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Unit 2 BRIDGING CULTURES
Welcome, Xie Lei
Business Student Building Bridges
Learning Objectives
In this class, you will be able:
To learn about Xie Lei’s life when studying abroad as an exchange student
To analyze Xie Lei’s emotions and the meaning of culture shock
To talk about how Xie Lei built cultural bridges
to understand the structure and the writing style of the passage well
Where do you think the girl on the left is from?
Where do you think she is studying now?
Think about what it might be like if you study in a place where you've never been.
How will you feel?
What problems might you face?
unsure
puzzled
lost
confused
shocked
excited
curious
ambitious
hopeful
longing
currency differences
homesickness
language barrier
loneliness
cultural shock
academic difficulties
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Q2: Who is saying it?
Q1:Who is Xie Lei?
What bridge did Xie Lei build? How did she build it?
subheading
Prediction
1.请学生关注标题,提出问题,并给出预测的答案(Q3较难,可适当引导)
2.学生预测后,请学生速读P1和P2,找出Q1细节信息
3.速读最后1段,回答Q2
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Fast Reading
This article is about_________________, who managed to adapt to a _______in the UK and met the _____________________as an exchange student. Apart from that, the article also talks about how Xie Lei acts as a __________________building a bridge between China and the UK.
summarize the main idea.
a Chinese girl, Xie Lei
new life
academic requirements
cultural messenger
Read for main ideas and structure
G. Her purposes of coming to the UK
D. Her difficulty in getting used to a new way of life
B. The benefits of living with a host family
E. The academic challenges for her
F. Her participation in class
A. Her participation in social activities
C. Editors’ best wishes to her.
H. Xie Lei came to study in London
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
P7
P8
P7: Her participation in social activities
P3: Her difficulty in getting used to a new way of life
P4: The benefits of living with a host family
P8: Editors’ best wishes to her
Read for main ideas and structure
P2: Her purposes of coming to the UK
P1: X