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1、Unit1:CultureTeachingObjectives1.Tounderstandthedefinitionsofculture.2.Toknowaboutthemetaphorsofculture.3.Tolearnaboutthecharacteristicsofculture.Warm–upQuestions1.HowdidChineseandAmericanperceiveParents’beatingtheirownchilddifferently?Toshowrespecttotheotherorgivethefa
2、cetotheotherIllegalasthechildabuse2.WhatisagoodfriendinChineseandAmericanculture?BeloyaltoeachotherandneverbetrayeventolieBehonestandconstructiveandhelpful3.HowdidSunwukonginAJourneytotheWestrepresentthetraditionalChinesevaluesandethics?Warmhearted,compassionate,perseve
3、rantBad-tempered,violentDefinitionofCultureCultureisubiquitous,multi-dimensionalandall-pervasive,aswehaveitalmostanywhereandanytime.Sowhatisculture?Itisestimatedthattherearemorethan164definitionsofculture.Wearetryingtoexaminethethreeingredientsofculturetoreachanconsensu
4、s(pg.5-6).ThreeIngredientsartifactsbehaviorconcepts(beliefs,values,worldviews…)e.g.Whereasthemoneyisconsideredanartifact,theactualspendingandsavingofthemoneyisbehavior.Thenthevalueplacedonitisaconcept.FromAnthropologicPerspectiveCultureis"thecivilizationsandachievements
5、ofaparticulartimeorpeople."Thisisananthropologist'sdefinition.GreekcultureEgyptiancultureChinesecultureBabylonFromIntellectualPerspectiveAccordingtotheConciseOxfordDictionary,cultureis"theartsandothermanifestationsofhumanintellectualachievementregardedcollectively".Itre
6、ferstointellectualperspective,suchasmusic,art,exhibition,dance,etc.WhenyoutalkaboutPicasso,Beethoven,etc.,youaretalkingaboutculture.musicexhibitiondancePicassoBeethovenFromPsychologicalPerspectiveCultureisanobservablepatternofbehaviorwhichdistinguishesthemembersofonecat
7、egoryofpeoplefromanother.FromInterculturalCommunicationPerspectiveCultureisalearnedsetofsharedinterpretationsaboutbeliefs,values,andnorms,whichaffectthebehaviorofarelativelylargegroupofpeople.SummaryCultureinvolvesatleastthreecomponents:thematerialandspiritualproductspe
8、opleproducewhattheydowhattheythinkMetaphorsforCultureByexaminingthemetaphorsforculture,wearegoingtofigureoutth