 Reading Skills
 Text Study
 Notes to the Text
 Words and Expressions
 Idea Sharing
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 Reading for the Main Idea in a Paragraph
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Reading Skills
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Reading for The Main Idea
• The main idea of a passage is the thought
that is presented from the beginning to
the end.
• In a well-written paragraph, most of the
sentences support, describe or explain the
main idea.
• The main idea frequently appears in the first
sentence, sometimes in the middle or at the
end.
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Reading Skills
1. Example from passage A (Para.7)
The U.S. is definitely a telephone country.
Almost everyone uses the telephone to
conduct business, to chat with friends, to
make or break social appointment, to say
“thank you”, to shop and to obtain all kinds
of information. Telephones save the feet
and endless amounts of time.
Main idea:
The U.S. is definitely a telephone country.
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Reading Skills
2. Exercises
① The first stage is called “the honeymoon”. In
this stage, you feel excitement about living in a
different place. And everything seems to be
marvelous. You like everything, and everybody
seems to be so nice to you. Also, the
amusement of life in a new culture seems as
though it will have no ending.
Main idea:
The first stage of culture-shock adjustment is
“the honeymoon”.
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Reading Skills
② Eventually, however, the second stage of
culture shock appears. This is the “hostility
stage”. You begin to notice that not everything
is as good as you had originally thought it was.
You become tired of many things about the
new culture. Moreover, people don’t treat you
like a guest anymore. Everything that seemed
to be so wonderful at first is now awful, and
everything makes you feel distressed and tired.
Main idea:
The second stage of culture-shock, “hostility
stage”, eventually occurs.
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 Question Answering
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Text Study
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Question Answering
1. Can you imagine what you will definitely
encounter when studying abroad for the first
time? (Para.1)
Tips:
Culture Shock
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Text Study
2. Can you find some adjectives to describe
your feeling in honeymoon stage? (Para.2)
Tips:
excited,
marvelous,
wonderful,
comfortable,
happy,
good,
curious,
excellent
…
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3. Can you describe the emotions in hostility
stage? (Para. 3~5)
Tips:
• become tired of …
• makes sb. feel …
• everything is …,
• I feel …
awful
lonely
indifferent
homesick
distressed
hostile
isolated
unfriendly
rejected
cold
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Text Study
4. What may people usually do in hostility stage?
(Para.4)
People often devise some defense mechanisms
to cope with the effects of culture shock, such
as:
pretend, acceptable, nothing, bothers
• repression: ______________________________
child, forget, careless, irresponsible
• regression: ______________________________
• isolation: ________________________________
not communicate, home alone
cope fine alone, need no help
• rejection: ________________________________
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Text Study
5. Are these mechanisms helpful? (Para.5)
not helpful on the contrary, they
They’re _________;
can really ____
hurt people, because they may
making necessary
prevent people from ________________
adjustments to the new culture.
____________
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Text Study
6. What may people usually do in recovery
stage? (Para.6)
People often start feeling ___________
more positive
and adjust to the new ______,
norms ______,
values
beliefs
traditions
______ and ________.
7. What may people feel in adjustment stage?
(Para.7)
Watch the video clip and then answer the
question.
Lead-in video clip
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Text Study
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Lead-in video
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Text Study
7. What may people feel in adjustment
stage? (Para.7)
People may feel _____.
good The things that
initially made people feel ____________,
uncomfortable
or _______
strange are now things people can
_________.
understand So people feel __________.
comfortable
they have adjusted to the new culture.
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 Active Expressions
 Focus Study
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
I. Active Expressions
Pick up the active expressions in the following:
1. … …because it separates you from those
things that could really help you.
2. After you deal with your hostile feelings,
recognition of the temporary nature of culture
shock begins. (L36)
3. You recover from the symptoms of the first
two stages, … (L40)
4. It does not seem like a very helpful experience
when you are going through its four stages.
(L50)
Practice
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
separate … from ... • (cause things or people to)
divide
deal with
• take action on, manage …
recover from …
• return to a normal state from …
go through
• experience
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
Translation
1. 那男孩是在城里长大的,所以觉得很难区别杨
树和柳树。
2. 做警察五年，他已学会恰当地应付各种复杂局
面。
3. 患重感冒,通常要很长时间才能康复。
4. 在经历了这么多之后,她怎么还能这样保持微
笑？
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
1. Brought up in town, the boy finds it difficult to
separate a poplar from a willow.
2. Being a policeman for five years, he has learnt
to deal properly with all kinds of complicated
situations.
3. It usually takes a long time for a person to
recover from a bad cold.
4. How can she keep smiling after all she’s gone
through?
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Notes to the Text—Focus Study
II. Focus Study
1. Because your views may clash with the different
beliefs, norms, values, and traditions that exist in
different countries, you may have difficulty
adjusting to a new culture and to those parts of
the culture not familiar to you. (L5)
Because … (adverbial clause of cause),
and traditions that … (attributive clause),
you may have difficulty adjusting …
(main clause).
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Notes to the Text—Focus Study
Translation
因为你的观点可能会与
存在于不同国家的不同
信念、价值观念和传统
发生冲突，在适应一种
新的文化及该文化中你
不熟悉的那些部分时，
你也许会遇到困难。
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Notes to the Text—Focus Study
2. …you may have difficulty adjusting to
a new culture…(L7)
在……（方面）有困难
have difficulty (in) doing … ,
have difficulty with sth.
在……（方面）没有困难
have no difficulty (in) doing …
Practice
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Notes to the Text—Focus Study
Translation
• 他的英语口语很糟糕，我很难听懂他。
• 他们没费多少劲就在家乡找到了出生的那幢房子。
• 那女孩好像在汉译英方面有许多困难。
Key
• His oral English is very poor and I have great difficulty in
understanding him.
• They had no difficulty in finding the house where they had
been born in their hometown.
• The girl seems to have a lot of difficulty with Chinese to
English translation.
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Notes to the Text—Focus Study
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3. You would rather be home alone, and
you don’t want to communicate with
anybody. (L26)
would rather do … than do …
宁愿做……不做……
would rather sb. did sth. 宁愿某人做某事
rather than 而不是……
other than 除了（用于否定句）
Translate:
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Notes to the Text—Focus Study
Translation
He’d rather lose his job than make false accounts.
She, rather than you, should be responsible for it.
除非坐船，否则你到不了小岛。
Key
他宁愿失去工作，也不愿做假账。
该对此负责任的是她而不是你。
You can’t get to the island other than by boat.
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 Word Using
 Matching Games
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
I. Word Using
1. clash vi.
① disagree seriously about sth.; crash
Translation
• 他们在新税法上与老一辈意见相左。
• 那辆汽车砰地撞上墙壁。
Key
• Their views clash on the new tax bill with the
old generation.
• The car clashed against the wall.
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
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1. clash n.
② serious disagreement；violent contact
Translation
游行示威以与警察的激烈冲突而告终。
Key
The demonstration ended in a violent
clash with the police.
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
2. have difficulty (in) doing sth./with + n.
在 …… 方面有困难
Q&A
Did you have any difficulty adjusting to
university life when you were a freshman?
Reference
— Well, I did have some difficulty in …
— Oh, I had difficulties with …
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
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3. (sth.) be familiar to sb.
对 …… 熟悉, 熟知……
Translation
他谈论其他文化仿佛比对本国的文化还熟悉。
Key
He talked of other cultures as if they
were more familiar to him than his own.
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
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3. (sb.) be familiar with sth.
熟悉……
Translation
Are you familiar with the rules of baseball?
Key
你熟悉棒球规则吗？
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
4. amuse vt.
make sb. laugh or smile 逗…… 笑，逗乐
Translation
 The children amused themselves by playing
hide-and-seek games.
 我们被他那愚蠢的行为逗乐了。
Key
 孩子们玩捉迷藏游戏取乐。
 We were all amused at his foolish behavior.
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
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5. cope with vi.
manage successfully
Translation
她对付困境的能力使我惊讶。
Key
I was amazed at her ability to cope with the
difficult situation.
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
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6. isolate vt.
separate sb. / sth. from…
Translation
 由于缺少公共汽车,有几个村子显得很偏僻。
 Sufferers from the infectious disease are
isolated.
Key
 Several villages have been isolated by
lack of buses.
 感染到这种传染病的人被隔离起来。
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
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7. reject vt.
refuse to accept 拒绝；不接受
Translation
他直截了当地拒绝了他们的邀请。
Key
He rejected their invitation point-blank.
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
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8. favorable adj.
① helpful, suitable
Translation
这天气似乎很适合赛跑。
Key
The weather seemed favorable for the race.
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
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8. be favorable to
② giving or showing agreement
Translation
 他们赞同这项提议。
 The book received a favorable review.
Key
 They are favorable to the proposal.
 这本书赢得了好评。
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
9. distinction n.
① special element, unique quality
Translation
Jupiter has the distinction of being the largest
planet.
Key
木星的特点在于它是太阳系中最大的行星。
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
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9. distinction n.
② difference or contrast between one
person / thing and another
Translation
 蝴蝶与飞蛾有什么不同之处?
 雇主用人应不分男女。
Key
 What is the distinction between butterflies
and moths?
 Employers should hire men and women
without distinction.
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10. appreciate vt.
① understand and enjoy sth.; value highly;
understand sth. with sympathy
Translation
 她的音乐才能无人赏识。
 恐怕你还没有意识到这件事的紧迫性。
Key
 Her talent for music was not appreciated.
 I am afraid you have not appreciated the
urgency of the matter.
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10. appreciate vi.
② increase in value
Translation
随着社会不断快速发展，土地将继续增值。
Key
With the fast development of the society,
land will continue to appreciate.
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Words and Expressions—Matching Game
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II. Matching Game
g fascinating
__
a. understand and enjoy
__
a appreciate
b. be of an enemy
__
d marvelous
c. think out, design
__
e clash
d. wonderful, outstanding
__
f cope with
e. disagree seriously
b be hostile to
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f. deal with … successfully
c devise
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g. interesting and attractive
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 Discussion
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Idea Sharing
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Discussion
What Causes Culture Shock?
Usually when a person moves to live in a foreign
country, he or she may experience a period of
culture shock. What in fact causes culture shock?
Watch the lead-in video clips, then discuss and
get a conclusion.
Lead-in video clips
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Idea Sharing
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Lead-in video 1
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Idea Sharing
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Lead-in video 2
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Idea Sharing
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Lead-in video 3
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Idea Sharing
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Tips
education, health, love, value, ideas,
legal rights, parenting, race, morality,
scientific achievements, life style …
Useful Expressions
The different ways to … cause … in …
The different views on … lead to …
The Chinese/American way to … is
The Chinese/Americans think … is
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Conclusion
Cultural differences
cause culture shock.
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To Horizon
To Task
The End of Section B