10级英概lesson1.pptVIP

An Introduction to Britain and America 英美概况 Lesson 1The Purpose of This Course 1. What will we learn from this course? 2. Why should we learn this course? 3. How to learn? 1.What will we learn from this course? We will have a general idea about the United Kingdom and the United States, such as: their positions, climate, weather, people, language, culture, history, festivals, education, customs, economy, politics and so on. Maybe: popular topics: film, music, social problem, and so on. 2.Why Should We Learn This Course? Three reasons: 1. to broaden English majors’ outlooks. 2. to improve your English level. (1) Those knowledge can help you to understand English articles or stories better. (your reading ability) (2) Help you to learn more special English sentences, words, idioms and so on.( your writing ability) (3) Help you to avoid making mistakes in translation. (your translating ability) culture’s influences. (great) magpie: Chinese culture: good luck western culture: the person who talks endlessly (negative meaning) clock : Chinese culture: never be a birthday present. western culture: an useful thing, can be the birthday present. 3. Help you to communicate with foreign friends more easily and successfully . ( find good topics) 3. How to learn? (1) learn some basic knowledge from the class and books. (2) get more information from TV, internet, magazines, newspapers even foreigners. key point: cultivating interests, reading more and asking more. The Influence of Culture on Language 1.The Definition of Culture 2.What is words? (1)The Definition of Words (2)The Classification of Words (3)Categories of Wo