or complex(look for

who

，

when

，

whe re

，

etc.).

the main clause if it is a complex sentence.

for modifiers(

修饰语

).

语言现象感知

Ⅰ

.

单词理解

体会句中加黑单词的词性和含义

ts need to generate ideas, offer examples, apply concepts, and raise questions,

as well as give

presentations

.

n

.

报告，陈述

2.

Engaging

in British culture has helped.

v

.

参与，融入

well as studying hard, I

’

ve been

involved

in social activitie s.

v

.

参与，参加

< br>

Ⅱ

.

词块积累

写出下列词块的含义

plane for London

登上飞往伦敦的飞机

a year-long exchange programme

为期一年的交流项目

to life in a different country

适应不同国家的生活

used to a whole new life

习惯全新的生活

passers-by for help

向路人求助

turns to cook every evening

每天晚上轮流做饭

their ideas

引用他们的想法

up in class

在课堂上大声发言