Unit 9 Culture Shock.pptVIP

Unit 9 Culture Shock 摘要幻灯片 Warm-up Activities Culturally-loaded Words Translation Exercises Summary Questions for Comprehension Take Notes and Fill the Chart Words and Expressions Listening Exercises Warm-up Activities (I) – Group discussion What do you think “culture shock” is? Please give some examples. Warm-up Activities (II) Find out words about food. Culturally-loaded Words (1) 1）Fox In Chinese Culture: In English Culture: Culturally-loaded Words (1’) 1) Fox In Chinese Culture: 狡猾，多疑 e.g. 老狐狸，狐狸精 In English Culture: A crafty, sly, or clever person e.g. He is as sly as a fox. You’ve got to watch him. Culturally-loaded Words (2) 2) Dragon In Chinese Culture: 吉祥，皇，优秀， e.g. 龙凤呈祥，龙袍，望子成龙 In English Culture: a monster, devil; something very dangerous e.g I’ll starve him to death, the son of dragon. Her mother is a real dragon. Translate the following phrases 落汤鸡 胆小如鼠 蠢得像猪 热锅上的蚂蚁 非驴非马 牛饮 害群之马 拦路虎 赶鸭子上架 Different cultural connotation of animals 落汤鸡 a drowned cat 胆小如鼠 as timid as a rabbit 蠢得像猪 as stupid as a goose 热锅上的蚂蚁 a cat on hot bricks 非驴非马 neither fish nor fowl 牛饮 drink like a fish 害群之马 a black sheep 拦路虎 a lion in the way 赶鸭子上架 teach a pig to play on a flute Cultural differences in Color (I) Chinese: 他的脸冻得发青（或紫）。 English: His face was blue with cold. （他的脸冻得发蓝） French: visage vert de froid (冻得发绿得脸) Summary Make a summary of the unit Outline Extract 1: the causes and symptoms of culture shock, and how to cure it. Extract 2: a Chinese woman’s negative attitude towards American food and dinner. Questions for comprehension (I) 1. What are the emotional stages of arriving abroad and recovering? 2. What are the causes and symptoms of culture shock? 3. What is “reverse culture shock”? 4. According to the author, how can one tell when a person has become “bicultural”? Questions for comprehension (II) Work out the different courses of American dinner in correct order. In text 2, the writer gives three reasons why she dislikes dinner parties in Amer