Unit2

BridgingCulturesReadingandThinkingGraspkeywords,andsentencepatternsrelatedtostudyingabroad,andextractandsummarizeinformationfromthetext.1234教學(xué)目標(biāo)Applyreadingstrategiestoanalyzethepassage,andindependentlyexploremoreaboutexchangeprograms.Deepentheunderstandingofthesignificanceofcross-culturalcommunicationandtheroleofculturalmessengers.Criticallythinkaboutthechallengesandsolutionsforexchangestudents.教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)0102MastervocabularyandexpressionsaboutexchangeprogramsandanalyzethetextstructuretounderstandXieLei'sexperienceandmotivations.Interprettheimplicitconnectionsbetweenculturaladaptationchallengesandpersonalgrowthinthetext,andguidestudentstoreflectcriticallyoncross-culturalcommunicationstrategies.01ReadingLookatthetitleandpictures,andmakeapredication.1.Who

is

the

girl?

Where

might

she

be

now?XieLei,anexchangestudent2.Whatmightbetalkedaboutinthetext?

ThetextisaboutXieLei’s________and

atauniversityinLondon.

studylife3.Wheredoyouthinkthetextisfrom?A.asciencemagazineB.aschoolnewspaperC.atraveljournalD.anadvertisementbrochure

Skimmingforthestructureofthepassage.P1:

XieLeicametostudyinLondonP2:

Herpurposes

ofcomingtotheUKP3:

Her

difficulty

in

gettingused

to

a

new

way

of

lifePart1：The

r_e_a_s_o_n_s

whyXie

Lei

studiedabroad.P4:

Thebenefits

oflivingwithahostfamilyP5:

Theacademicchallenges

forherP6:

Herparticipation

inclassPart1：TwochallengesandXieLei’ssolutions

XieLei’spresentsituationandthewriter’swishforherP7:

Herparticipationin

socialactivitiesP8:

Editors’

bestwishes

toherSkimmingforthemainideaofwachparagraph.Para1HerpurposesofcomingtotheUKPara2ComingtostudyinLondonPara3BenefitsoflivingwithahostfamilyPara4ChallengeforXieLei:theacademicrequirementsPara5HerdifficultyingettingusedtoanewwayoflifePara6Thereporter’sbestwishesPara7ParticipationinclassPara8HernewplanforsocialactivitiesReadpara.1-2andfindtheinformation.Name:

;Age:

;Nationality:

;Destination:

;Feelings:

;Major:

;Reason:

;Ambition:___.XieLei19ChineseLondonexcitedbutnervousbusinesslearnglobalbusinessandimproveEnglishsetupabusinessinChinaaftergraduationReadpara.1-2againandanswerthequestion.Sixmonthsago,19-year-oldXieLeisaidgoodbyetoherfamilyandfriendsandboardedaplaneforLondon.ItwasthefirsttimethatshehadleftChina.“Iwasveryexcitedbutalsoquitenervous.Ididn’tknowwhattoexpect,”XieLeirecalled.XieLeiisstudyingforabusinessqualificationatauniversityinChinaandhascometoouruniversityonayear-longexchangeprogramme.“IchosetheexchangeprogrammebecauseIwantedtolearnaboutglobalbusinessandimprovemyEnglish.MyambitionistosetupabusinessinChinaaftergraduation,”sheexplained.HowdoestheauthoruseXieLei'smixedemotions("excitedbutnervous")?EmotionalcontrastasanarrativetoolForeshadowingpersonal/professionaldevelopmentReadpara.3-7andfillintheblanks.challengesWhatXieLeididDailylifeadaptationtoawholenewlifeLearntto_______________Learntto_______________Askedfor_______________lonelinessLivedwith__________AcademicrequirementsWritinganessayGothelpfrom________;_____alottoprepareParticipatingin____andgiving____________Gavepresentationon____________________usepublictransportaskforthingsshedidn'tknowtheEnglishhelpfrompassers-bywhenshegotlostahostfamilyhertutorreadclasspresentationstraditionalChineseartScanthearticleandcirclethewordsthatshowXieLei’sfeelingsandworkoutthereasons.lonely/homesick&comfortedconfusedsurprisedconfidentcomfortableexcited&nervoustimefeelingssixmonthsagoatfirstacademicchallengeafterafewweekshalfwaythroughXieLei’sfeelingsexcited&nervoussurprisedcomforted

feelathomeconfused(Shefelt...because...)confidentbecausesheleftChinaforthefirsttimebecauseshehadasecondfamilyintheUKbecauseshethoughtsheknewlessthanotherpeoplebecauseshecouldspeakupinclassafterjustafewweeksbecauseherpresentationontraditionalChineseartwasagreatsuccessbecausewhatseemedstrangebeforenowappearsquitenormaltoherEmotionclue感情線索Readthepassageagainandcompletethemindmap.How?WhatisXieLei’scharacteristics?determinedconfidentbravediligent

positiveactive

ambitious

Discussthefollowingquestionsingroups.1.WhydidXieLeichoosetheexchangeprogramme?ShechosetheexchangeprogrammebecauseshewantedtolearnaboutglobalbusinessandimproveherEnglish.HerambitionwastosetupabusinessinChinaaftergraduation.2.WhyhasXieLeigotinvolvedinsocialactivities?Becauseitcanhelpheradapttothenewculturethere.She’salsokeentoshareherculturewiththeBritishpeople.3.HowhasXieLeihelpedtobuildbridgesbetweenChinaandtheUK?AswellasstudyingintheUK,sheactsasaculturalmessengersharingChineseculturewithpeoplearoundherbygivingapresentationontraditionalChineseart,teachingpeoplehowtocookChinesefood,andinvolvingherselfinsocialactivities.Discussthefollowingquestionsingroups.4.Whatotherchallengesdoyouthinkstudentsstudyingabroadmightface?Howcanstudentspreparetohandlethesechallengesbeforegoingabroad?Onebigchallengeisthelanguage—theymaythinktheyaregoodatEnglish,buttheyarenotusedtohearingEnglishbeingspokenatanormalspeed,theyarenotusedtoEnglishbeingspokenwithaheavyaccent,andtheyarenotfamiliarwithmanyEnglishidioms.ThebestwaytoprepareistotrytoimmersethemselvesinEnglishbeforetheygoabroad.TheyshouldwatchavarietyofEnglish-languagefilmsandTVprogrammeswithoutusingsubtitles,listentoEnglishsongs,anduseeveryopportunitytospeakwithnativeEnglishspeakers.Discussthefollowingquestionsingroups.Anotherchallengemaybecomingtotermswiththedifferencesinaculturethatisdifferenttotheirown.Locals,however,willgenerallybeunderstandingthatthestudentisnewtothecountry,andwillappreciateattemptstolearnandunderstandmoreabouttheirculture.Thatiswhyitisbesttobekind,respectful,andenthusiastictotrynewthingswheninaforeigncountry—localswillbemorewillingtohelpnewstudentsandwillbepatient.Itcanalsobescarytotrytofitintothenewlifestylewhilethere,sinceitissodifferenttotheirown.Maybestudentswillfacetimeswhentheydon'tunderstandtheproperwaytodosomething,suchaspayingutilitybills.Inthiscase,thereisalwayssomeonewhoiswillingtohelp—eitheratyouruniversitycampusoreveninalocalshop.02Languagepointsambitiontobe/dosth.=ambitionofbeing/doingsth.

(做)……的目標(biāo)/夙愿befullofambition

野心勃勃achieve/realizeone’sambition(s)

達(dá)到目標(biāo)/實(shí)現(xiàn)抱負(fù)ambitiousadj.志向遠(yuǎn)大的;渴望的;有野心lifelongambition終身追求alackofambition胸?zé)o大志1.ambitionn．野心；雄心；企圖；志氣,抱負(fù)Foronce,nobodycouldaccusethemoflacking____________.練習(xí)：ambitionpresentvt.陳述；提出(觀點(diǎn)、計(jì)劃等)；呈現(xiàn)；贈(zèng)送，頒發(fā)

adj.出席的，在場(chǎng)的；現(xiàn)在的，當(dāng)前的

n．禮物presentsb.withsth.

向某人贈(zèng)送某物presentsth.tosb.

向某人陳述某事；贈(zèng)送某人某物bepresentat... 出席……atpresent＝atthepresenttime目前，現(xiàn)在2.presentationn.展示；介紹；授予；頒發(fā)Thesalesmanagerwillgivea___________onthenewproducts.練習(xí)：presentationsetaside保留；儲(chǔ)蓄；忽視；不顧setdown放下；記下setoff出發(fā)；動(dòng)身；使爆炸；引發(fā)setaboutdoing著手/開始做……=setouttodo出發(fā)；開始做……asetof...一套......settingn.環(huán)境；背景3.setup建立；樹立；搭起I'mhopingI'll_________myownbusinesssomeday.練習(xí)：setupbekeenonsth.喜愛；熱衷于…keenlyadv.敏銳地；強(qiáng)烈地；銳利地keennessn.敏銳；銳利【同義辨析】anxious,keen,eager這組詞都有“急切的，渴望的”的意思，其區(qū)別是：anxious強(qiáng)調(diào)因憂慮、關(guān)注或害怕而產(chǎn)生急切顧慮的心情。keen強(qiáng)調(diào)因興趣強(qiáng)烈或欲望而急于做某事。eager側(cè)重于以巨大熱情渴望實(shí)現(xiàn)愿望或達(dá)到目