新编跨文化英语交际Unit4-01Language and Culture

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1.[In a physics class] Professor: What is matter? Student: Never mind. Professor : Then what is mind? Student: It doesn’t matter.
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Reading I How Is Language Related to Culture
• 2. What are the other functions of using question forms apart from asking for information? • It serves as a lubricant to move the conversation forward. Such a question can be called a "social question".
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• 2. • A. Why couldn’t Cinderella be a good soccer player? • B. She lost her shoe, she ran away from the ball, and her coach was a pumpkin.
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1.The limits of my language are the limits of my world.
• 我语言的局限意味 着我的世界/天地的 局限. • 语言的限制就是我 世界里的限制 .
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Reading I How Is Language Related to Culture
• • • • • How to Say “Hello” in Different Languages? Hello Guten Tag, Bonjour, or Ohio
• Gozayimasuおはようございます
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How to Say “Hello” in Different Languages
• • • • • Chinese: 你好, 您好 (formal) Hello – English Guten Tag – German Bonjour – French Hola – Spanish
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1.The limits of my language are the limits of my world.
• Language is the communication of meaning between anything in anyway. So for that to be narrowed or limited is to also limit your understanding of the world around you. basically keep an open mind. • 我语言的局限意味着我的世界/天地的局限. • 语言的限制就是我世界里的限制 .
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• 2.The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension. • Ezra Pound (1885-1972) • 任何一种语言都无法包含人类智慧的结晶的总和, 任何单一的语言都无法表达人的认知的所有形式 和程度. -----庞德,诗人( 1885年至1972年)
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Reading I How Is Language Related to Culture
• 3. Why are those Germans getting Stiffer and more reserved all the time when visiting Ingrid Zerbe? • They are confused about how to address her, for she introduces herself by her first and last name rather than by her last name and professional title.
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• 1.The limits of my language are the limits of my world. • 2.The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension. • 3.Language most shows a man. Speak, that I may see thee.
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• 7. Does the author think it possible for countries such as France and Iceland to keep their languages pure by implementing language policies? • 8. What are the possible language barriers in classroom teaching?
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Reading I How Is Language Related to Culture
• 1. What can we do to avoid attributing a very different meaning to a phrase or interpret it literally? • We have to be aware of the cultural implications of the phrase.
• Ohio – Japanese おはよう • Gozayimasu- Japaneseおはようございます
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How to Say “Hello” in Different Languages
• Japanese: おはようございます (ohayō gozaimá = good morning, polite), こんにち su は (kó nnichi wa = good day), こんばんは (kó mban wa = good evening), おはよう (ohayō = hello • Korean: 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo, formal), 안녕 (annyeong, informal) Russian: привет (privé informal), t, здравствуйте (zdrá vstvujte, formal), добрый день (dóbryj den’)
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• • • • • • 2. A: I am sorry. Foreigner: I am sorry, too. A: I am sorry three. Foreigner: What are you sorry for (four)? A: I am sorry five.
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Saying “thank you”
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English: Thank You German: Danke (schö - (dahn-kuh (shurn) n) Spanish: Gracias Japanese:ありがとうございます arigato gozaimasu [pronounced: A-rii-gah-to' goh-zaemas] (formal) Korean:감사합니다Gomapsupnida (formal ) [pronounced: go-mahp-soop-nee-dah] Korean:고마워요/고맙습니다 Komapsumnida Russian: Спасибо (sounds like spa-see-ba)
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Reading I How Is Language Related to Culture
• 1. What can we do to avoid attributing a very different meaning to a phrase or interpret it literally? • 2. What are the other functions of using question forms apart from asking for information? • 3. Why are those Germans getting stiffer and more reserved all the time when visiting Ingrid Zerbe?
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• 3.Language most shows a man. Speak, that I may see thee. • 语言最能显示一个人，说话吧，让我看看你的真 面目. • 语言最能表现一个人。一开口说话，就可以看出 来。 • 意思是一个人所讲的话可以反映出他的品格。这 很好理解，像有的人说话尖刻不饶人，那他就是 毒舌派，如果有的人讲话喋喋不休，那他就是长 舌妇。。。总之，听别人说话，可以帮助你判断 他可信可敬的程度。
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• 4. What is the relationship between environment and language? • 5. Does the author think there are exact equivalents in dictionaries that have the same meanings in different cultures? • 6. How does language change over time?
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How to Say “Hello” in Different Languages
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English: goodbye Italian: ciao bella French: au revoir Spanish: adios Russian: Довиждане (dasvidania) German: auf wiedersen Japanese:さよなら (Sayonara ) Korean: 안녕히 계세요 (Annyeonghi gyeseyo)