中西方文化差异 culture shock讲述

1、 Americans tableware is mainly, knife, fork and spoon disc, bread, fork spoon, glass, napkin Chinese tableware is mainly chopsticks and spoons 中国餐具以筷子和 勺子为主 Americans are met, would not shake hands, just smile and say hello to go, even meet for the first time, Chinese then see a handshake as a basic

2、 decorum. 美国人见面时，不一 定会握手，只要笑一 笑，打个招呼就行了， 即使是第一次见面， 而中国人则视握手为 一个基本礼节。 Chinese: You look pale. Whats the matter? American: Im feeling sick. A cold, maybe. Chinese: Go and see the doctor. Drink more water. Did you take any pills? Chinese medicine works wonderful. Would you like to try? Put on more clot

3、hes. Have a good rest. American: You are not my mother, are you? Part1 Part2 Part3 13 46 79 We might call culture shock a disease which is caused by the frustration and anxiety resulting from losing all our familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse. Culture shock is due to our own lack of und

4、erstanding of other peoples cultural background and our lack of the means of communication rather than the hostility of an alien environment. To get over culture shock, we should get to know the people of the host country and their language; we should find out what they do, how they do it, and what

5、their interests are, etc. But understanding the ways of a people does not mean that we have to give up our own. Key Words Transplant Abroad Ailment Symptom Cure Precipitate Symbol Intercourse Orient Invitation Facial Efficiency Efficient Series Regression Tremendous Irrational Glorify cultural Capac

6、ity Dictate Transmit Tendency Attribute Peculiarity Censure National Hostility Allocate Participant Ritual transplant 1.v. mover from one place or residence to another; resettle or relocate transplant the flowers to the garden transplant ones family to the countryside 2.n. the act or process of tran

7、splanting; something transplanted 移植移植 Kellys only hope of survival was a heart and lung transplant. heart transplant surgery 心脏移植手术 a bone marrow transplant 骨髓移植 Words 转车转车 sb/sth (from) (to) transference transmit 传送，播送；疾病的传染传送，播送；疾病的传染; 传播传播(光、热、声音等光、热、声音等) transmission transplant v./n. 移植移植 trans

8、it v. 过渡，通过，横越，过渡，通过，横越， transition transcend v. 超越，胜过超越，胜过 trans- 表表“变化，移动变化，移动” ,“从一个地方到另一个地从一个地方到另一个地 方方”。 Practice 1.The Beatles, the most famous British band of the 1960s, traveled worldwide for many years, _ cultural barriers. A) transporting B) transplanting C) transferring D) transcending 2.

9、There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the _ from fall to winter. A) transmission B)transformation C) transition D) transfer precipitate (n. precipitation) 1. vt. to make (an unwanted event) happen sooner促成 The 1929 stock market crash precipitated the collapse of t

10、he American banking system. 2. vi. to separate a solid substance from a liquid by chemical action, or to be separated in this way沉淀 This material causes most of the alumina in the solution to precipitate quickly. 3. n. a solid substance that has been chemically separated from a liquid 沉淀物 老师让他在沉淀物溶解

11、后再加热混合物。老师让他在沉淀物溶解后再加热混合物。 The teacher asked him to warm the mixture after the precipitate dissolved. 近义词为近义词为 hasten orient: v. to arrange or direct with a particular purpose She looked at the street names, trying to orient herself. 确定方向，方位 We must orient our products to the needs of the market. 使适

12、应；按调整 Collocations orient oneself to sth. 使自己熟悉某事使自己熟悉某事 It takes new students a while to orientate themselves to college life. be oriented to/towards/around sth/sb 迎合某人的需要迎合某人的需要, 围绕某事围绕某事 The course is oriented towards the needs of businessmen. the Orient 东方 oriental adj. 东方的；东方国家的 orientation n.定

13、位，方向；熟悉环境 构词法： 由名词加-oriented构成的词汇 表示“以为中心 的,以为主导的” e.g. market-oriented economy 市场经济 examination-oriented education system应试教育 glorify v. glorify a hero glorify oneself Your descriptions have glorified an average house into a mansion. 赞美，颂扬 美化，使增色，增光 glory n. glorious adj. After reading: Useful Expr

14、essions 1. 职业病职业病 an occupational disease 2. 因因而产生而产生 result from 3. 社会交往社会交往 social intercourse 4. 使自己熟悉（新情况使自己熟悉（新情况）orient oneself to 5. 握手握手shake hands 6. 购物购物 make purchases 7. 对对当真当真 take sth. seriously 8. 面部表情面部表情facial expressions 9. 在在过程中过程中in the course of 10. 离水之鱼；不得其所的人离水之鱼；不得其所的人a fish

15、out of water 11. 心胸开阔心胸开阔 be broad-minded 12. 一系列一系列a series of 13. 对对做出反应做出反应 react to 14. 抱怨抱怨 complain about 15. 克服，战胜克服，战胜 get over 16. 除了除了 in addition to 17. 社会风俗社会风俗 social institutions 18. 增加，积累增加，积累 build up 19. 用，依靠用，依靠 by means of 20. 使自己适应使自己适应 adapt oneself to 21. 和和打交道打交道 associate with 22. 和和打成一片，认同打成一片，认同identify with 23. 到这样的程度以至于到这样的程度以至于to the extent that 24. 例如例如 for instance 25. 个人行为个人行为 an individual act 26. 因为因为 due to 27. 而不是而不是 rather than 28. 尽快尽快 as quickly as possible 29. 进行交谈进行交谈 carry on a conv