Lesson Three Goods move.People move.Ideas Move.And Cultures Change. Time Allocation and Teaching procedure (about 8 classes are needed for the lesson) The I two classes:1.students'presentations (for the purpose of checking up student's preview of the text )2.teacher's comment on the presentations and brief, additional introduction to the text 3.vocabulary 4.Introducing the content of the text briefly. The 2.two classes:teacher's interpretation of the meaning of the difficult sentences,language points,and rhetorical devices. The3.two classes:continuation of the interpretation of the text The 4.two classes:1.asking students to sum up the main idea 2.explaingituseful words and expressionsin the textdoing exercises in the textbook 3.supplemental exercises-a. translation b.cloze doing LObjectives A.Content To Understand the theme of"Goods Move.People Move.Ideas Move .And Cultures Change"Globalization is historical process. To acpuaint student,with the language points and help them master these points. B.Style and Strategies To anavyze the author's choice of words in developing his arguments To analyze how the structure contributes to the clarity of the article. To appreciate rhetorical deveces the author emloys in the article. II.Topics for Presentations (based on pre-class group discussion) .Who is Era Zwingles ?How much do you know about him? .What is his attitude toward globalization? .What will cultures'changing result in? .Do you agree with Tofflers analysis of world powers and "wave conflicts?Why not? .What do you think of the rhetorical device of contrast in the text? III.More about the text In reading this article ,the folloing are worth noting: 1.Globaliation will result in a cultural merging The reason is that the
Lesson Three Goods move. People move. Ideas Move. And Cultures Change. Time Allocation and Teaching procedure (about 8 classes are needed for the lesson) The 1 two classes:1. students’ presentations (for the purpose of checking up student’s preview of the text )2.teacher’s comment on the presentations and brief, additional introduction to the text 3.vocabulary 4.Introducing the content of the text briefly. The 2. two classes: teacher’s interpretation of the meaning of the difficult sentences, language points, and rhetorical devices. The3. two classes:continuation of the interpretation of the text The 4. two classes:1.asking students to sum up the main idea 2.explaingituseful words and expressionsin the text;doing exercises in the textbook 3.supplemental exercises-a. translation b. cloze doing. I. Objectives A. Content ⚫ To Understand the theme of “Goods Move.People Move.Ideas Move .And Cultures Change”-Globalization is historical process. ⚫ To acpuaint student, with the language points and help them master these points. B. Style and Strategies ⚫ To anavyze the author’s choice of words in developing his arguments ⚫ To analyze how the structure contributes to the clarity of the article. ⚫ To appreciate rhetorical deveces the author emloys in the article. II. Topics for Presentations (based on pre-class group discussion) ●Who is Era Zwingles ?How much do you know about him? ●What is his attitude toward globalization? ● What will cultures’ changing result in? ●Do you agree with Tofflers analysis of world powers and “wave” conflicts? Why not? ●What do you think of the rhetorical device of contrast in the text? III. More about the text In reading this article ,the folloing are worth noting: 1. Globaliation will result in a cultural merging. The reason is that the
civilizations in the world have many things. 2.Globalization has been a most controversial issue in terms of content,implication,and consepuence.The positive and the negative effect are still under discussion. 3.There are a number of important words that the author uses in developing hen arguements.What are some of these words? III.Teaching points. Part.1(paras1-3) Globalization is a reality but it is not something completely new.What is new is the speed and scope of changes Para.1 1.in the throes of:in the act of struggling with (a problem.decision.task.etc.) wild:in a state of disorder disarrangement,confusion.etc. assortment:variety,miscellane group or collection to dislodge:to drive outto force from a position or place where lodged want:something needed or desired but lacking.need. 2.How does the author begin this article?Why does she quote Marx and Engels? The author.reformation of cultures which is called globalization.Here the author points out thar globalization is a world movement and a movement of reformation of cultures.She does not say merging of cultures but reformation of cultures,indicating the cultures in the world will continue to exist but they will not be the same.The author then says that globalization is not an exact word to describe the changes.why The author quotes Marx and Engels to prove her point.According to polls,Marx and Engling are rated among most important pepple in the past thousand years.The author's intention is two-fold on the one hand she wants to show that globalization is the result of moden industry and world markets.on the other she wants to stress that it is a process and historical process at that. 3.Today we are in the throes of"globalization". 今天我们正在应对一种世界范围的文化的相互影响和变化，一种习俗 追求的结构性变化，社会科学家奇特的词汇来称呼这种变化，就叫“全 球化”。 Paras.2-3
civilizations in the world have many things. 2. Globalization has been a most controversial issue in terms of content,implication,and consepuence.The positive and the negative effect are still under discussion. 3. There are a number of important words that the author uses in developing hen arguements. What are some of these words? III. Teaching points. Part.1 (paras1-3) Globalization is a reality but it is not something completely new . What is new is the speed and scope of changes. Para.1 1. in the throes of:in the act of struggling with (a problem,decision,task,etc.) wild:in a state of disorder,disarrangement,confusion,etc. assortment:variety,miscellane group or collection to dislodge: to drive out ,to force from a position or place where lodged want: something needed or desired but lacking.need. 2.How does the author begin this article? Why does she quote Marx and Engels? The author. reformation of cultures which is called globalization.Here the author points out thar globalization is a world movement and a movement of reformation of cultures.She does not say merging of cultures but reformation of cultures,indicating the cultures in the world will continue to exist but they will not be the same.The author then says that globalization is not an exact word to describe the changes.why ? The author quotes Marx and Engels to prove her point .According to polls,Marx and Engling are rated among most important pepple in the past thousand years.The author’s intention is two-fold :on the one hand she wants to show that globalization is the result of moden industry and world markets,on the other she wants to stress that it is a process and historical process at that. 3.Today we are in the throes of “globalization”. 今天我们正在应对一种世界范围的文化的相互影响和变化，一种习俗 追求的结构性变化，社会科学家奇特的词汇来称呼这种变化，就叫“全 球化”。 Paras.2-3
1.Humans have been.ventured afield. (1)caravan a company of travelers,esp.of merchants or pilgrims traveling together for safety as through a desert. (2)People in the world have been making commercial and cultural contacts long before merchants on camelbacks took the risk to travel to places faraway from home. 2.Telegraph between individuals and the wider world (1)Telegraph made the connection between indiveduals and the outside world closer but at the asme time the conniction was more complex.less direct,not so easy to see or detect (2)电报、电话、收音机和电视把个人和外部世界更紧密地连在一 起，这种联系更为复杂、不那么直接也不易察觉。 3.Stillthe basic dynamics move."Still"here introduces a contrast Paragraph2 tells the readers that modem technology makes the connections and changes faster and more complicated.Paragraph 3.stresses that the basic pattern is the same.The difference lies in the speed and scope of changes. Part 2(paras.4-6) This part deals with different views on globalization Para.4. 1.Western.influence.one big"MeWorld" (1)crease:a fold or wrinkle. (2)MeDonald:a world modeled on MeDonald's meaning a world filled with American goods and culture. (3)Western.influences will overwhelm all other non-western cultures. make them lose their own unique characterist ics and in the end there exists only one westernized or Americanized world or culture. 2.Whatever their backgrounds.one big"McWorld". 不管他们的背景和纲领如何，这些对全球化持反对态度的人深信西方的影 响往往等同于美国的影响一会把所有文化上的差异一一压平，就像一位观 察家所说的，最终产生一个麦当劳世界，一个充满美国货和体现美国价值 观人世界。 3.Is the author's summary of the book accurate? No.The writers of the book do express some strong nationalist feelings,but they are not irrational.Their arguments are not groundless,though they contain serious flaws.And they are not simply asking people to reject anything foreign.To
1. Humans have been.ventured afield. (1)caravan a company of travelers,esp.of merchants or pilgrims traveling together for safety,as through a desert. (2)People in the world have been making commercial and cultural contacts long before merchants on camelbacks took the risk to travel to places faraway from home. 2. Telegraph between individuals and the wider world. (1) Telegraph made the connection between indiveduals and the outside world closer but at the asme time the conniction was more complex,less direct,not so easy to see or detect. (2) 电报、电话、收音机和电视把个人和外部世界更紧密地连在一 起，这种联系更为复杂、不那么直接也不易察觉。 3 ．Still,the basic dynamics move .“Still” here introduces a contrast. Paragraph2 tells the readers that modern technology makes the connections and changes faster and more complicated. Paragraph 3.stresses that the basic pattern is the same.The difference lies in the speed and scope of changes. Part 2 (paras.4-6) This part deals with different views on globalization. Para.4. 1. Western. influence.one big “McWorld”. (1) crease: a fold or wrinkle. (2) McDonald: a world modeled on McDonald’s meaning a world filled with American goods and culture. (3) Western. influences will overwhelm all other non-western cultures, make them lose their own unique characteristics and in the end there exists only one westernized or Americanjzed world or culture. 2. Whatever their backgrounds.one big “McWorld”. 不管他们的背景和纲领如何，这些对全球化持反对态度的人深信西方的影 响往往等同于美国的影响一会把所有文化上的差异一一压平，就像一位观 察家所说的，最终产生一个麦当劳世界，一个充满美国货和体现美国价值 观人世界。 3．Is the author’s summary of the book accurate? No.The writers of the book do express some strong nationalist feelings, but they are not irrational. Their arguments are not groundless, though they contain serious flaws. And they are not simply asking people to reject anything foreign. To
call them xenophobic is neither correct nor fair Para.6 1.Those people out there should continue to live in a museum while we will have showers that work (1)"Museum"here stands for ancient life or backwardness,the kind of life you can only find in museums now. (2)"showers that work"stands for moder life with high-tech gadgets. (3)The Chinese people should continue to live a backward life while we live comfortably with all modern conveniences. Part 3.(paras.7-9) Three points are made in this part: (1) Westernization is not a straight road to hell,or to paradise either. (2)Cultures are as resourceful,resilient,and unpredictable as the people who compose them (3)Teenagers are one of the powerful engines of merging global cultures. Para7 1.Westernization.I discovered.very strange bedfellows. (1(be)shot through with:to have a lot of,as if full of holes after a shotgun bhotgun blast (2)inconsistencies:not uniform.inharmonious or self-contradictory factors (3)bedfellow:an asociate,ally confederate,etc. (4)After months of research and travel,I found that Westerization is a concept full of self-contradiction and held by people of very different background or views. 2.Yet they make no mention.disastrous effects. 然而他们不提西方文化中不那么健康的一面，譬如香烟和汽车， 就在发展中世界急切地接纳这些东西时，它们已带来很坏的后 果。 Para.8 l.In Los Angeles.degradation·在洛杉矾，世界文化堕落的明显的源头. Para9 1.the critical mass of teenagers (1)mass:a large number (2)teenagera person between the age of 13 and19 (3)The large number of young people between the age of 13 and 19 is decisive
call them xenophobic is neither correct nor fair. Para.6 1. Those people out there should continue to live in a museum while we will have showers that work. (1) “Museum”here stands for ancient life or backwardness,the kind of life you can only find in museums now. (2) “showers that work” stands for modern life with high-tech gadgets. (3) The Chinese people should continue to live a backward life while we live comfortably with all modern conveniences. Part 3. (paras.7-9) Three points are made in this part: (1) Westernization is not a straight road to hell,or to paradise either. (2) Cultures are as resourceful, resilient,and unpredictable as the people who compose them. (3) Teenagers are one of the powerful engines of merging global cultures. Para7 1. Westernization. I discovered. very strange bedfellows. (1)(be)shot through with:to have a lot of ,as if full of holes after a shotgun bhotgun blast (2)inconsistencies:not uniform,inharmonious or self-contradictory factors. (3)bedfellow:an asociate ,ally confederate, etc. (4) After months of research and travel,I found that Westernization is a concept full of self-contradiction and held by people of very different background or views. 2. Yet they make no mention. disastrous effects. 然而他们不提西方文化中不那么健康的一面，譬如香烟和汽车， 就在发展中世界急切地接纳这些东西时，它们已带来很坏的后 果。 Para.8 1.In Los Angeles. degradation. 在洛杉矾，世界文化堕落的明显的源头. Para9 1.the critical mass of teenagers (1) mass:a large number (2)teenager:a person between the age of 13 and 19 (3)The large number of young people between the age of 13 and 19 is decisive
2. rap music,which sprang from the inner-city ghettos,began making big money only when rebellious white teenagers started buying it. (1)rap music:a style of blacd popular music with a pronounced beat to which words are recited rather than sung说唱乐。 (2)This is a phenomenon of the 60s in the U.S.A number of white teenagers of well-to do family backgrounds became alienated from middle-class values and conventions.They attempted to break away from such shackles in a counter-culture movement.Rock music became a major vehicle for the counter-culture attack on the status quo. Part 4(paras.10-13) This part tells of the author's experience with Amanda Freeman,a cool hunter Paral0 1.She has shoulder-length brown hair and is wearing a knee-length brocade skirt. 她留着披肩的棕发，穿着一条长及膝盖的织锦短裙 Para.11 1.We go to a smallish.that has just become trendy. (1)diner:a small restaurant built to look like a dining car,following an old-fashioned mode (2)seedy:shabby,rundown (3)trendy:of or in the latest fashion or trend ultrafashionable (4)pocket:an isolated area of a specified type (5)We go to a small restaurant built in the style of the 1950s in a somewhat run-down east of Hollywood which has just become a fashionable area (6)我们们了一家小一点的，50年代式样的餐馆位于好坞东面一个 比较破落的区域，这个区域刚刚时起来。 1.If it's not going.it's never going to catch on. (1)to catch on:to become popular (2)if the trend is too expensive and cannot be followed by people,it will not become popular. Para.13 1 It's really hard that already exist 近来，创新极为困难。因此，最容易的办法就是把现存的东西捏在 起，拿出一个新玩意儿来
2. rap music,which sprang from the inner –city ghettos, began making big money only when rebellious white teenagers started buying it. (1) rap music:a style of blacd popular music with a pronounced beat to which words are recited rather than sung 说唱乐。 (2)This is a phenomenon of the 60s in the U.S.A number of white teenagers of well-to do family backgrounds became alienated from middle-class values and conventions.They attempted to break away from such shackles in a counter-culture movement.Rock music became a major vehicle for the counter-culture attack on the status quo. Part 4 (paras.10-13) This part tells of the author’s experience with Amanda Freeman, a cool hunter. Para10 1. She has shoulder-length brown hair and is wearing a knee-length brocade skirt. 她留着披肩的棕发，穿着一条长及膝盖的织锦短裙。 Para.11 1.We go to a smallish. that has just become trendy. (1)diner: a small restaurant built to look like a dining car, following an old-fashioned mode (2)seedy:shabby,rundown (3)trendy:of or in the latest fashion or trend .ultrafashionable (4)pocket:an isolated area of a specified type. (5)We go to a small restaurant built in the style of the 1950s in a somewhat run-down east of Hollywood which has just become a fashionable area. （6）我们们了一家小一点的，50 年代式样的餐馆位于好坞东面一个 比较破落的区域，这个区域刚刚时起来。 1． If it’s not going. it’s never going to catch on. (1) to catch on:to become popular (2) if the trend is too expensive and cannot be followed by people ,it will not become popular. Para.13 1. It’s really hard .that already exist. 近来，创新极为困难。因此，最容易的办法就是把现存的东西捏在 一起，拿出一个新玩意儿来
2.Punk:a type of loud violent music popular in the late 1970s and the1980s Part 5(paras.14-19) In order to prove fusion is the trend ,the author used Tom Sloper and mah-jongg as an example. Para.14 1.why does the author bring in Tom Sloper and mah-jongg? The author uses Tom Sloper and mah-jongg as an example to illustrate fusion. It is a typical example because it's fusion of computers,a Western high technology,and mah-jongg.a traditional Chinese game-a fusion of East and West,of technology and entertainment.In short,a fusion of things previously unrelated. 2.clicka slight ,sharp sound.like that of a door latch snapping into place.In rhetoric it is called onomatopoeia meaning the formation of a word by imitating the natural sound associated with the object or action involved such as tinkle,buzz. 3.How does Tom Soper play mah-jongg? He plays it on the Intemet in his office in Los Angeles in the evening. Paral5 1.His glowing computer screen.partners. 他那亮着的计算机屏幕表明麻将将己经搓起来了，其他几个参加者都 是老牌友 Para.16 1.with that detached.machines. (1detached:not involved by emotion,interests,ete. (2)in a friendly way but this friendliness lacks emotion because his interest is in the computer,in those people who are connected with him through the Internet. Para.19 1.How does Tom play mah-jongg on the screen? He uses a computer and the tiles bounce around the screen,His partners are people in Germany and Wales as well as in Ohio and minnesota.He also carries on conversations with the players by typing short comments to them. He knows his partners well althougy he has never met them personlly. Part 6(para.20) 1.If it seems consider china
2． Punk: a type of loud violent music popular in the late 1970s and the1980s Part 5 (paras. 14-19) In order to prove fusion is the trend ,the author used Tom Sloper and mah-jongg as an example. Para.14 1. why does the author bring in Tom Sloper and mah-jongg? The author uses Tom Sloper and mah-jongg as an example to illustrate fusion. It is a typical example because it’s fusion of computers,a Western high technology,and mah-jongg, a traditional Chinese game-a fusion of East and West,of technology and ent ertainment.In short,a fusion of things previously unrelated. 2. click:a slight ,sharp sound,like that of a door latch snapping into place.In rhetoric ,it is called onomatopoeia,meaning the formation of a word by imitating the natural sound associated with the object or action involved such as tinkle,buzz. 3. How does Tom Soper play mah-jongg? He plays it on the Internet in his office in Los Angeles in the evening. Para15 1. His glowing computer screen. partners. 他那亮着的计算机屏幕表明麻将将已经搓起来了，其他几个参加者都 是老牌友. Para.16 1. .with that detached. machines. (1)detached: not involved by emotion,interests,etc. (2).in a friendly way but this friendliness lacks emotion because his interest is in the computer ,in those people who are connected with him through the Internet. Para.19 1. How does Tom play mah-jongg on the screen? He uses a computer and the tiles bounce around the screen,His partners are people in Germany and Wales as well as in Ohio and minnesota.He also carries on conversations with the players by typing short comments to them. He knows his partners well althougy he has never met them personlly. Part 6 (para.20) 1. If it seems consider china
(1)What role does this sentence play? It serves as a transition. (2)fast-forward blur:moving so fast into the future that outlines are blurred as if images on a video tape being played on fast forward (3)如果说西方的生活太超前了，已经看不清轮廓了，那么就看看中国。 Part 7(paras.21-24) This part describes the cultural trends in Shanghai Para.21 1.Buick sales outlet别克轿车的销售网点。 Para.22 (1)Once a city of elegant-.multilsne overpasses. (2)What kind of contrast is it rere? A contrast is made between old Shanghai and Shanghai in the 1990s (3)which one is the author's favorite?How do you know? The author liked old Shanghai more.This can be seen in her choice of words.In describing old Shanghai,she uses "elegant"villas and "imposing"office building ,words carrying a positive connotation.In describing current Shanghai she uses infinitives such as to "crowd and jostle"the skyline,“cramp"the streets,.“choke”the parks and open spaces.These phrases all carry a negative connotation. Para.23 1.What is the main idea of paragraph23? This paragraph tells of changes in the life of ordinary people-changes in the amount of money spent on food,on clothes and in money spent on new tems,such as travel. A recent poll(in 2001)in Beijing shows that the amount of money spent oon food makes only 39.18%of the total family expenditure,as compared with 49.92%five years ago.Clothing makes up10.01%as compared with 13.55%five years ago.A rising percentag goes to education and health care,a total of 13.64%as compared with 7.79%five years ago. Para24 1.The Chinese ambiguity. (1)ambiguity:the quality of allowing of more than one interpretation (2)中国人是很善于应对多种可能性的。 Part 8(paras.25-28) The author used the experience at Shanghai Theatre Academy to illustrate
(1) What role does this sentence play? It serves as a transition. (2) fast-forward blur: moving so fast into the future that outlines are blurred as if images on a video tape being played on fast forward. (3) 如果说西方的生活太超前了，已经看不清轮廓了，那么就看看中国。 Part 7 (paras.21-24) This part describes the cultural trends in Shanghai. Para.21 1. Buick sales outlet 别克轿车的销售网点。 Para.22 (1) Once a city of elegant.multilsne overpasses. (2) What kind of contrast is it rere? A contrast is made between old Shanghai and Shanghai in the 1990s. (3) which one is the author’s favorite?How do you know? The author liked old Shanghai more.This can be seen in her choice of words.In describing old Shanghai ,she uses “elegant”villas and “imposing”office building ,words carrying a positive connotation.In describing current Shanghai she uses infinitives such as to “crowd and jostle”the skyline , “cramp”the streets, “choke” the parks and open spaces.These phrases all carry a negative connotation. Para.23 1.What is the main idea of paragraph23? This paragraph tells of changes in the life of ordinary people -changes in the amount of money spent on food, on clothes and in money spent on new items,such as travel. A recent poll (in 2001)in Beijing shows that the amount of money spent oon food makes only 39.18%of the total family expenditure,as compared with 49.92%five years ago. Clothing makes up10.01%as compared with 13.55%five years ago .A rising percentag goes to education and health care, a total of 13.64%as compared with 7.79%five years ago. Para24 1.The Chinese ambiguity. (1) ambiguity:the quality of allowing of more than one interpretation (2) 中国人是很善于应对多种可能性的。 Part 8 (paras.25-28) The author used the experience at Shanghai Theatre Academy to illustrate
the poin that the change is at the level of ideas Para.25 1.potential:this largely a Western concept (1)potentialthe capacity for use or development (3)Why is it a Western concept? Potential is a concept used in physics or electricity which are subjects first studied in the West Paras.26-27 Shanghai Theatre Academy:上海戏剧学院。 1.lighting:the art practice.or manner of using and arranging ligts on a stage 2.The light went out auto-rewind. 灯光熄灭有一阵子，黑暗中惟一的声音就是一部价格昂贵照相机自 动倒卷时发出的声音。 Part9 (paras.29-34) The author in this part introduced Toffler's view on conflict,change and world order. Para.29 1.Early on I realized through the wilds of global culture. (1)compass:指南针 (2)wilds:a wilderness or wasteland (3)From the very beginning I knew I need some theory or guideline to help me in my study of global culture or globalization,to guide me through such a great variety of cultural phenomena. Paras.30-34 1.What did Toffler mean when he said"order grows out of chaos"? He meant that significant change came as result of comflict.By conflict he meant wave comflicts,that is ,conflicts between modes of producton. 2.What is Toffler's analysis of the current international order? He holds that the present order is a trisection order.According to him ,the agrarian nations are at the bottom,knowledge-based econmics on the top.with industrialized countries in between. Part 10 (para.35) 1.For the Japanese way of thinking. What can we deduce from this statement?What is the old way of thinking? The Japanese are very traditional in their thinking.That is why you find life-long serrice in one Japanese firm and the employees are proud of such an
the poin that the change is at the level of ideas. Para.25 1.potential:this largely a Western concept (1)potential:the capacity for use or development (3) Why is it a Western concept? Potential is a concept used in physics or electricity which are subjects first studied in the West. Paras.26-27 Shanghai Theatre Academy:上海戏剧学院。 1. lighting:the art ,practice,or manner of using and arranging ligts on a stage 2. The light went out auto –rewind. 灯光熄灭有一阵子，黑暗中惟一的声音就是一部价格昂贵照相机自 动倒卷时发出的声音。 Part9 (paras.29-34) The author in this part introduced Toffler’s view on conflict, change and world order. Para.29 1. Early on I realized through the wilds of global culture. (1) compass:指南针 (2) wilds:a wilderness or wasteland (3) From the very beginning I knew I need some theory or guideline to help me in my study of global culture or globalization,to guide me through such a great variety of cultural phenomena. Paras.30-34 1. What did Toffler mean when he said “order grows out of chaos”? He meant that significant change came as result of comflict. By conflict he meant wave comflicts,that is ,conflicts between modes of producton. 2.What is Toffler’s analysis of the current international order? He holds that the present order is a trisection order .According to him ,the agrarian nations are at the bottom,knowledge-based econmics on the top,with industrialized countries in between. Part 10 (para.35) 1. For the Japanese way of thinking. What can we deduce from this statement? What is the old way of thinking? The Japanese are very traditional in their thinking.That is why you find life-long serrice in one Japanese firm and the employees are proud of such an
arrangement.Loyalty to the firm is constantly stressed.The idea that one's fate is in one's own hands is alien to Japanese corporate culture,but appropriate to American culture with its emphasis on indivwidualism. Part11(36.) 1.what is the main ides of this paragraph? The main idea is there will not be a unifomm world culture in the future;the cultures will coexist and transform each other Part 121(paras.37-39) The author again used an example in Shanghai to illustrate the transformation of cultures 1.sterile:not stimulating infant:in a very early stage congeregation:an assembly of people for religious worship or teaching identity:the condition or fact of being a specific person or thing. indiveduality. to intone:to utter or recite in a singing tone or in prolonged monotones penitence:sorrow over having sinned or done wrong. 2. They received.own identity. 他们从当地文化吸收了不少东西，但仍然保持了自已的本色 IV.Useful words and expressions In the throes of,(be)shot through,hang out,take sb.in hand,an assortment of,aspire to,imposing,dislodge,blast,trendy,on the scale of,in place of, feel aboutdynamic.keep one's own identity
arrangement. Loyalty to the firm is constantly stressed. The idea that one ’s fate is in one’s own hands is alien to Japanese corporate culture,but appropriate to American culture with its emphasis on indivwidualism. Part 11 (36.) 1. what is the main ides of this paragraph? The main idea is there will not be a uniform world culture in the future;the cultures will coexist and transform each other. Part 12 l(paras.37-39) The author again used an example in Shanghai to illustrate the transformation of cultures. 1. sterile: not stimulating infant: in a very early stage congeregation: an assembly of people for religious worship or teaching identity: the condition or fact of being a specific person or thing, indiveduality. to intone: to utter or recite in a singing tone or in prolonged monotones penitence: sorrow over having sinned or done wrong. 2. They received. own identity. 他们从当地文化吸收了不少东西，但仍然保持了自已的本色。 IV. Useful words and expressions In the throes of ,(be) shot through, hang out, take sb. in hand, an assortment of, aspire to, imposing, dislodge, blast, trendy, on the scale of, in place of, feel about ,dynamic, keep one’s own identity