美国大学校园文化概览Unit 5.pptVIP

Survey of Culture in American Universities Unit 5 Student Associations 3. Culture Tips 2. Intensive Reading 5. Exercises 1. Warming-up 4. Extensive Reading 1. Warming-up Questions What kinds of associations do you attend in your university? Do you attend any activities hold by students’ associations? What are they? College Greek Life Greek life is a term used to describe all Greek letter organizations at a college or university. Typically Greek life is made up of fraternities and sororities. Topic: 2. Intensive Reading Topic: College Greek Life : Global View 1. Joining a Fraternity or Sorority 2. Fraternity and Sorority Letters 3. How to Join the Right Fraternity When Rushing Fraternities 4. How to Get in Good with the Fraternity Brothers Text Explanation 1. Most organizations dont haze, and typically colleges and universities have strict rules against hazing. 大多数的社团组织不戏弄人，并且许多大学和学院也都严格禁止戏弄社员。 2. Greek life is a term used to describe all Greek letter organizations at a college or university. Greek life是指大学里那些以希腊字母命名的社团 组织。 3. Typically new members are not allowed to wear letters until they earn them by completing the pledging process. 新成员是不能佩戴社团字母的，直到他们完成了宣誓的过程而获得这些社团字母。 Text Explanation 4.College students should find out what the fraternity dues are, and what they include so they can budget money for the semester. 大学生应该要知道兄弟会的会费是多少，这样才能计划一学期的开销。 Text Explanation 5. If you are at a fraternity house, and you run into someone ask if they are a brother and introduce yourself. If they aren’t friendly， don’t take it personal just keep your head up and keep trying. 如果你在兄弟会的会所遇到另一位会员，可以向他介绍自己。如果他对你不太友好，也不要认为他在针对你，不妨抬起头继续尝试。 Text Explanation 3. Culture Tips 1. “兄弟会” (fraternity)和 “姐妹会” (sorority)是美国校园很重要的组成部分, 是具有悠久历史的学生组织。几乎每所大学的校园里都有一片宿舍区是专门为fraternity和sorority准备的。他们各自还分很多个小组织。每个小的组织都有自己的名字，一般是用两三个希腊字母表示的。你会在他们居住的宿舍楼上看到这些名字。 2.