ReadingandthinkingUnit2BridgingCulturesIs“bridge”anounoraverbhere?Whatdoyouthink“bridge”meanshere?TobuildorformabridgeWhataresomewaysto“bridgecultures”?learnforeignculturesshareChinesecultureAverbWhatdifficultiesmayexchangestudentsface?目錄ContentsLanguageBarrierAcademicDifficultiesDifferentDietCultureShocksLonelinessHomesicknessWhatdifficultiesmayexchangestudentsface?1.Whatdoweneedtoprepareifwestudyabroad?2.Whatdifficultieswillwemeet?3.Howwillwefeel?Preparation:IDcardVisacardPassportlocalcustomsHouseMoney目錄ContentsLanguageBarrierAcademicDifficultiesDifferentDietsLoneliness/HomesicknessBadsenseofdirectionpublicbathroomProblems:目錄ContentsexcitedcuriousambitioushopefullongingunsurepuzzledlostconfusedlonelypositivenegativeFeelings:Wheredoyouthinkthisarticleisfrom?“!”WhoisXieLei?Whoissayingit?Whatkindofbridgedoesshebuild?PredictionWheredoyouthinkthisarticleisfrom?A.AtraveljournalB.AsciencemagazineC.AschoolnewspaperD.

AnadvertisementbrochureWhatquestionswillyouask?Para.1Para.2Para.5-6Para.7__________requirementsinthenewschool.Her_________tosetupabusinessinChina.LeavingChinafor_____________.Feelingmuchmore__________.Her____________tothenewculture.Para.3-4Best_______fromthenewspaper.Para.8LondonambitionadaptationwishesathomeAcademicReadthetextquicklyandthenfillintheblanks.Dividethetextintothreepartsand

summarizethemainidea.ThestructurePara.1-2Briefintroduction

ofXieLeiandthereasonwhyshewentabroadtostudyPara.3-7Thechallenges

thatXieLeifacedandhowshehandledthemPara.8BestwishestoXieLeiScanningReadforbackgroundinformationwhowherewhywhatwhenScanpara1-2andanswerthequestions.1.WhoisXieLei?2.Wheredidshego?3.Whendidshego?4.Whatdidshedo?5.Whydidshechooseit?anexchangestudentLondonsixmonthsagoonayear-longexchangeprogrammelearnaboutglobalbusinessandimproveEnglishWhatotherinformationcanyougetaboutthegirl?XieLei,anexchangestudentmajoringinbusiness,isbuildingbridgesbetween______cultureand_______culture.British

Chinese

TobridgeChinesecultureandBritishculture,XieLeimayneedto_________theBritishcultureaswellas_______theChineseculture.

adaptto

spreadSpreadingtheChinesecultureAdaptingtotheBritishcultureBridgingcultureWhichparagraphstalkaboutXieLei’sadaptationtotheBritishculture?

Howdidthewriterdescribeit?

Byintroducing______________________________challengessolutionsfeelingsDetailedreadingActivity1:Readforansweringthequestionadaptationtoawholenewlife

Learnto_______________________;Learnto___________________________;

askedfor_____________________;

loneliness

Livedwith

______________Dailylife(P3-4)WhatXieLeididusepublictransporthelpwhenshegotlostaskforthingsshedidn’tknowahostfamilyhomesicknessPara3-4Solutions

ChallengesActivity2:ReadforfillingblanksAdaptingtotheBritishculture

gothelpfrom___________;_______alottoprepareparticipatingin_______andgiving_____________

gavepresentationon__________________________Academicrequirements(P5-7)WhatXieLeididhertutorreadtraditionalChineseartpresentationsclasswritinganessay

Para5-7

ChallengesSolutionsTimeTimeorder時(shí)間順序What'sthewritingorder?454768312vcomfortedconfusedsurprisedconfidentfeelathomeEmotionclue感情線索excited&nervousReadthewholepassageandcirclethewordsthatshowXieLei’sfeelings.showsthatXieLeiexperienced_________________________

CULTURESHOCK.54768312homesicktimefeelingssixmonthsagoatfirstafterafewweekshalfwaythroughXieLei’sfeelingsexcited&nervoussurprisedcomforted

feelathomeconfused(Shefelt...because...)confidentbecausesheleftChinaforthefirsttimebecauseshehadasecondfamilyintheUKbecauseshethoughtsheknewlessthanotherpeoplebecauseshecouldspeakupinclassafterjustafewweeksbecauseherpresentationontraditionalChineseartwasagreatsuccessbecausewhatseemedstrangebeforenowappearsquitenormaltoherXieLeiwasalsoexperiencingcultureshock!laterWhatisCultureShock?文化沖擊Cultureshockisaconditionthataffectspeoplewhotraveltoacountrydifferentfromtheirown.Thetermdescribesatraveler'sfeelingsofbewildermentwhentheenvironmentandculturechangefromtheonethatheorsheisfamiliarwith.Theunfamiliarsurroundings,foreignlanguageandstrangehabitsofanewcountrycanallcontributetoafeelingofuneasinessandconfusion.CultureShockU-CurveBuildculturalconfidenceHaveagoodknowledgeofourowncultureUnderstandthedifferencesandtrytofitin.Respecttheculturedifferences.OpenyourmindMasterEnglishanduseittotellChinesestories...Asaseniorhighstudent,ifyouwanttobeaculturalmessenger,whatshouldyoudo?Post-readingSpreadingtheChineseculture

WhatdidXieLeidotospreadtheChineseculture?inthehostfamilyinclassgiveapresentationon___________________insocialactivitiesChinaAculturalmessengertheUK_____________________

withthemwhileengaginginBritishcultureteachthemto___________________cookstir-friedtomatoesandeggstraditionalChineseartshareChinesecultureBesidesChinesecuisineandart,whatelsecanweintroducetoforeignfriendstospreadourprofoundculture?1.SupposeyouwereXieLei,whatsuggestionswouldyouliketomakeforstudentswhoaregoingtostudyabroad(life/study/socialactivities)?2.Asahighstudent,howcanwebetterprepareourselvestoactasaculturalmessengerbuildingbridgesbetweencultures?CriticalThinking--Groupwork

Asstudents,weshouldpromoteinternationalcommunicationamongdiversecultures,meanwhilepreserve

ourownexcellenttreasureandkeepculturalconfidence.

Iamnotthesame,havingseenthemoonshineontheothersideoftheworld.

—MaryAnneRadmacher在世界的另一端看過月光閃耀，我就不會(huì)是同樣的自己了。Xie

Lei,

whose

(ambitious)

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to

set

up

a

business

in

China,_______(leave)

for

London

six

months

ago

to

study

as

exchange

student.In

London,

she

found

_____

not

easy

to

adapt

to

life

there.

People

there

use

a

lot

of

words

that

she

is

not

familiar

with

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they

speak

fast.

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