1、Lesson 1 Reading and thinking:Read about Xie Leis experience on an exchange program高二人教版英语选择性必修二第二单元BRIDGING CULTURESBRIDGING CULTURES1.Is bridge a noun or a verb here?2.What does“bridging”mean here?Introduction of Unit 21.Where do you think the girl on the left is from?2.Where do you think she is s
2、tudying now?In China or in a foreign country?3.How do you think her life differs from that in her home country?Introduction of Unit 21.What do you think“see the moon shine on the other side of the world”means?2.Why do you think people are not the same after having seen the moon shine on the other si
3、de of the world?Introduction of Unit 2I am not the same,having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.Introduction of Unit 2After the reading class,you will be able to:understand Xie Leis experience on an exchange programme in London;understand how the passage is organized and its text f
4、eatures;deepen your understanding of studying abroad,including potential challenges brought by different cultures and preparations that can be made in advance;have a better understanding of the roles we should play in bridging cultures.Learning ObjectivesPart One Warm upan exchange programChinese st
5、udents in GermanyGerman students in ChinaPart One Warm up1.Who is Xie Lei?2.Where is the passage from?3.Who said“Welcome,Xie Lei”?4.What aspects about Xie Leis experience on an exchange programme will be talked about?Read the title and the picture.Part Two Reading2.Where is the passage from?From a(c
6、ollege/school)newspaper,usually in the section of“Features(特写特写)”.Part Two Reading3.Who said“Welcome,Xie Lei”?The editors/journalists/reporters of the newspaper.Part Two Reading4.What aspects about Xie Leis experience on an exchange programme were talked about?daily lifelanguage difficultiesacademic
7、 challengescultural exchange Part Two ReadingSkim and match main idea for each paragraph.para.1 para.2para.3para.4para.5para.6para.7para.8Her adaptation to life abroadHer reason for taking the exchange programmeXie Leis destination and feelingsHer life in the host familyThe academic challenge she me
8、tXies current situations in UKThe requirements of many coursesThe writers wishes for Xie LeiPart Two ReadingSkim and match main idea for each paragraph.para.1 para.2para.3para.4para.5para.6para.7para.8Her adaptation to life abroadHer reason for taking the exchange programmeXie Leis destination and f
9、eelingsHer life in the host familyThe academic challenge she metXies current situations in UKThe requirements of many coursesThe writers wishes for Xie LeiPart Two ReadingSkim and match main idea for each paragraph.para.1 para.2para.3para.4para.5para.6para.7para.8Her adaptation to life abroadHer rea
10、son for taking the exchange programmeXie Leis destination and feelingsHer life in the host familyThe academic challenge she metXies current situations in UKThe requirements of many coursesThe writers wishes for Xie LeiPart Two ReadingSkim and match main idea for each paragraph.para.1 para.2para.3par
11、a.4para.5para.6para.7para.8Her adaptation to life abroadHer reason for taking the exchange programmeXie Leis destination and feelingsHer life in the host familyThe academic challenge she metXies current situations in UKThe requirements of many coursesThe writers wishes for Xie LeiPart Two ReadingSki
12、m and match main idea for each paragraph.para.1 para.2para.3para.4para.5para.6para.7para.8Her adaptation to life abroadHer reason for taking the exchange programmeXie Leis destination and feelingsHer life in the host familyThe academic challenge she metXies current situations in UKThe requirements o
13、f many coursesThe writers wishes for Xie LeiPart Two ReadingSkim and match main idea for each paragraph.para.1 para.2para.3para.4para.5para.6para.7para.8Her adaptation to life abroadHer reason for taking the exchange programmeXie Leis destination and feelingsHer life in the host familyThe academic c
14、hallenge she metXies current situations in UKThe requirements of many coursesThe writers wishes for Xie LeiPart Two ReadingSkim and match main idea for each paragraph.para.1 para.2para.3para.4para.5para.6para.7para.8Her adaptation to life abroadHer reason for taking the exchange programmeXie Leis de
15、stination and feelingsHer life in the host familyThe academic challenge she metXies current situations in UKThe requirements of many coursesThe writers wishes for Xie LeiPart Two ReadingSkim and match main idea for each paragraph.para.1 para.2para.3para.4para.5para.6para.7para.8Her adaptation to lif
16、e abroadHer reason for taking the exchange programmeXie Leis destination and feelingsHer life in the host familyThe academic challenge she metXies current situations in UKThe requirements of many coursesThe writers wishes for Xie LeiBusiness student building bridgesPara 1-2 The reasons why Xie Lei s
17、tudied abroadPara 3-7Xie Leis adaptation to a new life in the UKchallenges in daily lifechallenges in academic studyPara 8The writers wishes for Xie LeiPart Two ReadingDivide the passage into 3 parts.Part Two Reading This news article is about a Chinese girl,Xie Lei,who managed to adapt to a new lif
18、e in the UK and met the academic requirements as an exchange student.Apart from that,the article also talks about how Xie Lei acts as a cultural messenger building a bridge between China and the UK.Use 1-2 sentences to summarize the main idea.Part Two Readingexcited,nervous,comforted,confused,surpri
19、sed,confident,feel at homeRead the passage and find out why Xie Lei has the following feelings during her year studying abroad?Draw a curved line in the diagram to show her change.Part Two Readingexcited,nervous,comforted,confused,surprised,confident,feel at homeXie Lei felt _ because_.feelingstimee
20、xcited and nervousit was her first time to leave Chinaexcited and nervousPart Two Readingexcited,nervous,comforted,confused,surprised,confident,feel at homeXie Lei felt _ because_.feelingstimecomfortedshe had a second familycomfortedPart Two Readingexcited,nervous,comforted,confused,surprised,confid
21、ent,feel at homeXie Lei felt _ because_.feelingstimeconfusedshe thought she knew less than othersconfusedPart Two Readingexcited,nervous,comforted,confused,surprised,confident,feel at homeXie Lei felt _ because_.feelingstimesurprisedshe found herself speaking up in classsurprisedPart Two Readingexci
22、ted,nervous,comforted,confused,surprised,confident,feel at homeXie Lei felt _ because_.feelingstimeconfidenther presentation was a great successconfidentPart Two Readingexcited,nervous,comforted,confused,surprised,confident,feel at homeXie Lei felt _ because_.feelingstimeat homeshe has adapted to th
23、e new environmentfeel at homePart Two Reading1.What kind of girl is Xie Lei?2.What is the writers attitude to her and her experience?Optimistic,persistentNeutral.Part Two ReadingScan the passage and gather information about the challenges Xie Lei faced and what she did to deal with them.Part Two Rea
24、dingPart Two ReadingPart Three Thinking1.What other challenges do you think students studying abroad like Xie Lei might face?How can students prepare to handle these challenges before going abroad?They might experience culture shock,homesickness,become financially stressful,and be at risk of getting
25、 infected with COVID-19.To handle these challenges,one can find a peer,turn to other Chinese students who have been in the foreign country for some time,set up a social media account,and check the local policies and customs and get vaccinated(接种疫苗接种疫苗).Part Three Thinking2.What bridge did Xie Lei bu
26、ild and how has she helped to build it?She builds a bridge between China and the UK by acting as a cultural messenger sharing Chinese culture with people around her.Part Three Thinking3.Why does Xie Lei need to act as a cultural messenger?makes an open mind possible establishes mutual understanding,
27、trust and respectavoids misunderstandingPart Three Thinking4.What makes a good cultural messenger?respect cultural diversitybe positive representation of the country we are fromgood at communication .Part Four SummaryXie Leis experience on an exchange programmefeelingstimePay attention to the logica
28、l links between information.Part Four Summaryan article from the features of a newspaper title,subtitle,and picture(s)organised in a logical orderciting original words of the intervieweedescribing objective factsHomeworkGive an oral presentation.Suppose you are Xie Lei.You are asked to share your experience in London with your Chinese friends,what would you say?Thank you!
