《现代大学英语精读1》第六课the-green-banana

TheGreenBananaDonaldBatchelderReinforcementTextAnalysisTheGreenBananaBackgroundWarmingupUnit6Questions/ActivitiesCheck-onPreviewObjectivesWBTRTheGreenBananaUnit6WarmingupWarmingupQuestions/Activities•Whatare“learningmoments”?Haveyouhadlearningmoments?Whathaveyoulearned?•Haveyoueverheardoforencounteredexperiencesofculturaldifferences?Pleasegivesomeexamples.WBTRCheck-onPreview•Matchthewordswiththeircorrectmeaninginthetext.1.assure2.encounter3.spout4.occasion5.potentiala.thepossibilitythatsth.willhaveapositiveeffectb.tobecomesoftthroughheatingc.tosendoutwithgreatforce;gushd.totellsb.thatsth.issuretohappene.strongfeelingofdislikef.aspecialorparticulartimeg.tomeetsb.orexperiencesth.WBTRWarmingupCheck-onPreviewWhathappenedtotheauthor’soldjeepinBrazil?Howdidthevillagershelprepairit?Whatdidtheauthorlearnaboutthecenteroftheworld(therock)?Howdidhefeeltowardit?Whatarethetwolearningmomentsoftheauthor?Whatdidhelearn?What’stheuseofthegreenbananainthetext?Whatdoesitsymbolize?Whentheauthorsaysweshouldleaveourowncentersoftheworld,doeshemeanweshouldtraveltoothercountriesmoreoften?WBTRWarmingupObjectives•Understandthestructureandthegeneralideaofthestory•Thinkabouthowtointerpretthestory•Knowsomethingabouttheauthor•SolveyourownquestionsaboutthestoryWBTRWarmingupBackgroundCultureTipsTheGreenBananaUnit6GenreAuthorBWTRBackgroundAuthorBWTRA.sourceofthetext:BeyondExperience:AnExperientialApproachtoCross-culturalEducationB.editor:DonaldBatchelderandElizabethG.Warner(1974)C.Batchelder’sviewoncross-culturaleducation:BackgroundAuthorBWTRthegoalsofeducation:a.“toopenuppossibilitiesfordiscovery”b.“toexpandlearningandthechanceformutualacceptanceandrecognition”c.toofferstudentsacross-culturalperspective:fromone’sownimmediatecenteroftheworldtothecenterofsomeoneelse’sworldBackgroundGenreAShortStoryPlot:“My”experienceinasmallBrazilianvillageandwhat“I”concluded.Setting:asmallvillageinthecentralareaofBrazilProtagonists:anAmericantraveler(“I”),severalBrazilianpeopleThemeofthestory:Whatdoyouthink?BWTRBackgroundEthnocentrismBWTRWhatisethnocentrism?Ethnicreferstoculturalheritage,andcentrismreferstothecentralstartingpointorthetendencyofpeopletoputtheirowngroupatthecenter.ethnocentrismbasicallyreferstojudgingothergroupsfromone’sownculturalpointofview,ormisinterpretingotherculturesbecauseoneusestheconceptsofhisownculture.BackgroundEthnocentrismBWTRWhatmayhappen?Ethnocentrismcanleadtomakingfalseassumptionsaboutothers'waysbasedonone’sownlimitedexperience.Thekeywordisassumptions,becausewearenotevenawarethatwearebeingethnocentric(Peopledon'tunderstandthattheydon'tunderstand).Everybodycanbeethnocentric,asallofusaroundtheworldassumethingsaboutotherpeople'sways.BackgroundEthnocentrismBWTRWhyarepeopleethnocentric?Limitedlifeexperience:Peoplewillneverbeabletoexperienceeverylifesituationofeveryonearoundtheworld,soassumptionsaboutlifehavetobebasedonexistinglimitedexperience.Itisnormaltoassumethingsandinterpretnewexperienceandothers’behavioronthebasisofone’sownexperience.Lackofcross-culturalawarenessBackgroundEthnocentrismBWTRWhatconsequences?•Attitudesof•Superiority•stereotype•Hostility•Discrimination•Violence•xenophobia•VerbalaggressivenessBackgroundEthnocentrismBWTRWhatcanwedoaboutit?•AddressingethnocentrismisNOTamatterofjusttryingnottobeethnocentric.•Amoreeffectivewayistocatchyourselfwhenyouarebeingethnocentricandseektodevelopbetterunderstandings.•Oncewerealizethatwemaynotbeunderstandingproperly,wewillbeinabetterpositiontoseekmorevalidandbalancedunderstandings.BackgroundCulturalRelativismBWTRAsociologicaltheory;Anattempttounderstandtheculturaldevelopmentofsocietiesandsocialgroupsontheirownterms;Donottrytoimposeabsoluteideasofmoralvalueortrytomeasuredifferentculturalvariationsintermsofsomeformofabsoluteculturalstandard.Byculturalrelativism,allculturesareequallyworthyofrespectandinstudyinganotherculturepeopleneedtosuspendjudgment,empathizeandtrytounderstandthewaythatparticularcultureseestheworld.DetailedAnalysisStructureThemeHalfaDayUnit6TextAnalysisTWBRTextAnalysisTheme•Weshouldrespectallcivilizationsintheworld.Wisdomsaretobediscoveredwithanopenmindtoothercultures.TWBRTextAnalysisStructure1Para.1-4Thestoryof“thegreenbanana”astheobjectfixingtheradiator.2Para.5-8Whattheauthorlearned:Everyculturehasitshiddentreasureandshouldberespected.TWBRTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisMainIdeaSentenceStudyWords&ExpressionsExercisePartIPartIITWBRTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:MainIdea1.Whenandwheredidthestoryhappen?2.Whathappenedtotheauthor’sjeepwhenhewasdrivingthroughbeautifulcountrysideinBrazil?3.Whatdidthehugerocklooklike?Andwhatdidthemantelltheauthorabouttherock?4.Howdidtheauthorreacttowhatthemansaidabouttherock?5.Doyouthinktheauthorfullyunderstoodandacceptedwhatthemansaidabouttherockthen?Why/not?6.Howdidthemanfixtheradiator?7.Whatdidthelocalmechanictellhim?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:SentenceStudy•Althoughitmighthavehappenedanywhere,myencounterwiththegreenbananastartedonasteepmountainroadinthecentralareaofBrazil.Whatdoesthe“although-clause”imply?