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1、Unit 2 Understandings of Culture and CommunicationContents of Unit 2vBackground information vWarm upvText A: The Concept of CulturevCases studyvAnswers to Comprehension questionsvTranslation ReferenceBackground informationvCharacteristics of culturev1) Culture is learnedconsciously or unconsciously:
2、(enculturation)*through Proverbs, Folktales, Myths, and legends*through Arte.g. Beijing Opera*through Mass MediaBehaviourTraditions Artefacts buildings, clothes, art etc.Beliefs Attitudes PerceptionsValuesway of doing things(10 %)way of thinkin g(90%)2) Most part of culture is unconsciousexplicittac
3、itCulture as an icebergCan you tell which of the following are above the water and which are below?vWhat people eatvWhat people wearvWhat games children playvHow to use timevHow to introduce peoplevHow to participate in ceremoniesvRules for gesturesvRules for facial expressions and eye contactvEtiqu
4、ette vWhat is right or wrong, beautiful or ugly, clean or dirty, good or bad, etc.vCar parkingOct. 5, 2005 21st Century Changing Tastes “This July China Daily reported severe obesity affects 16 to 20 per cent Chinas young urbanites.” “A major study released by Centre for Public Nutrition and Develop
5、ment last September found as income increases, energy intake increases. But a high percentage of that extra energy comes from fat. And grains and potatoes were eaten less.”v3) Culture is subject to change4) Culture is transmitted from generationto generation5) Culture is based on symbols6) Culture i
6、s integrated7) Culture is adaptive (acculturation)Characteristics of culturevLearnedvUnconsciousvSubject to changevTransmittedvSymbolicvIntegratedvAdaptiveWarm upvWatch the video clip and have a discussion with your group members focused on the following topics.v1. How do you think of the importance
7、 of good understanding or communication in one family whose members like people in the movie Pushing Hands are from different cultures?v2. As a Chinese, if you go aboard, how do you spread Chinese culture in order to build a harmonious cross- cultural relationship?Pushing Hands Text A: The Concept o
8、f CulturevI. Objectives of the lessonvII. Text StructuresvIII. ExplanationsI. Objectives of the lessonv1. to know that people from different cultures interact more often than ever before, but misunderstandings even conflicts caused in the process of this interaction also grow increasingly v2. to lea
9、rn that there is no agreement among anthropologists and scholars regarding the nature of culturev3. to find out what is culture in anthropologists view and what cultures means in nonscientific usage v4. to tell what concept people share on culture v5. to distinguish ones cultural identityII. Text St
10、ructuresvPart I (para1-2): what is culture in anthropologists viewvPart II (para 3-5): some definitions of culture which say essentially the same thing and the components of culture are intimately connected.vPart III (para 6-7): the symbolic function of culturevPart IV (para8-10): some misunderstand
11、ings about culturevPart V (para11-12): Further explanations on definitions of cultureIII. ExplanationsvPart I (para1-2): what is culture in anthropologists viewv1. Although the term culture is used by most of the social sciences today, over the years it has received its most precise and thorough def
12、inition from the discipline of anthropology. vAnthropology:人类学Anthropology is the scientific study of people, society, and culture.v人类学顾名思义就是研究人类的本质的学科。从生物和文化的角度对人 类进行全面研究的学科群，最早见于古希腊哲学家亚里士多德对具有高 尚道德品质及行为的人的描述中。在19世纪以前，人类学这个词的用法 相当于我们今天所说的体质人类学，尤其是指对人体解剖学和生理学的研究。 III. Explanationsv2. In nonscientifi
13、c usage, the term culture refers to personal refinements (精炼 、提炼） such as classical music, the fine arts （美术）, world philosophy, and gourmet cuisine. v3. Monet: Claude Monet (French: klod mn or mne; 14 November 1840 5 December 1926) was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consis
14、tent and prolific practitioner of the movements philosophy of expressing ones perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein- air landscape painting. The term Impressionism is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant). vplein-air : in the open
15、airv Claude MonetImpression, Sunrisev4. Toulouse-Lautrec: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French: 24 November 1864 9 September 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, 起草人 and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 1800s yielded a collection of exciting, eleg
16、ant and provocative刺激性 的 images of the modern and sometimes decadent堕落的，颓废的 life of those times. Toulouse-Lautrec along with Czanne, Van Gogh and Gauguin is among the most well-known painters of the Post-Impressionist period. In a 2005 auction拍卖； 竞卖 at Christies auction house, a new record was set when La blanchisseuse, an early painting of a young laundress洗衣女工 , sold for $22.4 million U.S.1 The Laundress (188
