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1、Lecture 2Classroom activity 1 Read the short passage The Gift, apply the words and phrases suggesting possibilities (maybe, perhaps, it may be, one possibility, it is possible) in finishing the following tasks. 1. Why Ms. Kelsen wont accept the gift? List as many possible explanations as you can thi
2、nk of. 2. Think of Chinese idioms about GIFT and explain these idioms in English. “意思意思”的故事 某老外苦学汉语十年，到中国参加汉语考试，试题如下： 题目：请解释下文中每个“意思”的意思。 阿呆给领导送红包时，两人的对话颇有意思。 领导：“你这是什么意思？” 阿呆：“没什么意思，意思意思。” 领导：“你这就不够意思了。” 阿呆：“小意思，小意思。” 领导：“你这人真有意思。” 阿呆：“其实也没有别的意思。” 领导：“那我就不好意思了。” 阿呆：“是我不好意思。” 结果：老外泪流满面，交白卷回国了。 A：“你这
3、是什么意思？”-What do you mean?B：“没什么意思，意思意思。”-It is nothing, just to show my gratitude. A：“你这就不够意思了。”-It is unnecessary. B：“小意思，小意思。”-Just a piece of cake, a piece of cake. A：“你这人真有意思。”-You are so funny. B：“其实也没有别的意思。”-In fact, there is no other meaning. A：“那我就不好意思了。”-I feel a little embarrassed for it.
4、B：“是我不好意思。”-Its I who should be embarrassed. Example 1 In China: A: 大妈，带给您一个小礼物，可能不中您的意 。 B：哎呀，这么客气，又给我带礼物，我不能收 。 A: 收下吧，这是专门为您买的。 B: 不不不，我不能收。 A: 来来来，别客气了，拿着。 B: (勉强地) 好吧，又害你破费了。 B接过礼物放到一边。Example 2 In America: Chris: Happy birthday, Jenny. This is for you. I hope youll like it. Jenny: Oh, thank yo
5、u, Chris. Mm. What is it? (He opens it.) Oh -its a beautiful cotton shirt. How sweet you are! Thank you-thanks very much. Receiving a Gift in China 您这么客气干嘛呢？ 您还是拿回去吧。 Chinese with good manners would normally refuse a gift a few times before accepting anything from anyone. When Chinese people finally
6、 accept the gift, they do not open the gift in the face of the gift-giver and they say: 真不好意思，让您破费了。 下不为例。Receiving a Gift in English Western people express themselves in a frank and direct way. They accept others gift quite willingly and say “How sweet you are”. They open the gift immediately and e
7、xpress their appreciation. “Very beautiful. Thank you so much!”What would you do if you gave your American boss an expensive gift and he/she said, “Im sorry. I really cant accept this gift.” a) You could say, “If you dont accept this gift, Ill quit.” b) You could try to find out his/her reason for n
8、ot accepting the gift. c) You can insist many times on giving the gift until he/she accepts it. U.S. Cultural Note Most of the time Americans do accept gifts that people give to them. However, in the workplace, bosses sometimes feel uncomfortable accepting gifts and are not always allowed to do so.
9、The following are some of the reasons: - They do not want to feel that they have to do something special or different for the employee who gives the gift. - They dont want the other employee to think that they have favorites among the employees. - They may find it difficult to criticize their employ
10、ees work if theyve just received a gift from him/her. - Many companies have a policy saying that the boss is not allowed to accept gifts from employees. Classroom activity 2 Read the passage Interpreting What Foreigners Mean on page 15-16, and finish the following tasks. 1. What are your way of sayi
11、ng hello to your friends? If you were to say hello to a foreigner, are your ways appropriate? 2. How should “你好” be interpreted in English?Greetings 打招呼/问候 上哪去？ 去哪啦？ 吃过了吗？Where are you going?Where have you been?Have you had your meal?Its none of your business!Are you going to invite me to dinner?Acc
12、eptable Greetings 中文 出去呀？ 吃饭去？ 回来了？ 忙着呢？ 忙什么呢？ 在洗车呀？ 这衣服真漂亮，新买 的吧？ 你看起来气色不错。 英文 Whats up? Whats happening? Whats going on? Lovely day, isnt it? Miserable weather, isnt it? Its a heavy rain, isnt it? You look fantastic in this dress! You look very smart in that sweater. Classroom activity 3 Read the
13、passage Letter to Fran and Frans Response on page 18-19, and finish the following tasks. 1. Why do you think the professor became annoyed? 2. Write down three possible reasons why the Professor refused help from Nancy. 3. Discussion activities on page 20. Classroom activity 4 Read the passage Public
14、 and Private Behavior on page 21-22, and finish the following tasks. 1. How do western culture viewWhat is privacy?Privacy 1) the state of being hidden or undisturbed, a persons right to this 2) freedom from intrusion or public attention 3) avoidance of publicity - The Concise Oxford Dictionary of C
15、ontemporary English 秘密，隐私，私下，独处， 不愿别人干涉Privacy The information that one wish to remain unnoticed in the public realm. When something is private to a person, it usually means there is something within them that is considered inherently special or personally sensitive. Privacy can be seen as an aspect of security.In English Poke/pry into other peoples business打听别人的事 meddle in other peoples affairs 干涉别人的事 (medd
