大学英语第二册课件：Unit 8 Reading_across_cultures

1、Reading across culturesA love of wordsLead-in Work in groups and find examples of how the Chinese and the British love words.Reading across culturesMoreChinese lantern riddlesthe Lantern FestivalLantern owners write riddles and post them on the lanterns.Visitors know the answer, pull the paper out,

2、go to the lantern owners to check their answer.Any one solving the riddle is awarded a prize.MoreReading across culturesChinese character riddles Closely connected with the shape, pronunciation or meaning of Chinese characters.Riddles based on the structure of Chinese characters appear first in a wo

3、rk of the fifth century.MoreReading across culturesChinese character riddles “Riddles, by mixing up words, create puzzlement.” The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons (Wenxin Diaolong) by Liu Xie of the Northern Dynasties Period (386-581). Reading across culturesCrossword puzzle MoreA word puzz

4、le normally takes the form of a square or rectangular grid of black and white squares.The goal is to fill the white squares with letters, forming words or phrases, by solving clues which lead to the answers.Reading across culturesCrossword puzzle MoreAmerican-style gridBritish-style gridReading acro

5、ss culturesCrossword puzzle Japanese-style gridSwedish-style gridReading across culturesSkimming and scanning Read the passage and fill in each blank in no more than three words.1 _ is the most popular leisure activity in England. 2 _ of people regularly read a newspaper. 3 Many people probably spen

6、d more time reading about their hobbies than _.4 Word games and puzzles are popular because of the newspapers _ puzzle.MoreReading Eighty per cent actually doing themcrosswordReading across culturesSkimming and scanning5 You can find word games and puzzles in the word game _ of a newspaper.6 Some pe

7、ople who enjoy word games and puzzles choose a particular newspaper because they are very simple and _.7 English people like fishing, stamp collecting, train-spotting,_, walking, sports, pets, flower-arranging, knitting, and _.sectiongood funbird-watchingpigeon-fancyingReading across culturesCultura

8、l awareness Work in pairs and discuss the questions.1 How would most Chinese people answer the questions “What do you miss when youre away from home” and “What do you look forward to when you return”?Various: family, spouse, pets, room, friends etc.2 Do you think reading and word games are as popula

9、r in China as they are in England?Reading may be as popular but not word games.MoreReading across culturesCultural awareness3 What are the other popular leisure activities in China?Sports, movie-going, concert-going etc.4 Are there many word games and puzzles on the radio, television and in newspapers in China?Some in newspapers, but not on broadcast media.5 Wo