《泛读教程1 》Unit 2：Culture Shock

Unit2CultureShock Warm up 1 WhatisCULTURE Acultureisaparticularsocietyorcivilization especiallyconsideredinrelationtoitsbeliefs wayoflife orart 2 WhatisCULTURESHOCK Cultureshockisafeelingofanxiety loneliness andconfusionthatpeoplesometimesexperiencewhentheyfirstarriveinanothercountry 3 Howcanweovercomecultureshock WordPretest acquaintance n apersononehasmetbutdoesn tknowwellbrowse v lookthroughinacasualwaydepressed adj lowinspiritshostility n unfriendlyfeelingstemporary adj lastingforashortperiodoftimeinevitable adj cannotbeavoidedlocate v finddwell v thinktoomuchabout KeystoWordPretest 1 C2 A3 D4 C5 C6 B7 A8 D TextAnalysis MainIdeaoftheText Whenpeoplegoabroadtheywouldfindtheforeignculturesquitedifferentfromtheirs andthentheymayexperiencethecultureshock Thewritergivessomeadviceonhowtoovercometheinconvenience Thesymptomsrangefrombeingillateasetobeingseriouslydepressed illatease 不安的 拘束的at one s ease 自在的 不拘束的withease 毫不费劲地 轻而易举地 2 Itiseasytounderstandthattheendlessfrustrationsoftheearlydaysinanewcountrywouldproducedissatisfaction andperhapsevenhostility 不难理解 初到异国时所遭遇的无穷无尽的挫折会让人沮丧万分 甚至产生抵触情绪 3 Asenseofhumorisabighelp asenseofhumor 幽默感asenseoffulfillment 成就感asenseofinferiority 自卑感asenseofsuperiority 优越感asenseofresponsibility 责任感asenseofshame 羞耻感asenseofsecurity 安全感 4 Withtherightattitude livinginaforeigncountrycanbeapriceless enrichingperiodinaperson slife priceless 无价的 及其珍贵的valueless 没有价值的worthless 没有价值的enrich 使富足 丰富如果有着正确的态度 在异国他乡的生活将成为人生中一段弥足珍贵的 丰富人生的岁月 exaggerate v saymorethanthetruthslang n nonstandardvocabularyadapt v makeorbecomesuitableinsecure adj weak uncertain unprotecteddistinct adj different separatechallenging adj difficult butinaninterestingwayrange v varywithinlimits WordMatch adjust v changeslightlyinordertomakesuitableaggressive adj readyforconflictcopewith dealwithoccur v happenidentity n thedistinguishingcharacterorpersonalityofanindividualautomatic adj self acting underitsownpowerdistortion n twist changingshapereverse adj opposite contrary 1 Chicken isslangforsomeonewhoisnotverybrave 2 Tomwon 5000inthelottery Heranhomeandsaidtohiswife Wearerich Wewonmoremoneythanwecaneverspend Hiswifesaid Don texaggerate Tellmehowmuchyoureallywon 3 Susanisquietandshy shefindsitdifficulttocopewithstrangers 4 Theteacherssaymysonisslow butIbelievethereverseistrue 5 Whenwecometoanewplace wemustadjust adaptouselvestothenewenvironment 6 Thechildren sagesrangefrom5to15 7 Atrafficaccidentoccurredinfrontoftheparkyesterday 8 IfIcriticizehim hegetsaggressiveandstartsshouting Suffix45isdividable divisibleby5 Youmustcarryoutyourplanwithdetermination XiaoLiisadependablefriend Ifhecanhelpyou hewilldohisbest Hesmiledinsatisfaction Obviouslyhewaspleasedwithwhathehaddone Thecorrectionofcompositiontookalargepartoftheteacher stime Therelationbetweenmotherandchildistheclosestintheworld Althoughtheblack and whiteTVsetisold fashioned itisstillusable Thepictureisfaded butthepeopleinitarestillrecognizable CLOZELine3 Thevisitorfindsthat yes maynotalwaysmean yes thatfriendlinessdoesnotnecessarilymeanfriendship orthatstatementsthatappeartobeseriousar