1、GOOD MORNING!,Lesson 3 Living AbroadTeaching aims:To learn different cultures between China and America, cultivating students cultural awareness.To learn to express their opinions in English, developing students oral ability.To practice using Present Participle.,Warm up Do you know something about A
2、merica? Can you tell us some things the USA is most famous for? How about China?,Please see some pictures,White House,God Freedom,New York,USA,Tea culture,Paper-cutting,drums,Lion dance,Dragon boat,Lantern & Qipao,Lucky knots,Folk art: tiger head shoes,Please read the two dialogues and answer the fo
3、llowing question:Why did they have difficulty understanding the American and Chinese ways of doing things?,Because they didnt know the culture.,Dialogue 1Jin Li: When I first arrived in San Francisco, I had a difficult time understanding the American way of doing things. Once I went to visit an Amer
4、ican friend. After staying for the whole evening, I was about to leave. But as soon as we said goodbye, my friend went back to his room closing the door behind him. It made me feel that I was not really welcome.,Wang Lei: I once had an embarrassing experience in a New York restaurant. I was talking
5、to my American friend Janice at the table when I noticed people staring at us. I asked Janice what was wrong and she told me that I was talking too loud. She said m to some American people, p sound like shouting.,Dialogue 2 Martin: What did I learn from my exciting cultural exchange to China? Well,
6、the Chinese are extremely hospitable. One evening, I was invited to a Chinese family dinner. I had a good appetite and ate a lot of delicious food. My host kept on putting more food in my rice bowl. They didnt seem to hear me saying No, thank you. This was a very special experience I had in China. I
7、n my culture, you dont get more food if you dont ask for more.,Tom: I had a similar experience last time when I visited China. Chinese are the most friendly people I have ever met. After my visit to a Chinese family, my friends grandfather wouldnt let me go to the station alone. He insisted on walki
8、ng me to the station to see me off, I kept saying that I knew the way myself , but it just did not work. What he did was amazing, this will not happen in many other cultures, I guess.,Tina: Chinese people are very modest too. Last time, when I visited China, we saw the tour guide wearing a very pret
9、ty coat on the day we left. I told her the coat suited her, but she looked very embarrassed saying that it was a cheap one she had bought a long time ago. I was surprised. In my culture, when we hear this, we will feel very happy and say thanks.,Read to learn,Are these sentences true ( T ), false (
10、F ) or with no information provided ( NI ). ( ) 1. Martin stayed in China with a local family. ( ) 2. Tom couldnt understand why his friends grandfather wanted to go with him to the bus station. ( ) 3. Tina was a friend of the tourist guide.,To be continued,NI,T,NI,( ) 4. Jin Li adjusted well to the
11、 American way of life soon after arriving in the USA. ( ) 5. We know Jin Li has at least one American friend. ( ) 6. Wang Lei never went back to the restaurant in New York again.,GO ON,F,T,NI,Vocabulary Practice,Find the words in the the text which mean the following: To give someone something and r
12、eceive the same kind of thing from them. ( ) 2. A desire for food. ( ) 3. People who have guests. ( ),exchange,appetite,host,A place where you can buy and eat a meal. ( ) 5. To be right for a particular person. ( ) Friendly, welcoming, and generous to visitors. ( ) Extremely good especially in an unexpected way. ( ) 8. Feeling shy and uneasy. ( ),restaurant,suit,hospitable,amazing,embarrassed,Voice your opinion,What do you think are most important to you if you have a chance to visit a city for the first time, its place, its food or its architecture?,
