understandingeachother教案 unit3understandingeachother taskwritingalettertoexplainculturalmisunderstandings skillsbuilding1:completingatext inthispart,youwilllearnhowtocompleteatextbylistening。youareexpectedtolearnwhattodobeforeandafterlisteningandhowtousetheskillsinpractice。 1。readtheguidelinesonpage42。readtheinstructionsoutandmakesureyouunderstandthefourtipsaboutwhatyoushoulddobeforeyoulisten。 whatisthefirstthingyouneedtodobeforelistening?whyshouldwedothis? whatshouldwedonext? howcanwedecidewhatthemissingwordsprobablyare? whatisthefourththingabout? 2。whatdoyouthinkweshoulddoafterwehavefinishedapassage?(proofreadittoensurethatitmakessenseandcheckwhetherthereareanymistakesinit,includeanyspellingmistakes。)rememberthatitisveryimportanttoreviewthetextandmakesuretherearenomistakesormissingwords。 step1:showingforeignvisitorsaround 1。goovertheinstructionstofindoutwhatyouaregoingtodoinparta。readthediaryandtrytoguesswhateachofthemissingwordsisbyusingthemethodsyouhavelearntinskillsbuilding1。 youcandothisinpairs。 2。listeningpractice:listentotherecordingandfillinthemissingwords。youmaycheckyourguessesatthesametime。 tapescript lilin:well,ithinkthatwasagreatday。weshowedthethreevisitorsaroundbeijingandithinktheyenjoyedit。whatweretheirnamesagain? zhuqing:well,therewasmrsinghfromindia,mrtakashifromjapanandmrhudsonfromtheusa。 lilin:yes,ithoughtitwasagooddayandwemanagedtovisitquiteafewplaces。wedidhaveafewstrangeincidentsthough,didn’t? zhuqing:mmm,itwasveryoddhowmrsinghreactedwhenyouheldoutyourlefthand。hewouldn’tshakehandswithyou! lilin:also,hegotabitupsetintherestaurantandrefusedtotrytheblackpepperbeeronthemenu。ithoughtmostpeoplelikedblackpepperbeef。perhapshewouldhavepreferredbeefandonions。 zhuqing:allthevisitorsihavetakentothatrestaurantbeforehavereallyenjoyedit。mrtakashiandmrhudsonlikedit。mrtakashiseemedtohaveareallygoodtime。heaskedsomanyquestionsintheforbiddencitythatithinkiknowthehistoryverywellnow!hemusthavetakenaboutahundredphotosinadayandhekeptbuyinglotsofgifts。somewereveryexpensive。onethinginoticedthoughwasthathewasalwaysgivingpeoplehisbusinesscard。hedidn’tlookveryhappywhenijustputinmypocket。also,itwasveryconfusingwhenhekeptmakinganokaysign。wejustdidn’tknowwhathewanted。 lilin:mrhudsonthoughtthesummerpalacewasamazingbuthegotabitupsetbeforewegotontheboat。itwasreallyapainthathewantedtowaitforthenextboatashethoughtthefirstonewastoocrowded。ithoughttherewasplentyofspaceonit。well,isupposeweshouldvolunteertoshowanothersetofvisitorsaroundnextyearatleastwegettoimproveourenglish! answers a:(1)three(2)strange(3)upset(4)shakehands(5)beef (6)gifts(7)businesscards(8)ok(9)crowded(10)space 3。listentothetapeagainandtrytoanswerthefollowingquestions: whichtouristattractionsdidthetwostudentsshowthethreeforeignersaround?(theforbiddencityandthesummerpalace。) whydidthewriterfeelstrangeaboutmrsingh?(becausehelookedupsetwhenthewriter heldouthislefthandtoshakehandswithhim。) whereismrsinghfrom?(heisfromindia。) whereismrtakashifrom?(he’sfromjapan。) doyouthinktheoksignmadebymrtakashimeans‘verygood’or‘great’?(no。) whywouldn’tmrhudsongetontheboat?(hethoughtitwastoocrowded。) 1。readthefirstparagraphofpartbandfindoutwhattheword‘taboo’means。youcangobacktothediaryentryinparta。thenreadtherestofthearticleandcirclethetaboosindifferentcultures。findoutthereasonwhymrtakashididnotlookveryhappywhenthestudentjustputhisbusinesscardinhispocket。 answers b:paragraph2 ,ifyouarefromindia,youmaynoteatbeefbecauseofyourreligion。 paragraph3 inindia,itisimpossibletoshakehandsorgivesomeonesomethingwithyourlefthand。japanese peoplemaybowandevengiveouttheirbusinesscardstogreetothersandgetupsetifpeopledo notlookatthecardscarefully。soremembernottojustputtheminyourpocketwithoutlooking。 5。readtheguidelinesinpartctoknowwhatyouwilldointhispart。listentotherecordingto getmoreinformationaboutculturalhabits。 tapescript teacher:frommyexperience,peoplefromtheusaoftenfeeluncomfortableifpeopleareintheir‘personalspace’(aboutfiftycentimetersaroundtheirbody)。butiheardthatbusinesspeoplefromasiahaveadifferentideaaboutpersonalspaceandusuallystandcloserthansomepeoplefromtheusamightlike。latinamericansarethesame,andliketogreettheircolleagueswithahug。ialsonoticedthatintheusa,giftgivingisnotpartofthecultureunlikeinmanyothercountries。isawthatgiftgivingisveryimportantinjapanandonatrip,japanesepeoplemustbringbacklotsofgifts。therearealsosignswhichmeandifferentthingsindifferentcountries。intheusa,an‘ok’signisformedbytouchingthethumbtotheindexfinger。thisisapositivesignintheunitedstated,butinfrance,thesamesignmeans‘zero’or‘worthless’andinjapan,itisarequestforsmallchange。 skillsbuilding2:askingquestions 1。therearemanytypesofquestionsyoucanask。theyareasfollows: doyouknow? couldyoupleasetellmeifwhether? pleasetellmeifwhether whois? pleasetellmehishername。 whenwheredid? pleasetellmewhenwhere howdid? doyouknowhowto? whydid? canyoutellmethereasonwhy? 2。readtheguidelinesonpage44。makesomesentencesbyusingthecorrectquestionwords。 step2:askingaboutculturaldifferences 1。readtheinstructionstomakesureyouknowwhatyouaregoingtodo。workinpiduallytoformtheeightquestionsinthispart。 answers (1)whatdosomepeoplefromindianoteat? (2)whichhandshouldn’tbeusedtoshakehandswithorgivethingstopeoplefromindia? (3)whatdojapanesepeoplehavetobuywhentheytravelanywhere? (4)whatshouldyoudowhenajapanesepersongivesyouabusinesscard? (5)whatdoestheoksignmeantojapanesepeople? (6)whydopeoplefromtheusanotlikecrowdedplaces? 2。workinpairstodothequestionandanswerexerciseaccordingtowhatyouhavereadinthemagazinearticleonpage42andwhatyouhaveheardintherecording。 answers (1)somepeoplefromindiadonoteatbeef。 (2)thelefthandshouldn’tbeusedtoshakehandswithorgivethingstopeoplefromindia。 (3)whentheytravelanywhere,japanesepeoplehavetobuymanythings。 (4)whenajapanesepersongivesyouabusinesscard,youshouldlookatthecardcarefully。 (5)theoksignmeansarequestforsomesmallchangeforjapanesepeople。 (6)peoplefromtheusafeeluncomfortableifothersareintheir‘personalspace’,whichisabout50centimetresaroundthem。 skillsbuilding3:writingaletterofapology inthispart,youwillreadabouthowtowritealetterofapologytoexplainmisunderstandings。 1。therearedifferencesbetweenwritinglettersinchineseandwritinglettersinenglish。inaformalenglishletter,youshouldfirstwriteyouraddressandthedate。hereistheformatofaletterasanexample。suntingfrombeijingsunshinesecondaryschoolwantstowritealettertoherfriendtanyiinsunshinetown: beijingsunshine secondaryschool sunshinetown beijing100000 date10june tanyi 88sunnystreet sunshinetown beijing100000 deartanyi, (contentoftheletter) yourssincerely, sunting 2。ifyouwanttomakeanapology,whatdoyouusuallysay?(iapologyfor;iwanttoapologyfor) whatdowedoifwewanttowritealetterofapology? shouldwegivesomeexplanations? step3:explainingmisunderstandings inthispart,youwillusetheinformationabouttaboosindifferentculturesinsteps1and2,andusetheskillsyouhavelearntinskillsbuilding3towritealettertoexplainhowthemisunderstandingsarosewhenyoushowedthethreeforeignersaroundbeijing。 1。readthediaryentryandthearticleinstep1againandthendiscussinpairswhatshouldbeincludedintheletter。chooseoneofthethreevisitorstowriteyourletterofapologyto。 2。choosearecipientandwritetheletterofapology。readyourlettertothewholeclassandtrytoimproveit。