Lesson45DifferentMannersUnit8

CultureShapesUs

同學們,上一課學習的單詞、短語和句型你們都掌握了嗎?現在大家來檢驗一下,點擊下面的音頻開始聽寫吧！Lookatthepicture.DoallofyouwanttolearnaboutChinesecultureandwesternculture?THINKABOUTIT?Inyouropinion,whataregoodmanners??Doyouthinkculturesshape

manners?IhavemanygoodfriendsinCanada,thoughCanadiancultureisdifferentfromChineseculture.①溫馨提示：此符號表示“考點精講重點”鏈接。MynameisWuZhou.IhavelivedinCanadafortwenty--threeyears.InCanada,IcallmyselfJoeWu.JoeisanEnglishnamethatsoundslikeZhou.②ThoughIhavelivedhereforalongtime,Istilldon'tfeelCanadian.ThisisprobablybecauseNorthAmericanmannersandChinesemannersaresodifferent.

InChina,beingmodestisavirtue.IfsomeonepraisesyouandsaysthatyourEnglishisexcellent,youshouldbemodestandsay,“No,no.MyEnglishisstillpoor.”

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ButinNorthAmerica,thisisusuallyasignofbeingweakandnotconfident.Youshouldjustsay,“Thankyou.”

InCanada,peopleonlyaskchildrenabouttheirage.It'snotpolitetoaskanadult'sage.Theythinkitisprivate.

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ButthisiscommoninmanyplacesinChina.InbothChinaandNorthAmerica,itispolitetoofferanelderlypersonaseatonthebus.InNorthAmerica,however,anelderlypersonmayfeelembarrassedaboutbeingofferedaseat.WhenChinesepeopleeatoutinrestaurants,theymaytaketurnspayingforthemeal.InCanada,however,peopleoftensharethecostofameal.⑤

InChina,ifyourguestshavenofoodontheirplates,it'spolitetoputfoodontheirplates.InCanada,youpassfoodtoguests,butyoudon'tusuallyputfoodontheirplates.InChina,peopleseldomgiveextramoneytowaiters,waitresses,taxidriversorhotelworkers.

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InNorthAmerica,thisisalwaysdone.Itiscalled“tipping”.It'sinterestingtoexperiencetwodifferentcultures.Ithinkunderstandingculturaldifferencesreallyhelpsustounderstandeachother,livetogetherandworktogether.1)Readthelessonandmatchthebehaviourswiththecorrectcountries.?askinganadult'sage?puttingfoodonaguest'splate?givingatiptowaitersandhotelworkers?sharingthecostofamealinarestaurantCanadaChina2)Matchandcompletethesentences.Althoughpeoplehavedifferentculturesandcustoms,Brianhasn’tbeentoChina,Hehasbeenatthenewschoolforonlyafewdays,ThoughLiuFenghasmanyfriendsinAmerica,buthehasalreadymademanyfriendsthere.theyhavethesamefeelings.hestillfeelslonely.butheknowsalotaboutourcountry.LearntolearnNotethatweshouldnotuse“although/though”and“but”togetherinthesamesentence.3)Fillintheblankswiththewordsorphrasesinthebox.1.Weshould________littleDebbieforhercourage.2.It'salongway.Wecan____________driving.3.Theyaskedhimto________thedamage,butherefused.4.Don'ttalkaboutotherpeople's________things.It'snotpolite.5.Jackisa________manwhoisadmiredbymanypeople.praisetaketurnspayforprivatemodestpayfor

praise

taketurns

modest

private4)Whatculturaldifferences,besidestheonesalreadydiscussed,haveyounoticedbetweenChinaandEnglish-speakingcountries?Shareyourideaswithyourclassmates.①IhavemanygoodfriendsinCanada,thoughCanadiancultureisdifferentfromChineseculture.though/e??/conj.雖然；盡管；即使；然而e.g.Though/AlthoughsheworkshardatEnglish,(yet)herEnglishisverypoor.盡管她努力學習英語，但是她的英語還是很差。考點1though引導讓步狀語從句，相當于although；但although更為正式，都不能與but同時使用，但可以與yet或still連用。中考在線1：TomandJerryreallyloveeachother________theyfightalot.[大連]A.ifB.thoughC.untilD.becauseB【重點】句意：Tom和Jerry真的彼此相愛，盡管它們經常打架。if如果，是否；though雖然，盡管；until直到；because因為。返回溫馨提示：可返回原文②JoeisanEnglishnamethatsoundslikeZhou.sound/sa?nd/n.聲音

v.聽起來e.g.Yourideasoundsverygood.你的主意聽起來很好。考點2sound可作連系動詞，后跟形容詞。Themandoesn’tsoundlikeanAmerican.那個人(講話的口音)聽起來不像一個美國人。Shesoundsasifshewereaten-year-oldgirl.她說話的聲音聽起來像個十歲的女孩。soundlike意為“聽起來像……”，后跟名詞(短語)。sound后還可跟asif，后跟從句，意為“聽起來像……”。辨析：sound,voice與noisesound指自然界里的一切聲音。voice指從人口中發出的聲音，也指一些悅耳的、聽起來讓人覺得舒服的聲音。noise指噪音，也指聽起來讓人感覺不舒服的聲音。e.g.Canyouhearallthesoundsinnature?你能聽見自然界的所有聲音嗎？Hervoiceisloud.她的聲音響亮。Thenoisemakespeoplebored.噪音令人感到厭煩。與sound類似的連系動詞還有：look,smell,taste,feel,seem等。中考在線2：Thetrip________reallyexcitingtome.HowIwishtogo![河北]A.soundsB.smellsC.tastesD.feels【重點】采用詞義辨析法。句意：這次旅行聽起來真讓我興奮。我多么想去啊！sounds聽起來；smells聞起來；tastes嘗起來；feels感覺起來。根據句意“聽起來令人興奮”可知，sounds符合語境。A返回③IfsomeonepraisesyouandsaysthatyourEnglishisexcellent,youshouldbemodestandsay,“No,no.MyEnglishisstillpoor.”praise/pre?z/n.&v.稱贊；贊揚e.g.Theguestspraisedthemeal.客人們稱贊這頓飯(做得好)。Theyhavebeenpraisingyouallthetime.他們一直在夸獎你。Hepraisedherforhercourage.由于她的勇敢，他贊揚了她。考點3praise+n./pron.稱贊……praisesb.forsth.因某事贊揚某人拓展：praise作名詞，表示對人或事物的“稱贊；贊揚”時，通常為不可數名詞；也可用praises的形式，但較少見。e.g.Hewonpraiseforhismodesty.他因自己的謙虛贏得了贊揚。Shewrotepoemsinpraiseoffreedom.她寫詩謳歌自由。win/receivehighpraisefrom...得到……高度贊揚inpraiseof贊美中考在線3：—Whydoesourchemistryteacheroften_______her?—Becauseshegetsfullmarksinchemistryeverytime.[襄陽]A.praiseB.forgetC.controlD.hurt【重點】采用詞義辨析法。praise表揚；forget忘記；control控制；hurt傷害。根據下文“Becauseshegetsfullmarksinchemistryeverytime”可知，老師經常表揚她。A返回④Theythinkitisprivate.private/'pra?v?t/adj.私人的；私有的e.g.Thosearemyfather’sprivatepapers.那些都是我父親的私人文件。Don’trepeatwhatI’vetoldyoutoanyone.It’sprivate.不要向任何人轉述我告訴你的事，它是私密的。Wecanonlytalkaboutthismatterinprivate.我們只能私下談論這件事。考點4private作形容詞時，常在句中作定語或表語作定語作表語private還可作名詞，inprivate意為“秘密地；私下地”。返回⑤WhenChinesepeopleeatoutinrestaurants,theymaytaketurnspayingforthemeal.(重點)taketurns輪流考點5taketurnstodosth.=taketurns(in)doingsth.輪流做某事e.g.Wetaketurnscookingdinner.我們輪流做飯。考向Taketurnstoaskquestions.輪流提問題。Thenursesattendedtothepatientinturn/byturns.護士們輪流護理那個病人。It’syourturntoreadthetext.輪到你讀這篇課文了。dosth.inturn=dosth.byturns輪流做某事It’sone’sturntodosth.輪到某人做某事了。turn的常見短語：①turnleft/right向左/右轉②turnon打開（電腦等）③turnaround轉身④turnback原路返回；往回走⑤turn...upsidedown把……翻轉；上下顛倒⑥turnout出席；在場中考在線4：Nomatterhowfaryouhavegonedownthewrongroad,_________.[揚州]A.turnback