U校园新视野大学英语4读写教程答案（Unit 5 Why culture counts）.docxVIP

U校园新视野大学英语4读写教程答案 Unit 5 Why culture counts Section A 5-2 Text A: Speaking Chinese in America Pre-reading activities Pre-reading activities-1 1. I like your … (e.g. I like your hat.) / I love your … (e.g. I love your shoes.) 2. When we like the way they look. 3. Thank you. 4. Japanese culture. When you compliment people on their belongings, they feel they have to give them to you. But in American culture, the appropriate response is to say thank you. Pre-reading activities-2 1) Examples can be: (a) n. + 很 + a. (e.g. 你的裙子很漂亮。) (b) 我很喜欢 + n. (e.g. 我很喜欢你书房的摆设。) 2) Yes, the traditional way Chinese people respond to a compliment is different from the American way. Rather than saying thank you, we Chinese tend to say something to show that we or the object we own is not that good. For example, we may say 哪里 (meaning it is nothing). But in modern days, many people have adopted the English way of responding to a compliment. They say thank you very often too. Reading comprehension Reading comprehension-1 1) Because she thought her Sau-sau just pretended to be polite. (Her Sau-sau ate up the dish in the end although she said she didnt want it at first.) 2) They should say directly whether they want to have anything or not, rather than refuse for the sake of politeness even if they in fact want to eat it. 3) It said that Chinese language and culture are very indirect and polite. 4) They thought that she was not respectful if she questioned them. 5) Her parents were very clear when they demanded her to do something, but Americans generally think the Chinese language is discreet. 6) To support her opinion that to understand the difference between languages and behavior just through literal translation may lead to wrong generalizations. (OR: To support her opinion that it is dangerous to view the gulf between different languages and behavior through translation.) 7) She feels that it is annoying because such a description does not express new ideas, honest emotions or considered