Unit 2 Understanding each other Grammar and Usage 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第四册

Unit 2 Grammar and usage A Exploring the rules Below is a personal account by a Chinese student who studied in the UK and the USA. Read it and fill in the following table. Communication styles In the UK: ①____________________ ③________________________________ In the USA:②___________________ ④________________________________ direct indirect British people are especially polite when communicating. American people tend to get straight to the point when communicating. Find the sentences with relative clauses. Some people say that the UK and the USA are two countries that are separated by a common language. However, after studying in each of them, I found it is more than that. Apart from the differences in language such as pronunciation and vocabulary, there is a significant gap in terms of communication styles. I spent one term in the UK, where the greatest challenge was the indirect manner of speaking. British people are known to be polite. So polite, in fact, that they will sometimes say the complete opposite of what they really mean: a common opinion is “It’s not bad”, which usually translates as “It’s awful”. No sooner had I begun to understand how British people communicate than it was time to head back home. But it surely left an impression on me. Later, I had the opportunity to study as an exchange student in the USA for one year. Now, when speaking to Americans, who have a preference for the direct style, I found that I often failed to get straight to the point. There were times when questions like “Would you mind passing me the jam, please?” would be met with the reply “Why would I mind?” I had to learn a whole new way of communicating. By the end of the exchange year, I had a somewhat better understanding of how to communicate in both countries, but I still have a lot to master. As my experiences clearly show, learning a language is just the beginning! √ √ √ √ √ √ Fill in the table Restrictive relative clause Non-restrictive relative clause ... tw