Culture and Customs （文 化习俗）

有礼貌的 ——polite 没礼貌的 ——impolite 粗鲁的 ——rude 西方的 ——western 中国的 ——Chinese 主人 ———host 习惯 ———habit 餐桌礼仪 —table manner 不同于 ——different from 全世界的人 ——people all over the world 不同的国家有不同的风俗文化。 ——Different countries have different customs and culture. Step 1. Let’s write from memory. ( 默写 )

customs 风俗 culture 文化 manner 举止 hospitality 好客 uncomfortable 不舒适的 tap 敲 respect 尊敬 guest / customer 客人 cultural differences 文化的不同 teapot 茶壶 apologize 道歉 Step 1. Let’s write from memory. ( 默写 ) ※ 阅读理解和完形填空中常见词汇：

When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect （尊敬） elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States. I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive （敏感） Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by Step 2. Let’s do reading comprehension. ( 阅读理解 )

cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry. In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience. However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear. After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words. By Jack

( ) 1 ． Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______. A. the manager asked him to do so B. he respected the elderly C. the couple wanted him to do so D. he wanted more pay ( ) 2 ． When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _______. A. nervous B. satisfied C. unhappyD. excited ( ) 3 ． In Jack’s hometown, _______. A. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty B. people are proud of being old C. people dislike being called “old” D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

( ) 4 ． After this experience, Jack _______. A. lost his job in the restaurant B. made friends with the couple C. no longer respected the elderly D. changed his way with older people ( ) 5 ． Which of the following is TRUE? A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got. B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience. C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple. D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

Step 3. Let’s fill in the blanks. ( 短文填空 ) The main difference between Chinese and western eating habits is that unlike the West, where everyone has their own plate of food, in china the dishes are placed 1 the table and everybody shares. 2 you are treated by a Chinese host, he will get ready for a lot of food. Chinese are very proud of their food culture and will do their 3 to show their hospitality （好客）. And sometimes the Chinese host uses their chopsticks to 4 food in your bowl or plate. This is a sign of politeness. The right thing to do would onif best put

be to eat the whatever- it- is and say how yummy it is. If you feel uncomfortable with this, you can just say a polite thank you and leave the 5 there. Make sure the spout （茶壶嘴） of the teapot is not facing anyone. It is 6. The spout should always be directed to where 7 is sitting, usually just towards from the table. Don’t tap on your bowl 8 your chopsticks. Beggars tap on their bowls, 9 this is not polite. Also, when the food is coming too 10 in a restaurant, people will tap their bowls. If you are in someone’s home, the cook may not like it if you do this. so food impolite nobody with slowly

Step 4. Let’s read and write. ( 读写综合 ) A ．信息归纳：请阅读下面短文，完成表格。 Christmas or the Spring Festival? I believe that many people may have such a question in mind—Will Christmas replace the Spring Festival soon? Christmas arouses （引起） increasing attention year by year in China. On Dec. 25th each year, Christmas cards become extremely popular with students. People hold Christmas parties and exchange Christmas gifts. A lot of TV and radio programs about Christmas are on. It seems that this is also an important festival of our own. But the Spring Festival is less appealing （吸引人的） to young people. So, some people are worried whether Christmas will replace the Spring Festival. Some people think this

worry is fairly unnecessary. Why? One reason lies that Christmas only affects Christians （基督教徒）, college students and foreign company workers. Another reason is that Christmas is mostly celebrated in cities. Few people in countryside show interest in this exotic （外来的） festival. By contrast, the Spring Festival is the most influential （有 影响的） traditional festival in every family of China. I think it is natural that increasing exchanges and western holidays have been gradually introduced into China. For us Chinese, we should never give up Chinese traditional festivals. For centuries Chinese have been using this traditional holiday to welcome the beginning of a new year. Let’s love the Spring Festival forever.

The date of Christmas every year. 1. The people that Christmas cards are popular with. 2. The places where Christmas is mostly celebrated in China. 3. The The most influential festival in China. 4. The things that we should never give up. 5. Information Card December 25th Students In cities The Spring Festival Chinese traditional festivals

B ．书面表达： 不同的国家有不同的风俗文化，在庆祝节日方 式上都是不同的。在今天的班会课上，你班的同学 们就 “ 我们该如何看待外国节日对中国的影响 ” 这个 话题展开了激烈的辩论。请结合短文内容，用英语 写一篇题为 “How Should We Treat Foreign Festivals?” 的作文， 80 词左右。 内容包括： 1 ．现在有哪些外来节日？（至少列举 3 个） 2 ．它们对我们有哪些影响？我们是否该庆祝它们？ 为什么？ 3 ．我们该如何看待外来节日？

Nowadays, more and more foreign festivals are coming into China, such as Christmas Day, Valentine’s Day and April Fool’s Day. Some of them are arousing increasing attention yearly in China. So some people are worried whether these foreign festivals will replace the Chinese traditional festivals. In my opinion, we should celebrate some meaningful foreign festivals because these festivals help us Chinese to know more about the culture of different countries. I think we should love our own traditional festivals and never give them up. At the same time, why not try to introduce them to foreign countries? How should We Treat Foreign Festivals

※ 写作方法指导 一、审题，找要点。 1 ．列举三个外来节日。① 2 ．外来节日对我们有哪些影响？② 3 ．我们是否该庆祝它们？③为什么？④ 4 ．我们该如何看待外来节日？⑤ 最少要写到这五点！ 二、怎样写？ 第一点： Nowadays, more and more foreign festivals are coming into China, such as ________________. 第二点： And the festivals are influential for us （过渡句子）, for example_______________________. 第三、四点： We should （ not ） _______,because_________. 第五点： We should _______________________________. （如何看待易拓展，还可以阐明理由。）