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International Business 孙凤 sunfeng3386@126.com Aims of this course To learn some Business English To learn some new Business knowledge Preparation for this period Find out some information and comment about the movie The Treatment Gua Sha（《刮痧》）and, if possible, watch the movie. Definition: Scraping of the back and other areas to release blocked Qi (energy) and to cure other illnesses. Gua means “to scrape” and Sha means “red skin rash” (in other words, the result of the Gua). Cures: Gua Sha is used to cure the common cold, flu, bronchitis, asthma, headaches, fevers, chills, cough, abdominal complaints, diarrhea, as well as chronic disorders involving pain and blocked Qi. Technique: The practitioner uses a section of cow horn or a wooden scraper to scrape the back, neck, buttocks and limbs. Oil is used as a lubricant on the skin to lessen the pain of the scraping. A Chinese couple were deprived of the customody of their son in USA After years of hard work, Xu Datong, a Chinese immigrant to the US, has finally achieved success as an outstanding video game designer. With his promising career and loving family, he feels he has become a true American. Datong’s father comes over from China, and uses a traditional Chinese medical technique, called guasha, to treat Datong`s son, Dennis. Unexpectedly, an American doctor thinks the bruises on Dennis` back left by the guasha treatment are signs of child abuse. The American hospital staff accused the parents of child abuse and took away their son. The American justice system takes control of the case and exaggerates every possible cultural misunderstanding. The film gets intense after the father kidnaps his own son from a welfare shelter. As the police chases after the run-away father, the media also jumps into the mess. In the end, the childs grandfather somberly leaves the United States, and the father has no choice but hands over his son to the authority. discussion on the movie oduction Group discussion on two ques