LESSON TEN LESSON TEN The Green Banana Donald Batchelder

exercises ► 1. What is “ learning moments ” ? Have you ever experienced “ learning moments ” ? ► 2. Have you ever heard of or encountered the experience of cultural differences? List the examples.

Background ► The text is taken from Beyond Experience: An Experiential Approach to Cross-cultural Education edited by Donald Batchelder and Elizabeth G. Warner in 1974.

Batchelder ’ s view on cross-cultural education: ► “ If some of the goals of education in modern times are to open up possibilities for discovery and expand learning and the chance for mutual acceptance and recognition in a wider world, it may be important to offer students a perspective on their own immediate center of the world by enabling them to participate sensitively as cross-cultural sojourners to the center of someone else ’ s world. ”

( 种族优越论 ) ► Ethnocentrism provincialism regionalism Cultural chauvinism Relativism racism (cultural) imperialism

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In the central area of Brazil, steep mountain road My jeep stopped. The radiator leak. Stopped for help went on reached destination Special potential of green bananas importance of the rock? Cultural Cultural relativism

Beginning Ending Climax Development learning experie- nce(para.5-8 ) Telling the first part of the Story: Story (Narration)

Language Understanding: consist of...: include.. as its main parts or aspects 包括 相似结构：由 … 组成 构成 be composed of … … constitute be made up of … fall into… E.g. 这本书是有八个章节构成的。 The book consists of eight chapters. The book is composed of is made up of eight chapters. falls into Eight chapters constitute the book.

sure: adj. (predicative only) Be sure to do sth. 务必，一定要 make sure that … 确信 Be/feel sure of (about) sth./ that … 确信 adv. I said it ’ d happen, and sure enough it did. ( 确实事实上 ) I don ’ t know it for sure.( 的确，确实地 ) Compare: assure 有信心地说，使相信确信 ensure 保证（得到），确定，获得

work out  This problem will not work out.  They ‘ ve worked out a method of sending a spacecraft to Mars.  The champion is working out in the gym.  How will things work out?  I wonder how his ideas worked out in practice?

ignore: take no notice of refuse to take notice of 不顾, 不理, 忽视 （有意识的） E.g. ignore rude remarks be ignored by one ’ s superiors My advice was completely ignored. Variants: ignorant: adj. unaware, knowing little or nothing 没知识的, 不知道的 E.g. I am quite … of what his plans are. an ignorant replay/ conduct/ behavior ignorance: n. being ignorant want of knowledge 无知, 不知 E.g. We are in complete … of his plan.

Compare: neglect: pay no attention to/give no notice or not enough care to unconscious, unaware 忽略玩忽（粗心无意识造成的） E.g. neglect one ’ s studies/ children/ health neglect one ’ s duty 玩忽职守 Don ’ t ~ writing to your mother. negligent: taking little care 不注意的, 疏忽的 E.g. He is ~ of his duties. He is ~ in his work. negligible: that needn ’ t be considered; of little or no importance or size 不重要的 E.g. a ~ quantity

call for: demand, require, need 要求，需要，提倡 E.g. economy E.g. ~ economy The occasion prompt action. The occasion ~ prompt action. You must take such steps as seem to be (do You must take such steps as seem to be ~ (do what seems necessary) 你必须采取似乎必要的措施． call sb./ sth. up: telephone to / bring back to mind/ summon for military service mind/ summon for military serviceE.g. I will call you up the morning. If the war breaks out, we shall be at once. If the war breaks out, we shall be ~ at once. The scenes my childhood memory. The scenes ~ my childhood memory.

call by: visit briefly when passing house 顺便拜访 call on/upon sb.: make a short visit to 短暂 call on/upon sb.: make a short visit to 短暂 拜访 call on/ upon sb. to do sth.: require sb. 要求恳请 呼吁号召 call off 取消，停止，放弃 E.g. You ’ d better call the deal off. The football match was called off due to the fog.

relate vi. 涉及，有关 relate to eg. The paper to the situation. eg. The paper ~ to the situation. related adj. 有联系的， 相关的 relative adj. 相关的， 相对的，比较的 n. 亲戚，亲属 n. 亲戚，亲属 relation n. 关系，联系 (in/with relation to) 关系涉及，有关 relativity n. 相对性， 相关性 

eg. His heart attack could be eg. His heart attack could be related to his car crash last year. related to his car crash last year. 他的心脏病发作与去年的车祸有关。 他的心脏病发作与去年的车祸有关。 Eg. The cost relates directly to the amount of time spent on the job. 费用与工作所耗的时间直接相关。 费用与工作所耗的时间直接相关。

tend ： vi. 倾向于 趋于 tend to — E.g. People tend to gain weight on holidays. holidays. vt. 照顾护理 tend the sick tendency: n. 趋势 compare ： intend v. 想要, 打算 intend to do sth. intention: a plan or purpose 意图，打算 E.g. I ’ ve no intention of changing my plans.

Topic discussion Topic discussion 1. Do you agree that the 21th century will see the bitter conflicts between the west culture and the east culture? What do you think is the right attitude towards cultural differences?

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