新世纪研究生英语听说教程原文unit 1 differences between cultures

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1、Unit1DifferencesBetweenCulturesThinkingAheadStudentsareaskedtodiscussthefollowingquestionsingroups.Thereferenceanswersforthequestionsareofferedbelow:1.Howdoyouthinkabouttheword“culture”?Cultureisawordforpeople’s“wayoflife”,meaningthewaytheydothings.Agroupofpeoplehasaseparateculturewhenthatgroupse

2、tsitselfapartfromothersthroughitsactions.Culturesarewhatmakecountriesunique.Eachcountryhasdifferentculturalactivitiesandculturalrituals.Cultureismorethanjustmaterialgoods,thatisthingsthecultureusesandproduces.Cultureisalsothebeliefsandvaluesofthepeopleinthatculture.Culturealsoincludesthewaypeople

3、thinkaboutandunderstandtheworldandtheirownlives.2.Whyshouldwestudycross-culturalcommunication?Cross-culturalcommunicationreferstothestudyofsuccessfulcommunicationsacrossdifferentcultures.Itconcernstheunderstandingoftraditionandmodernization,consistencyandchange.Asweunderstandsomeoftheongoingnatio

4、nalcharacteristicsofapeople,wecanexaminehowthiscultureisseenfromtheoutside,howitinteractswithotherculturesandhowitischanging.Theincreaseininternationalbusinessandinforeigninvestmenthascreatedaneedforexecutiveswithknowledgeofforeignlanguagesandskillsincross-culturalcommunication.Thechallengeisthat

5、evenwithallthegoodwillintheworld,miscommunicationislikelytohappen,especiallywhentherearesignificantculturaldifferencesbetweencommunicators.Miscommunicationmayleadtoconflict,oraggravateconflictthatalreadyexists.Soitisveryimportantthatweshouldstudycross-culturalcommunication.(Fromhttp://www.tzsy.cn

6、/english/news/culture/200805/13-86570.html)PartIVideoTimeInthispart,studentswillhave2taskstoaccomplish.Task1Intask1,studentswillwatchavideoclipfromGuaShaandthendotheexercisesasrequired.Beforewatching,studentsaresupposedtoreadthewords,expressionsandculturalnotesrelatedtothevideo.TranscriptMrs.Xu:H

7、owcomeitdoesn’tlooklikethecourtroomonTV?Judge:Becauseitisn’tacourtroom,Mrs.Xu.Doeseitherofthecounselorhaveproblemwithmyholdinghearingsinchambers?Totellyouthetruth,becauseIcan’tstandthatawfulechointhecourtroom,youknow,w