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Text B Culture Shock

Text B Culture Shock. Unit 1, Book 2. New Words. clash. clash / crash / crush clash : 指金属制品等铿锵有声的撞击 crash : 指因坠下或猛冲而猛地砰地碰撞 crush : 压碎、碾碎、压坏. amusement. amusement park 游乐场 interesting / amusing Amusing has the meaning of making you laugh. devise. de-

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Text B Culture Shock

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  1. Text BCulture Shock Unit 1, Book 2

  2. New Words

  3. clash • clash / crash / crush • clash: 指金属制品等铿锵有声的撞击 • crash: 指因坠下或猛冲而猛地砰地碰撞 • crush: 压碎、碾碎、压坏

  4. amusement • amusement park 游乐场 • interesting / amusing • Amusing has the meaning of making you laugh.

  5. devise • de- • 1. the reverse or opposite of 逆向,相反 • devalue 使贬值 • declass 降级 • de-emphasize 降低重要性 • 2. derived from 从……导出 • deverbative • -vise • see in mind • vision 想象,设想

  6. reject • -ject • throw • project • reject (plan, suggestion, offer) • refuse (invitation, permission, offer) • decline (invitation, suggestion, offer)

  7. hostile • be hostile to • (anto.) friendly, amiable

  8. distinction • make a distinction between 强调主观上的差别 • make a difference between 强调客观存在的差别

  9. appreciate • appreciate / enjoy • appreciate: 指对事物有深入的了解并能欣赏 • enjoy: 不需要较高修养,仅指从中得到快乐 • I really appreciate it …

  10. Reading Skills

  11. MAIN IDEA supported, described and explained Reading Skills • topic sentence • first sentence – middle – end – unstated

  12. Main Idea of Paragraphs Studying in a different country is a new experience, but there are also some challenges. • Para. 1 • Para. 2 • Para. 3 • Para. 4 • Para.6 The first stage of culture-shock adjustment is “the honeymoon”. The second stage of culture shock, “the hostility stage”, eventually occurs. At this point, some defense mechanisms are devised to protect yourself against the effects of culture shock. The third stage of culture shock adjustment, “recovery”, starts.

  13. Passage Reading

  14. Translation • The prospect of packing up everything and moving to a new and perhaps strange environment may appear interesting and challenging to an unmarried young man and appallingly difficult to a slightly older man with a wife and a small kid.

  15. Four Questions • What is your interpretation of “culture shock”? (What kind of feelings? When? The cause.) • What are the four stages of adjustment? • What are the defense mechanisms? Explain. • What is the best method in your eyes to adjust to another culture? Offer your reasons.

  16. Oral Practice • pretend: you meet with your friend somewhere in the street or on campus • pretend: one of you has just come back from a foreign country of a different culture • make up a dialogue • include the answers to the previous four questions

  17. Key to Exercises

  18. 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. B Comprehension of the Text (II)

  19. Vocabulary (III) • 1. utilize • available for 可利用的 • distance education 远程教育 • 2. reject • be free to do 有做……的自由 • accept  reject 接受拒绝 • 3. considerable • rebuild the city 城市重建  reconstruct the city

  20. Vocabulary (III) • 4. temporary • 5. acceptable • be acceptable to • 6. recognition • beyond recognition • 7. alleviate • the symptoms of a cold: headache, cough, running nose, watery eyes, sore throat …

  21. Vocabulary (III) • 8. appreciate • I would appreciate it if … • 9. furthermore • 10. interact • interact with

  22. 1. interact with 2. gone through 3. deal with 4. recovered from 5. adjusting to 6. familiar to 7. In spite of 8. were tired of 9. prevented from 10. came to Vocabulary (IV)

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