1、研究生英語系列教材研究生英語系列教材聽說教程（上）聽說教程（上）LISTENING AND SPEAKINGUnit 1 Unit 4Do as Romans DoWarm-up: Symbols of Chinese Culture The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Muse

2、um. For almost five centuries, it served as the home of the Emperor and his household, as well as the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government. The Forbidden CityChinese Tea Tea is Chinese national drink. now tea has become fashionable drink in the worlds three major non-alcoholic drink

3、s (tea, coffee and cocoa), and will be the 21st century king beverage . China is the birth place of tea, known as tea of the motherland. Tea is the pride of the Chinese nation! 茶是中國的民族飲料?，F(xiàn)在喝的茶已成為時尚的世界三大不含酒精的飲料(茶、咖啡和可可),并將稱王二十一世紀頭號飲料。中國是茶的發(fā)源地,素有“茶祖國。“茶是中華民族的驕傲!Warm-up: Symbols of Chinese CultureGreat

4、 WallGreat WallThe Great Wall was built in the Spring and Autumn period, which lasted up to more than 2,000 years, with a total length of more than 5,000 kilometer. All people who have visited the Great Wall would think that it is an extraordinary artistic heritage symbolizers. It is proud of not on

5、ly the Chinese nation but the whole human.Warm-up: Symbols of Chinese CultureChinaChina is the home of porcelain. The beauty of porcelain makes the world understand China. When hearing the words CHINA, what kind of feeling do you have? C h i n a i s m a d e o f earth.Earth and the fire is t h e b a

6、s i s o f h u m a n evolution.Chinese porcelain which is the art of the earth and fire represents the Chinese wisdom.Warm-up: Symbols of Chinese CultureDragonThe Chinese dragon culture is not a kind of worship, but rather a creative culture.In china, the dragon has an important position and influenc

7、e. During the 5,000 years, Dragon has become a symbol of the China, a symbol of the Chinese nation, a symbol of Chinese culture, a symbol of the rapid advance of the great motherland.中國龍文化不是人的一種崇拜中國龍文化不是人的一種崇拜,而是一種文化創(chuàng)造。在中而是一種文化創(chuàng)造。在中國國,龍有著重要的地位和影響。在龍有著重要的地位和影響。在5000年的中國文明中年的中國文明中,龍已成為中國的一個象征龍已成為中國的一個

8、象征,象征著中華民族的中國文化象征著中華民族的中國文化,象征著突飛猛進的偉大祖國。象征著突飛猛進的偉大祖國。Warm-up: Symbols of Chinese CultureDragonThe dragon is considered to be auspicious in China. 中國人認為龍是吉祥的動物。There are many buildings in China with dragons on them such as the Nine-dragon Wall in Beijing. 中國有許多像北京九龍壁那樣有龍的建筑。 The Chinese like to comp

9、are China to a giant dragon flying over the east of the world. 中國人喜歡把中國比喻成“東方騰飛的巨龍”In China ,the dragon was considered to be the bringer of rain ,so when there was a drought ,people used to offer sacrifices to the Dragon and ask for rain. 在中國，人們認為龍能呼風喚雨，因此在過去天旱的時候，人們會給龍王祭祀求雨。Warm-up: Symbols of Chin

10、ese CultureWarm-up: Speakingabout culture What is the basis of Chinese culture? Find some key words to describe the characteristics of Chinese culture. As the speech states, culture is always changing. Can you give some examples to support that argument.Pre-discussion: Pair workPre-discussion: Pair

11、workWarm-up: Listening A 1. way of life of a group of people 2. material possessions 3.values 4.symbolsComponents of CultureWarm-up: Speakingabout cultureWords you may use:Confucius Confucianism proper social relationshipequality, fairness, justicebenevolenceloyalty, guided behavior, filial pietywes

12、tern buffet dinner, western flavors, traditional way of cookingBackground InformationBackground InformationSpeaking For Communication 1. Sb. be quite sure 某人很確信某事某人很確信某事 2. No doubt 無疑地，很有可能的無疑地，很有可能的 3. Im convinced of 確信的；確信的； convince sb. of sth. 使某人確信使某人確信 5. Its obvious that 很明顯，很明顯， 很顯然很顯然 6.

13、be very likely to 傾向于，很有可能傾向于，很有可能 7. have a good chance of 很有可能很有可能 8. There is no way that 絕不可能絕不可能Only God knows 天曉得天曉得Sb. be not sure of sth. 某人對某事不確某人對某事不確信信guess 猜測，認為猜測，認為 doubt 懷疑懷疑 perhaps 也許也許 possibly 可能地，可能地，也許，大概也許，大概我確信明天要下雨。我確信明天要下雨。毫無疑問她對這本新書很感興趣。毫無疑問她對這本新書很感興趣。我確信他是無辜的。我確信他是無辜的。你很有可

14、能被這所大學錄取。你很有可能被這所大學錄取。很顯然，她自己獨立完成了這項任務。很顯然，她自己獨立完成了這項任務。明顯的優(yōu)勢明顯的優(yōu)勢 我對自己的未來沒有把握。我對自己的未來沒有把握。 關于這一點，沒有任何疑問。關于這一點，沒有任何疑問。Section BThat cant be true.for certainThats impossible might beits likely that Quite possibleI know that for sure.No wonder2. Talking it ThroughHow to define the term “taboo”?Whats t

15、he core belief in US culture?What can bring a sudden end to your conversation?What can you do when you are not sure some beliefs or taboos in cultures that are foreign.RED red letter day：指的是：指的是“紀念日紀念日”或或“喜喜慶的日子慶的日子” red figure：赤字：赤字 red ink：赤字：赤字 in the red：虧損：虧損 red gold：純金：純金 see red: 怒不可遏怒不可遏 紅糖

16、：紅糖：brown sugar 紅茶：紅茶：black tea 紅榜：紅榜：honour roll 紅豆：紅豆：love pea 紅運：紅運：good luck 紅利：紅利：dividend WHITE&BLACK white elephant 白象，累贅物；白象，累贅物； white hope 被寄予厚望的人被寄予厚望的人 white lie沒有惡意的謊言沒有惡意的謊言 black money：黑錢（指來源不正當而且：黑錢（指來源不正當而且沒有向政府報稅的錢）沒有向政府報稅的錢） black market：黑市交易或黑市（意為暗：黑市交易或黑市（意為暗中進行政府禁止買賣的商品或外匯的

17、交中進行政府禁止買賣的商品或外匯的交易，或指進行違法的投機市場）易，或指進行違法的投機市場） black sheep 害群之馬害群之馬,敗家子敗家子,不孝子女不孝子女GREEN green-eyed：嫉妒：嫉妒/眼紅眼紅 green還表示還表示“新鮮新鮮”或沒有經(jīng)驗、缺乏或沒有經(jīng)驗、缺乏訓練，如：訓練，如： green meat：鮮肉：鮮肉 a green hand：新手：新手 green在財經(jīng)領域還有下列意思：在財經(jīng)領域還有下列意思： green back：美鈔（因為美元背面為綠色：美鈔（因為美元背面為綠色）（用于口語）（用于口語） green power：“金錢的力量金錢的力量”或或“財團財團 BLUE 在英語中通常表示不快樂、憂郁的情緒。如：在英語中通常表示不快樂、憂郁的情緒。如：