高中英语必修三 UNIT3 DIVERSE CULTURES SectionⅠ导讲义

1、Section Listening, Speaking, Talking & Video Time文本填空用适当的词汇补写教材听说文本。【Activity 1】Listening and SpeakingTalk about the origins of American food背景导学对话讨论几种美国食品的起源(Talk about the origins of American food)。美国的多元文化反映在社会生活的各个领域,饮食就是很重要的一个方面。该对话介绍了四种食品汉堡包、墨西哥玉米片、秋葵汤和福饼,它们都是在美国本土发明的,但都带有其他民族的饮食风味和特点。Interview

2、er:Today our guest is Steve Fox. Hes here to talk about cultural influences on American food. Welcome, Steve!Steve:Thank you. Its nice to be here.Interviewer:When it comes to American food, some say 1.no food was ever invented in America. What do you think?Steve:Hmm.Thats not really 2.true. For exam

3、ple, some say the 3.hamburger comes from Hamburg in Germany, but theyre wrong. The recipe for the meat in a hamburger may have come from 4.Germany, but the final hamburger we know today was definitely created by 5.Americans.Interviewer:You mean there was a 6.mixing of cultures? Food from overseas ch

4、anged when it arrived in the States.Steve:Right. And there are many more examples of mixed-culture 7.dishes. Like nachos, for example.Interviewer:Oh, I just love nachos! Mexican corn chips covered in cheese!Steve:Yes, theyre delicious, but theyre not 8.traditional Mexican food. The recipe was actual

5、ly invented by a 9.Mexican cook for his American customers. Then there are fortune cookies.Interviewer:What do you mean?Steve:Theyre not Chinese.Interviewer:Youre kidding! But every 10.Chinese restaurant in America has them!Steve:Yes, but theyre unknown in China. About 100 years ago, someone in San

6、Francisco put a piece of paper with a 11.fortune on it inside a Japanese-style cookie, and the fortune cookie was born!Interviewer:Wow! Thats interesting! So theyre like a 12.mix of the Chinese, American, and Japanese cultures.Steve:You got it.And then we have gumbo, the spicy stew.It was invented i

7、n New Orleans over 13.200 years ago,and mixes French, African,Native American,and Spanish cooking.Interviewer:So its the food of many different cultures,all in one dish?Steve:14.Exactly.American cooking often mixes things from around the world to make something completely new.【Activity 2】Listening a

8、nd TalkingTalk about ethnic minority cultures in China背景导学该听力文本为外国友人Justin在贵州旅行中与当地朋友Wu Yue的对话。作为Justin的向导,Wu Yue为他介绍了当地的民俗特色、旅游景点。该听力文本包括两部分,在第一部分, Wu Yue为Justin介绍了苗族乐器芦笙以及苗族手工制作的银饰。Wu Yue对苗族文化如数家珍,并且表现出强烈的自豪感。在听力文本的第二部分,Wu Yue继续带领Justin去参观贵州肇兴的侗寨,Wu Yue为Justin介绍了那里的景点,还提到了侗族大歌表演。LISTENING PART 1Ju

9、stin:Hey, Wu Yue, do you know what kind of 1.instrument these Miao performers are playing?Wu Yue:Yes, its called a 2.lusheng, my favourite musical instrument.Justin:It sounds beautiful. Is it made of 3.bamboo?Wu Yue:Yes. Can you guess when it was invented?Justin:Um.five hundred years ago? I cant tel

10、l. I know China has a very long history.Wu Yue:Thats a good guess, but the lusheng actually has a history of over 4.3,000 years. Its even mentioned in the oldest collection of Chinese 5.poetry.Justin:Wow, such a long time ago. There must be many beautiful songs.Wu Yue:Yes, indeed, and they all make

11、me 6.proud. You know, Im a Miao, too, and Im really proud of our 7.culture. Look, the performers are performing the lusheng dance.musicJustin:This is great! And I really like the 8.silver accessories that the girls are wearing. What are they?Wu Yue:Oh, theyre traditional 9.hand-made accessories. I c

12、an help you buy some as souvenirs if you like.Justin:Great, thanks! I hope theyre not too 10.expensive.Wu Yue:Oh, well, itll depend on the percentage of silver.LISTENING PART 2A few minutes later.Justin:Great, now I have my souvenirs. So where are we going next,Wu Yue?Wu Yue:Im taking you to Zhaoxin

13、g, a pretty Dong 11.minority village. Its considered one of Chinas most beautiful villages.Justin:Great. I cant 12.wait. There must be a lot to see.Wu Yue:There is. First, Ill take you to see the beautiful drum 13.towers, and then the wind and rain bridges.The Dong play the lusheng, too. Perhaps you

14、ll see them perform the Grand Song of the Dong People. Believe me, youll love it.Justin:Wow, Im really looking forward to it now.【Activity 3】Video TimeWorlds Biggest Melting Pot背景导学该视频聚焦纽约市皇后区(Queens),展现美国的“熔炉文化”。在皇后区,将近一半人口出生在其他国家, 居民来自100多个民族,说150多种语言。该视频包含几位来自不同种族的移民的自述,他们的英语或多或少带着各自母语的发音特点,视频最后还

15、介绍了一项有趣的研究,用以判断一个地区是否体现多元性。Narrator:In todays global village, multiculturalism is 1.normal. But one neighbourhood in particular claims to be one of the most 2.diverse places in the world. Welcome to Queens, New York.Man:How are you doing? Whats happening? Were all 3.immigrants. Who understands an im

16、migrant better than an immigrant?Narrator:Almost 4.half of the population of Queens was born in another country. Its residents come from 5.100different nations and they speak almost 150 different languages. No racial or ethnic group is a majority here. There may be other neighbourhoods with even mor

17、e 6.foreign-born residents, but only here do we find so many different cultures, nationalities and ethnicities all in one place.Woman 1:I know that, you know, Im from Madras,the southern part of 7.India. My parents live there and my grandparents live there.Woman 2:My mums from 8.South Korea. And on

18、my fathers side, I am German, Irish, English, and I think a little bit of Native American, but that part Im not sure.Woman 3:My 9.great-grandfather was Puerto Rican and his parents were Puerto Rican and so on and so forth. So, as far as I know, weve always been Puerto Rican. And I feel connected to that and when I look in the 10.mirror I see that and I see my grandmother and my great-grandmother. Its something that I 11.cherish and its something that Im very protective of.Woman 4:So you have Eastern Europeans. You have Hispanics. You have 12.Turkish