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Unit 1 Section A Time-Conscious Americans I. Background Information Culture conflicts: Each nation has its own conventions. Different nations have different cultures. When two cultures clash, problems in communication may occur. Which side should compromise when there are cultural conflicts? In fact, knowing and understanding the other’s cultural is the responsibility of both sides, and both sides should be willing to compromise. Educating, rather than complaining and blaming, is the best solution to cultural conflicts. II. Teaching Time: five periods III. New Words Phrases 1.budget: v. (1). plan the spending of or provide (money) in a plan e.g. She has to budget her time very carefully. (2). Save or spend money (for a particular purpose) e.g. He budgeted for buying a new car. n. balance one’s budget使收支平衡 a family/government budget家庭/政府预算 be budget conscious精打细算 2.replace: vt. (1). put (sth.) back in its place e.g. Replace the caps on the bottles. Replace the book on the shelf. (2). take the place of (sb./ sth.) replace… as e.g. George replaced Jack as the personnel manager. Tom replaced Bill as the president of our club. replace…by/with e.g. We must replace those old computers with/by new ones. 3.abrupt: a. (1). (of behavior) rough; offensive e.g. His attitude was abrupt. (2). Sudden and unexpected e.g. The meeting came to an abrupt end. 4.convention: n. (1). (an example of ) generally accepted practice, esp. with regard to social behavior e.g. It is a convention for young people to offer seats to old people. It is a convention for men to wear suits on formal occasions. (2). meeting e.g. This is a political convention. 5. interaction: n. communication; working together e.g. Increased interaction between the police and the citizens will improve the rate of solving crimes. interactive: a. (1). communicating between the user and the machine e.g. This method will make computer games more interactive than befo