沪教版深圳市九年级下册英语Unit2Culture shock 第一课时 课件

Oxford English

Unit

Module 1

Explorations and exchanges

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Culture shockPeriod 1

Getting readyLook at the cartoon and answer the questions.

Think and matchMatch the following idioms with proper meanings.

a white elephant full of beans under the weather

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having a lot of energy slightly ill/sick

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like a dog with two tails the salt of the earth

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a very good and honest person that you can always depend on a thing that is useless and no longer needed, although it may have cost a lot of moneyvery pleased and happy

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What do you know about …? Have you ever been to a foreign country? What things did you notice that are different?

Culture is the language, customs and way of life of the people in a country. Match the pictures with the sentences. Write the correct letters in the blanks.

1 We drive on the left side of the road. 2 We set off fireworks to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

b ______ a ______ e ______ c ______

3 The whole family sits around the table and has turkey to celebrate Thanksgiving.4 We have a big holiday on 4th July. It is Independence Day. 5 We must take off our shoes when we enter people’s homes.

d ______

Before you readLook at the introduction, the picture and the title of the speech again. Then answer the questions below.1 Who is Brad Li?

2 Which country did he go to?3 Why did he go there? 4 What did he find different about the US? Have a guess and tick ( ) the possible answers.

Look at the introduction, the picture and the title of the passage on page 19. Then answer the questions below.

Read and completeRead the speech and complete the table below.

VocabularyC1 The words in italics explain the meanings of some words on page 19. Find these words to complete the sentences. Change their forms if necessary. international

spare failed

manage education

Read after the recordingBrad Li is a junior high school student in China. He visited the US on an international exchange last year, and now he is giving a speech about his experience.

My name is Brad Li. I’m here today to tell you about my experience as an exchange student in the United States last year. I must admit that at first America was a big culture shock for me. Many things were strange to me: the language, the food and even the school.

I stayed with a host family in a small town. My host parents, Mr and Mrs Hurst, were very kind. They organized a lot of activities for me in my spare time so that I wouldn’t miss home or feel lonely.

However, to a certain degree, life in the US was hard to get used to. My main problem was with the language. I failed to understand much in the first few weeks because everyone spoke so fast. Though I soon managed to get used to it, I still had problems because they used a lot of idioms. For example, they often say they are “under the weather” when they are ill. Their everyday English is very different from what we learn in China. Another di

fference was the food. My host family always had bread, potatoes and salad for meals. I really missed the dumplings, rice and delicious dishes from home. School was a big shock too. They do not require students to wear uniforms, so students can wear almost whatever they like. Some students have strange hairstyles as well. Some students even have pink or purple hair!

Anyway, I have many great memories of that year, especially playing in the snow in winter, and playing baseball. At Halloween, I went to a party dressed as Harry Potter. At Thanksgiving, we had a big dinner with a huge turkey. It was an exciting year, and it was a valuable education for me. Now I understand more about American culture. My American friends asked me many questions about life in China, and this made me think about my own culture as well.

Homework1. 抄写单词和短语：culture shock, firework, turkey, international, spare, fail, manage, idiom, education; set off, take off, under the weather。 2. 模仿录音的语音、语调，朗读课文。 3. 根据主阅读篇章的内容，简单介绍Brad 在美国感 受到的文化冲击。 4. 完成《综合练习册》第18页Vocabulary和第25页 Reading A的练习。