1.ToreadaboutXieLei’sexperienceonanexchangeprogrammeinLondon.2.Tounderstandthestructureandthewritingstyleofthe

passagewell.3.Tolearnsomereadingstrategiesbyscanningandskimming.

4.To

learn

from

XieLei’sexperiencesandspirits.LearningobjectivesUnit2BridgingCulturesReadingandthinking

“Welcome,XieLei!”BusinessstudentbuildingbridgesIs“bridge”anounoraverbhere?Whatdoyouthink“bridge”meanshere?TobuildorformabridgeWhataresomewaysto“bridgecultures”?learnforeignculturesshareChinesecultureAverbIntroductionWhatdoyouthink“seethemoonshineontheothersideoftheworld”means?Iamnotthesame,havingseenthemoonshineontheothersideoftheworld.在世界的另一端看過月光，我就不是同樣的自己了。Bytravellingaroundtheworld,theauthorhasbecomeadifferentperson.IntroductionHowmightyoufeel?Whatproblemsmightyouface?unsurepuzzledlostconfusedshockedexcitedcuriousambitioushopefullongingcurrencydifferenceshomesicknesslanguagebarrierlonelinessculturalshockacademicdifficulties

Ifyouhavechance,doyouwanttostudyabroad?

LeadinCriticalThinkingWatchthevideoforadviceforexchangestudents.Beforeyouread,lookatthetitleandthepicturebelow.WhoisXieLei?Wheredoesshego?WhoistellingthestoryofXieLei?Whatkindofgenre(體裁)isthistext?Wherecanyoureadthepassage?Lead-inReadthetextquicklyandfillintheblanks.Para.1Para.2Para.5-6Para.7

__________requirementsinthenewschool.Her_________tosetupabusinessinChina.LeavingChinafor_____________.Feelingmuchmore__________.Her____________tothedailylife.Para.3-4Best_______fromthenewspaper.Para.8

LondonambitionadaptationAcademicwishesathomeWhilereadingWhoisXieLei?Wheredoesshego?Astudentmajoringin_______wentto______on_____________________________businessLondonayear-longexchangeprogramme.Whoistellingthestory?Wherecanyoureadthepassage?Para.8:Wewillfollow…inlatereditions.Para.2：XieLeiis…andhascometoouruniversity…an______fromthe__________________editorschoolnewspaperWhatkindofgenreisthistext?A.Exposition

B.Narration

C.

Feature(專題)D.Argumentation

Readingadaptationtoawholenewlife

learntto_______________________;

learntto__________________________;askedfor_______________________loneliness

livedwith______________Dailylife(Para.3-4）)ChallengesWhatXieLeididusepublictransporthelpwhenshegotlostaskforthingsshedidn’tknowahostfamilyhomesicknesscultureshocklanguagebarrierReadparagraphs3-4andfillintheblanks.Reason:maynotgetusedtothespeedofnativespeakers;maynotgetusedtotheaccentofnativespeakers;maynotbefamiliarwithEnglishidioms.

gothelpfrom___________;_______alottoprepareparticipatingin_______andgiving_____________

gavepresentationon_______________________Academicrequirements(Para.5-6)ChallengesWhatXieLeididhertutorreadtraditionalChineseartpresentationsclasswritingan________

AcademicpressureReadparagraphs5-6andfillintheblanks.essay1.Whatdidhertutorteachherwhenshewroteanessay?Shemustacknowledgewhatotherpeoplesaidifshecitedtheirideas.Buthertutorwantedtoknowherideasandadvisedhertoreadalottoformherownopinion.Readfordetails2.Howtoparticipateinclass?GenerateGiveOfferRaiseApply3.Howdidshefeel?Confused.Weekslater4.Whatdidshedoinclass?

Afterjustafewweeks,shefoundherselfspeakingupinclassandshefoundherpresentationon__________________________wasagreatsuccess.traditionalChineseart5.Howdidshefeel?ReadfordetailsConfident.inthehostfamilyinclassteachthemtocookstir-friedtomatoesandeggsgiveapresentationontraditionalChineseartinsocialactivityChinaAculturalmessengertheUKHowhasXieLeihelpedtobuildbridgesbetweenChinaandtheUK?shareChineseculture

withthemwhileengaginginBritishcultureReadPara7-8tounderstand.Readfordetails

UnderlinethewordsthatshowXieLei’sfeelings.excited&nervoushomesick&comfortedconfusedsurprisedconfidentfeelathometimefeelingssixmonthsagoatfirstacademicchallengeafterafewweekshalfwaythrough(Shefelt...because...)becausesheleftChinaforthefirsttimebecauseshehadasecondfamilyintheUKbecauseshethoughtsheknewlessthanotherpeoplebecauseshecouldspeakupinclassafterjustafewweeksbecauseherpresentationontraditionalChineseartwasagreatsuccessbecausewhatseemedstrangebeforenowappearsquitenormaltoherexcited&nervouscomfortedconfusedsurprisedconfidentfeelathomeDescribeXieLei’sfeelingsindifferentperiodsWhatkindofpersondoyouthinksheis?brave勇敢的ambitious有野心的adaptable適應性強的outgoing外向的active活躍的positive積極的serious認真的perseverant鍥而不舍的diligent勤奮的determined堅定的Xie

Lei,

whose

(ambitious)

is

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

and

they

speak

fast.

So

she

had

difficulty

using

public

transport

and

(ask)

for

things

she

didn’t

know

the

English

names

for.

Academic

requirements

also

confused

her.

She

discussed

how

_________(write)

an

essay

with

her

tutor.

Following

her

tutor’s

advice,

she

read

a

lot

and

participated

(active)

in

class.

The

fact

_______now

she

can

give

an

attractive

presentati