Period 3　知识讲练课

学习目标

　　1.Grasp the usage of such important words and expressions as greet,represent,association,curiously,approach,defence,major,likely,in general,at ease,lose face,turn one's back to,etc.

　　2.Master the following patterns:

　　(1)The first person to arrive was Tony Garcia from Colombia,closely followed by Julia Smith from Britain.

　　(2) Not all cultures greet each other the same way,nor are they comfortable in the same way with touching or distance between people.

学习过程

　　➡Step 1　Fill in the blanks according to what you have learned.

　　Yesterday,another student and I,(1)　　　 our university's student association,went to meet this year's international students.After half an hour of waiting,I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around (2)　　　.I went forward to (3)　　　them.After being introduced,they greeted each other in different ways,causing some (4)　　　 and cultural mistakes.

　　As I get to know more international friends,I learn more about this cultural (5)"　　　".Not all cultures greet each other the same way,nor are they comfortable in the same way with touching or distance between people.In the same way that people (6)　　　with spoken language,they also express their feelings through physical distance,actions or (7)　　　.

　　These actions are simply ways in which cultures have developed.I have seen,however,that cultural customs for body language are very general-not all members of a culture (8)　　　in the same way.(9),though,studying international customs can certainly help (10)　　　difficulties in today's world of cultural crossroads.

　　➡Step 2　Words and expressions

　　1.There are many different ways to greet someone using words.有许多利用语言和别人打招呼的方式。

　　【观察思考】

　　(1)Jim came across the room to greet his friends.

　　吉姆穿过房间来迎接他的朋友们。

　　(2)He greeted me in the street with a friendly wave of the hand.

　　他在街上向我亲切地挥手致意。

　　(3)They exchanged greetings and sat down to lunch.

　　他们互相致意后便坐下吃午饭。

greet vi.&vt.迎接;问候

greet sb with sth 用......欢迎/致意/问候某人

greet sth with sth 对某事作出某种反应

greetings n.问候

exchange greetings互致问候

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