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UNIT4DealingwithCulturalDifferencesUnit4DealingwithCulturalDifferencesPartA_1_aLanguageFocusQuestionsforDiscussion1.Whatdoculturaldifferencesmean?2.Howdopeople’sculturalbackgroundsinfluencetheirwayofthinking?3.Howcanfailuretorecognizeculturaldifferenceshindercommunication?Pre-listeningTaskUnit4DealingwithCulturalDifferencesPartA_1_b4.Howcanwedealwithculturaldifferences?5.Whatdoes“cultureshock”mean?Inwhatwayscanwecopewithcultureshock?6.Whatshouldwedobeforevisitingothercountriestoavoidmisunderstanding?LanguageFocusPre-listeningTaskUnit4DealingwithCulturalDifferencesPartA_1_demo_aLanguageFocusPre-listeningTask4.Howcanwedealwithculturaldifferences?Beforeansweringthequestion,we'dbetterfindoutwhatculturereferstofirst.Oneencyclopediadefinescultureinthreebasicsenses:(1)Excellenceoftasteinthefineartsandhumanities,alsoknownashighculture;(2)Anintegratedpatternofhumanknowledge,belief,andbehaviorthatdependsuponthecapacityforsymbolicthoughtandsociallearning;(3)Thesetofsharedattitudes,values,goals,andpracticesthatcharacterizesaninstitution,organizationorgroup(Culture,retrievedfrom(ofsurprise,disorientation,uncertainty,confusion,etc.)feltwhenpeoplehavetooperatewithinadifferentandunknownculturesuchasonemayencounterinaforeigncountry.Itgrowsoutofthedifficultiesinassimilatingthenewculture,causingdifficultyinknowingwhatisappropriateandwhatisnot.Thisisoftencombinedwithadislikefororevendisgust(moraloraesthetical)withcertainaspectsofthenewordifferentculture.Inmyopinion,thereareUnit4DealingwithCulturalDifferencesPartA_2Pre-listeningTaskLanguageFocusHerearesomesentencesandstructuresthatyoumightfindusefulindiscussingtheabovequestions.•Peoplefromdifferentcountriesspeakdifferentlanguages,maintaindifferentvaluesystems,andhavedifferentwaysoflookingatthings.•Itisupsettingtofindpeoplewhobehavedifferentlyfromus.Wemay,atfirst,assumethatsomethingiswrongwiththem.•Cultureshockisapainfulexperienceweundergowhenweencounterentirelydifferentwaysoflifeinanotherculture.Unit4DealingwithCulturalDifferencesPartA_2LanguageFocus•Aperson’sculturalbackgroundinfluenceswhathe/sheconsiderstobegoodmannersorbadmanners/politeorrude/ontimeorlate.•Differentculturesmayhavedifferentwaysofrespondingtocompliments.•Someculturesconsideritpolitenottotakesomethingthefirsttimeitisoffered.•EyecontactmayconveysincerityandattentivenessinsomeOrientalculturesbuttoomucheyecontactmayembarrasspeopleinsomeWesterncultures.Pre-listeningTaskUnit4DealingwithCulturalDifferencesPartA_2LanguageFocus•Thosewhoareuninformedaboutculturaldifferencesmayhavedifficultycommunicatingwiththeirbusinessassociatesfromothercultures.•Inabilitytorecognizeculturaldifferencescanmakecommunicationdifficult.•Acertainamountofsmalltalkabouttheweather,family,andpersonalhobbiesisexpectedbeforegettingdowntobusinesswithyourforeignassociates.•Havingrespectfor/Learningaboutotherculturescanhelpyouavoidmisunderstandings.Pre-listeningTaskUnit4DealingwithCulturalDifferencesPartA_2LanguageFocus•Youcanavoidunintentionallyoffendingothersbylearningthebasiccharacteristicsofothercultures/gettingtoknowafeweverydayphrasesorcommoncustomsofothercultures.•Donotcriticizeorembarrasspeoplefromotherculturesinpublic.•Understandingcanonlybereachedifwearewillingtotreatpeoplefromothercultureswithrespectandasequals.Pre-listeningTaskUnit4DealingwithCulturalDifferencesPartA_2LanguageFocus•Itisagoodpolicytoletaforeignfriendorbusinessassociateknowyourexpectationswithregardtotimeandpunctuality.•Taketimetoexplaincertaincustomsofyourownculturetoyourforeignfriendsorbusinessassociates.•Askyourforeignfriendsorbusinessassociatesabouttheircustoms.•Don’tpanicwhensomecustomsinaforeigncountrycatchyouoffguard.Youmustunderstandthatpeoplelivinginvariedcultureshandlemanysmalldailythingsdifferently.Pre-listeningTaskUnit4DealingwithCulturalDifferencesPartA_2LanguageFocus•Whetheryouplantostayforaweekorforayearinanewplace,you’llbenefitfromlearningabouttheplacebeforeyougo.•Bearinmindtheproverb“DoinRomeastheRomansdo,”andlearnfromthelocalpeoplewhenyouarevisitingaforeigncountry.Pre-listeningTaskUnit4DealingwithCulturalDifferencesPartB_1_a_1apparentlyindividuallyupsetgentlyfirmlyListeningTasksad.clearly;obviously显然ad.onebyone;separately各个地v.tocausesb.tofeelunhappy使生气ad.softly不太用力地ad.forcefully;strongly坚定有力地SpeakingTasksWordBankExercise2Exercise1LanguageandCulturalNotesUnit4DealingwithCulturalDifferencesPartB_1_a_1goshtitleinterj.aninformalexpressionofsurprise（表示惊讶的非正式感叹词）哎呀n.awordputbeforeaperson’snametoshowrank,honor,profession头衔；职称；尊称ListeningTasksSpeakingTasksWordBankExercise2Exercise1LanguageandCulturalNotesUnit4DealingwithCulturalDifferencesPartB_1_a_2Differentcultureshavetheirownrulesofbehavior.Peoplefromdifferentculturalbackgroundsmayhaveverydifferentbeliefs,religions,customsandhabits.Ignoranceofculturaldifferencesoftencausesmisunderstanding,offens