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Unit6Unit6AFRENCHFOURTHAFRENCHFOURTHUnit6Watchthevideoandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhydidDenisehitPaul?Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationBecausePaulsaidthathisfatherwasstupid.Becausenomatterwhat,onedoesnothitpeopleandDeniseshouldknowbetterthanthat.2.WhydoyouthinkXuDatonginsistsonDeniseapologizingtoPaul?Itisnobigdeal.Kidswillmakeitupthemselves.3.What’sPaul’sfather,Quinlin’sattitudetowardsthematter?Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformation4.WhatdoyouthinkarethedifferencesineducatingchildrenbetweenChineseandtheAmericans?open-ended.Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement3AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationFromTheGua-ShaTreatmentJianNing:Denise:JianNing:XuDatong:Quinlin:XuDatong:Denise:XuDatong:Quinlin:XuDatong:VideoScript1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationDenise,whydidyouhitPaul?Hehitmetoo.Itdoesn’tmatter.Youdon’thitpeople.Youknowbetterthanthat.Denise,IwantyoutoapologizetoPaul.It’snobigdeal.Yes,itis.Comeon,apologizetoPaul.Goingtowin.Sayyou’resorry.Thekidsarefine;theymakeup.Letitgo.Comeon.Countthree.One…two…twoandhalf…VideoScript2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformation(DenisespitonPaulandLiDatonghitDeniseonthehead.)JianNing:XuDatong:Denise:Datong!Saythatyou’resorry.Hesaidthatyou’restupid.LiDatong’sfather:当面教子背后教妻，啊？ceremonies,andvariousotherpublicandprivateeventscelebratingthehistory,government,andtraditionsoftheUnitedStates.1.IndependenceDayCulturalinformation1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationIntheUnitedStates,IndependenceDay,commonlyknownastheFourthofJuly,isafederalholidaycommemoratingtheadoptionoftheDeclarationofIndependenceonJuly4,1776,declaringindependencefromtheKingdomofGreatBritain.IndependenceDayiscommonlyassociatedwithfireworks,parades,barbecues,carnivals,picnics,concerts,baseballgames,politicalspeechesandOnJune14,1777,inordertoestablishanofficialflagforthenewnation,theContinentalCongresspassedthefirstFlagAct:“Resolved,ThattheflagoftheUnitedStatesbemadeofthirteenstripes,alternateredandwhite;thattheunionbethirteenstars,whiteinabluefield,representinganewConstellation.”Culturalinformation2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformation2.AmericanFlagFormorethan200years,theAmericanflaghasbeenthesymbolofthenation’sstrengthandunity.It’sbeenasourceofprideandinspirationformillionsofcitizens.Culturalinformation3AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationTodaytheflagconsistsofthirteenhorizontalstripes,sevenredalternatingwithsixwhite.Thestripesrepresenttheoriginalthirteencolonies,thestarsrepresentthefiftystatesoftheUnion.Thecolorsoftheflagaresymbolicaswell:RedsymbolizesHardinessandValor,WhitesymbolizesPurityandInnocenceandBluerepresentsVigilance,PerseveranceandJustice.GeneralanalysisInthistext,theauthordiscussesthecostsandbenefitsoflivinginaforeignculture.Healsopointsoutthatglobalizationisdiminishingthedividebetweencultures.StructuralanalysisGeneralanalysisRhetoricalfeatures(Paragraphs10－12):Theauthortalksabouttheeffectofglobalization,andarguesthatglobalizationhasproducedmorenegativethanpositiveeffectsonculturaldiversity.StructuralanalysisPartI(Paragraphs1－3):Theauthordescribeshiswayofcelebratinghishomecountry’sNationalDay,i.e.theIndependenceDayoftheUnitedStates.Thistexttalksabouttheculturalinfluenceofaforeigncultureonexpatriatedfamilies.Itcanbedividedintothreeparts.PartII(Paragraphs4－9):Theauthormakesacontrastiveanalysisofthecostsandbenefitsoftheexpatriatedpeople.PartIIIStructuralanalysisGeneralanalysisRhetoricalfeaturesRhetoricalFeaturesTheauthorofthistextfollowsa“specific-to-general”patterninhisdiscussion,i.e.hefirsttalksaboutwhatitmeanstohischildrentohangoutthenationalflagoftheirnativelandinaforeigncountryonJuly4theveryyearandthenexpresseshisviewontheimportanceforexpatriatedpeopleingeneraltokeeptheirculturalidentity,especiallywhenthewholeworldisundergoingaprocessofglobalization.ThespecificpointscanbefoundinhisdiscussionofthecostsandbenefitsofraisingchildreninaforeigncultureinParagraphs4－9whilethegeneralconclusioncanbefoundinParagraphs10－12,especiallyParagraph12.StructuralanalysisGeneralanalysisRhetoricalfeatures1Alongaboutthistimeeveryyear,asIndependenceDayapproaches,IpullanoldAmericanflagoutofabottomdrawerwhereitisfoldedaway－foldedinasquare,Iadmit,nottheregulationtriangle.I’vehaditalongtimeandhavealwaysflownitoutsideonJuly4.HereinParisithangsfromafourth-floorbalconyvisiblefromthestreet.I’veneverseenanyonelookup,butinmymind’seyeanAmericantouristmaynoticeitandsmile,andaFrenchpasserbymayberemindedofthedateandtheoccasionthatpromptitsappearance.Ihopeso.Detailedreading1DetailedreadingAFRENCHFOURTHCharlesTrueheartDetailedreading2Detailedreading2Formyexpatriatedfamily,too,theflagismeaningful,inpartbecausewedon’tdoanythingelsetocelebratetheFourth.Peopledon’thavebarbecuesinParisapartments,andmostotherAmericansIknowwhohavesettledheresuppresssuchoutwardsignsoftheirheritage－ortheygobackhomeforthesummertorefuel.3Ourchildrenthinktheflag-hangingisacoolthing,andIlikeitbecauseitgivesusafewmomentsoffamilyQ&Aaboutourcitiz