2014中考英语话题及读写训练课件：Culture and Customs(文化习俗).ppt

Culture and Customs（文化习俗） Step 1. Let’s write from memory. (默写) Step 1. Let’s write from memory. (默写) Step 2. Let’s do reading comprehension. (阅读理解) Step 3. Let’s fill in the blanks. (短文填空) Step 4. Let’s read and write. (读写综合) 有礼貌的——polite 没礼貌的——impolite 粗鲁的——rude 西方的——western 中国的——Chinese 主人———host 习惯———habit 餐桌礼仪—table manner 不同于——different from 全世界的人——people all over the world 不同的国家有不同的风俗文化。 ——Different countries have different customs and culture. customs风俗 culture文化 manner举止 hospitality好客 uncomfortable不舒适的 tap敲 respect尊敬 guest / customer客人 cultural differences文化的不同 teapot茶壶 apologize道歉 ※ 阅读理解和完形填空中常见词汇： When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect（尊敬）elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States. I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive（敏感）Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry. In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people alw