Unit 14
Cultural Encounters
Purposes
? 1,To get students know Chinese culture.
? 2,To understand the purpose of writing
and the characteristics of argumentation.
? 3,To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
About the text
? What’s the thesis statement of this text?
II,Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One (1-3) --- This part illustrates the fact we
live in an era of easy access to the rest of the
world,and clearly proves that this global
communications revolution is also closely
connected to the expansion of English.
? Part Two (4-7) --- This part exemplifies that
language and culture are so closely interrelated
and interprets and illustrates what,comprising”
and,spread of English” mean.
? Part Three 8 --- It points out the great function or
the immense significance of intercultural
understanding.
III,some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
? 1,We live in an age of easy access to the rest of
the world.
? Explain,The age we are living in provides us
with convenient ways to reach any part of the
world.
? 2,Everyone,it seems,provided,of course,they
can afford to do so,need never be out of touch.
? Explain,It seems that everyone is able to get in
touch with anyone else if he or she can afford to
send text messages on mobile phone.
? 3,Culture lies at the heart of society.
? Explain,Culture is deeply rooted in society.
? 4,We overlook the relationship at our peril.
? Explain,We are running a risk in neglecting the
importance of the relationship.
? 5,The early Bible translators hit the problem of
untranslatability head-on.
? Explain,The problem that some parts of Bible
could not be translated emerged right in front of the
early translators.
? 6,Faced with unsurmountable linguistic problems,
translators negotiated the boundaries between languages
and came up with a comprise.
? Explain,Encountering insolvable language problems,
translators tried to find balance between languages and
finally arrived at a comprise.
? 7,This is an essential skill in today’s hybrid world.
? Explain,To negotiate cultural and linguistic differences is
a fundamental skill in today’s world where different
cultures interact.
? 8,Millions of people are discovering how to bridge
cultures.
? Explain,Numerous people are looking for a way to
interrelate different cultures.
9,enable
? These qualities enabled him to weather
the most extreme crisis.
? This would enable them to double their
output of TVs,
10,regardless of
? Tim continued to run away,regardless of
our shouts to him that he should return.
? I spoke to him with/in regard to his low
marks.
11,involve
? e.g,
? Don’t involve me in your quarrel!
? Winning the game involves both skill and
perseverance.
? Taking the job involving living abroad.
12,come up with
? e.g.
? He came up with a new suggestion.
? Scientists will have to come to up with
new methods of increasing the world’s
food supply,
13,multi-; mono-
? e.g,
? multi-racial,multinational,multimillionaire
? monologue（独白）,monosyllable（单音
节词）,monoxide（一氧化物）,
monocycle（独轮车）
14,cut down
? e.g.
? He has decided to cut down his smoking.
? She always cuts in when other
people are talking.
? Our water supply has been cut off
again.
? Let’s cut out the talking and get back
to work.
Translation exercises
1) Today people communicate with one another over long
distances by means of telephone,the Internet,radio,
television and satellite.
2) I have been quite busy working on a project for the last
few months; therefore,I am out of touch with the
present situation.
3) In order to make scientific investigations,Xu Xiake
trudged a long distance and tramped over one
mountain after another,regardless of difficulties and
hardships.
4) Friendly contacts between different peoples facilitate
cultural interchange and mutual understanding.
5) He has been hovering outside for about an hour,too
afraid to go in.
Translation exercises
? 6)The Minister of Foreign Trade negotiated a technology
and trade agreement with several African countries.
? 7) Try to make some adjustment to your differences so
that you can work together without quarrelling.
? 8) Indonesia is multiracial and multilingual,which is
quite rare in the world.
? 9) It is an unquestionable fact that childhood
experiences shape a person’s character.
? 10) You must cut down on drinking and smoking for the
sake of your own health; otherwise,you will be getting
worse day after day.
Dictation
? The main reason for the widespread demand of English
is its present-day importance as world language,Besides
serving the infinite needs of its native speakers,English
is a language in which some of the most important works
in science,technology,and other fields are being
produced,and not always by native speakers,It is a
language of wider communication for a number of
developing countries,especially former British colonies,
Many of these countries have multi-lingual populations
and need a language for internal communication in such
matters as government,commerce,industry,law and
education as well as for international communication and
for access to the scientific and technological
developments in the West,
Cultural Encounters
Purposes
? 1,To get students know Chinese culture.
? 2,To understand the purpose of writing
and the characteristics of argumentation.
? 3,To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
About the text
? What’s the thesis statement of this text?
II,Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One (1-3) --- This part illustrates the fact we
live in an era of easy access to the rest of the
world,and clearly proves that this global
communications revolution is also closely
connected to the expansion of English.
? Part Two (4-7) --- This part exemplifies that
language and culture are so closely interrelated
and interprets and illustrates what,comprising”
and,spread of English” mean.
? Part Three 8 --- It points out the great function or
the immense significance of intercultural
understanding.
III,some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
? 1,We live in an age of easy access to the rest of
the world.
? Explain,The age we are living in provides us
with convenient ways to reach any part of the
world.
? 2,Everyone,it seems,provided,of course,they
can afford to do so,need never be out of touch.
? Explain,It seems that everyone is able to get in
touch with anyone else if he or she can afford to
send text messages on mobile phone.
? 3,Culture lies at the heart of society.
? Explain,Culture is deeply rooted in society.
? 4,We overlook the relationship at our peril.
? Explain,We are running a risk in neglecting the
importance of the relationship.
? 5,The early Bible translators hit the problem of
untranslatability head-on.
? Explain,The problem that some parts of Bible
could not be translated emerged right in front of the
early translators.
? 6,Faced with unsurmountable linguistic problems,
translators negotiated the boundaries between languages
and came up with a comprise.
? Explain,Encountering insolvable language problems,
translators tried to find balance between languages and
finally arrived at a comprise.
? 7,This is an essential skill in today’s hybrid world.
? Explain,To negotiate cultural and linguistic differences is
a fundamental skill in today’s world where different
cultures interact.
? 8,Millions of people are discovering how to bridge
cultures.
? Explain,Numerous people are looking for a way to
interrelate different cultures.
9,enable
? These qualities enabled him to weather
the most extreme crisis.
? This would enable them to double their
output of TVs,
10,regardless of
? Tim continued to run away,regardless of
our shouts to him that he should return.
? I spoke to him with/in regard to his low
marks.
11,involve
? e.g,
? Don’t involve me in your quarrel!
? Winning the game involves both skill and
perseverance.
? Taking the job involving living abroad.
12,come up with
? e.g.
? He came up with a new suggestion.
? Scientists will have to come to up with
new methods of increasing the world’s
food supply,
13,multi-; mono-
? e.g,
? multi-racial,multinational,multimillionaire
? monologue（独白）,monosyllable（单音
节词）,monoxide（一氧化物）,
monocycle（独轮车）
14,cut down
? e.g.
? He has decided to cut down his smoking.
? She always cuts in when other
people are talking.
? Our water supply has been cut off
again.
? Let’s cut out the talking and get back
to work.
Translation exercises
1) Today people communicate with one another over long
distances by means of telephone,the Internet,radio,
television and satellite.
2) I have been quite busy working on a project for the last
few months; therefore,I am out of touch with the
present situation.
3) In order to make scientific investigations,Xu Xiake
trudged a long distance and tramped over one
mountain after another,regardless of difficulties and
hardships.
4) Friendly contacts between different peoples facilitate
cultural interchange and mutual understanding.
5) He has been hovering outside for about an hour,too
afraid to go in.
Translation exercises
? 6)The Minister of Foreign Trade negotiated a technology
and trade agreement with several African countries.
? 7) Try to make some adjustment to your differences so
that you can work together without quarrelling.
? 8) Indonesia is multiracial and multilingual,which is
quite rare in the world.
? 9) It is an unquestionable fact that childhood
experiences shape a person’s character.
? 10) You must cut down on drinking and smoking for the
sake of your own health; otherwise,you will be getting
worse day after day.
Dictation
? The main reason for the widespread demand of English
is its present-day importance as world language,Besides
serving the infinite needs of its native speakers,English
is a language in which some of the most important works
in science,technology,and other fields are being
produced,and not always by native speakers,It is a
language of wider communication for a number of
developing countries,especially former British colonies,
Many of these countries have multi-lingual populations
and need a language for internal communication in such
matters as government,commerce,industry,law and
education as well as for international communication and
for access to the scientific and technological
developments in the West,
