Unit2BridgingCultures

Welcome,XieLei

Business

StudentBuildingBridgesLearningobjectives:Bytheendoftheclass,studentswill1.gettoknowXieLei’sexperienceintheUK;2.tracethechangesofXieLei’sfeelings;3.introducethelifethatXieLeiexperienced.

HaveyoueverwatchedaTVprogrammenamed“SuperBrain”?LotsofStraightAstudentsfromthetopuniversityinChinacompetewitheachother.Italsoattractslotsofexcellentexchangestudentsfromabroad.哈佛大學

HarvardUniversity

牛津大學

UniversityofOxford耶魯大學

YaleUniversity

Whatisanexchangestudent?Haveyoueverconsideredstudyingabroad?Whatshouldbetakenintoconsiderationifyouchoosetostudyabroad?Whatdifficultieswillyoumeetwhenstayabroad?Brainstorming

Welcome,XieLei

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StudentBuildingBridgesQ1:WhoisXieLei?Q2:Wheredoyouthinkthetextisfrom?Q3:Whatisthetextabout?Activity1:ReadtocheckQ1:WhoisXieLei?Q2:Wheredoyouthinkthetextisfrom?Q3:Whatisthetextabout?XIeLeiisastudentmajoringinbusinesswhowenttoBritainonayear-longexchangeprogramme.A.asciencemagazineB.aschoolnewspaperC.atraveljournalD.anadvertisementbrochure

ThetextisaboutXieLei’s

and

atauniversityinLondon.

studylifePara1herpurposesofcomingtotheUKPara2comingtostudyinLondonPara3benefitsoflivingwithahostfamilyPara4challengeforXieLei:theacademicrequirementsPara5herdifficultyingettingusedtoanewwayoflifePara6thereporter'sbestwishesPara7participationinclassPara8hernewplanforsocialactivitiesActivity2:ReadforthemainideaandstructureSkimandmatchthemainideawitheachparagraph.Para1herpurposesofcomingtotheUKPara2comingtostudyinLondonPara3benefitsoflivingwithahostfamilyPara4challengeforXieLei:theacademicrequirementsPara5herdifficultyingettingusedtoanewwayoflifePara6thereporter'sbestwishesPara7participationinclassPara8hernewplanforsocialactivitiesActivity2:ReadforthemainideaandstructureDividethetextintothreeparts&summarizethemainideaofeachpart.Part1Part3Part2BriefintroductionofXieLeiandthereasonwhyshewentabroadtostudy.ThechallengesthatXieLeifacedandhowshehandledthem.BestwishestoXieLeiActivity3:ReadfordetailedinformationScanPart1(Para.1-2)carefully

andanswerthequestions.1.

WhydidXieLeichoosetheexchangeprogramme?BecauseshewantedtolearnaboutglobalbusinessandimproveherEnglish.2.

WhatisXieLei'sgoalaftergraduation?HergoalistosetupabusinessinChinaaftergraduation.Activity3:ReadfordetailedinformationScanPart2(Para.3-7)

carefully

and

fillinthetable.

adaptationtoawholenewlifelearnto_________________;learnto_______________________;askedfor_____________________loneliness

livedwith

___________writinganessaygothelpfrom_______;_______alottoprepareparticipatingin_______andgiving________gavepresentationon__________________

ChallengesWhatXieLeididDailylife

AcademicrequirementstraditionalChinesearthertutorreadclasspresentationahostfamilyusepublictransportaskforthingsshedidn'tknowtheEnglishnamesforhelpfrompassers-bywhengotlostActivity4:ReadtoanalyzeScanandcirclethewordstotracethechangesofXieLei’sfeelings.6monthsagoatfirstacademicchallengeafterafewweekshalfwaythrough...livewithahostfamilyTimeEmotionalstateexcitedbutnervouslonely/helpless/lost/homesickconfusedsurprised&confidentcomfortedfeelathomeXieLeiisexperiencingcultureshock!WhatisCultureShock?文化沖擊Cultureshockisaconditionthataffectspeoplewhotraveltoacountrydifferentfromtheirown.Thetermdescribesatraveler'sfeelingsofbewildermentwhentheenvironmentandculturechangefromtheonethatheorsheisfamiliarwith.Theunfamiliarsurroundings,foreignlanguageandstrangehabitsofanewcountrycanallcontributetoafeelingofuneasinessandconfusion.CultureShockU-CurveWhatisCultureShock?文化沖擊HomesicknessCultureshockmaycausehomesickness.Thisreferstothefeelingoflongingforone'shome.Peoplesufferingfromcultureshocktypicallyexperienceacombinationofdepressiveandanxioussymptomsrelatedtohomesickness.Waysofcopingwithhomesicknessincludedevelopingahobby,thinkingpositivelyandfeelinggratefulaboutwhatonehas,andbuildingnewrelationships.Culturalshockisanaturalphenomenonthatoccurswhenonehasacross-culturalexperience.Goingthroughthedifferentstagescantakeweeks,monthsoryears.Butultimately,theexperiencecanbeenrichingandmayendupwitheitheradaptationwiththenewcultureorareturnhome.Activity5:CriticalthinkingDiscussthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner.1.HowhasXieLeihelpedtobuildbridgesbetweenChinaandtheUK?ASwellasstudyingintheUK,sheactsasaculturalmessengersharingChineseculturewithpeoplearoundherbygivingapresentationontraditionalChineseart,teachingpeoplehowtocookChinesefood,andinvolvingherselfinsocialactivities.Activity5:CriticalthinkingDiscussthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner.2.SupposeyouwereXieLei,whatsuggestionswouldyouliketomakeforstudentswhoaregoingtostudyabroad?(inlife/study/socialactivities...)Activity6:ReadforlanguageTrytounderstandlongsentencesbyanalyzingitsstructure.Althoughsomeforeignstudentsliveincampusaccommodation,XieLeichosetolivewithahostfamily,whocanhelpwithheradaptationtothenewculture.although引導的讓步狀語從句who引導的定語從句，修飾ahostfamiliyChinesemeaning：主句Activity6:ReadforlanguageTrytounderstandlongsentencesbyanalyzingitsstructure.SentenceCompoundsentence(and,but,or....)Complexsentence(who,when,where...)ModifierChinesemeaning123Activity6:ReadforlanguageTrytounderstandlongsentencesbyanalyzingitsstructure.PracticeSentence1:

Thefirsttime

thatshehadtowriteanessay,hertutorexplainedthatshemustacknowledgewhatotherpeoplehadsaid

ifshecitedtheirideas,butthathemainlywantedtoknowwhatshethought!Sentence2:Atfirst,XieLeihadnoideawhatsheshouldsay,but

whatsurprisedherwasthatshefoundherselfspeakingupinclassafterjustafewweeks.Sentence3:Findmoresentencebyyourselfandanalyzeitsstructureaccordingtothetips.Activity6:ReadforlanguageFeature特寫Title:showthemainideadirectlyUsequotationtomakethepassagevivid,real,convincing:recalled...said...TypicalexpressionofFeatureActivity7:GroupDiscussionDiscussthefollowingquestionsingroupsandmakeadebate.Whatarethe

difficultiesandbenefits

ofstudying

inChina?StudyabroadorinChina?StudentCXieLeiHostJiangSummarySixmonthsago,XieLeiboardedaplaneforLondon.Itwasthefirsttimethatshe1.__________(leave)home.Shewenttoauniversitytostudyforabusinessqualificationandchosetheexchangeprogrammebecauseshewantedtolearnabout2.__________(globe)business.Shewas3._________(ambition)tosetupabusinessaftergraduation.Atfirst,XieLeihadtoadapttolifeinadifferentcountry.Shechosetolivewithahostfamily，whocanhelpwithher4.______________(adapt)tothenewculture.Whenshemissedhome,shefelt5.____________(comfort)tohaveasecondfamily.AlsoXieLeihadtosatisfyacademicrequirements.Hertutortoldhertoacknowledge6.________otherpeoplehadsaidifsheci