因此，学好一门外语不仅仅意味着掌握其发音、语法法则、单词和短语，还 意味着学会站在本地人的角度去看世界，学会他们的语言所反映的想法、习俗和 社会行为的方式，学会去理解他们的“心灵的语言”。 语言对文化的影响 我们已经讨论过语言是如何反映文化重点了。然而，从语言学的另一方面来 看，一些语言学家认为，语言实际上会影响到文化的某些方面，一些专家进行了 更深入的研究，他们认为语言决定文化。这就是我们所说的“语言决定主义”， 它是基于一个由Sapir和Whorf提出的假设的。 Edward Sapir是最先解释语言怎样影响我们的思想的语言学家之一，Whorf是他 的学生.通过对美国印第安语言的研究，Edward Sapir和Benjamin Whorf总结出： 语言不仅是一种沟通的机制，而且是一个社会现实的向导。他们的研究在今天被 称为“Sapir--Whorf假说”，是有关语言的最重要的理论公式之一。 Loose-leaf selective listening PartA Business News First listening:listen for the gist What is the main idea of the news report? The news report tells how the concept of Culture Year was created and how the Chinese Culture Year will provide a comprehensive picture of Chinese society and its people. What is the main idea of the two stories? The two stories are about the miscommunication caused by unawareness of implied meanings of words in different cultures.The first is about the word "corn"and the second is the phrase "to table an item",both having different implied meanings between British English and American English. 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 different between British English and American English: corn,maize,table an item Ask students to fill in the blanks with figures and facts in exercise 1)and 2).Check answers. 1)1.Wednesday 2.1999 3.gymnastics 4.300 5.60 6.troupes 7.envoys 2) 3因此，学好一门外语不仅仅意味着掌握其发音、语法法则、单词和短语，还 意味着学会站在本地人的角度去看世界，学会他们的语言所反映的想法、习俗和 社会行为的方式，学会去理解他们的“心灵的语言”。 语言对文化的影响 我们已经讨论过语言是如何反映文化重点了。然而，从语言学的另一方面来 看，一些语言学家认为，语言实际上会影响到文化的某些方面，一些专家进行了 更深入的研究，他们认为语言决定文化。这就是我们所说的“语言决定主义”， 它是基于一个由 Sapir 和 Whorf 提出的假设的。 Edward Sapir 是最先解释语言怎样影响我们的思想的语言学家之一，Whorf 是他 的学生。通过对美国印第安语言的研究，Edward Sapir 和 Benjamin Whorf 总结出： 语言不仅是一种沟通的机制，而且是一个社会现实的向导。他们的研究在今天被 称为“Sapir-Whorf 假说”，是有关语言的最重要的理论公式之一。  Loose-leaf selective listening Part A Business News First listening: listen for the gist What is the main idea of the news report? The news report tells how the concept of Culture Year was created and how the Chinese Culture Year will provide a comprehensive picture of Chinese society and its people. What is the main idea of the two stories? The two stories are about the miscommunication caused by unawareness of implied meanings of words in different cultures. The first is about the word “corn” and the second is the phrase “to table an item”, both having different implied meanings between British English and American English. 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 different between British English and American English: corn, maize, table an item Ask students to fill in the blanks with figures and facts in exercise 1) and 2). Check answers. 1) 1. Wednesday 2. 1999 3. gymnastics 4. 300 5. 60 6. troupes 7. envoys 2) 3