牛津高中英语单元补充阅读(Module6,Unit3)

江苏省泗阳中学高二实验班阅读训练选编：胡学军December16,20101单元延伸阅读1（建议：同学们，根据江苏高考阅读文章长、信息量大的特点，我们将对课本话题进行延伸阅读。保持每天阅读1-3篇文章。如果文章500词以上，就读一篇，500词以下就读2篇。保持到高考前，定能超过《课标》要求，在高考时得到高分。加油！）1．CULTURALDIFFERENCES:JAPANESEANDAMERICANCLASSROOMSIthasbeenabout10dayssinceIcametotheUSA.ThisismyfirsttimetocometotheUSA,soatthebeginningIhadnoideaabouteverythingsurroundingme,especially,abouthowmystudieswouldbegoing.Butactually,astimegoesbyIhavegottentoknowhowanAmericanUniversityis.So,today,IwouldliketowriteaboutthedifferencesbetweenAmericanandJapaneseUniversities.First,IhavenoticedadifferencebetweenanAmericanUniversityandaJapaneseUniversityintermsofthestyleofalesson.InJapan,studentsattendingaclassnevertalktotheprofessorduringthelecture,eveniftheyhaveaquestionaboutthethingthattheprofessoristalkingabout.Theyjustlistentothelecture,andtheprofessorkeepsspeaking.Evenwhentheprofessoraskssomethingtothestudents,nobodyanswersunlesstheprofessorcallshisorhername.Andeveniftheprofessorpointsatsomeoneandcallsaname,sometimesthepersonjustsays,Idon'tknow,becausetheydonothavemuchconfidenceaboutwhethertheansweristrueorreasonableandtheyareafraidofmakingmistakes.江苏省泗阳中学高二实验班阅读训练选编：胡学军December16,20102Incontrast,intheUSA,studentsattendingaclassoftentalktotheprofessorduringthelecturewhenevertheyhaveaquestionortheyhaveanopinion.So,aprofessorintheUSAsometimeshastostopthelecturetotalkaboutorexplainthethingaskedbyastudentevenduringthelecture.Whentheprofessoraskssomethingtothestudents,someoneanswersthequestionvoluntarily,andsomeoneelsewouldanswerthequestionifhisorheranswerisdifferentfromthefirstperson.AtthattimeIthinkthestudentsdon'tworryaboutwhethertheiranswersarerightornot,buttheyanswerbecausesomethingoccurstothem.Secondly,IhavenoticedadifferencebetweenAmericanandJapaneseclassroomsintermsoftherelationshipbetweenteachersandstudents.InJapan,aprofessorisconsideredtobeapersonwhoteachesaparticularsubject.So,ateacherjustteacheshisorherprofessionalthingtothestudentsandnevertalksaboutprivatethingstothestudents,evenoutsideofclass.Wehavetoputahugedistancebetweenourselvesandtheteachers,andhavetocallthemProfessorSato,forexample.Theprofessorscallusalsobyourlastnames,withMr.orMiss.(Someprofessorscallthestudents'lastnameswithoutMr.orMiss.)So,wenevertalkaboutprivatematterswiththem.Inthiscase,theprivatemattersincludedailystuff,suchasourfailureinacourseorourpart-timejob,orwhateverisbeingusedindailyconversation.Incontrast,inanAmericanuniversityaprofessordoesteach,ofcourse,theirprofessionalsubjects,buttheytendtotalkabouttheirpersonalmatterstosomeextent,eveninlessons.Ihaveheardfromsomeprofessorsabouthowtheirhusbandorwifeisandalsoabouttheirdailyaffairs.Outsidetheclass,thestudentstalktotheirprofessorsabouttheirlives,forexample,whentheymeetinthecafeteriaorsnackbar.Imeantheyhaveadailyconversationwitheachother.Somestudentscalltheirprofessorsbytheirfirstnamesiftheprofessordoesnotmind,andtheprofessorsalwayscallthestudentsbytheirfirstnames,evenintheclasses.江苏省泗阳中学高二实验班阅读训练选编：胡学军December16,20103Thirdly,Ihavenoticedadifferenceinregardtotheclassroommannersofboththestudentsandteachers.InaclassroomofauniversityinJapan,studentshavetobeformaltoshowrespecttoateacher.Drinkingasoftdrinkorchewinggumduringalessonisconsideredtobebadmanners.Iwouldsayastudentwhohashisorherfeetonachairnearbywouldbetoldtoleavetheclass.Incontrast,Americanstudentsdothethingsmentionedabove,butunlesstheyinterruptalecture,theyarenotconsideredtobebad.AsforthebehaviorofteachersinJapan,theyalwaysstandupduringtheirlecturesandneversitdown.Incontrast,intheUSA,theysitdownonachairorevenonadeskinthefrontofaclassroomduringlessons,althoughtheysometimesstandup.Lastly,IhavenoticedadifferencebetweenAmericanUniversitiesandJapaneseUniversitiesintermsofthevolumeofhomeworkorpreparationforthenextlesson.InJapan,fewteachersrequestthatstudentsprepareforthenextlessonordohomework.Eveniftheydo,wedonot,sincewedonotprovokeconversationandtheteachercannotfindoutifwehavedoneitornot.Incontrast,inanAmericanUniversity,thestudentsarerequiredtostudyhardtoprepareforthenextlessonsinordertodiscussparticularthingswhenthetimecomes.Andalso,teachersoftenaskthestudentstoreadcertainbooksortowritereportsdueonacertainday.Iwouldsaythesearehomework.Ifthestudentsignorethem,itiseasilyfoundoutthattheyarelazyorunmotivated,andasaresultofthattheywouldgetbadscores.IamthinkingaboutthesekindsofdifferencesnotbecauseIamtryingtojudgewhichisbetter,butbecauseIhavefeltthedifferencesbyfacingthetwoofthem.Iwouldsaythedifferencescomefromtheculturaldifferences,notjustfromthedifferencesintheireducationalsystems.（911词）2.CustominThailand江苏省泗阳中学高二实验班阅读训练选编：胡学军December16,20104PeopleliveinThailandhavedifferentcultureandfoodfromAmericanpeopleoranothercountry.Firstofall,wehaveagreatrespectolderpeopleandparents.Welistentoourparentsandolderpeople.Whenwegotoschoolinthemorning,webowgoodbytoourparentsandwecomebackwedothatagain.Webowwhenwemeetolderpeople.Wenevershakehandsorkissotherpeople.Closefriendsdotouchoneanotherwhenspeaking.Superiorsmayalsotouchsubordinatestoshowkindnessorconcerns.InThailand,itiscommontoseefriendsofs