2016当代高职高专英语（高教版 第二册）授课教案：Unit 1.2.docVIP

SL-1 Teaching Plan Culture Part 2 Reading Lead-in Activity: Discussion ?Samples 1. —— In the Western countries, it is quite common for people to talk to strangers and try to get to know them. As a matter of fact, this has become an important way to make friends, and, sometimes, to meet your Miss. or Mr. Right. But in China, if you attempt to talk to a stranger, especially a handsome young man or a beautiful young woman, he or she may see it as an impolite behavior and leave right away. The Chinese people are more accustomed to getting to know each other at workplaces or on formal occasions like dinner parties. —— In the Western cultures, it is believed that teenagers should be given a lot of freedom to make their own decisions. They can choose whether they would like to go to college or not, or which college they want to continue their studies at. In China, however, things are completely different. Teenagers always have to obey their parents’ orders instead of their own ideas. For example, if your parents want you to study economics, then no matter how much passion you have for art, there’s no way you’re going to major in art since your parents’ orders are your laws. 2.—— When I cannot understand the language or dialect spoken by another person, I observe that person carefully and try to make out what he or she is trying to say. I think facial expressions and body language can be understood everywhere. —— I usually look into the person’s eyes and try to understand him or her by the expressions in his or her eyes. As the old saying goes, the eyes are the window to the soul. A person’s eyes may tell everything. Language Focus 1. Gestures help to emphasize a point, or to communicate something that should not be said out loud. (Para. 1) that引导的定语从句修饰something。在定语从句中如果先行词是all, much, anything, something, nothing, everything, little, none等不定代词，关系代词一般只用that，而不用which。例如： ◆ There is nothing that we can do. 我们无能为力。 ◆ All that can be done has been done. 能做的都做了。 ◆ In this f