全人教育英语专业本科教材系列Unit 1 Language and Culture Unit 1 Language and Culture Comprehensive English(Book 3)Unit 1 Language and Culture全人教育英语专业本科教材系列Main menuUnit 1:Learning GoalsIn this unit,students should be able to:grasp the structural organization of a story and then write one about their own daily experiences;get familiar with social meanings of dress and its accessories;become more aware of cultural differences in communications.全人教育英语专业本科教材系列Main menuUnit 1:ContentsPart One:Navigation and ExplorationPart Two:Consolidation and ApplicationPart Three:Extension全人教育英语专业本科教材系列Main menuPart OneNavigationExplorationExploration(1,2)Exploration(Background knowledge)Exploration(A Synopsis of the Text)Exploration(3,4,5)Exploration(Difficult Sentences of the Text)Main menu全人教育英语专业本科教材系列Main menuPart One:Navigation1.Read the following paragraph and see if you agree with the ideas.Say the word“communication”and ask for associations.Most people are likely to focus on verbal expressions and transmissions as the primary association with the communicative process and function.Our personal image,though,also communicates volumes about who we are,what we believe,what we consider important,and how we want others to view us.As Hartley contends,we objectify ourselves in order to convey knowledge of ourselves to others;clothing is one important way of achieving this transmittal of information.As Keenan observes,“Always and everywhere bodies are impressing themselves on society through dress.全人教育英语专业本科教材系列Main menuPart One:Navigation 2.Clothing and its ornamental accessories may convey social and cultural meanings.Discuss with your partner and find out possible meanings associated with the following items of clothing and accessories.Items ofAccessoriesAssociated MeaningsItems ofAccessoriesAssociated Meaningsknowledgeablebeing marrieda businessmandoing sportsa Chinese ladya formal and important occasion全人教育英语专业本科教材系列Main menuPart One:Navigation3.Share with your group members stories about how your choice of clothing or ornamental accessories may have been influenced by people around you.Part one menu全人教育英语专业本科教材系列Main menuPart One:Exploration(1,2)1.Word match:match each word in Column A with its definition in Column B.Column A Column B()nomad a.to give way(to);yield;submit()accessory b.a long story,account,or sequence of events()trepidation c.a state of fear or anxiety()confess d.an article or set of articles of dress()saga e.to acknowledge(an opinion or view)()succumb f.a member of a people or tribe who move from place to place to find pasture and foodPart one menuabecdf全人教育英语专业本科教材系列Main menuPart One:Exploration(1,2)2.Listen for gist:Listen to the text without referring to it and decide which of the following best states the main idea of the text.A.Choosing what to wear is a matter of personal preference,which is true with both the local people and the migrants.B.A bowler hat has led to a complex story of cultural differences and challenges of integration of migrants.C.The story of the bowler hat suggests that immigrants should remain proud of their ethnic culture and keep their cultural traditions and practices.D.The migrants find it hard to integrate into the new culture because they are not willing to follow the way the local people dress themselves.Part one menu全人教育英语专业本科教材系列Main menuPart One:Background knowledge1.Baraawe Koofi Baraawe Koofi or the Bravanese hat is worn by Somali elders.They also dye their hair with Henna.The style exemplifies dignity,wisdom and prestige.Sometimes politicians and leaders mimic the elders and wear these hats.Part one menu全人教育英语专业本科教材系列Main menuPart One:Background knowledge2.Wahabi school of thought2.Wahabi school of thought Wahhabism(also called Salafism)is a branch of Sunni Islam practiced by those who follow the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab(17031792 C.E.),after whom the movement is named.Wahhabism is the dominant form of Sunni Islam found in Saudi Arabia,Kuwait,and Qatar,as well as some pockets of Somalia,Algeria,Palestine,and Mauritania.Part one menu全人教育英语专业本科教材系列Main menuPart One:Background knowledge Wahhabism is an austere form of Islam that insists on a literal interpretation of the Quran.Wahhabis see themselves as adherents of the true,authentic Islam,the so-called original Islam that existed in the time of the Prophet.Wahhabi Islam stresses the importance of exact conformity to the rituals of Islam and a literal interpretation of the Quran.For example,while modernist Muslims regard a Quranic penalty such as amputation for theft as appropriate in the seventh century but inappropriate for today,when an alternative penaltyalbeit a severe alternativecan be substituted,Wahhabis insist on amputation once certain conditions have been met.Modernists do not believe that the Quran permits men to marry more than one wife except in extraordinary全人教育英语专业本科教材系列Main menuPart One:Background knowledge circumstances;Wahhabis regard this as an absolute right.Modernists interpret the Quran as presc。