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Unit4Breakingboundaries

UsinglanguageⅡP42-43LearningobjectivesYou’llknowapassageabout“globalvillage”.You’lllistentoaconversationforthemainideaanddetailedinformation.You’llknowsomeexpressionsofshowinginterestanddescribingacommonphenonmenon.You’lltalkaboutanotherphenomenonoftheglobalvillage.Theglobalvillage

Nowadays,peopleallovertheworldarebecomingmoreandmoreconnected,asiftheworldweregettingsmaller--asifwewerelivingina“globalvillage”.Technologyislargelyresponsibleforbringingpeopletogether.Channelsofcommunication,suchasthemobilephoneandtheInternet,havemadeitpossibletospeakinstantlywithsomeoneontheothersideoftheplanet,enablingustoformcloseconnectionswithpeopleofcompletelydifferentcultures.Thetelevision,meanwhile,isawindowontheworld,givingusquickandeasyaccesstootherculturesandlifestyles.Culturalexchangehelpsustobemoreinclusiveandtoovercomecultureshock.Butinclusivenessdoesn’tmeanthatourcultureswillmergeintooneanother.Rather,it’saboutcountriesandpeoplemakingajointefforttocometogethertocreateamoreharmoniousandunderstandingworld,sothatwecanallenjoythemutualbenefits.5

Readthepassageaboveandanswerthequestions.Payattentiontotheexpressionsinbold.1Whatphenomenondoesthepassagedescribe?Itdescribesthephenomenonofthe“globalvillage”asrelatedtothepromotionoftechnologicalandculturalexchange.

2Whateffectdoestechnologyhaveonculturalexchange?Technologyenablesustoformcloseconnectionswithpeopleofcompletelydifferentculturesandgivesusquickandeasyaccesstootherculturesandlifestyles.CompletetheletterwiththecorrectformoftheexpressionsinActivity5.6DearEditor,YourarticleaboutlivinginaglobalvillagereallystruckachordwithmebecauseI’vejustreturnedfromateachingprojectinCambodiaandThailand.Ihadbeenworriedaboutthe1_________,butfortunatelytheothervolunteersandlocalteacherswerereallywelcoming.Wewereableto2

_________________________eachotheraswellasourstudents.Throughout,wemade3___________tomakeourclassesasuccess,sothatwecouldallenjoythe

4______________ofworkingwelltogether.Itwasrewardingto

cultureshockformcloseconnectionswithajointeffortmutualbenefitsseehowourworkhelped5____________________fromdifferent

cultures.BeforeIwent,TVandtheInternetweremy6_____________________,butbeingthereinpersonwasevenbetter.Ithinktheexperiencehastaughtmeto7________________andIcan’twaittodoitalloveragain.PaulbringpeopletogetherwindowontheworldbemoreinclusiveListentotheconversationandchoosethemainidea.71Moreandmoreforeignwordsandexpressionsareentering

the

Englishlanguage,especiallythoseaboutfood.2ChinesefoodispopularintheUK,andmanyChinesewords

andexpressionsareenteringEnglishdictionariesasaresult.3Interculturalcommunicationisincreasing,andpeopleallover

theworldhaveabetterunderstandingofeachother.4Worldsportsarebringingpeopletogetherinthesameway

that

foodis.

Listenagainandcompletethetable.8regionalwordsaremakingitwontonthefoodwebuyandeatallkindsoffoodalotofchoicesItalian,FrenchandJapaneserestaurantsusechopsticksconnectingpeoplepeopleinBritaineatingChinesefoodpizzawhilewatchingthesamegameNowtalkaboutmoreexamplesofeachphenomenon.Katie:HeyRobbie,Iconstantlycomeacrossnewwordsinonlinenewspapers.Do

you

knowwhatthiswordmeans?“Grockle”.Robbie:[lookingandlaughing]Oh,it’sawordusedinDevon.Itreferstoatourist.Katie:Really?NowonderIhaven’thearditbefore.WeinLiverpoolneveruseit.I

wonderifit’sinthedictionary.Letmelookupthedictionaryonmymobile

phone.[soundofpressingbuttonsonmobilephone]Yes,hereitis!Iguess

moreandmote

regionalwordsaremakingitintodictionariesthesedays.Robbie:That’sinteresting.AndIsupposeyouhavethevariationsofEnglishfrom

around

theworldtothinkabout,too.Katie:Yes.Didyouknowthat

“wok”isaCantoneseword,forexample?It’sa

particular

typeofpan.Robbie:Isitreally?Ionlyknewthatwordslikechowmein,wontonandchopsuey

areallfromChinese.听力原文：

ShowinginterestKatie:Infact,therearemoreandmoreChinesewordsandexpressionsmaking

their

way

intoEnglish.Robbie:Right.EspeciallywithmoreandmorepeoplelearningChinese.Itisreally

amazing

howmuchEnglishhaschangedoverthelastfewdecades.Katie:Iagree.Andactually,thechangesdon’tjusthappentothewordsweuse,but

also

thefoodwenowfindinshopsandrestaurants.Forexample,Ioftengo

shopping

inalargeAsiansupermarketnotfarfromwhereIlive.Thereare

allkindsoffoods

fromAsia,likebambooshootsanddurianfruit.Robbie:Really?WhenIeatoutwithmyfriends,weoftengotoaChinese

restaurant,

althoughtherearelotsofotherrestaurantstochoosefrom,

suchasItalian,French

andJapanese.Ialsofinditinterestingtoseejust

howmanyEuropeansknowhow

tousechopsticks.Katie:Indeed.Nowadays,youdon’tneedtogoabroadtoenjoyfoodfromother

parts

oftheworld.Nowonderitisn’tasurprisetoseepeopleinBritain

Describingacommonphenomenon.

eatingChinese

foodwhilewatchingtheUEFAChampionsLeaguelive.Anditisnotunusualtofind,ontheothersideoftheworld,peopleenjoyingpizzawhilewatchingthesamegame.Robbie:The