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HunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-lingCulturalEncounters`1Unit4HunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-lingContentsWarmingUp1Pre-reading2While-reading3Post-Reading4HunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-lingWarmingupHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-lingWarmingupHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-lingHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-lingtietheknot:(slang.)getmarriedtotieaknotinapieceofstring在一根绳子上打结Aknotofpeoplestoodtalkingoutsidethedoor.knot---unknotPart4languagepoints:GiventhatI’msometimesasanactorwrappedupinhisego.giventhat:considering…providedthat…:ifprovidingthat…:ifHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-ling12).Sheworeanewhairpieceeverydayandwasconsideredabigwig.13).Oldmathteachersneverdie,theyjustbecomeirrational.14).Whenaclockishungryitgoesbackfourseconds.15).HedrovehisexpensivecarintoatreeandfoundouthowtheMercedesbends.(benz)11).Abicyclecan'tstandonitsownbecauseitistwo-tyred.英语中有趣的双关语Pre-readingHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-ling空对着，山中高士晶莹雪；终不忘，世外仙姝寂寞林。杰拉尔德·R·福特（1913年出生）是美国第38任总统，他说话喜欢用双关语。“我是一辆福待，不是林肯。”众所周知，林肯既是美国很伟大的总统，又是一种最高级的名牌小汽车；福特则是当时普通、廉价而大众化的汽车。福特说这句话，一是表示谦虚，一是为了标榜自己是大众喜欢的总统。杨柳青青江水平，闻郎江上唱歌声。东边日出西边雨，道是无晴却有晴。Pre-readingHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-lingLanguagePoints2.givesb.aride:giveafreejourneytosb.3.collide:tohiteachotheraccidentallyTwosupertankerscollidedintheroughseas.Derivation:collisionn.head-oncollision4.survive:tonotdieinanaccidentorwarorfromanillnessCollocation:survivesth.Derivation:survivorn.Pre-readingHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-lingLinguisticevidenceofculture1.Greetings:hi,hello,howareyou?2.Termsofaddress:Mr.Mrs.Ms.Miss,Sirtongzhi,shifu,Uncle/Aunt/Granny/Chairman/PremierZhang3.Thanksandcompliment:thanks…colors:thanks…green-eyedblue-moodAwhitelieinablackyellowjournalism4.Privacyandtaboos5.Roundoffnumbers6.idioms,proverbs,metaphorsHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-ling3.Annhas…intuition:Annhasconcisesenseandshecanalwaysjudgecorrectly.intuition:thepowerofsensingorknowingwithouttheuseofrationalprocessesTheoldhunterknewbyintuitionthatthedeerwasnearby.woman’s/feminineintuition2.survivor’sguilt:IfeelguiltyasasurvivorLinguisticevidenceofcultureHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-lingLuckydog:aluckypersonCleverdog:acleverboyDumbdog:silentpersonorwhokeepssecretsLeadadog’slife:liveanexhaustedlifePutonthedog:putonairLovemelovemydog.Barkingdogseldombite.Everydoghashisday.McDonald'sHamburgerapplepieLinguisticevidenceofcultureHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-lingplayoneselfinthelion'smouth置身虎穴comeinlikealionandgooutlikealamb虎头蛇尾likeakeyinalion'hide狐假虎威onehundredandonethanks千恩万谢haveonethousandonethingstodo日理万机springuplikemushrooms雨后春笋asplentifulasblackberries多如牛毛spendmoneylikewater挥金如土”LinguisticevidenceofcultureHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-ling芝士cheese咖啡coffee咖喱curry忌廉cream热狗hotdog三明治sandwich汉堡包hamburger威士忌whisky沙发sofa芭蕾舞ballet席梦思床simmonsbed苏打soda雷达radar嬉皮士hipys来复枪rifleCanyounamesomeChinesewordsoriginatingfromEnglish?Pre-readingHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-linglincredible林以置信linderella林黛瑞拉lindex林指数lindustrial林产业linvincible林无敌lindynasty林王朝linbama林巴马lincentive林刺激linteresting林有趣linjaTurtle林者神龟gelivableantizenkongfuChinawoodChinabearTaikongautCanyounamesomeEnglishwordsoriginatingfromChinese?Pre-readingHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-ling---Howareyou?---Oh,surviving.5.insist:tosayordosth.firmlyCollocation:insist+oninsistthat+(should)v.ifyouinsist(inf.)Thereareconcernsthattherefugeescannotsurvivethewinter.HunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-lingL.A.---LosAngelesA.L.---AlabamaN.D.---NorthDakotaA.K---AlaskaO.H.---OhioM.E.---MaineO.K.---OklahomaM.D.---MarylandO.R.---OregonC.A.---CaliforniaM.A.---MassachusettsP.A.---PennsylvaniaLanguagepointsPart21.AbbreviationofsomeAmericanStatesHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-ling辨析:instinct&intuitioninstinct:aninbornpatternofbehaviorthatischaracteristicofaspeciesandisoftenaresponsetospecificenvironmentalstimuli:本能一种天生的行为方式，其因物种不同而各异，通常是对某一具体环境刺激的反应aggressiveinstinct攻击性本能motherinstinctsexualinstinctAboutthewriterBornin1945HunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-lingdepressed:inaverygloomystateDerivation:depressionn.theGreatDepression(1929-1933)suicidal:a.relatingtosuicideDerivation:suicide:n.killingoneselfThefamousactorcommitsuicidelastnight.4.WhenIbecamedepressedandsuicidal:AboutthewriterHunanCityUniversityForeignLanguageDepartmentHEJing-lingEverylanguageispartofaculture.AsBrownexplains,“Itisapparentthatculture,asaningrainedsetofbehaviorsandmodesofperception,becomeshighlyimportantinthelearningofasecondlanguage.Alanguageisapartofaculture,andacultureisapartofalanguage;thetwoareintricatelyinterwovensothatonecannotseparatethetwowithoutlosingthesignificanceofeitherlanguageorculture.Theacquisitionofasecondlanguage,exceptforspecialized,instrum