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1、QuestionsforDiscussion1)Doyouagreethatmenandwomenseldommeanthesamethingsevenwhentheyusethesamewords?Arethereanyexamplesinyourdailylifethatmaysupportyourpointofview?Pre-ReadingQuestionsPartTwo:In-ClassReading>>GlobalReading1)—Yes,Iagree.Malespeakersaremoredir
2、ect,andfemalespeakersaremoreindirectortactful.SamplePartTwo:In-ClassReading>>GlobalReading—Usually,whenpeoplesaysomething,theytrytomakethemselvesunderstoodbyexpressingtheliteralmeaning.Butonsomeoccasions,thesamewordscanhavedifferentmeanings.Forexample,whenaw
3、omanfallsinlove,herwordstoherlovermayimplysomethingspecial.Whenshesaysthatshefeelscold,shemightactuallymeanthatit’stimeforthemantomoveclosertoher.Inthatcase,itisaninvitationtothemantoholdherhands,ortoputhisarmsaroundher.PartTwo:In-ClassReading>>GlobalReading
4、2)Besidesthegenderdifferences,arethereanyotherdifferencesthatmaycausepeopletospeakdifferently?PartTwo:In-ClassReading>>GlobalReading2)—Ithink,besidesgenderdifferences,differencesinsocialposition,educationbackground,culture,occupationandagemayalsocauseproblem
5、sinunderstandingeachother.—Inmyopinion,thosewhospeakthesamelanguagemayexpressthemselvesdifferentlybecausetheyhavedifferentpersonalities,likesanddislikes,orvaluesystems.Alltheseworktogethertoleadtodifferentpersonalstylesorwaysofcommunication.PartTwo:In-ClassR
6、eading>>GlobalReadingWhydidMartiansandVenusiansencountermanyproblemswithrelationshipswhentheyfirstgottogether?(Para.1)2)Whatwasoneofthesecretsoftheirsuccess?(Para.1)Becausetheyrecognizedthattheyweredifferent.Theyneedtosolvetheseproblems.Oneofthesecretsofthei
7、rsuccesswasgoodcommunication.QuestionstotheTextPartTwo:In-ClassReading>>GlobalReading3)HowcouldMartiansandVenusianscommunicatewelleveniftheyspokedifferentlanguages?(Para.2)4)HowdidMartiansandVenusiansunderstandthecommunicationproblems?(Para.3)Theypulledoutth
8、eirphrasedictionariestounderstandeachothermorefullyorwenttoatranslatorforhelp.Theyassumedthatitwasjustoneofthoseexpectedmisunderstandingsandthatwithalittleassistancetheywouldsurelyunderstandeach
