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Unit3Topic2Somethingsusuallyhavedifferentmeaningsindifferentcultures.SectionCWhatdothegesturesthatarecommonintheUSAmean?I’mpuzzled.I’mjustkidding.Goodluck.InCanada,people______________whentheygreeteachother,whilepeople_____asasignof________inJapan.wavetheirhandsrespectbowbowwavehandsInCanada,noddingheadshows______________,whilepeople____________________________toshowagreementinIndia.Bodylanguagemeansdifferentthingsindifferentcultures.agreementshaketheirheadsfromsidetosideLearnmoreaboutdifferentcultures.batWhydoweChineseusethepatternofbattodecoratetheirhouses?It’sasymboloflonglifeandhappiness.IthaspositivemeaningsinChineseculture.Heisblindasabat.It’sasymbolofuglinessandbadluck.Ithasnegativemeaningsinwesterncultures.盲目、瞎眼1bRead1aandchoosethecorrectanswers.1.Thetitleofthepassagemaybe____.2.A.AnimalsandPlantsB.ChinaandForeignCountries3.C.DifferentCultures,DifferentMeaningsD.PositiveandNegativeMeanings4.2.InChina,manyparentswanttheirchildrentobecome“dragons”.The“dragons”heremean____.5.A.successfulpeopleB.children6.C.strongpeopleD.creatures7.Inwesterncountries,heroeskilleddragonstoprotectpeople.Thisshowsdragonsareconsideredtobe____.8.A.braveB.strongC.lovelyD.dangerous9.4.InParagraph3,theunderlinedword“regarded”means____.10.A.consideredB.givenC.lookedD.watchedADCAReadPara.2carefullyandguessthemeaningofeachphraseaboutdogsinpairs.ahomelessdogamaddogarunningdogadogcatchingamouseYouarealuckydog.Everydoghasitsday.inChinainwesterncountries丧家狗疯狗走狗狗捉耗子多管闲事Youarealuckyperson.你真是个幸运儿Eachpersonhasgoodluckattimes.人人都有得意日。Dogsareconsideredhonestandgoodfriendsofhumans.ReadPara.3carefullyandmarkT(true)orF(false).()1.DragonsplayanimportantroleinChineseculture.()2.Inancienttimes,theChineseemperorscomparedthemselvestodragons.()3.Inwesterncultures,dragonhaspositivemeanings.TTFn.皇帝Theancientemperorscomparedthemselvestodragons.compare…to…compare…with…e.g.把……和……作比较把……比作……(1)他在诗中把那姑娘比喻成月亮。He________thegirl____themooninthepoem.(2)如果把他俩的工作作比较，你就会发现她的好很多。Ifyou______________________,you’llfindhersismuchbetter.古代的皇帝把自己比作龙。comparedtocompareherworkwithhisLanguagepointReadPara.4carefullyandchoosetherightanswers.()1.Rose____inChinesecultureandwesterncultures.A.hassimilarmeaningsB.hasdifferentmeaningsC.hasnegativemeanings()2.Rosestandsforthefollowingexcept____.A.loveB.peaceC.goodluckD.courageACn.勇气PlantandanimalInChinesecultureInwesternculturedogdragonrosehonest,andgoodfriendsofhumans;haspositivemeaningsstrongandmagicalcreaturesdangerousanimalsstandsforlove,peace,courageandfriendshipnegativemeaningsstandsforlove,peace,courageandfriendship1cCompletethetablebasedon1a.Youcanalsoaddsomethingelse.Retellthetextbasedonthetableyoufilledin.Listen,readandfindthefollowingphrasesinthepassage.considerthedoghonestattimesberegarded/consideredascompare…toasymbolofstandforpayattentionto有时；间或被当做/认为……认为狗诚实……的象征注意代表把……比喻成……MatchthephraseswiththeirChinesemeanings.2Completethesentenceswiththecorrectformsofthegivenphrases.payattentiontostandforattimesregardascompare…to1.Peoplesaytheroseoften___________love.2.Dogsare____________honestandgoodfriendsofhumans.3.Youneedto_________________thedifferencesmore.4.RobertBurns__________hislove______aredrose.5.Everybodymakesmistakes_________.standsforregardedaspayattentiontoattimescomparesto3WriteapassagewiththetitleDifferentCultures,DifferentMeaningsbasedonthetable.Youcanaddmoreitems.PlantandanimalInChinesecultureInwesternculturepeacockgoodness/beauty/peacepridebatlonglife/happinessbadluckbamboohappiness/peacewisdom/power…Discussingroupstogetthefactandsupportingideas.Drawyourdraft.Thephrasesin1bmayhelpyou!standfor,regard/consider…as,asymbolof,havepositive/negativemeaning…Don’tforgettheconj.Composeyourwriting.Checkyourspelling,tenseetc.Howtowriteyourcompositionbut,while,howeverOnepossibleversion:Somethingsusuallyhavedifferentmeaningsindifferentcultures.HerearesomethingsthathavedifferentmeaningsbetweentheChineseandwesterncultures.InChina,peacockisabeautifulanimalthatstandsforbeautyandgoodness.BatsalsohavepositivemeaningsinChina,especiallyinthesouthernpartofthecountry.Theystandforlifeandhappiness.However,forpeopleinwesterncultures,theymeanbadluck.BambooisasymbolofhappinessandpeaceinChina,butitmeanswisdomandpowerinwesterncultures.Exercises1.Dragon_______________(被当做）thesymbolofChinesenation.2.Ifyou___________________(多注意）whattheteachersaysinclass,youwillnot____________________(犯相同的错误）.3.Weusually_____________life_______stage.(把…比作).4.Bamboo_______________（代表）wisdomandpowerinChineseculture.5.Iusuallygotothemovieswithmyparents,but________alone（有时）.6.Mysister___________(leave)forParisinafewdays.isconsideredascomparestandsforattimesisleavingmakethesamemistaketopaymoreattentiontoSummary:1.Somewords:negative,consider,honest2.positive,ancient,magical,creature,3.compare,courage,underline,pride4.2.Somephrases:attimes,standfor,5.regard/consider…as,6.asymbolof,makemistake,7.compare…to,compare…with8.3.Somesentences:9.(1)Theancientemperorscomparedthemselvestodragons.10.(2)Theroseisregardedasasymboloflove.1.TelltheculturedifferencesbetweenCh