新标准大学英语4unit2reading across culture.ppt

Skimming Read para 1 quickly and identify the main topic. Skimming According to the above topic sentences, predict which of the following topics might be discussed in the text and identify their possible location. Skimming Fill in the chart to identify the text structure. Scanning Scanning Cultural awareness Group discussion: Discuss the following topics respectively. Cultural awareness Cultural awareness They reflect Chinese culture in a way They are fictions, but not textbooks of anthropology or history, so we wouldn’t expect them to be exact mirror of Chinese culture. Fiction can only reflect one or two aspects of Chinese culture. Cultural awareness Cultural awareness They narrate the life stories of Chinese immigrants and their descendents. They reflect the culture clash between Chinese and American cultures in a way. * Reading across cultures Reading across cultures Cultural awareness Skimming and scanning click Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a novel about culture clash. click The novel traces the life of Okonkwo... Read paras 2-5 quickly and locate the topic sentences. Para 2 click When he returns things have changed. click The novel ends with the suicide of Okonkwo… click Evaluation on the novel Draw topic sentence by yourself: Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 . A. Okonkwo’s Life stories B. Okonkwo’s tragedy C. Culture clash D. The novel’s strength E. The history of African tribes F. The cruel war E. Post-colonial novel Para 2 Para 4 Para 3 Para 5 Para 5 Evaluation/comments Main plots General introduction Book title, author, setting of the story and main idea life stories of Okonkwo one strength of the book, the reason why Achebe wrote in English, comments since its publication Para 1 Paras 2-4 Para 5 Extract information from the text about Okonkwo and culture clash and comments on the book, then check your answers with the words and phrases on the next page. Okonkwo Comments Okonkwo brave Comments victim Historical novel Post colonial novel