大学体验英语unit8

Warm-upActivityCulturalNotesLanguagePointsDifficultsentencesSummaryFollow-upActivityAssignmentThinkingaboutit1.HowdoAmericanpeoplecelebrateValentine’sDay?2.WhydoyouthinkmoreandmoreyoungpeoplecelebrateforeignfestivalsorhoildaysinChina?Doesthishaveanythingtodowithglobalization?

3.HowdoyouoryourfriendscelebrateValentine’sday?PassageAHallmark’sAsianValentine1.TheKansascity-basedcompanyhasdevelopedintoa$3.5billioncorporation,fromitsbeginningsin1910whenJoyceC.Hallstartedproducingcardsfromsampleshestoredunderhisbed.自1910年霍尔.马克根据他储藏在床底下贺卡试样生产贺卡至今，总部设在堪萨斯的卡片生产公司已经发展成为拥有3.5亿美元的企业。Hallmark’sAsianValentineDifficultSentences2.ToassessjusthowemotionalJapanesemencanbeinallwalksoflife,justrecalltheoccasionalnewsfeatureofatopJapaneseorKoreanCEOapologizingintearsfortheweakperformanceorbankruptcyofhiscompanyinfrontofhisnation'sTVcameras.

评价日本男人在生活的各个方面是如何易动感情的，只需回忆一下一个日本和韩国的上层首席执行官在国家电视台的摄像镜头前，泪流满面地为公司的不良运作和破产而道歉的新闻特写的情景就足够了3.Thus,theircustomerscanachievebothadisplayoftheirhipcosmopolitanflair5,whilealsosendingtheirsweetiethatall-importantmessageofloveatthesametime.这样，既展现了顾客的时髦的世界性的品位，同时又能向他们的心上人表达至关重要的爱恋信息。LanguagePointstakeroot:

becomeestablishedorfixedTheseedssproutedandtookroot.Hisideashavetakenrootinthemindsofhisfollowers.

reign:v.

beinfluential,prevailWhatstillreignsinthecountryisthebeliefthateveryonecanrealizehisorherdreambyhardworkandintelligence.Asenseoffearstillreignedintheofficethoughthecrisiswasover.version:n.

adescriptionoranaccountfromonepointofview,especiallyasopposedtoanother;Yourversionofthestoryisdifferentfromhis.Thefilmversionofthenovelispopularamongtheyoung.dilemma:n.asituationthatrequiresachoicebetweenoptionsthatareorseemequallyunfavorableormutuallyexclusive.Sheranintoadilemmawhenfacedwithachoiceofcareerandlove.Hisfamily’seconomicsituationputshiminadilemma,sincehedoesn’twanttogiveuphiseducation.inhibit:

v.restraineitherconsciouslyorunconsciouslyAsianpeopleareinhibitedinexpressingtheiraffectiontotheirbelovedones.Shynessinhibitedhimfromspeaking.allwalksoflife:allprofessions,occupations,socialstatusTherepresentativescomefromallwalksoflife.

Heenjoyedmakingfriendswithpeoplefromallwalksoflife.bankruptcy:n.bankruptcondition,nothaveenoughmoneytopayone’sdebts,theprocessofbeingdeclaredbankruptTherewereanincreasingnumberofbankruptciesamongsmallshopkeeperswiththeenteringofmultinationalchainsupermarkets.accommodate:v.1)provideaplaceforsomeonetostay,liveorwork;Thenewhotelcanaccommodateupto1000tourists.2)adapt;getintoagreementorintoadjustmentThePresidentseemedunwillingtoaccommodatehimselftothepublicdesires.descendent:n.personwhoisdescendedfromthepersonorpersons named Asoneofthedescendantsofanoldfamily,hefeelsprideforhisancestors.TheyarethedescendantsofthenativeAmericanIndians. cosmopolitan:

a.showingtheinfluenceofmanydifferentcountriesandcultures;Populationexplosionisanissueofcosmopolitanimportance.NewYorkisaverycosmopolitancitywhereyoucanmeetwithpeopleofdifferentraces.

Summary

ThewesterntraditionofcardgivingonValentine’sDayisenjoyingmoreandmorepopularityinAsia.Theworld-renownedHallmarkcardmanufacturingcompanyhasexpandedtheirbusinesstoAsiancountries,sinceAsianmarkethasbiggerpotential.Becauseofculturalnorms,Asianmenaremoreinclinedtosendcardstotheirsweetiestoexpresstheiraffectiontoavoid“losingface”.