体验英语视听说电子课件b4u2.pptVIP

大学体验英语视听说教程第四册高等教育出版社华中科技大学

UNIT2ChallengesofUnderstandingaCulture

Noculturecanlive,ifitattemptstobeexclusive.Bethechangeyouwanttoseeintheworld.MahatmaGandhi

BackgroundInformationUnitOverviewLesson1Lesson2SupplementaryReadingAgendaHomelistening

Culturechanges;culturediffers.Globalizationspeedsupthechangeandenhancesthenecessitytoperceivethetruthofthedifference.Inthisunit,studentswillgettoknowabouttheprocessofculturalchangeandtherootsforculturalstereotype.Listeningandspeakingactivitiesinthisunitwillinspirestudentstounderstandhomeandforeignculturesinadeeperandmorethoroughway.UnitOverview

BackgroundInformation1.4Shbab4Shbab(“FortheYouth”)isanArabic-languagesatellitetelevisionstationbasedinCairo,Egypt.Thestationreferstoitselfas“Islam’sownMTV.”Accordingtoa2009AssociatedPressarticle,thefounderofthechannel,AhmedAbuHeiba,saidthatheopenedthestationtoshowthatMuslimscanbeintouchwiththecontemporaryworld.OneoftheprogramsisSoutakWasel(“YourVoiceisHeard”),nicknamed“Islamic2.The99The99,alsowrittenasTheNinety-Nine,isacomicbookpublishedbyTeshkeelComics,featuringateamofsuperheroesbasedonIslamiccultureandreligion.TheseriesisacreationofDr.NaifAl-Mutawa,founderandC.E.O.ofTeshkeelMediaGroup.AlthoughtheseriesisbasedonIslamicconcepts,itispromotedasappealingtouniversalvirtues,Idol”byAbuHeiba,aprogramsimilartoAmericanIdol.andthereligionofeachcharacterisnotmadeexplicit.

The99areordinaryteenagersandadultsfromacrosstheglobe,whocomeintopossessionofoneofthe99mysticalNoorStones(StonesofLight)andfindthemselvesempoweredinaspecificmanner.AlldilemmasfacedbyThe99willbeovercomethroughthecombinedpowersofthreeormoremembers.Throughthis,The99seriesaimstopromotevaluessu