Unit 2 Culture Shock

Teaching Objection: 1. Train students reading skills by using Strategy One: To guess the meaning of the unfamiliar words according to 1) the previous sentence, 2) the following sentence, 3) the punctuation marks (common, dash, parentheses etc.). 2. Finish Unit 2

Time Arrangement: 90 minutes 5 minutes’ reading for word pretest and then check the choices. 15 minutes’ reading for Text I and Reading Comprehension. 30 minutes for the detail of Text I. 15 minutes’ reading for Section B. 25 minutes for Text II.

Teaching Steps Five minutes’ reading for word pretest and then check the choices. Fifteen minutes’ reading for Text I and Reading Comprehension.

Questions and Answers to check if the students understand the text. What is culture shock? How to put it into Chinese? It is a condition of confusion and anxiety affecting a person suddenly exposed to an alien culture （外 国文化 ） or milieu （环境）. 文化震惊 / 休克：某人突然身处异族文化或环境中而经 受的一种困惑焦虑的状况。 Or: When a person is in some foreign country he feels puzzled and he is not used to the life there. He feels very uncomfortable. And he doesn’t know how to deal with the new environment. That may be called culture shock.

Useful Words of Text I temporary job > < permanent job find found found found founded founded Oxford University was founded more than 100 years ago.

Dwell on – talk all the time 喋喋不休地谈论 or to live as a resident; reside I’ve got better thing to do than dwell on the past. It is said people in this tribe dwell in the trees. city-dwellers

Language Points of Text I: 1. average person – ordinary person 2. temporary – lasting for a short time a temporary chairperson; 临时主席； In the rush season the factory needs a lot of temporary workers.

3. adjust – change slightly in order to make suitable He adjusted his position sitting on the chair before he began his speech. 4. adapt to – make or become suitable to Those who are adapted to the environment survive. Dinosaurs are wiped out because they are not to.

5. frustrations –the feeling of annoyed disappointment or dissatisfaction Life is full of frustrations. 人生充满了挫折。 6 ． mature – fully grown and developed She is very mature for her age. A mature student: a student over 25 to take university courses

Main Ideas of Text I: Para.1. Introduction -- Nowadays flying abroad is very common for the average person. Para.2.3. What is culture shock? Para.4.5. The symptoms of culture shock Para.6. How to make a change to fight against culture shock Para.7. Conclusion – Living in a foreign country is a form of education.

Main Ideas of Four Short Passages of Section B: 1. Intercultural communication 2. Individuals experience the stages of adjustment in different ways. 3. Tourist’s view of a foreign culture 4. Culture can be learned

Main ideas of Text II: Para.1. Introduction – Culture shock Para.2.—11. Five distinct stages Para.12. Conclusion

Homework: 1. Word Match on Page Suffix Exercise on Page Cloze on Page Home Reading for Text II of Unit 3

Key Words of Text I: 1. acquaintance 2. depress 3. hostility 4. temporary 5. Mature 6. adjust 7. exaggerate 8. frustration 9. dwell on 10. inevitable