Pleasematchthewordswiththeirpropermeanings.1．greetA．sb.thatsb.thatyouarepleasedabouttheirsuccessorachievements2．ensureB．a(chǎn)formalsocialoccasiontowelesb.orcelebratesth.3．congratulateC．stopsth.frombeingdoneorusedespeciallybylaw4．receptionD．sayhellotosb.ortowelesb.5．prohibitE．makesurethatsth.happensorisdefinite6．a(chǎn)djustF．wellknowntoyouoreasilyrecognizedbyyou7．familiarG．changesth.slightlyinordertomakeitbetterormoreaccurate8．permitH．a(chǎn)llowsb.todosth.orsth.tohappen答案：1.D2.E3.A4.B5.C6.G7.F8.HMatchthefollowingcountrieswiththeproperceremony.A．theNetherlandsB．SouthAmericaC．JapanD．ThailandE．FranceF．theMiddleEastPuttingtheirhandstogetherandbowingslightlyBowingtoeachother1．________2.________HugeachotherKissingalady'shand3．________4.________TouchingnosesKissingeachother'scheeks5．________6.________答案：1.D2.C3.B4.E5.F6.AⅠ.Fast-reading1．Accordingtothetitlewecanlearntheconversationisaboutcultural_differences.2．Thepurposeoftheconversationisthatwe_should_learn_about_the_cultural_differences_and_understand_more_about_each_other.Ⅱ.Careful-reading(Ⅰ)Choosethebestanswersaccordingtotheconversation.1．________，itisrudenottoopenapresentwhensomeonegivesyouone.A．IntheWestB．IntheMiddleEastC．InChinaD．InJapan2．HowdoesWaledfeelaboutKorea'sweddingceremonywherelivechickensareused?A．Surprised.B．Interested.C．Puzzled.D．Bored.3．InBrunei,alargenumberofforeignersfindithardtogetusedto________.A．pointingtosomethingwiththeirthumbB．notsleepingattheweddingreceptionC．removingtheirshoesbeforesteppingintosomeone'shouseD．notbeingallowedtodrinkalcoholattheweddingreception答案：1.A2.B3.C(Ⅱ)Readtheconversationanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F)．1．IntheMiddleEast,itisrudenottoopenapresentwhensomeonegivesyouone.(F)2．IfamanjoinsinaweddingreceptioninBrunei,hehastositwiththebridegroomandtheothermen.(T)3．TheyhadalivehenandaroosterasapartoftheweddingceremonyinKorea.(T)4．IfyouattendaweddingceremonyinBrunei,chancesarethatyoucan'tdrinkcoffee.(F)(Ⅲ)Fillineachblankwithnomorethanthreewordsaccordingtotheconversation.Ⅲ.Study-readingAnalyzethefollowingdifficultsentencesintheconversation.1．Waled,whydon'tyoutellherabouttheBritishteacherwhoopenedthepresentassoonashereceiveditattheend-of-termceremony?[句式分析][嘗試翻譯]瓦利德，為什么不給她講一講那位英國老師在期末典禮上一收到禮物就打開看的事呢？2．Duringtheceremony,thehenlaidanegg,andeveryonecongratulatedthenewcouplebecauseitwasconsideredverylucky.[句式分析][嘗試翻譯]在婚禮期間，那只母雞下了一個蛋，這被看作是件非常幸運(yùn)的事，所以大家都祝賀這一對新人。3．IthinknowIunderstandalotmoreaboutdifferentculturesandwhatisappropriatebehaviour.[句式分析][嘗試翻譯]我想現(xiàn)在我對不同的文化以及得體的行為舉止有了更多的了解。Ⅳ.Post-readingFillintheblanksaccordingtotheconversation.MaLihastodoherhomeworkoncultural①differences,_soshehasgonetothestudentcentretofind②informationforherhomework.Therearedifferent③reactionsintheWestandtheEastwhentheygetpresents.Westernersliketoopenthemassoonastheygetthem.Whenitestoweddingtraditions,therearealsodifferences.InKorea,itisbelievedthatroosterscandrivebadspiritsawayfromthewedding④ceremony,_andhenscanensuregoodluckforthe⑤marriage.InBrunei,atwedding⑥r(nóng)eceptionsmenandwomenhavetositin⑦separateareas—themenwiththebridegroom,andthewomenwiththebride.What'smore,ifyougotoBrunei,youwouldhavetotakeoffyourshoes⑧_beforegoingintosomeone'shouse.Therearesometimesgreatculturaldifferencesevenbetween⑨nativeEnglishspeakers.TheBritishB10celebrateBonfireNighteveryyear,whilemanyAmericansarenotfamiliarwiththefestival.[課文對譯]CulturaldifferencesMaLi：Hi,everyone.Myname'sMaLi.Ineedsomehelpwithmyhomework—it'saboutculturaldifferences.CanIsitdownandtalktoyou?Waled：Hi,MaLi,I'mWaledfromBrunei.Peter：AndI'mPeter,fromtheUK.Nicetomeetyou.MaLi：Nicetomeetyou,too.Canyoutellmeaboutsomeculturaldifferencesyouhavefound?Peter：Waled,whydon'tyoutellherabouttheBritishteacherwhoopenedthepresentassoonashereceiveditattheend-of-termceremony?MaLi：Oh,Ialreadyknowaboutthatone.MyAmericanfriendJackdidthesamething.Peter：Well,it'swhatwedointheWest.It'srudenottoopenapresentwhensomeonegivesyouone.Weliketoseehowthepersonreacts.Wethinkit'sstrangenottoopenit！Whatwouldbeanotherculturaldifference...letmethink.Well,Ioncewenttoanacquaintance'sweddinginKoreaandIwasverysurprised.MaLi：Whywasthat?Peter：Well,theyhadalivehenandaroosterasapartoftheweddingceremony.MaLi：Livechickens?Peter：Yes.Roostersaresupposedtodrivebadspiritsawayfromtheweddingceremony,andhensarethoughttoensuregoodluckforthemarriage.Duringtheceremony,thehenlaidanegg,andeveryonecongratulatedthenewcouplebecauseitwasconsideredverylucky.Waled：That'sinteresting！InBrunei，atweddingreceptionsmenandwomenhavetositinseparateareas—themenwiththebridegroom,andthewomenwiththebride.Anotherdifferenceisthatwhileweservefood,softdrinks,teaandcoffee,alcoholisnotpermittedattheweddingreception—infact,alcoholisaltogetherprohibitedinBrunei.Andyouprobablywouldn'tgetmuchsleepifyoulivednearwhereaweddingreceptionwasbeingheld.That'sbecauseweplaylouddrumstocelebratetheweddingforhoursafterwards,andsometimeseventhroughoutthenight!Peter：Throughoutthenight?Waled：Yeah,peoplegetusedtoit.MaLi：Sowhatotherthingsdoyoudoinyourcountrythataredifferentfromothercountries,Waled?Waled：Well，youknowinmanycountriespeoplepointwiththeirfirstfinger.However,inBruneithatcancauseoffence，soweuseourthumbtopoint.It'squitefunnywatchingthenewforeignteacherstryingtoadjusttodoingthat.Anotherthingis，ifyoucametoBrunei，youwouldhavetotakeoffyourshoesbeforegoingintosomeone'shouse.Manyforeignershavetroublegettingaccustomedtoit.Peter：ButwhatisreallyinterestingisthattherearesometimesgreatculturaldifferencesevenbetweennativeEnglishspeakers.IamalwaysamazedathowAmericansaresodifferentfromusBrits.Eventhoughwesharethesamelanguage—withdifferentaccents,ofcourse—ourcustomsarenotalwaysalike.MaLi：Really?Peter：Yes.Forexample,IhavefondchildhoodmemoriesofBonfireNight,butmyAmericanfriendsarenotfamiliarwiththatparticularfestival.MaLi：Well,I'mnotfamiliarwithiteither.Peter：Oh,it'sacelebrationthattakesplaceonNovember5theveryyear.Peoplelightlargefiresoutside,andeveryonegathersaroundandhasaparty.Thereareplentyoffireworks，andeveryoneeatshotdogsandotherfoodthatcanbecookedoverthefire.It'sgreatfun.MaLi：Well,it'stimeformetogo.Thishasbeenareallyinterestingchat.IthinknowIunderstandalotmoreaboutdifferentculturesandwhatisappropriatebehaviour.It'sreallyhelpedmewithmyhomework！Ihopewecantalkagainsoon.Afterall,learningaboutculturaldifferencesisagoodwaytounderstandmoreabouteachother.Seeyoulater!Waled：Seeyou!Peter：Right,later！,文化差異馬莉：嗨，大家好，我叫馬莉。我需要一些幫助來完成家庭作業(yè)——是有關(guān)文化差異的。我能坐下來跟你們聊一聊嗎？瓦利德：嗨，馬莉，我是來自文萊的瓦利德。彼得：我是彼得，來自英國。很高興見到你。馬莉：見到你們我也很高興。你們能給我講講你們已發(fā)現(xiàn)的一些文化差異嗎？彼得：瓦利德，為什么不給她講一講那位英國老師在期末典禮上一收到禮物就打開的事呢？馬莉：噢，那個我已經(jīng)知道了。我的美國朋友杰克也是這樣做的。彼得：嗯，我們在西方就是這樣做的。別人送禮物給你，不當(dāng)面打開是不禮貌的。我們喜歡看那個人的反應(yīng)。不打開禮物，我們倒覺得奇怪。還有哪些方面的