《跨文化英语报刊选读》课件 第九单元 Hugging.pptx

Unit9Hugging

Readthequotesinoriginallanguage;iftheyaredifficulttounderstand,pleaserefertotheirtranslatedversions.Sometimestranslatedversionscancontributetoourownunderstandingoftheoriginal.性相近也，习相远也。——孔子（公元前551年—公元前479年，思想家、教育家、儒家学派创始人）Bynature,humansaresimilar;throughhabitualconduct,theydivergewidely.——Confucius(551–479BCE,thinker,educator,founderofConfucianSchool)Anunfortunatethingaboutthisworldisthatthegoodhabitsaremucheasiertogiveupthanthebadones.——WilliamSomersetMaugham(1874–1965,Britishnovelist,playwright)放弃好习惯要比改掉坏习惯容易得多，这是非常不幸的事情。——威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆（1874—1965，英国小说家、剧作家）

TextA:WhyChineseHaveBeenSlowtoEmbraceHugging?1).WhatdoyouthinkoftheHuggingPhenomenon/Culture?2).Whatdoes“Embrace”meanhere?Hereitmeanstoacceptanidea,aproposal,asetofbeliefs,etc.,especiallywhenitisdonewithenthusiasm.E.g.:toembracedemocracy/feminism.

1.ReadTextAandthenanswerfollowingquestions.1).Doyouagreewiththeauthor’sobservationthathuggingstillremainsa“discomforting”behaviorinChina?(para.1)2).Accordingtotheauthor,whatisthedifferencebeforeandafterpeopleinChinagetmarried?(para.2)3).Whatpointistheauthortryingtoillustratebycitingherownexperienceofhesitantlyhuggingherparents?(para.3)4).WhatdoesLuMing,aChineseauthor,argueinhisbookChineseLackHugs?(para.4)5).Besidestheexamplesgivenbytheauthor,canyoulistmore“physicalexpressions”thatarerelatedtotraditionalChineseetiquette?(para.5-6)

1.ReadTextAandthenanswerfollowingquestions.6).Whatdoestheauthormeanbysaying“maintaineddistanceoftenfailstoproduceitsintendedeffect”?(para.8-9)7).Accordingtotheauthor,whyisithardertomodernizebeliefsandideasthantomodernizetechnologyandmaterialgoods?(para.10-11)8).Whatgainscanpeopleachievewhentheyopenuptheirmindsandtrytoembrace