新视野大学英语第三版B4U5教案

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Unit5

Whyculturecounts

夫TeachingObjectives：

StudentswilllearntouseEnglishto

1oTotalkaboutastereotypeofChineselanguageandculture

2.Tofurtherunderstandthetext

3.Toapplythephrasesandsentencepatterns

4oTomastertheparagraph(essay)writingskill

*TimeAllotment：eachunit8classes

1st--2ndclasses：PartIWarmingup

1.Lead—in:Backgroundintroductionandtheme-relatedquestionsforwarmingup

2.Understandingofthetext：DetailedunderstandingfocusonReadingStrategy

includingTopicSentence,KevWords,LoeicWords.ReadingCluesetc。in

ordertohelpstudentshaveabetterunderstandingaboutthepassagebyasking

somequestionsaboutit.

3rd—4thclasses:PartIITextStudy

3.ReadinginDepth：StructureAnalysis,Summary,Difficultsentencesanalysis

4.LanguageFocus：MorepracticeinLanguagePoints(languagepoints

explanation,SentencePatterns,UsefulExpressions)

5th-6thclasses:PartIIIReflection

5.Criticalthinking：Morespeakingpracticeindiscussionrelatedtostereotypesof

aforeigncountryandhowtodealwithculturaldifferenceso

6.WritingPractice：Essaywriting

•Afrustratingexperience

•Anunforgettableexperience

•Adifficultdecision

7th-8thclasses:PartIVAssignment

7.Post-readingactivities：reviewwordsandexpressions,role-play,exercises,

etc

8.SectionB：FocusonfastreadingandPracticeinreadingskill

UNIT5

SectionASpeakingChineseinAmerica

PartIWarmingup

1。Lead-in：

1)AnswerQuestions

QIoSomeWesternersthinkthatChinesepeopletendtoavoidsaying"no"

directlyoWhatarethecommonwaysinwhichtheChineseexpressdisagreement,

rejectionorrefusalindailycommunication?

Tips：Chinesepeoplegenerallyuseexpressionslike“possiblyno"or'Tmafraiditwon't

work“tosay"no"toothers.Thismakesthemlessdirectingivingrejectionso

Q2OAreallChineseso"discreetandmodest”thattherearen'tevenwordsfor

“no”？

Tips:NooWhenpeoplewithgreaterauthorityorpowersay“no”tothoseinalower

status(e.g.parentstochildren),theycanbeverydirectandstraightforward,e.g.''absolutely

no”.

2)Listenandtalk

ListentoaradioprogramoncomplimentsinAmericanEnglishoCompletethe

answerstothefollowingquestions.

QI.WhatarethecommonstructuresAmericans

usetocomplimenteachother?

(a)Whata...!(e.g。"Whatanicehat!”)

(b)

(Giveonestructureandoneexample)

Tips:Ilikeyour...(eogo"Ilikeyourhat.")

Iloveyour...(eogo“Iloveyourshoes.^^)

Q2.ArethereanydifferencesbetweenChineseandAmericanculturesinhowpeople

complimenteachotherandhowtheyrespondtoacompliment?

Tips：Yes,thetraditionalwayistosaysomethingtoshowthatweortheobjectwe

v

ownisnotthatgood.Forexample,wemaysay"哪里"(meaning“itisnothing)o

Butinmodemdays,manypeoplehaveadoptedtheEnglishwayofrespondingtoa

complimentoTheysay“thankyou“veryoftentooo

3)Compounddictation

ChinaiscastingsuchahugeontheUnitedStatesthatmanyAmericans

aretolearntheChineselanguageretaintheir

competitiveedge."InterestinlearningChineseamongAmericanyouthandtheir

parentshasgrowndramaticallyinthepastfiveyearso“saidVivienStewart,vice

presidentattheAsiaSociety,aUSgrouptryingtobetween

AmericansandthepeoplesofAsiaandthePacific.China'sdramaticrisetonear

superpoweranditstellingeffectspolitically,economically,and

aredrivingtheinteresttolearnthelanguage,expertssay.From

tohighschools,studiesbytheAsiaSocietyshow,thereisa

“rapidrise"inamongpupilstostudytheChineselanguageoThe

Chineserichculturaltraditionsandblossomingeconomymeanthatisnow

allofourstudentstobebetterpreparedtoengagethemand

opportunitiestogether,“saidMichaelLevine,AsiaSociety'sexecutive

directorofeducation.

Keys:shadow,scrambling,inabidto,bridgethegap,status,culturally,

kindergartens,interest,essentialfbr,seize.

2。CulturalBackground：ChineseAmericans

Discusswithyourpartnerthefollowingquestions：

1)WhatdoesChineseAmericansreferto?

Tips:Theterm"ChineseAmericans^^referstoAmericansofChinesedescentoItalso

includesthosewithpartialChineseancestryo

2)WhatstereotypesofChineseAmericansaredepictedinthemedia?

Tips:

•ChineseAmericansare“fbreign"and“unassimilated”。

,Chinesearealienpredators.

•ChineseAmericansarerestrictedtoclichedoccupations.

•ChineseAmericansarepolite.

•ChineseAmericansasawholeareamodelminorityo

3)WhatarethepopularcolumnsinthehistoryoftheNewYorkTimesMagazine?

Tips：Someofthepopularcolumnsinthehistoryofthemagazineare”On

Language"，“TheEthicistn,“Consumed",and"TheFunnyPages”.

PartIITextStudy

1。GlobalReading:

TipsforReading:AGoodReadershould

1)Trytobecomeanactivereadero

2)Learntoaskmorequestions。(what,why,how)

3)Dotheefficientreading,(keypoints,topicsentence,keywords,locating

words,necessaryandsufficient)

4)Developahabitofmarkingduringreadingo

1。1AnswerOuestions

1)Whydidtheauthor'smotherdescribeherSau一saubyusingtheexpression

"nominalcourtesy^^atthedinner?(Para。1)

Tips：Shejustpretendedtobepoliteo(ateupthedishintheend;althoughshe

didn'twantitatfirst□)

2)Whentheauthor'smotherofferedthelastscallopfromthegarlicseafood

dish,Sau-sau'sresponse：(Parao2)

Tips:

3)Whatdidtheauthor'smothersuggestastherightwayfortheChineseto

respondatthedinnertableinAmerica?(Para.8)

Tips:Theysaydirectlywhethertheywanttohaveanythingornot.Theywould

ratherthanrefuseforthesakeofpolitenesseveniftheyinfactwanttoeatit.

4)HowdidthearticleinTheNewYorkTimesMagazinedescribeChinese

languageandculture?(Para.10)

Tips:ItsaidthatChineselanguageandculturewereveryindirectandpoliteo

5)Whydidtheauthor'sparentsscoldherwhensheansweredthemwitha

question?(Paras.13一17)

Tips:Theythoughtthatshewasnotrespectfulifshequestionedthem.

6)InParagraph21,theauthormentionshowanoutsideobservermightview

Chinesepeoplebyjustlisteningtohermotherspeak.Whydoesshediscussthis?

Tips：Tosupportheropinionthattounderstandthedifferencebetween

languagesandbehaviorjustthroughliteraltranslationmayleadtowrong

generalizationso

7)Whatdidtheauthorworry?(Para。22)

Tips：SeeChinesepeoplefromalimitedperspective;

Leadtoactualintoleranceandfew

Chineseintopmanagementpositions；

Thepoweroflanguage0

8)HowdoestheauthorfeelaboutthedescriptionofChinesepeopleasbeing

“modestandpolite”？(Para.24)

Tips:Shefeelsthatitisannoyingbecausesuchadescriptiondoesnotexpress

newideas,honestemotionsorconsideredthoughto

9)Accordingtothetext,howdoChinesepeoplesay“yes”or"no"when

answeringquestions?(Para。28)

Tips：Sayingsomethingspecifictowhatisaskedbecausethereisnooneword

inChinesefbr"yes"or"no".

Referringdirectlytothepropositionbeingassertedordeniedo

1.2StructureAnalysis:

ConeIusion

Intioduclion

'■\

Astoryaboutafami1ydinnerto

introducethetopicoftheessay,i.e.

whetherChinese1anguageandcuIture

areindirectandpolite.(Paras.1-9)

Introduction

.

Body

RefutationagainsttheAmericanview

thatChineselanguageandcuItureare

indirectandpolite.(Paras.10-26)

Introduction

Body

______♦______

Conclusion

ThereisnoonewordinChinesefor

"yes"or"no”,whichisnotbecause

Chinesepeop1earediscreet,butbecause

theiranswerisspecifictowhatis

asked.(Paras.27-31)

1.3Summary

Once,atadinner,mymotherwhisperedtomeconfidentially：”Sau-saupretends

toohardtobeapolite!Whybotherwithsuchnominal?In

theend,shealwaystakeseverything."Mymothernolongerpatientwitholdtaboos

andcourtesies.

IreadanarticleinTheNewYorkTimesMagazine,wheretheauthormentioned

thattheinterwovenofChineselanguageandculturerendersits

speechindirectandpoliteoChinesepeopleareso"andmodest”,that

therearen'tevenwordsfor“yes"and"no"。

IfIconsidermyupbringingcarefully,Ifindtherewasnothingdiscreetaboutthe

ChineselanguageIgrewupwith,noforthesakeofpoliteness.

HavinglistenedtobothChineseandEnglish,I'mcomparisons

betweenthetwolanguages,asInoticethereciprocalchallengestheyeachpresento

Evenmoredangerousisthetemptationtoviewthebetweendifferent

languagesandbehaviorintranslationoThereisnoonewordfbr“yes”or“no”，but

nottobediscreet.,IwouldsaytheChinese

equivalentofanswering"yes"or"no"isspecifictowhatisaskedo

Keys:recipient,courtesy,configuration,discreet,censorship,suspiciousof,gulf,

outofnecessity,Ifanything.

2.LaniuazeFocus：

2.1PracticalPhrases

Dobeattachedto:与...有联系

举例：不要担心，因为这仅是意外，学生不应该受到指责。

译文:Don'tworrybecauseitwasanaccidentandnoblameisattachedtostudents.

2).ontheside：作为副业；作为兼职

举例：她的丈夫是个医生,业余时间做些雕塑。

译文：Herhusbandisadoctorwhomakessculpturesontheside。

3).get/cometothepoint：切入主题

举例：我们时间不多，所以我就直入主题吧。

译文：Wedon'thavemuchtime,so1*11comestraighttothepoint.

4).hedge...inwith/by...：以...限制某人(的自由、机会等);包围；围住

举例：很明显，政客们通常受到本身利益的制约。

译文：Itisclearthatpoliticiansareoftenhedgedinwiththeirowninterestso

5)oberepresentativeof:有代表性的；代表...的

举例：这些短篇小说代表了20世纪具有主导性的文学主题。

译文：Theseshortstoriesarerepresentativeofthedominantliterarythemesofthe

20thcentury.

6)0ifanything：如果有什么不同;甚至正相反；甚至还不如说

举例：小明看上去对输掉比赛并不是太失望。相反，他好像因为比赛都已结束

而感到如释重负.

译文：XiaoMingdidn'tseemtoodisappointedatlosing.Ifanything,heseemed

relievedthatitwasallover。

2.2FunctionalPatterns

1).原文：Whybotherwithsuchnominalcourtesy?

译文:何必费劲讲究形式上的客套呢？

功能:用于含蓄地表达观点.

句型：why+v./n./prep。phrase

举例：你可以在电脑上看电视节目，何必费劲买个电视机呢？

译文：YoucanwatchTVprogramsonthecomputer,sowhyatelevision?

2)0原文：IfIconsidermyupbringingcarefully,Ifindtherewasnothingdiscreet

abouttheChineselanguageIgrewupwith.

译文：仔细想想自己的成长过程，我发现，我从小到大所接触到的中文并不是什

么特别谨慎的语言。

功能:用于表达“通过个人经历而形成的对某人/事的正确认识”。

句型：IfIconsidermyupbringingcarefully,Ifindtherewasnothingdiscreet/

difficultaboutsth。/sb.Igrewupwith...。

举例：仔细想想自己的成长过程，我发现，我从小到大所接触到的英文并不是什

么特别难的语言。

译文：IfIconsidermyupbringingcarefully,Ifindtherewasnothingdifficultabout

theEnglishlanguageIgrewupwith.

3).原文:Atthisjunction,IdoagreeinpartwithTheNewYorkTimesMagazine

article.

译文：在这一点上，我的确在某种程度上同意《纽约时报杂志》的那篇文章。

句型：Atthisjunction,Idoagreeinpartwithsth。

功能:用于表达“部分认同”.

举例：在这一点上，我的确在某种程度上同意女孩要富养的理念.

译文：Atthisjunction,Idoagreeinpartwiththeideathatdaughtersshouldberaised

inrichnessandhappinesso

3。LanguageADDlication:

EssayWriting:

Writeanarrativewithdirectdialog

Anarrativeessaytellsastory.Importantelementsthatmakeupastoryincludeasetting(the

location),atheme(thebasicidea),amood(thefeelingoratmosphere),characters(people),

andaplot(thesequenceofevents).OnewaytopresenttheseelementsistousedialogoAgood

narrativeessayoftenemploysvividdialog,throughwhichitcanbringcharacterstolifeand

effectivelyarousereaders'emotionalresponseso

Whenwritingdirectdialog,weshouldfollowthestandardconventionsofpunctuationand

formattingoThebasicprinciplesareasfollows:

1oUsequotationmarkstoindicatetheexactwordsspokenbycharacters.

2oBeginanewparagraphwheneverthespeakerchangeso

3.MakesurereadersalwaysknowwhoisspeakingoDialogtags(e。go"Hesaid”)are

sometimesusedtoidentifythespeaker.

4OUsecorrectpunctuationmarksandcapitalizationo

Example：

wCleanupyourroom,"Mothersaid,“oryou'renotgoingtothemovie!”

Jimshouted,"That'snotfair!It'sBen'sroomtoo!"

“Benwillbehomelatertotakecareofhishalf.Now,areyougoingtogetstarted?^^Mother

scoldedo

“Iguessso,"mutteredJim。"Whydoesn'tBeneverhavetodoanythingaroundhere?”

“Hedoesplenty,“Mothersaid.

Jimsaid,“Ineverseehimdomuchofanythingbutstudyo”

“Well,“answeredMother,"you'reneveraroundverymuch。"

写作练习

Directions:Writeanarrativeessayofnolessthan200wordsononeofthefollowingtopicso

Youressayshouldincludeoneormoredirectdialogs.Onetopichasanoutlinethatyoucan

followo

Topic:Afrustratingexperience

Introduction:Introducethebackgroundofthestoryand

stateyourthesis.

Body:Describewhathappenedtoyouindetail.Besure

toincludeoneormoredirectdialogsinyourdescriptions.

Conclusion:

Concludeyouressaywithafinalthoughtaboutthe

experience,oralessonlearnedfromit.

PartIIIReflection

1。CriticalThinking：

1.1Questions

1)Doyouknowofanystereotypeofaforeigncountry,itspeople,oritslanguage?Haveyou

evermetanyonewhoeitherfitsorcontradictsthisimage,andinwhatway?

Tips：

•Yeso

Frenchpeopleareromantic,andtheFrenchlanguageisbeautiful；Italiansarefashionable,and

Italyhasthebestcuisineintheworld.IhavewatchedmanymoviesinwhichFrenchpeopleare

indeedromantic,althoughIhavenevermetanyFrenchinpersonoAcommonsceneinthe

moviesisthataFrenchmangivesflowerstohisgirlfriendorwife,ortwopersonsmeetbychance

andfallinlovequickly.

•Noo

Ithinkpeopleindifferentcountriesorculturesoftheworldhavemoresimilaritiesthan

differences.Forinstance,weallconsidersuchvaluesashonesty,diligenceandpatriotism

importantqualitiesofbeingagoodmanoragoodcitizenoHence,Ithinktherearenoessential

differencesbetweenpeoplesorcultures,andIdon'thaveanystereotypeofanyforeigncountry,

itspeople,oritslanguage.

2)Ifyouaregoingtoliveinaforeigncountryfbranumberofyears,whatwouldyoupreferto

do：toadaptyourbehaviorandmannerstothecultureofthatcountry,ortosticktothenormsof

yourownculture?

Tips：

•IwilltrytoadaptmyhabitstolocalnormsoForexample,Iwillfollowtheirrulesofdining,

bodylanguageandgiftgivingo

•IwouldprefertomaintainChinesetraditionsoModernpeoplevalueculturaldiversity,so,

IthinkpeopleoftheforeigncountryIliveinwillrespectmychoice.

2o2Watch&discuss

Watchavideoclipanddiscussthefollowingquestion:Whatwouldyousuggestas

goodwaysfbr