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E: Cultural focus
Unit 1: Our world
上教版英语必修一
E: Cultural focus
Culture: People who live in a particular area may share a similar lifestyle.
We need to learn how to understand other cultures, and get to know their history and societies.
A way of life
How to study culture
Skim the passage
According to the first paragraph, how can we study culture?
Cultural objects
Cultural festivals / celebrations
Cultural behaviours
Cultural ideas
1. Cultural objects
Other cultural objects:
chopsticks, white wedding dress, Christmas trees…
2. Cultural festivals / celebrations
Other cultural festivals/celebrations:
the Qingming Festival, the Double Ninth Festival…
3. Cultural behaviours
Other cultural behaviours:
a lot of noise when eating noodles in Japan
4. Cultural ideas
Other cultural ideas:
It is impolite to ask people about their incomes.
Work in groups. Complete the table.
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A Chinese musician
is playing music.
Chinese culture
cultural object(s)
(her clothes and her instrument)
Example
Chinese culture
A Chinese family is eating together.
cultural behaviour;
cultural objects;
cultural idea (sharing meals)
A woman wearing a sari is doing namaste (印度·合十礼) gesture.
Indian culture
Japanese culture
People bow to each other when they meet for the first time.
cultural objects
(sari);
cultural behaviour
(gesture)
cultural behaviour
African culture
Latin American culture
British culture
African people are wearing their traditional dress.
cultural objects
Crowds of people are celebrating their festival.
cultural behaviour;
cultural festival / celebration; cultural objects
(costume, decorations and dresses)
Tower Bridge is a symbol of Britain.
cultural objects
American culture
People are watching an American football match.
cultural objects;
cultural celebration
After this class, what have you learnt? What do you know?
Exercise:
U1 Cultural focus: How to study culture 语言点学案
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