Unit 4 Culture I.Teaching Aims 1 Improve the student's speaking ability related to culture: 2.Train the students'listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp the 3.Master the useful words and expressions in this unit II.Teaching Points 1.Students are required to understand the opinions on good manners in our country: 2.Train the students'speaking abilities in understanding that different countries ma nd word ddy Malyornta weene disbled.bv weight conscious,Chanyu,distinguished,basin,may,tatami,procedure,sip,at one g0. III.Teaching Methods 1.Listening and speaking activities Individual,pair,or group work 3.Speaking activities 4.Explanation IV.Teaching Periods Two teaching hours V.Teaching procedures Step one Warm-up Questions e co nsidered good manners in our country? 2.What do you think of the tea ceremony in Japan? 3.What is the meaning of tea-drinking in China? Step Two Micro-listening 1.Play the tape recorder for the students. 2 Check the answers 3.Emphasize some language points and sentence structures Step Three Macro-listening 1.Explain the new words and expressions muddy adj.泥泞的 Malay ad.马来人的 oriental adj.东方人 westener n. 方人 disabled adj.残疾的 heavy adj..身体胖的 weight conscious对体重敏感的
Unit 4 Culture I. Teaching Aims 1. Improve the student’s speaking ability related to culture; 2. Train the students’ listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp the important details of a passage; 3. Master the useful words and expressions in this unit. II. Teaching Points 1. Students are required to understand the opinions on good manners in our country; 2. Train the students’ speaking abilities in understanding that different countries may have different cultures; 3. Useful expressions and words: muddy, Malay, oriental, westener, disabled, heavy, weight conscious, Chanyu, distinguished, basin, may, tatami, procedure, sip, at one go. III. Teaching Methods 1. Listening and speaking activities 2. Individual, pair, or group work 3. Speaking activities 4. Explanation IV. Teaching Periods Two teaching hours Ⅴ. Teaching procedures Step one Warm-up Questions 1. What are considered good manners in our country? 2. What do you think of the tea ceremony in Japan? 3. What is the meaning of tea-drinking in China? Step Two Micro-listening 1. Play the tape recorder for the students. 2. Check the answers. 3. Emphasize some language points and sentence structures: Step Three Macro-listening 1. Explain the new words and expressions muddy adj. 泥泞的 Malay adj. 马来人的 oriental adj. 东方人 westener n. 西方人 disabled adj. 残疾的 heavy adj. 身体胖的 weight conscious 对体重敏感的
(I)to takeof shoes:To remove one's shoes when entering a friend's houe and change to slippers is considered good manners in Asian countries like China,Japan, North and South Korea. (2)an oriental:A person from East and Southeast Asian.Asian is now preferred by some in place of Oriental for persons native to Asian or descended from an Asian people r objection to Oriental,meaning "eastem is that it identifies Asian countries and people in terms of their location relative to Europe. (3)a westener:a native or an inhabitant of the West.especially of western Europe or NorthAmerica. (4)the line:Referring to the line formed by people queuing up at a bus stop. Well-mannered people everywhere in the world always wait quietly for their tumn and never push to the front of line.Jumping the queue is considered very rude. 3.Play the tape recorder for the students. 4.Ask the students some questions about the conversations. 5.Ask the students to answer the questions in the book.Lead them to get the right me tips for the listening exercises 6. They can use the following questions as guidelines. 1)Do people in diferent countries have the same standards for good manners? 2)What is considered good manners when visiting a home in Asian countries as osed to that in Eu awe-mrd people share rd of their ur backgrounds? 4)What do well-mannered people do whne seeing others in trouble? 5)How do they treat people and animals? 6)How do they behave when queuing for a bus and when on a bus? Step Four Oral Practice 1.Explain the and ask the todo the 上xercise. 2.Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give personal presentation.Try to use conscious where appropriate. 1)How often doyou dosports? 2)Do you want some ice cream 3)What do you usually have for breakfast? 4)Where do you shop for clothes? 5)do you think women are more fashion conscious than men? 6)I'm disgusted with those who litter in public places VI Refe (学英语折说1（学生用书苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教 出版社，2006， 2.《大学英语听说IV》(教师用书)，虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006. 3.大学英语语法.薄冰主编.山西：山西教有出版社，2006
2. Explain language and culture notes (1)to take off one’s shoes: To remove one’s shoes when entering a friend’s houe and change to slippers is considered good manners in Asian countries like China, Japan, North and South Korea. (2) an oriental: A person from East and Southeast Asian. Asian is now preferred by some in place of Oriental for persons native to Asian or descended from an Asian people . Their objection to Oriental, meaning “eastern” is that it identifies Asian countries and people in terms of their location relative to Europe. (3)a westener: a native or an inhabitant of the West, especially of western Europe or North America. (4) the line: Referring to the line formed by people queuing up at a bus stop. Well-mannered people everywhere in the world always wait quietly for their turn and never push to the front of line. Jumping the queue is considered very rude. 3. Play the tape recorder for the students. 4. Ask the students some questions about the conversations. 5. Ask the students to answer the questions in the book. Lead them to get the right answers and teach them some tips for the listening exercises. 6. Ask Ss to retell the conversation in their own words. They can use the following questions as guidelines. 1) Do people in diferent countries have the same standards for good manners? 2) What is considered good manners when visiting a home in Asian countries as opposed to that in European countries? 3) Are there qualities that all well-mannered people share regardless of their cultural backgrounds? 4) What do well-mannered people do whne seeing others in trouble? 5) How do they treat people and animals? 6) How do they behave when queuing for a bus and when on a bus? Step Four Oral Practice 1. Explain the sentence structures of advertising and ask the students to do the Exercise. 2. Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give personal presentation. Try to use conscious where appropriate. 1) How often do you do sports? 2) Do you want some ice cream? 3) What do you usually have for breakfast? 4) Where do you shop for clothes? 5) Do you think women are more fashion conscious than men? 6) I’m disgusted with those who litter in public places. VI. References 1.《大学英语听说 IV》（学生用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006. 2.《大学英语听说 IV》（教师用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006. 3.大学英语语法. 薄冰 主编. 山西：山西教育出版社，2006
