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1、Unit1DifferencesBetweenCulturesThinkingAheadStudentsareaskedtodiscussthefollowingquestionsingroups.Thereferenceanswersforthequestionsareofferedbelow:1.Howdoyouthinkabouttheword“culture”?Cultureisawordforpeople’s“wayoflife”,meaningthewaytheydothings.Agroupofpeoplehasas
2、eparateculturewhenthatgroupsetsitselfapartfromothersthroughitsactions.Culturesarewhatmakecountriesunique.Eachcountryhasdifferentculturalactivitiesandculturalrituals.Cultureismorethanjustmaterialgoods,thatisthingsthecultureusesandproduces.Cultureisalsothebeliefsandvalu
3、esofthepeopleinthatculture.Culturealsoincludesthewaypeoplethinkaboutandunderstandtheworldandtheirownlives.2.Whyshouldwestudycross-culturalcommunication?Cross-culturalcommunicationreferstothestudyofsuccessfulcommunicationsacrossdifferentcultures.Itconcernstheunderstand
4、ingoftraditionandmodernization,consistencyandchange.Asweunderstandsomeoftheongoingnationalcharacteristicsofapeople,wecanexaminehowthiscultureisseenfromtheoutside,howitinteractswithotherculturesandhowitischanging.Theincreaseininternationalbusinessandinforeigninvestment
5、hascreatedaneedforexecutiveswithknowledgeofforeignlanguagesandskillsincross-culturalcommunication.Thechallengeisthatevenwithallthegoodwillintheworld,miscommunicationislikelytohappen,especiallywhentherearesignificantculturaldifferencesbetweencommunicators.Miscommunicat
6、ionmayleadtoconflict,oraggravateconflictthatalreadyexists.Soitisveryimportantthatweshouldstudycross-culturalcommunication.(Fromhttp://www.tzsy.cn/english/news/culture/200805/13-86570.html)PartIVideoTimeInthispart,studentswillhave2taskstoaccomplish.Task1Intask1,student
7、swillwatchavideoclipfromGuaShaandthendotheexercisesasrequired.Beforewatching,studentsaresupposedtoreadthewords,expressionsandculturalnotesrelatedtothevideo.TranscriptMrs.Xu:Howcomeitdoesn’tlooklikethecourtroomonTV?Judge:Becauseitisn’tacourtroom,Mrs.Xu.Doeseitherofthec
8、ounselorhaveproblemwithmyholdinghearingsinchambers?Totellyouthetruth,becauseIcan’tstandthatawfulechointhecourtroom,youknow,w
