新视界大学英语 Unit 8 Reading across cultures.ppt

 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Leading-in Reading comprehension Vocabulary Cultural awareness Discussion Reading across cultures Do you recognize the following red cross organization logos? Tell their whole names. Leading-in Red Cross Society of China 中国红十字会 International Committee of the Red Cross 红十字国际委员会 Reading comprehension Read the passage and answer the questions. 1. What did Henri Dunant witness in the summer of 1859? 2. How did he react to what he saw? He persuaded the local people to help him and organized an emergency service for the wounded from both armies. He witnessed a battle in Italy with many dying soldiers with no one to care for them. What is the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement? Reading comprehension The Geneva Convention is an agreement which gives rights to prisoners in international conflicts. 3. What is the Geneva Convention? It is the largest aid organization in the world. How have the aims of the IRCRC changed since the 19th century? Why does the IRCRC have three different symbols? Reading comprehension They have widened – it now aims to protect human life everywhere in peacetime and in war. It does so to be sensitive to cultural differences. Vocabulary in progress call for Phrases bloody assist 3. creation 4. voluntary 5. relief 6. aid New Words 7. sensitive 8. original 9. associate 10. adopt 11. symbolic 12. obvious New Words a. a bloody fight or war is one in which a lot of people are killed or injured 血腥的；伤亡惨重的 例句 翻译 释义 bloody Back 43名示威者在流血冲突中丧生。 Forty-three demonstrators were killed in bloody clashes. Words 例句 翻译 经过一场血腥的内战，他们于1975年上台执政。 They came to power in 1975 after a bloody civil war. 例句 翻译 释义 vt. to help someone or something 帮助；协助 assist I was employed to assist the manager with his duties. 两名学生协助我做实验。 Words Two students assisted me with the experiment. 例句 翻译 我受雇协助经理工作。 Back 真题 He asked us to assist them in carrying through their plan. (D