Unit 6 Crossing Cultures-【教材笔记】2025-2026学年八年级下册英语（人教版·新教材）

UNIT Crossing Cultures 跨文化 文 How do we communicate with people BIG from different cultures? Question 我们如何与来自不同文化的人交流？ In this unit,you will 在本单元，你将 1.talk about different customs around the world. 1.谈论世界各地不同的风俗。 2.describe customs and explain what they mean. 2.描述风俗并解释其含义。 3.use adverbial clauses with so...that,unless and 3.使用含so.that、unless以及as as soon as to show result,condition,or time. soon as的状语从句来表达结果、 4.understand cultural differences and know how 条件或时间。 to behave in different cultures. 4.了解文化差异并知道在不同文化 中该如何行事。 Look and share 看一看并分享 l.What Chinese cultural elements can you see in 1.在这张照片中，你能看到哪些中 the photo? 国文化元素？ 2.Do you think the girl in the photo likes to learn 2.你觉得照片中的女孩喜欢了解中 about Chinese culture?How do you know? 国文化吗？你是如何知道的？ 82 教材笔记英语八年级下册 A How different are our cultures? 我们的文化差异有多大？ Match the greetings with the pictures. 1©将问候方式和图片相匹配。 shake hands bow 握手 鞠躬 bump fists握手 rub noses 击拳 蹭鼻子 kiss cheeks hug 亲吻脸颊 拥抱 D【参考答案】（从左到右，从上到下）DCBFAE Listen to three conversations at a party. d⑥6听派对上的三段对话。将 Match the guests with their feelings.Share 客人与他们的感受进行匹 your ideas on why they have these feelings. 配。对于他们为何有这些 感受，分享你的看法。 1.Anna A.embarrassed 1.安娜 A.尴尬的 2.LiTong B.surprised 2.李桐 B.惊讶的 3.Ji-Hoon C.confused 3.智勋 C.困惑的 D【参考答案】1.B 2.C 3.A Listen again.Complete the table with the d©再听一遍。用每个国家常 common greetings in each country. 见的问候方式完成表格。 Anna(US) Kaito (Japan) Harry (UK) Marie(France) 安娜（美国） 海斗（日本） 哈里（英国） 玛丽（法国） D【参考答案】Anna:say"hello”or shake hands Kaito:bow Harry:say "hello",sometimes hug Marie:kiss friends on the cheek Unit 6 Crossing Cultures 83 Choose two characters from 1b and 1c.Role- d从1b和1c中选择两个角 play meeting each other. 色，分角色扮演会面。 .How do you greet people in..? ·在…，你们是如何跟人们打 Is it common to greet others by...? 招呼的？ We usually...to say hello. 。通过跟别人打招呼常见吗？ We don't never...because it's too formal not ·我们通常…打招呼。 formal enough. ·我们不会/从不…因为它太 正式/不够正式。 Complete the sentences about Indian culture. 2完成关于印度文化的句 What else do you know about India? 子。关于印度你还知道些 什么？ 1.Many people like /do not like curry. 1.许多人喜欢/不喜欢咖喱。 2.It is usually OK to be late/early when visiting2.拜访朋友时晚到/早到通常是 friends. 可以接受的。 3.People will usually offer you some tea/fruit when3.当你去拜访别人时，他们通常 you visit them. ,引导定语从句 会给你端来一些茶/水果。 4.People usually wear clothes which cover their 4.人们通常穿能遮住手臂/腿的 arms/legs. 衣服。 5.It is rude/polite to give or take things with your5.用左手递东西或拿东西是粗鲁 left hand. 的/礼貌的。 6.Dishes with beef are common/uncommon. 6.带有牛肉的菜肴是常见的/罕 见的。 D【参考答案】1.like2.late3.tea4.legs5.rude6.uncommon Listen to the conversation and number the c26听对话，并按照所提及的 pictures in the order of the topics mentioned. 话题的顺序给图片编号。 D【参考答案】（从左到右）2314 84 教材笔记英语八年级下册 Listen again and complete the sentences. ②©再听一遍并完成句子。 1.In India,people have a special They press 1.在印度，人们有一种特殊的问 their palms together,,and say,"Namaste." 候方式。他们会双手合十，鞠 躬，并说“有礼了”。 2.People in India use their hand to eat..They2.印度人用他们的右手来进食。 seldom eat with a and fork. 他们很少用刀叉吃饭。 3.People often eat curry..It's popular in3.人们经常吃许多咖喱。它在印 India. be special to... 意为“对……来说很特别“ 度很受欢迎。 4.In India, arevery special to many people.4.在印度，牛对许多人来说具有 They can anywhere they like. 特殊意义。它们可以在任何它 们喜欢的地方行走。 D【参考答案】1.greeting;bow2.right;;knife3.a lot of4.cows;walk 2 Imagine a friend is going to visit India..Tel②d假设有个朋友即将去印度 him or her about Indian customs. 游玩。告诉他或她有关印 度的风俗。 A:How do people in India greet others? A:在印度，人们如何与他人打 招呼？ B:… B:… A:What special foods do Indian people often eat? A:印度人经常吃哪些特殊的 食物？ B:… B: 。 Read the conversation.Why is Hongli worried? ③0读对话。洪丽为什么担心？ Sau:What's wrong.Hongli? 萨姆：怎么了，洪丽？ Hongli:I'm having dinner at my friend's house 洪丽：今晚我要去朋友家吃晚餐。 tonight.But English table manners are so 但是英国的餐桌礼仪很令 产装桌礼仪 人费解，我有点担心。 confusing that I'm a little worried. 萨姆：嗯，我来自伦敦。有什么 Sam:Well,I'm from London.Ask me anything! 问题尽管问我！ Hongli:Thanks!Well,first,should I bring something? 洪丽：谢谢！嗯，首先，我应该 带点什么东西吗？ Unit 6 Crossing Cultures 85 unless引导条件状语从句 Sam:Yes.Bring a small gift,but don't bring food萨姆：是的。带个小礼物，但是 unless the host asks you to.And remember to 不要带食物，除非主人要 wait for the host to start before you eat. 求你带。还有，记得等主 Hongli:Good to know!Could you tell me the 人先开始再用餐。 proper way to use a knife and fork too? 洪丽：知道了！你还能告诉我使 Sam:Just hold the knife in your right hand,and the 用刀叉的正确方法吗？ fork in your left.If you get confused,watch萨姆：右手拿刀，左手拿叉。如 what everyone else does. 果你搞不清楚，就看看其 Hongli:OK.Anything else? 他人是怎么做的。 Sam:Hmm.After the meal,thank the host and say洪丽：好的。还有别的吗？ that everything was delicious.And,most萨姆：嗯。吃完饭后，要感谢主人， importantly.. 并说饭菜很美味。最重要 Hongli:Yes? 的是… Sam:Enjoy yourself! 洪丽：什么？ Hongli:Thanks,I will! 萨姆：玩得开心！ 洪丽：谢谢，我会的！ O【参考答案】Because she is having dinner at her friend's house tonight.But English table manners are so confusing. Make notes about having dinner at a friend's ③6记录在英国朋友家吃晚餐的 house in the UK. 注意事项。 Before the meal During the meal After the meal 餐前 餐中 餐后 O【参考答案】Before the meal:wait for the host to start first During the meal:hold the knife in the right hand,and the fork in the left hand. After the meal:thank the host and say everything is delicious. Listen to the conversation.Then role-play it. 3©听对话。然后进行角色 扮演。 86 教材笔记英语八年级下册 Imagine that your foreign friend is going to 3d假设你的外国朋友将第一次 have dinner at a Chinese person's house for 在一位中国人的家里吃晚 the first time.Use the tips below to give him 餐。利用以下提示来给他或 or her some advice. 她提供一些建议。 .Wait for older people to start eating. ·等待年长者先开始用餐。 .Sit up straight.Keep your elbows off the table. ·坐直。肘部不要放在餐桌上。 ·Do not stand up to reach for food.Ask others to·不要起身拿食物。让他人将菜 pass you the dish. 肴递给你。 Use serving chopsticks and spoons to take food ·使用公筷和公勺从公共菜盘中 from shared dishes. 取食物。 A:I'm going to a Chinese friend's house for A:我要去一个中国朋友家吃晚 dinner.Could you give me some advice on table 餐。你能给我一些关于餐桌 manners? 礼仪方面的建议吗？ B:Sure!First,.. B:当然可以！首先，… Grammar Focus 4 Read the sentences..What do the words in red④o读句子。红色的词是什么 mean?How are the pairs of words in blue 意思？蓝色的成对的词， used differently? 用法上有何不同？ Do you ever bow? No,that's so formal that we don't do it these days. 你曾经行过鞠躬礼吗？ 没有，那太正式了，我们如今不做它了。 Sure.Bring a small gift,but don't bring food Should I bring something? 我应该带点什么吗？ unless the host asks you to.当然。带上一份小礼 物，但是不要带食物除非主人要求你带。 I was surprised by your bow.We usually just say“hello”or shake hands in the US. That's surprising!In Japan,we bow as soon as we meet a teacher..那太令人惊讶了！在日本，我们 你的鞠躬让我感到惊讶。在美国，我 一见到老师就鞠躬。 们通常只说“你好”或者握手。 Don't look so embarrassed! But it is embarrassing! 别显得这么尴尬啊！ 但这确实很令人尴尬！ Unit 6 Crossing Cultures 87 Combine the sentences using the words in 46用括号中的词将句子合并 brackets. 起来。 1.Tuirkiye:People don't kiss one another on the 1.土耳其：人们不会互相亲吻脸 cheek.They can do so if they are good friends. 频。如果他们是好朋友，他们可 (unless) 以这样做。（除非） In Turkiye,people don't kiss one another on the 在土耳其，人们不会互相亲吻脸 cheek unless they are good friends. 频，除非他们是好朋友。 在此处意为“脱下”，还可意为“（飞机）起飞 2.日本：脱鞋。当进入别人家时你 2.Japan:Take offyour shoes.You do this when you 要这么做。（一…就) enter someone's home.(as soon as) 3.肯尼亚：迟到很常见。你应该有 3.Kenya:Being late is very common.You should 耐心，不要期望别人准时到达。 be patient and not expect people to be on time. (如此…以至于) 准时 (so...that) 4.中国：将筷子插进一碗米饭是非 stick..into.意为“将…插入.“ 常不礼貌的。你应当避免这样 4.China:Sticking chopsticks into a bowl of riceis 做。（如此…以至于) very rude.You should avoid it.(so...that) 5.墨西哥：如果你对他或她不太熟 5.Mexico:Don't use someone's first name if you 悉，切勿直呼其名。如果此人让 don't know him or her well.You can use it if the 你这样做，你可以使用其名字。 person invites you to do so.(unless) (除非) invite sb to do sth意为“遂请某人做某事 O【参考答案】2.In Japan,take off your shoes as soon as you enter someone's home. 3.In Kenya,being late is so common that you should be patient and not expect people to be on time. 4.In China,sticking chopsticks into a bowl of rice is so rude that you should avoid it. 5.In Mexico,don't use someone's first name unless you know him or her well.You can use it if the person invites you to do so. 88 教材笔记英语八年级下册 4Complete the passage with the words in the 4©用方框中的词完成短文。 box.Can you tell where the writer is from? 你能说出作者来自哪里吗？ surprising surprised interesting interested 令人惊讶的 感到惊讶的 有趣的 感兴趣的 so...that as soon as unless 如此…以至于 一…就 除非 →文化冲击 Do you know what culture shock is?You may feel 你知道什么是文化冲击吗？ it when you experience a new culture,because the 当体验到一种新的文化时你可 new culture is different from your own 能感受到它，因为这种新文化与 be different from意为“与…不同“ 你原有的文化是如此的不同所以 you feel For example,I experienced 你会感到惊讶。例如，去年我一 this Igot offthe plane in Peru last year. 下飞机抵达秘鲁就经历了这种情 指从交通工具上下来 People were standing on my right and left,even 况。人们在我的左右两侧站着， though there was plenty ofspace on the bus!That 尽管公交车上还有足够的空间！ ≥意为“很多的：大量的” 对我来说，那真是令人惊讶。在 was really to me.In Germany,people 德国，人们通常更喜欢拥有更多 usually like more personal space,and we don't stand 的个人空间，而且我们不会和人 close to someone we know them very well. 站得很近，除非我们对他们非常 But once Iwas used toit,I became more curious be used to意为"习惯于“ 了解。但当我习惯了这种氛围后， and in learning about the culture there.It's 我变得越来越好奇，并且有兴趣 so to discovercultural differences like this! 去了解那里的文化。去发现像这 4发现 样的文化差异真是太有趣了！ O【参考答案】so;that;surprised;as soon as;surprising;unless,:interested;interesting The writer is from Germany. Unit 6 Crossing Cultures 89 T10 How do we show respect to other cultures? 我们如何对其他文化表示尊重？ 1What should you know before you attend a 1⊙在你参加外国的派对之前， party in a foreign country?Tick the topics 你应该了解什么？勾出你认 that you think are important. 为重要的话题。 arrival time table manners 到达时间 餐桌礼仪 how to dress how to thank others 如何着装 如何感谢他人 safe conversation topics 安全的谈话话题 topics to avoid 需避免的话题 how to greet the host 如何问候主人 what gifts to bring 带什么礼物 when to say goodbye 何时道别 Read Nancy's email about party manners in ⑥阅读南希关于法国派对礼 France.Underline the topic sentences. 仪的电子邮件。在主题句 下画线。 dentifying topic sentences 识别主题句 A topic sentence gives the main idea of a paragraph. 主题句概括段落的主要 It usually appears at the start of a paragraph,but 思想。它通常出现在段落开 头，但也可能出现在后面。 it can also appear later on.Identifying the topic 识别主题句可以帮助你快速 sentences can help you quickly understand a text. 理解一篇文章。 To diana@frenchlearning.com 致 diana@frenchlearning.com From nancy@student.com 来自nancy@student.com Subject Re:How's life in France? 主题 回复：法国的生活怎么样？ 90 教材笔记英语八年级下册 Hi Diana, 》收到…的消息 海，戴安娜： It's so great to hear from you.Life in Paris is 收到你的来信真是太好 pretty good!I was a little lonely at first,but I'm 了。我在巴黎的生活相当不 starting to make some friends.They helped me 错！起初我有点孤独，但我开 to learn more about the customs here after I had 始结交一些朋友。在上个月的 some embarrassing experiences at a party last 派对上我有过一些尴尬的经历 month.I'd like to share some tips with you. 后，他们帮我更多地了解了这 First,you shouldn't arrive early to a party.It's 里的习俗。我想和你分享一些 normal to be on time or a few minutes late, 建议。 but arriving early can cause problems.Once, 首先，你不应该提前到达 派对。准时或晚几分钟到是正 I arrived 10 minutes early to a party.Usually 常的，但提前到可能会引起问 that's the polite thing to do,right?But my friend 题。有一次，我提前10分钟 looked so surprised to see me!He was still getting everything ready,.准备好一切 到了一个派对。通常那是礼貌 的做法，对吧？但我的朋友看 Second,it's important to bring a gift when you 到我时看起来很惊讶！他当时 visit someone.When I attended my friend's 还在准备一切。 party,I didn't bring anything.It wasn't his 其次，拜访别人时带礼物 birthday,but everyone else brought gifts like 很重要。当我参加朋友的派对 chocolates or flowers to thank him for the party 时，我什么都没带。那天不是 thank sb for st意为“因某事而意谢某人“ 他的生日，但其他所有人都带 I was so embarrassed! 了巧克力或花之类的礼物来感 Third,you should always try to dress for the 谢他的派对。我感到非常尴尬！ occasion.At that party it was surprising to 第三，你应该尽量根据场 see how nicely everyone was dressed.It was 合着装。在那个派对上，看到 summer,so I was just wearing a simple blouse 每个人都穿得那么得体，我很 and shorts.But everyone else was dressed so 惊讶。当时是夏天，所以我只 well that I feltsilly.意为“愚泰的“ 穿了一件简单的衬衫和短裤。 Fourth,it's best not to ask personal questions 但其他所有人都穿得那么得 unless you know the person quite well.Many 体，我觉得自己很傻。 Unit 6 Crossing CulturesUnit 6 Crossing Cultures Section A,Ib and Ic Conversation 1 Anna: Hi Kaito!You're new here,right?I'm Anna Brown,one of your teachers. Pleased to meet you...Oh! Kaito: What's wrong,Ms Brown? Anna: Sorry,your bow surprised me.We usually just say"hello"or shake hands in the US! Kaito: That's surprising!In Japan,we bow as soon as we meet a teacher. Conversation 2 Harry: Hello!You're Li Tong,right?I'm Harry.We're in the same science class. Li Tong: Oh,hi,Harry!..Sorry,should we shake hands?How do you greet others in the UK? Harry: We could,but it's a little formal.Usually we just say "hello". Li Tong:Do you kiss others on the cheek? Harry: We hug sometimes,but we don't usually kiss to say hello.We don't bow either.That's so formal that we only do it at special times. Li Tong:Wow!I thought people in the UK were very formal. Conversation 3 Bob: Hey Ji-Hoon,meet Marie.She's from France. Marie: Hi Ji-Hoon,nice to meet you...Oh,don't look so embarrassed! Ji-Hoon:It's embarrassing!In Korean culture,we don't usually kiss people unless we love them. Marie: In France we kiss friends on the cheek to say hello! 156 教材笔记英语八年级下册 Section A,2b and 2c Ella: We heard you're going to India,Peter!How exciting! Peter: Yes,I'm really excited!You went there last year,right?Can you tell me about their customs? Ella: Sure!First,they have a special greeting.They press their palms together,bow, and say,.Namaste.” Peter: Wow!I'll remember that. Ella: Second,you should only use your right hand to eat. Peter: With my knife and fork? Ella: Well,people may not use a knife and fork at all.Very often they eat with their hands instead. Peter: OK!Anything else? Emma: Yes!People in India often eat a lot of curry.I ate chicken curry there,and it was delicious!But don't expect to eat any beef.Cows are protected in India. They are special to many people. Ella: And they even walk anywhere they like!While we were there,one walked right in front of our car!It walked so slowly that we had to slow down and follow it! Unit 7 A Good Read Section A,1b and 1c Conversation 1 Fu Xing:Have you decided on a book for your report,Peter? Peter: Oh,yes.I've picked The Final Problem.It's a mystery with the famous detective Sherlock Holmes as its main character.Have you chosen a book yet? Fu Xing:No,I can't decide between two science fiction novels:The Time Machine and The Three-Body Problem. Peter:I've never heard of The Three-Body Problem. Fu Xing:It's about aliens planning to attack the earth. Peter:That's the kind of story I like.Maybe I'll give it a try. Listening Scripts 157