a long life useless person unlucky
To preview the wordlist in this unit
To preview Reading about cultural differences on P34-35 To think about how to understand the use of examples in an article
Keep to the right
China, America, Brazil, Canada, Germany
numbers countries
China, Korea
meaning
bad luck, death
4 6 8
Thailand
Arab Japan Singapore
favor 好感,affection 友爱
Why do people in different countries greet each other in different ways?
There are various reasons for different ways of greeting in different countries:
send flowers smile text messages hug bow call various ways of grees
shake hands
To get a general idea of what we are going to learn in this unit
Do you know of any other ways
of greeting around the world?
Country Greeting China Have you had your meal? Where are you going? America Hello, nice to meet you. Hi, there. How’s everything? England Good morning, Mr Blair. How are you? Australia G’day (Good day)
Can you think of any other customs that are different in different parts of the world?
Keep to the left
Japan, India, England, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Singapore
each other. Look at the following
pictures.
Chinese / American way
Arabian way
Japanese way
Dutch way
South American way
Look at the pictures on Page 33, and read the captions (说明) under them.
• different cultures • different greetings towards different people (eg. to peers or to superiors) • different living environment • different values •…
To find out different ways of greeting in different countries To learn to discuss different ways of greeting
People from different countries
have different ways of greeting
Can you match the ways of greeting with the countries?
1.The a. putting their hands Netherlands together and bowing slightly 2. Thailand b. kissing each other on one cheek and then the 3. South other America c. greeting each other by 4. The Middle touching noses East d. hugging each other
Homework
1. Search more information about different ways of greeting and some unique customs in some countries.
2. Write your search into a short passage.