沪教版深圳市九年级下册英语Unit2Culture shock 第二课时 课件 叶碧洁

While you read
Read the first two paragraphs and complete the following diagram.
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.
School
Read the seventh and eighth paragraphs and find the topic sentence and supporting details of each paragraph.
Read the seventh and eighth paragraphs and find the topic sentence and supporting details of each paragraph.
Read the fifth and sixth paragraphs and fill in the table.
In the US Food
In China
People have___________ dumplings, bread, potatoes People have ________________ ______________________ rice and delicious and salad for meals ____________________. _______. dishes
Answer the following questions according to the text.
• What problem did Brad have in the first few weeks when he communicated with the local people? He failed to understand much because everyone spoke so fast. • What were the big differences in the US junior high school that shocked Brad most? Students can wear almost whatever they like and some students have strange hairstyles as well. • What great memories did Brad have of that year? Playing in the snow in winter, playing baseball, going to a party dressed as Harry Potter at Halloween, and having a big dinner with a huge turkey at Thanksgiving.
Oxford English
Unit
Module 1
Explorations and exchanges
2
Culture shock
Period 2
Show time
Share with your classmates the culture shock Brad experienced in the US.
• Students ________________ ____________ can wear almost Students have to wear _______________________. ____________________. whatever they like uniforms at school have strange • Some students ___________ hairstyles ______________, and some students ________________ even have pink _______________. or purple hair
Read the third and fourth paragraphs and complete the diagram.
Cause 1 Cause 2 Cause 3
Everyone spoke so ________________ __________ fast.
People in the US ________________ ________________ used a lot of idioms.
Read the fifth and sixth paragraphs and fill in the table.
Another difference was the food. My host family always had bread, potatoes
and salad for meals. I really missed the dumplings, rice and delicious dishes
Read the third and fourth paragraphs and complete the diagram.
in one’s spare time
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.
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!
Paragraph Topic sentence Supporting details I have many great ____________________ • playing in the snow in winter memories of that year. • playing ____________________ ________________________ baseball • ________________________ going to a party dressed as ________________________ Harry Potter at Halloween • ________________________ having a big dinner with a huge ________________________ turkey at Thanksgiving It was an exciting year, • I understand_____________ ____________________ more about and it was a valuable ____________________ ________________________ American culture. education for me. my own ____________________ • I think about ____________ culture as well. ________________________
Their __________________ everyday English is __________________ very different from what __________________ we learn in China.
Effect
My main problem was with the language ______________.
Brad Li experienced culture shock in the US. • The language • The foowing questions according to the text.
• What is Brad Li’s speech about? His experience as an exchange student in the US. • What was quite strange to Brad Li when he first arrived in the US? The language, the food and even the school. • Where did he stay in the US? He stayed with a host family in a small town. • What did the host family do for Brad so that he wouldn’t miss home or feel lonely? They organized a lot of activities for him in his spare time.
They organized a lot of activities for me in my spare time so that I wouldn’t miss home or feel lonely.
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.
Read the first two paragraphs and complete the following diagram.
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Comprehension
D1 Read Brad’s speech on page 19 and the sentences below. Circle T (True) or F (False).Find facts in the speech to support your answers. Then write down the facts.
Main idea
Brad experienced _____________
__________ last year.
Supporting detail 1 ______________
Supporting detail 2 ______________
Supporting detail 3 ____________