(课件网) Unit2 BRIDGING CULTURES Reading & Thinking Is “bridge” a noun or a verb here What do you think “bridge” means here To build or form a bridge What are some ways to “bridge cultures” learn foreign cultures share Chinese culture 学习目标 In this class, you will: 1. analyze the structure of the text; 2. know the challenges and benefits of studying abroad; 3. learn how Xie Lei helped to build bridges between China and the UK. Brainstorming 1. What problems may you face Think about what it might be like if you study in a foreign country where you've never been. 2. How will you feel 目录Contents Language Barrier Academic Difficulties Different Diet Culture Shocks Loneliness Homesickness 1. What problems may you face 目录Contents 2. How will you feel excited curious ambitious hopeful longing homesick nervous lost confused shocked Let’s read a passage about an exchange student and see what happened to her. Prediction Before you read, look at the title and the picture below. Who is Xie Lei Where does she go Who is saying it What kind of genre is this text Where can you read the passage Who is Xie Lei Where does she go A student majoring in _____ went to _____ on _____ _____ business Britain a year-long exchange programme. Who is saying it Where can you read the passage We will follow … in later editions. Xie Lei is… and has come to our university… an _____ from the _____ editor school newspaper What kind of genre is this text A. Exposition B. Narration C. Feature D. Argumentation Activity 1 Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 5-6 Para. 7 _____ requirements in the new school. Her _____ to set up a business in China. Leaving China for _____. Feeling much more _____. Her _____ to the new culture. Para. 3-4 Best _____ from the newspaper. Para. 8 Read the text quickly and then fill in the blanks. Divide the text into three parts and summarize the main idea. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 5-6 Para. 7 _____ requirements in the new school. Her _____ to set up a business in China. Leaving China for _____. Feeling much more _____. Her _____ to the new culture. Para. 3-4 Best _____ from the newspaper. Para. 8 London ambition adaptation wishes at home Academic Read the text quickly and then fill in the blanks. Divide the text into three parts and summarize the main idea. What link did John Snow find between the deaths and drinking water. Detailed reading of para. 4 The water from…had been… The polluted water from… The people who… The water infected by waste The polluted water sold to or drank by people The people infected by cholera Snow prove on of the two contradictory theories by… Detailed reading making an immediate _____(investigate) marking on an _____(epidemiology) map analysing the _____ between deaths and drinking water. announcing the result with _____(fact) evidence. investigation epidemiological link factual Exercise 5 Write out the questions according to the answers. 1 Q:_____ _____ A: Snow thought ... ...
