高级商务英语听说（第二版）Unit13EffectiveCommunication－LanguageandCulture

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1、EffectiveCommunication—LanguageandCulture有效沟通—语言文化Unit13LearningobjectivesStudentswillbeabletoillustratethecloserelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture.Studentswilllearnhowtoincreaseculturalawarenessinlanguagelearningandinterculturalcommunication.Answerstothecomprehensionquestio

2、ns1.Whatistherelationshipbetweenlanguage,cognitionandculturalsetting?Muchoftherecentworkhasrevealedthatlanguageisrelatedtocognition,andcognitioninturnisrelatedtotheculturalsetting.2.Whatthreewordsaregivenasexamplesofcloserelationshipbetweenlanguageandenvironmentinthearticle?Cam

3、el,bambooandsnow.Answerstothecomprehensionquestions3.Whydoestheauthorsaylanguageisamirrorofculture?Giveexamples.Languageisamirrorofculturebecauselanguagenotonlyreflectstheenvironmentinwhichwelive,butalsoreflectsculturalvalues,reflectinghumanrelationshipsandthewaythesocietyopera

4、tes.ForexampleChinesekinshiptermsreflecttheimportanceofourfamilysystem.4.WhatisthemainideaoftheSapir-Whorfhypothesis?Whyisitimportant?ThemainideaoftheSapir-Whorfhypothesisisthatlanguagenotonlyservesasamechanismforcommunication,butasaguidetosocialreality.Ithasbecomeoneofthemosti

5、mportanttheoreticalformulationsconcerninglanguage.PartABusinessNewsFirstlistening:listenforthegistWhatisthemainideaofthenewsreport?ThenewsreporttellshowtheconceptofCultureYearwascreatedandhowtheChineseCultureYearwillprovideacomprehensivepictureofChinesesocietyanditspeople.What

6、isthemainideaofthetwostories?Thetwostoriesareaboutthemiscommunicationcausedbyunawarenessofimpliedmeaningsofwordsindifferentcultures.Thefirstisabouttheword“corn”andthesecondisthephrase“totableanitem”,bothhavingdifferentimpliedmeaningsbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.Secon

7、dlistening:listenforspecificinformationInthisparttheteacherhasgreatfreedomandflexibilitytoaskstudentsquestions,toclarifyanydifficultlanguagepoints,toaddinsupplementarymaterialsasbackgroundknowledgeorin-depthunderstandingofthelisteningmaterials.Noticehowtheseexpressionsarediffe

8、rentbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish:corn,maize