1、制作单位：中山市第二中学制作教师：唐飞凤 何秀媚Lesson 47 Living AbroadTeaching aims:To learn different cultures between China and America,cultivating students cultural awareness.To learn to express their opinions in English,developing students oral ability.To practice using Present Participle.Warm upDo you know something
2、about America?Can you tell us some things the USA is most famous for?How about China?Please see some picturesZxxk组卷网中学学科网White HouseGod FreedomNew YorkUSATea culturePaper-cuttingdrumsLion danceDragon boatLantern&QipaoLucky knotsFolk art:tiger head shoesPlease read the two dialogues and answer the fo
3、llowing question:Why did they have difficulty understanding the American and Chinese ways of doing things?Because they didnt know the culture.Dialogue 1 Jin Li:When I first arrived in San Francisco,I had a difficult time understanding the American way of doing things.Once I went to visit an American
4、 friend.After staying for the whole evening,I was about to leave.But as soon as we said goodbye,my friend went back to his room closing the door behind him.It made me feel that I was not really welcome.Wang Lei:I once had an embarrassing experience in a New York restaurant.I was talking to my Americ
5、an friend Janice at the table when I noticed people staring at us.I asked Janice what was wrong and she told me that I was talking too loud.She said m to some American people,p sound like shouting.Dialogue 2Martin:What did I learn from my exciting cultural exchange to China?Well,the Chinese are extr
6、emely hospitable.One evening,I was invited to a Chinese family dinner.I had a good appetite and ate a lot of delicious food.My host kept on putting more food in my rice bowl.They didnt seem to hear me saying No,thank you.This was a very special experience I had in China.In my culture,you dont get mo
7、re food if you dont ask for more.Tom:I had a similar experience last time when I visited China.Chinese are the most friendly people I have ever met.After my visit to a Chinese family,my friends grandfather wouldnt let me go to the station alone.He insisted on walking me to the station to see me off,
8、I kept saying that I knew the way myself,but it just did not work.What he did was amazing,this will not happen in many other cultures,I guess.Tina:Chinese people are very modest too.Last time,when I visited China,we saw the tour guide wearing a very pretty coat on the day we left.I told her the coat
9、 suited her,but she looked very embarrassed saying that it was a cheap one she had bought a long time ago.I was surprised.In my culture,when we hear this,we will feel very happy and say thanks.Read to learn Are these sentences true(T),false(F)or with no information provided(NI).()1.Martin stayed in
10、China with a local family.()2.Tom couldnt understand why his friends grandfather wanted to go with him to the bus station.()3.Tina was a friend of the tourist guide.To be continuedNITNI()4.Jin Li adjusted well to the American way of life soon after arriving in the USA.()5.We know Jin Li has at least
11、 one American friend.()6.Wang Lei never went back to the restaurant in New York again.GO ONFTNIVocabulary PracticeFind the words in the the text which mean the following:1.To give someone something and receive the same kind of thing from them.()2.A desire for food.()3.People who have guests.()exchan
12、geappetitehost 4.A place where you can buy and eat a meal.()5.To be right for a particular person.()6.Friendly,welcoming,and generous to visitors.()7.Extremely good especially in an unexpected way.()8.Feeling shy and uneasy.()restaurantsuithospitableamazingembarrassedVoice your opinion What do you think are most important to you if you have a chance to visit a city for the first time,its place,its food or its architecture?
