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Can you greet your partner in a Japanese way? Then please try the Thailand way. Look at the following pictures, then tell us what country the way of greeting is of. Fill in the blanks Mali has to do her homework on1______ differences. So she goes online to chat with others and find some 2__________ she needs. She gets to know English and American people have 3__________ differences in culture even though they both speak English. For example, The British may be 4_____ when Americans talk about thanksgiving and the huge 5________ they eat. There are different 6______ in the West and the East Whey they get presents. Westerners like to open them as soon as they get them. Though there are 7_______ between wedding 8_____ ___in the west, there are also differences between different western countries. In Italy, guests except to get presents from the 9________ while the guests are expect to give presents to them in the UK. In Brunei, a male guests has to sit with the 10 _________and the other men and a 11_______ guest has to be with the bridge and the other women in a different area. What’s more, if you go to Brunei, you should point with your 12 ______instead of your index finger. You shouldn’t wear 13 _____either. Appropriate 14 _______is always welcome. So remember when in Rome, do as the _______5 do. Jokes caused by cultural differences Everywhere is beautiful A foreign friend didn’t know that Chinese people say “Nali, nali” to show hu’mility(谦虚)。Once when he attended a wedding ceremony of a young Chinese couple, he praised the bride that she was beautiful, the bridegroom answered “where, where”. The foreign friend got confused, and then he answered “Everywhere is beautiful, for example: the hair, the eyes, the ears and the nose…” * * Unit 3 Understanding each other 昆山中学 杨柳丝 Cultural differences Period 2 Reading In the last period, we have discussed different ways of greetings in different countries,