《跨文化英语报刊选读》课件 第八单元 Material and Spiritual.pptx

Unit8MaterialandSpiritual

Readthequotesinoriginallanguage;iftheyaredifficulttounderstand,pleaserefertotheirtranslatedversions.Sometimestranslatedversionscancontributetoourownunderstandingoftheoriginal.凫胫虽短，续之则忧；鹤胫虽长，断之则悲。——庄子（公元前369年—公元前286年）Aduck’slegsareshort,butifwetrytolengthenthem,itcausespain;andacrane’slegsarelong,butifwetrytocutoffaportionofthem,itproducesgrief.——Zhuangzi(369–286BCE.)Habitishabitandnottobeflungoutofthewindowbyanyman,butcoaxeddownstairsastepatatime.——MarkTwain(1835–1910)习惯就是习惯，谁也不能将其扔出窗外，只能一步一步地哄它下楼。——马克·吐温（1835—1910）

TextA:TheHistorybehindChina’sObsessionwithHotWater1)Uponreadingthistitle,whatdoyouexpecttofindinthefollowingpassage?Takeawildguess!2)WhyaretheChinesesoobsessedwithhotwateraccordingtoTextA?

1.ReadTextAandthenanswerthefollowingquestions.1).WhatkindofpicturecanyouseewithChinesetravelersaroundtheworld?(para.1)2).Whyitisunbelievableforpeopletoseea50-year-oldrocker,ZhaoMingyicarryingathermos?(para.2)3).WhenhaveChinesepeoplegrownusedtothewesternfoodanddrink?(para.3)4).Accordingtopara4.,whatarethefunctionsofthehotandcoldbeveragesaccordingtotraditionalChinesemedicine?(para.4)5).WhydidmostordinaryChinesepeopleregardhotwaterasaluxuryinancientChina?(para.5)

1.ReadTextAandthenanswerthefollowingquestions.6).Whatisthepossiblereasonthatthesouthremaineduntouchedduringtheoutbreakofcholerain1862?(para.8)7).WhatdidtheguidelineissuedbyKuomintangclaimtodrinkboiledwater?(para.11)8).HowdoyouthinknowadaysChineseyoungpeopleareincreasinglyenamoredwithcoldwater?(para.16)

2.Detailsofthetext.1)WhatdoesthethermosrepresenttohotwaterdevoteesinChina?

A.Asymbolofmodernization

B.Astatussymbol

C.