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Unit 8 Lesson 45
We will learn
The new words:
probably, virtue, modest, praise, adult, private, extra, cultural
Important and difficult points:
1) This is probably because North American manners and Chinese manners are so different.
2) In both China and North America, it is polite to offer an elderly person a seat on the bus.
3) It’s interesting to experience two different cultures.
4) I think understanding cultural differences really helps us to understand each other, live together and work together.
Ask and answer
Look at these pictures. Can you describe cultures in different countries?
Think about it
•In your opinion,what are good manners?
•Do you think cultures shape manners?
e.g. It was the Greeks who shaped the thinking of westerners.
是希腊人影响了西方人的思维。
shape 作动词,还可意为“使成形,使成为……形状”。
e.g. He was shaping an apple. 他在把一个苹果削成某种形状。
shape 作名词,意为“形状;样子;外形”。
e.g. The mountain has a strange shape.那座山形状很奇特。
shape /ʃeɪp/ v. 影响……的发展
1. Show ourselves
2. We are your teachers
3. A question
1. We are English, we _____ English.
2. Grandpa likes to ___ funny
stories to us.
Fill in the blanks, using “say”, “talk”, “speak” or “tell”.
speak
tell
Exercises
3. Would you like to ____ with me
about my study?
4. Mother ____ me to study hard.
5. “I’m fine.”____ Li Lei.
talk
tells
says
What are these?
china-chinas
New Words
All of us need praise.
praise作名词的用法:
praise表示对人或事物的“称赞;赞扬”时,通常为不可数名词;也可用praises的形式,但较少见。
He won praise for his modesty.
in praise of 赞美
She wrote poems in praise of freedom.
The teacher praised her for her courage.
praise作动词的用法:
praise+n./pron.称赞……
They have been praising you all the time.
praise sb. for sth.因某事赞扬某人
He praised her for her courage.
New Words
private 作形容词,意为“私有的、民营的、个人的”。
Her brother works in a private company.
privately是副词形式,意为“个人地、私自地”,在句中作状语。
May I have a chat with you privately?
我可以私下跟你谈谈吗?
Which type of school is our school, private school or public school?
New Words
Reading tasks
What are the differences between them