Story 1: l.World War IⅡ 2.thousands of 3.corn 4.wheat Story 2: 1.to table an item 2.to bring up the item for immediate consideration 3.to shelve or postpone the subject Part B What Is Culture Like? First listening:listen for the gist What is the main idea of the seminar? The seminar is a brainstorming around the topic "What is culture like?"The various images of culture all point to the idea that culture is largely out-of-awareness.With greater awareness of our own culture,we will better understand the meaning systems of other cultures and will be better able to adapt to them. Second listening:listen for specific information In this part the teacher has great freedom and flexibility to ask students questions,to clarify any difficult language points,to add in supplementary materials as background knowledge or in-depth understanding of the listening materials. Notice how these expressions are related to the understanding of culture. iceberg,onion,water a fish swims in,software of the mind,grammar of one's behavior;the dancing step of the human race,the social adhesive of all human relationships,a blueprint for living Ask students to fill in the table with appropriate information in exercise 1). Check answers. Participants Metaphors Descriptions with The purpose of (Images of examples learning culture Culture) Student A Culture is like an Above the waterline: to raise the hidden part iceberg. food,dress,paintings. of the iceberg so that architecture and dance etc. more of it becomes Below the waterline: visible views. attitudes. preference. love and hatred,customs and habits, etc. Student B Culture is like an The first skin:symbols, to add new software to onion. e.g.Words,gestures. our basic operating pictures. or dress systems to increase its hairstyles,flags,status power and flexibility symbols,etc. 4Story 1: 1. World War II 2. thousands of 3. corn 4. wheat Story 2: 1. to table an item 2. to bring up the item for immediate consideration 3. to shelve or postpone the subject Part B What Is Culture Like? First listening: listen for the gist What is the main idea of the seminar? The seminar is a brainstorming around the topic “What is culture like?” The various images of culture all point to the idea that culture is largely out-of-awareness. With greater awareness of our own culture, we will better understand the meaning systems of other cultures and will be better able to adapt to them. Second listening: listen for specific information In this part the teacher has great freedom and flexibility to ask students questions, to clarify any difficult language points, to add in supplementary materials as background knowledge or in-depth understanding of the listening materials. Notice how these expressions are related to the understanding of culture. iceberg, onion, water a fish swims in, software of the mind, grammar of one’s behavior, the dancing step of the human race, the social adhesive of all human relationships, a blueprint for living Ask students to fill in the table with appropriate information in exercise 1). Check answers. Participants Metaphors (Images of Culture) Descriptions with examples The purpose of learning culture Student A Culture is like an iceberg. Above the waterline: food, dress, paintings, architecture and dance etc. Below the waterline: views, attitudes, preference, love and hatred, customs and habits, etc. to raise the hidden part of the iceberg so that more of it becomes visible Student B Culture is like an onion. The first skin: symbols, e.g. Words, gestures, pictures, or dress hairstyles, flags, status symbols, etc. to add new software to our basic operating systems to increase its power and flexibility 4