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1、大学英语 实用阅读(上)CollegeEnglishReadingUnit12Text:GreenBurials:ThinkingOutsidetheBoxSupplementaryReading:Passage1HowFunerals:AnOldTraditionReturnsPassage2WasteleadstoWorryinIndonesiaComprehensionLead-inQuestionsSupplementaryReading1VocabularyBlankfillingPost-readingDisc
2、ussionsSupplementaryReading2Lead-inQuestionsI.Directions:beforereadingthetext,thinkaboutthefollowingquestionsanddiscussthemwithyourpartners:1.HaveyouanyfamilyexperiencewithfuneralsinChina?Wouldyousharesomeofyourthoughtsandfeelingsaboutthefuneralpracticesyouhavewit
3、nessedorexperienced?2.Whataresomeofthetraditionsassociatedwithanormalfamilyfuneral?AreyoufamiliarwiththebasicburialtenetsorphilosophyoffuneralsinChina?Whataretheseasyouunderstandthem?3.Inyouropinion,arefunerals,theirtraditionsandburialpractices,controlledbycommerc
4、ialFuneralHomes?Doyouthinktheaveragepersonhasmuchinputintohowafuneralserviceshouldbeconductedforafamilymemberorevenmuchsayinthedisposaloftheremains;whetherburialofremainsinacoffin,cremation,orgreenburial?Howmuchofthedifferenceintheseisdeterminedsolelybytheabilityo
5、fthefamilytopay?WouldyoucaretospeculatewhatthecostofafuneralisinChinatoday?Ofthethreetypesofbodydisposalmentionedabove,istheremuchvarianceofprice?4.WhatarethedifferencesbetweenChineseFuneralsandburialpracticesandthoseofAmerica?Considerpricing,theupfrontcostjusttoe
6、mployaparticularfuneralhome.(Westernerscallit“thewalk-inprice”beforetheadd-ons.Add-onsincludecemeteryfees,useoffamilysizelimousines,obituarynoticesinthenewspaper,overtheradio,flowers,coffinswhetherwood-cardboard-wallboard,steel,anurnforashesifcremation,orplasticba
7、gintheeventofgreenburial.Etc.Alwaysaskwhatyouaregettingforthewalkinprice!)5.TowhatextentareGreenBurialspermittedand/orpracticedinChinatoday?ExplainyourunderstandingofGreenBurialandhowtheydifferfromtraditionalfuneralpractices.DoyouthinkGreenBurialisagoodwaytoprotec
8、tourenvironment?Explainyourargumentwithillustrationsorexamples.DoyouknowofanyGreenBurialsinChina?Canyougiveussomeexamples?VocabularyI.Inthefollowingsent
