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2013-2014 Semester II English Listening and Speaking for Non-English Majored Postgraduates 研究生公共英语教研室 2014年Unit 1 Culture Difference 1 Culture Sharing 1) What traditional Chinese cultures do you know? Please surprise me. 2) Why do we need culture while learning or before learning a language? 3) Why should we study cross-cultural communication? To avoid challenge? Short Movie Sharing A. Watching for the gist 1) What was Mr. Xu accused of? A. Stealing B. Bribery C. Raping D. Child abuse 2) What additional evidence did the CWA provide to prove Mr. Xu’s violence? A. Doctor’s report B. A witness’ testimony C. Pictures of the child’s bruised back D. A video that shows his violent nature 3) How did lawyer Quinlin react right after he says the evidence provided by the CWA? A. He was calm. B. He was furious. C. He was happy. D. He was speechless. B. Watching for specific information Lawyer Davis: Yes, your honor. We are prepared to 1) _________ in any way you save it. Three days ago, we received a telephone call from the social worker on duty at St. Matthew hospital 2) _________ us of a possible case of child abuse discovered 3) _________ medical examination by Doctor Michael Longman. Upon 4) __________ treatment in the ER to Denis Xu, Doctor Longman had reason to suspect that Denis had been the subject of physical 5) __________. Datong Xu: Yes I do! I think you don’t understand. You know, Gua Sha is a 6) ___________ Chinese medical treatment used for nearly all kinds of 7) ________. For thousands of years, Chinese medicine had recognized that there are seven Jing and eight Mai. Er, for example, it is like small 8) _________ that run into rivers and in turns fall into a sea. A person’s body has an 9) ________ but very complex system of 10) _________ network, just like the computer network. And also the human Qi from Dantian finally goes to Dantian. It is the same principle! 3. Note-taking Sk