研究生英语视听说教程 Unit 9.ppt

综合英语视听说教程 Unit 9 * The term culture shock has appeared in the popular vocabulary. Culture shock is the effect that 1) __________ in a strange culture has on the 2) ________________. Peace Corps 3) __________ suffer from it in Borneo or Brazil. Macro Polo probably suffered from it in China. Culture shock is what happens when a 4) _______ suddenly finds himself in a place where yes may mean no, where a fixed price is 5) ____________, where laughter may 6) ____________. It is what happens when the familiar psychological 7) _____ that help an 8) _________ to function in society are suddenly 9) ___________ and replaced by new ones that are strange or 10) _______________ . immersion unprepared visitor volunteers traveler negotiable signify anger cues individual withdrawn incomprehensible ___ 1. The culture shock phenomenon explains little of the bewilderment, frustration, and disorientation that plague people in their dealing with other societies. ___ 2. Culture shock causes a breakdown in communication, a misunderstanding of reality, an inability to cope. ___ 3. Yet culture shock is relatively mild in comparison with future shock, which is the much more serious disease. ___ 4. Culture shock is the frightening disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future. ___ 5. Culture shock may well be the most serious disease of tomorrow. F T F F T ___ 6. Future shock is a time phenomenon, a product of the greatly accelerated rate of change in society. ___ 7. Culture shock arises from the imposition of a new culture on an old one. ___ 8. Future shock is the culture shock in ones own society. ___ 9. The impact of future shock is far less than that of the culture shock. ___ 10. The victim of culture shock can return to his own familiar culture, but the victim of future shock can not. T T F T F 1. What can Santa bring to a child? Joy. 2. How often do Jason Mata and his family travel to the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Mall? Every year. 3. Wh