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Unit4ApproachingCulturePartIWarmingupPartIIPlacestoenjoyPartIIILifehereandtherePartIVInternationalbusinessPartIWarmingupAanswers1.ArgentinaAtieistoopersonal2.SwitzerlandRosesmeanlove2.ItalyEvennumbers(2,4,6,etc.)areunlucky3.JapanJapanesepeopleusuallydon’tgivefourofanythingasagift.A1.Argentina•Woman:Thisisinteresting.DidyouknowthatinArgentinayoushouldnevergiveclothingunlessyouknowthepersonreallywell?•Man:Don'tgiveclothing?Whynot?•Woman:Clothing----eventhingsliketies-----aretoopersonal.Onlygoodfriendsgivethem.•Man:Huh?Ineverthoughtofatieasbeingpersonal...Justuncomfortable.Whatshouldyoubring?•Woman:Idon'tknow.Maybesomethingforthehouse.A2.Switzerland•Man:We'remeetingMrMertzandhiswifefordinner.MaybeIshouldbringflowersorsomething....Yeah,I'llpickupsomeredroses.•Woman:Youdon'twanttobringroses.InSwitzerland,theycouldbeasymbolofloveandromance.•Man:Oh,Ididn'tknowthat.•Woman:Ithinkcandyorchocolatemightbebetter.A3.Italy•Woman:I'dlikesomeflowers.Uh...Those.Aboutten,Iguess.•Man:Ma'am,Idon'tthinkyoushouldgivetenflowers.InItaly,evennumbers----2,4,6,andsoon----arebadluck.•Evennumbersarebadluck?OK,I’lltakenineflowersthen.A4.Japan•Woman:MayIhelpyou?•Man:I'mgoingtostaywithafamilyinJapan.Ineedtogetsomethingforthem.•Woman:Pensetsarealwaysagoodgift.•Man:Oh,that'sagoodidea.Let'ssee...Therearesetswithapenandpencil...Andbiggersetswithfourpens.•Woman:Don'tgiveasetoffourpens----infact,don'tgivefourofanything.It'sbadluck.TheJapanesewordforfoursoundslikethewordfordeath.•Man:Thanksfortellingme.I'lltakethepenandpencilset.•Woman:Goodchoice.Thesesetsmakeverygoodgifts.Afterall,penswriteinanylanguage.•Man:Uh...Yeah.Right.Banswers1.Abow:Japan,Korea2.ahug:Brazil,Russia3.astrong,shorthandshake:Canada,theU.S.4.asofter,longerhandshake:Egypt,MexicoB1.AbowAroundtheworld,therearemanydifferentwaystogreetpeople.BowingisthetraditionalwayofgreetinginNortheastAsiancountrieslikeKoreaandJapan.Thispicture,forexample,showshowJapanesewomenbow.InJapan,whenyoubow,youdon'tlookdirectlyattheotherperson'seyes.ButinKorea,it'simportanttoseetheotherperson'sfacewhenyoubow.Inbothcountries,peoplebowtoshowrespect.B2.AhugWhengoodfriendsmeetinRussia,theyoftenhugeachother.Thisistrueforbothwomenandmen.Russiaisn'ttheonlyplacewherefriendshug.InBrazil,forexample,friendsalsohugeachotheringreeting.InBrazil,thehugiscalledanabrazo.B3.Astrong,shorthandshakeYouknowhowtoshakehands.Thisiscommoninmanycountries.Butitisn'talwaysdonethesameway.IntheUnitedStatesandCanada,forexample,peopleusuallygiveastrong,shorthandshake.It'sshortbutratherfirm.B4.Asofter,longerhandshakeInmanyothercountries,peoplealsoshakehands.ButtheydoitdifferentlyfromintheU.S.andCanada.InMexicoandinEgypt,forexample,manypeople----especiallymen----shakehands.MexicanandEgyptianhandshakesusuallylastalittlelonger.Thehandshakeissofter----notasstrong.Cvocabularyholy神圣的，圣洁的originally起初，原本Valentine’sDay情人节observe遵守，遵循affection感情，喜爱anonymously匿名地feast盛会，宴会doll玩偶，娃娃inhonorof为了向……表示敬意banner旗帜，横幅CvocabularyDragonBoatFestival龙舟节，端午节ChineseLunarCalendar中国农历commemorate纪念statesman政治家trick戏法，把戏unsuspecting可信任的victim牺牲者，受害者BastilleDay法国国庆日annual每年的tradesman上门推销商CvocabularyCanalZone巴拿马运河区patroness女主顾，女资助人spinster未婚女人reception接待，接见SaintPatrick圣帕特里克anniversary周年纪念missionary传教士patronsaint守护神Philadelphia费城Sweden瑞典CanswersFebruary14/European/NorthAmerican/March2/Japan/May5/Japan/May5/China/August15/China/April1/European/NorthAmerican/July14/France/December26/Britain,Canada/May1/European/Canal/Philippine/LatinAmerican/November25/France/March17/Ireland/the2ndSunday/England,France,India,ChinaC•Thewordholidaycomesfromthewordsholyandday.Originallyholidayswereholyorreligiousdays.Nowadaysholidaysincludenational,seasonalandhistoricaldaysofcelebration.Herearesometraditionalholidaysinsomecountries.•February14isValentine'sDay.ItisobservedinsomeEuropeanandNorthAmericancountries.Peoplesendcarsorgiftsexpressingloveandaffectionsometimesanonymouslytotheirsweetheartsorfriends.•FeastofDollsinJapanfallsonMarch2.Itisobservedthereinhonorofgirls.•FeastofBannersinJapanisonMay5.Itisobservedinhonorofboys.•May5isDragonBoatFestivalinChinaandisheldaccordingtotheChineseLunarCalendar.Peopleeatricecakes(粽子)andholddragonboatracestocommemoratetheancientscholar----statesmanQuYuan.•August15isMid-AutumnFestivalinChina.ItisheldaccordingtotheChineseLunarCalendar.Peopleeatmooncakeswhilelookingatthebrightfullmoon.C•AprilFools’DayisonApril1.InsomeEuropeancountriesandinNorthAmerica,peopleplaypracticaljokes(恶作剧)ortricksoneachotherandthoseunsuspectingvictimsarecalledAprilfools.•July14isBastilleDay.ItisanannualholidayinFrancetocommemoratethefalloftheBastille.•December26isBoxingDayinBritain,Canada,andtheU.S.ItisobservedasaholidayfromthecustomofgivingChristmasboxestothetradesmenandstaffonthisday.•MayDay,knownasInternationalLaborDay,isapublicholidayinmanyEuropeancountries,theCanalZone,PhilippineIslands,andtheLatinAmericancountries.ItfallsonMay1,andiscelebratedespeciallybytheworkingpeople.•November25isSaintCatherine'sDay.TheFrenchcelebratethisplayfulholidayinhonorofSaintCatherine,thepatronessofsp