BridgingCulturesUnit2

One’sdestinationisneveraplace，butanewwayofseeingthings.—HenryMiller一個人的目的地永遠不是地方，而是一種看待事物的新方式?！嗬っ桌諉卧黝}語境人與社會IhavespentayearinIndiaonastudentexchangeprogram.Thesediarieswillgiveyou1anideaofwhatitisliketoliveinthiscountry.July6IsuddenlyhavethefeelingthatI’maloneinthisunknowntown.ImetaJapanesestudent，andit’sgreattosharemyfeelingswithsomebodyelse.Ofcourse，myIndianfriendsareveryunderstanding.Butifyou’renotaforeigner，youcan’treallyunderstandhowlonelyaforeignercanfeel.話題導入August5Wegotonthetrain，slept，read，talked，ateandwatchedthecountryside.BeforeIrealizedwhatwashappening，the27-hourjourneywasbehindus.WehadarrivedinDelhi.Ireallyenjoyedthattrip.Isleptprettywell，eventhoughitwasnoisy.September9Anewgroupofstudentsarrivedtoday.Theyremindmeofmyarrivalhere.IsuddenlyrealizehowmuchIhavelearned.Idon’tfeellostanymore.Iknowhowtofindmywayaroundtown.2It’squiteagoodfeelingtobetheone“whoknows”—eventhoughIdon’tknowthatmuch.October10Thelastweekshavepassedsoquickly.Ihaveaboutamonthleftinthiscountry.Myroomisfilledwiththingstopack，andItrytothinkofallthethingsthatIwanttoremember.Mymindisfullofsmall，daily，unimportanteventsthatIcouldn’thaveimaginedayearago.October15Asmydeparture(離開)getscloser，I’mtired，andIlookforwardtogoinghome.Iwanttoseemycountryandfamilyagain—althoughI’msorrytoleaveIndia.IwishIcouldtakeIndiabackhomewithme.PeriodOne

ReadingandThinking—Comprehending語篇理解精讀精練萃取文本精華讀前清障識記單詞快速順暢閱讀內容索引4.“WhenImisshome，Ifeelcomfortedtohaveasecondfamily，”XieLeisaid. ______________5.Thefirsttimethatshehadtowriteanessay，hertutorexplainedthatshemustacknowledgewhatotherpeoplehadsaidifshecitedtheirideas.__________6.Studentsneedtogenerateideas，offerexamples，applyconcepts，andraisequestions，aswellasgivepresentations.________________7.“EngaginginBritishculturehashelped，”shesaid.“Aswellasstudyinghard，I’vebeeninvolvedinsocialactivities.”__________________________返回安慰的；撫慰的引用；引述報告；陳述；出示(使)從事；參與

參與；(使)參加Step1

Fast-reading1.Thepassageismainlyabout

.A.XieLei’ssociallifeB.XieLei’slifeandstudyinLondonC.XieLei’sessayandhertutorD.XieLei’slifewithahostfamily語篇理解精讀精練萃取文本精華√2.Readthepassageandmatchthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para.1

A.XieLei’stroubleinthenewwayoflife.Para.2 B.XieLeiwenttostudyabroad.Para.3 C.Theparticipationinclasses.Para.4 D.XieLeihasbeeninvolvedinherexchangelife.Para.5 E.ThereasonswhyXieLeichosetheexchange programme.Para.6 F.Theauthor’sbestwishesforXieLei.Para.7 G.Advantagesoflivingwithahostfamily.Para.8 H.Thedifficultyinwritingessays.Step2

Careful-readingReadthepassagecarefullyandchoosethebestanswer.1.XieLeiwasverynervouswhensheleftforLondonbecause

.A.shewastooyoungB.shewasashygirlC.shedidn’tknowwhattoexpectD.shedidn’tknowwheretogo√3.WhichoneisTRUEaboutXieLeiinParagraph1?A.ShewenttoLondonbytrain.B.Thisisnotherfirsttimetogoabroad.C.ShehasbeeninLondonforhalfayear.D.ShewasnotwillingtogotoLondon.√4.Livingwiththehostfamiliescangivestudents

.A.opportunitiestogoaroundthenewcountryB.opportunitiestolearnthecultureinthenewcountryC.opportunitiestogetbusinessqualificationsD.opportunitiestopasspreparationcourses√5.XieLeimetwith

whenstudyingabroad.A.languagedifficultiesB.challengesfromanewwayoflifeC.nothingdifficultD.bothAandB√6.Accordingtothepassage，wecanknowthat

.A.foreigntutorsadmiretheautonomouslearnersB.thehostfamilyaren’tkeentolearnaboutChinaC.XieLeihadnodifficultyunderstandingtheforeignersD.allstudentsneedoneyeartopreparetheirstudyabroad√Step3

Post-readingAfterreadingthepassage，pleasefillinthefollowingblanks.

Sixmonthsago，XieLeiboardedaplaneforLondontocompleteanexchangeprogramme.Sherecalledthatshe1.

(choose)theyear-longexchangeprogrammewiththe2.

(ambitious)tosetupabusinessinChinaaftergraduation.Itwasthefirsttimethatshe3.

(leave)hermotherland.WhenshecametoEngland，shelivedwithahostfamily,4.______

membersalwayshelpedher.Atfirst，shehadtogetusedtolivinginanewcountryandlearnhowtousepublictransportandhowtoaskforthingsshedidn’tknowtheEnglishnamesfor.Besides，shealsohadtofaceanotherchallengeoftheacademicrequirements.choseambitionhadleftwhoseWhenwritinganessay，she5.

(tell)bythetutortoacknowledge6.

otherpeoplehadsaidifshecitedtheirideas,7.

hewantedtoknowherownopinions.Shealsofoundstudents’participation8.

(include)aspartofthefinalresult.9.

(lucky)，afterafewweeks，shecouldspeakupinclassontraditionalChineseartsuccessfully.AndshefeelsmuchmoreathomeintheUKnow.Whatseemedverystrangebeforenowappearsquitenormal.Nowshehasbeeninvolvedinsocial10.

(activity)aswellasstudyinghard!wastoldwhatbutincludedLuckilyactivitiesStep4

Sentence-learning1.ItwasthefirsttimethatshehadleftChina.[句式分析]這是一個固定句型。此句型中的it可以換成this或that；first也可以用second，third，fourth...等；that引導的從句時態應該用

。[自主翻譯]

完成時這是她第一次離開中國。2.IhadtolearnhowtousepublictransportandhowtoaskforthingsIdidn’tknowtheEnglishnamesfor.[句式分析]該句為復合句。主干部分是Ihadtolearnhowtousepublictransportandhowtoaskforthings，為主謂賓結構，并列連詞and連接的兩個howtodo是謂語動詞learn的

；Ididn’tknowtheEnglishnamesfor是

從句，修飾先行詞things，關系代詞which/that在從句中作

被省略。[自主翻譯]

_________________________________________________________________________賓語定語賓語我必須學會如何使用公共交通工具，以及如何請求得到我不知道英文名字的東西。3.Althoughsomeforeignstudentsliveincampusaccommodation，XieLeichosetolivewithahostfamily，whocanhelpwithheradaptationtothenewculture.[句式分析]此句是復合句，although引導

從句；XieLeichosetolivewithahostfamily是句子主干；whocanhelpwithheradaptationtothenewculture是

從句，who在定語從句中作主語。[自主翻譯]

___________________________________________________________________________________________讓步狀語定語雖然有些留學生住在校園宿舍，但謝蕾選擇了寄宿家庭，因為寄宿家庭可以幫助她適應新的文化環境。4.Thefirsttimethatshehadtowriteanessay，hertutorexplainedthatshemustacknowledgewhatotherpeoplehadsaidifshecitedtheirideas，butthathemainlywantedtoknowwhatshethought![句式分析]此句是復合句，Thefirsttime是

；that引導定語從句修飾前面的名詞

；hertutorexplained是句子主干；explained后面是兩個that引導的

從句；第一個賓語從句中，what引導賓語從句作__________的賓語；if引導

從