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UnitOneTravel•Teachingcontents：•UnitOneTravel•Teachingaims：•Knowabouttheculturaldifferencesandtrytoavoidculturaltaboos.Teachingmethods：Lecture;discussionTeachingprocedures：I.GettingReady:Discussion1.Doyouknowofanyculturaltaboos?2.Whatdoyouknowaboutthefollowingplaces?MoscowRedSquareKremlinMoscowisthecapital,themostpopulouscity,andthemostpopulousfederalsubjectofRussia.Thecityisamajorpolitical,economic,cultural,scientific,religious,financial,educational,andtransportationcentreofRussiaandthecontinent.MoscowisthemostnortherncityonEarthtohaveapopulationabove10,000,000,themostpopulouscityonthecontinentofEurope,andtheseventhlargestcityproperintheworld.Itspopulation,accordingtothepreliminaryresultsofthe2010census,is11,514,330.BasedonForbes2011,Moscowhad79billionaires,displacingNewYorkasthecitywiththegreatestnumberofbillionaires.St.PetersburgSaintPetersburg:isacityandafederalsubject(afederalcity)ofRussialocatedontheNevaRiverattheheadoftheGulfofFinlandontheBalticSea.In1914thenameofthecitywaschangedtoPetrograd),in1924toLeningradandin1991backtoSaintPetersburg.SydneyOperaHouseKangarooKoalaBearAustralia,officiallytheCommonwealthofAustralia,isacountryintheSouthernHemispherecomprisingthemainlandoftheAustraliancontinent,theislandofTasmania,andnumeroussmallerislandsintheIndianandPacificOceans.Itistheworld'ssixth-largestcountrybytotalarea.NeighbouringcountriesincludeIndonesia,EastTimor,andPapuaNewGuineatothenorth;theSolomonIslands,Vanuatu,andNewCaledoniatothenorth-east;andNewZealandtothesouth-east.TanzaniaTheUnitedRepublicofTanzania:isacountryinEastAfricaborderedbyKenyaandUgandatothenorth,Rwanda,Burundi,andtheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongotothewest,andZambia,Malawi,andMozambiquetothesouth.Thecountry'seasternborderslieontheIndianOcean.II.ReadingSkills:PredictingandScanningPredicting:Beforereading,goodreadersthinkaboutwhattheyaregoingtoread.Whilereading,goodreadersthinkaboutwhatcomesnext.Thishelpsthembetterunderstandwhatcomesnext.III.ReadingComprehension1.Readthetextmorecarefullyforthesecondtime,thenfinishthecomprehensionexercise.2.Answerthefollowingquestion:Whatotherculturalorexoticvacationswouldyouliketoexperience?IV.VocabularySkill:OrganizingVocabularyOnehelpfulwaytoremembernewwordsistogroupthemintomeaningfulcategories,forexample,bypartofspeechortopic.Organizingyourvocabularycanalsohelpyoutorelatenewvocabularytootherwordsyouknow.V.AvoidingCulturalTaboos•Somefundamentalrulestomakecommunicationeasier,andtomakeatriptoanothercountrymoreenjoyable:•1.Neverraiseyourvoice•2.Considerthemainreligionofthecountry•3.Avoidtopicsofconversationthatyouthinkmaybesensitive•4.Displayingaffectioninpublicismostlyconsideredtaboo•5.Becarefulingivinggiftsandopeninggifts•6.AlwaysbetolerantofthelocalcustomsVI.Discussthefollowingquestions:•1.Whataresomeofthewaysthatthetouristtradeispromotedinyourcountry?•2.Whataresomeofthewaysthattoomuchtourismcanimpactavacationlocale?VII.Homework•1.Imagineaforeignerisgoingtovisitourcountry.Makealistofthreeacceptableandthreetabooformsofbehaviourthisvisitorshouldknowabout.•2.Imagineafriendiscomingtovisityourfamily.Whatwouldbeanappropriategifttoyourparents?BackgroundKnowledge•Nomatterwhereyougointheworld,thereareafewuniversalmannersallculturesappreciateandrespect.Here'smylistforthe10mostimportant:•1.Laugh-Itmaynotsoundlikeamanner,buthavingasenseofhumouristhemostimportantpartofbeingrespectedbyanyculture.Someonewhocanlaughatthemselvesislovedeverywhereyou'llgo.•2.Respect-Haverespectfortheculturesyouarein.Becuriousabouthowthepeoplelive,anddon'tbejudgemental.Respecteveryonefortheiruniquecontributions.•3.PleaseandThankYou-Thisisabigone.Asimplepleaseandthankyou,inanylanguage,opensdoorsandshowsyourrespect.Usethesetwowordsoften,andyourtravelswillgowell.•4.HelloandGoodbye-Itmaynotsoundlikeabigdeal,butacknowledgingpeoplewithahelloandagoodbyegetsconversationsgoing.Andconversationsleadtonewfriends.•5.Friendsfirst,MoneyLater-Becomefriendswithwhoeveryou'redoingbusinesswith.Evenifyou'rejustbuyingbreadorsittingdowntoameal.Beingfriendlyandactivelylookingforfriendshipestablishesyourselfasagoodperson.•6.ThinkaboutOthersFirst-Thisdoesnothavetobedifficult.Littlethings,likenotspittinginpublichelp.Thinkabouthowyouwouldfeelifsomeonewantstodowhatyou'reabouttodoinyourhome.•7.Share-Shareyourexperiences!There'snothingbetterthansharingastorywithsomeoneandseeingtheirfacelightup.•8.KeepinTouch-Youcanmakethatman'sweekbysendinghimapostcardwhenyougetbackhome.Keepingintouchisoneofthemostdifficultthingstodo,butpeopletrulyappreciatethethought.•9.AskBeforeYouTake-Itamazesmethewaypeopleactwiththeircameras.•Imagineifyouwerewalkingdownthestreetinyourtownandsomeonewantedtotakeapictureofyourchild.Withoutasking!Please,stoptakingphotoswithoutaskingfirst!•10.BeNice-Don'tforgetthegoldenrule.Treatothersasyouwouldliketobetreated.Thisonewilltakeyoufar.Whatistaboo?Taboo:fromthePolynesianwordtabu;anyact,conditionortypeofphysicalcontactthat,ifundertakenormanifested,couldresultinadverseconsequencesforthewellbeingofthegiventribeorcommunity.Traditionalexampleswouldincludeanuninit