Cultural-Encounters-大学英语精读-教学.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Unit 14,Cultural Encounters,Purposes,1.To get students know Chinese culture.,2.To understand the purpose of writing and the characteristics of argumentation.,3.To reinforce some basic linguistic knowledge by doing various types of exercises.,About the text,Whats the thesis statement of this text?,II.Structural analysis of the text,Main idea of each part,:,Part One(1-3)-This part illustrates the fact we live in an era of easy access to the rest of the world,and clearly proves that this global communications revolution is also closely connected to the expansion of English.,Part Two(4-7)-This part exemplifies that language and culture are so closely interrelated and interprets and illustrates what“comprising”and“spread of English”mean.,Part Three 8 -It points out the great function or the immense significance of intercultural understanding.,3.Culture lies at the heart of society.,Explain:Culture is deeply rooted in society.,4.We overlook the relationship at our peril.,Explain:We are running a risk in neglecting the importance of the relationship.,5.The early Bible translators hit the problem of untranslatability head-on.,Explain:The problem that some parts of Bible could not be translated emerged right in front of the early translators.,6.Faced with unsurmountable linguistic problems,translators negotiated the boundaries between languages and came up with a comprise.,Explain:Encountering insolvable language problems,translators tried to find balance between languages and finally arrived at a comprise.,7.This is an essential skill in todays hybrid world.,Explain:To negotiate cultural and linguistic differences is a fundamental skill in todays world where different cultures interact.,8.Millions of people are discovering how to bridge cultures.,Explain:Numerous people are looking for a way to interrelate different cultures.,9.enable,These qualities enabled him to weather the most extreme crisis.,This would enable them to double their output of TVs.,11.involve,e.g.,Dont involve me in your quarrel!,Winning the game involves both skill and perseverance.,Taking the job involving living abroad.,e up with,e.g.,He came up with a new suggestion.,Scientists will have to come to up with new methods of increasing the worlds food supply.,14.cut down,e.g.,He has decided to,cut down,his smoking.,She always,cuts in,when other people are talking.,Our water supply has been,cut off,again.,Lets,cut out,the talking and get back to work.,Translation exercises,6)The Minister of Foreign Trade negotiated a technology and trade agreement with several African countries.,7)Try to make some adjustment to your differences so that you can work together without quarrelling.,8)Indonesia is multiracial and multilingual,which is quite rare in the world.,9)It is an unquestionable fact that childhood experiences shape a persons character.,10)You must cut down on drinking and smoking for the sake of your own health;otherwise,you will be getting worse day after day.,Dictation,The main reason for the widespread demand of English is its present-day importance as world language.Besides serving the infinite needs of its native speakers,English is a language in which some of the most important works in science,technology,and other fields are being produced,and not always by native speakers.It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries,especially former British colonies.Many of these countries have multi-lingual populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government,commerce,industry,law and education as well as for international communication and for access to the scientific and technological developments in the West.,