Unit8

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Unit 8

Warm up

1 sporting; 2 chic; 3 command; 4 forbidden; 5 revolutionary; 6 insured

The captain didn’t need to say anything to the Chinese businessman, for he would not be the first or the last businessman to jump overboard. When he found most of the businessmen were gone already, he would jump overboard himself without being persuaded by the captain.

What the story tells us about people of those different nations may be partially true at best. We must be wary of such over-generalization and over-simplification in our perception of people of other cultures.

Fill-in Task

1. Excuse my French (粗话，冒犯之语), but he’s a bloody nuisance!

2. The headmaster always talks to the pupils like a Dutch uncle（唠哩唠叨训人的人）.

3. I don’t understand this book at all; it’s all Greek （令人费解的话）to me!

4. If you wanted me to go, why didn’t you say so in plain English （平易、明白的英语）instead of making vague hints?

5. Scratch a Russian（抓破俄国人的外皮）, and you’ll find a Tartar（鞑靼人，主要指蒙古游牧民族，被许多欧洲人视为野蛮人）. Do you understand what I mean?

The speaker of the sentence “Scratch a Russian, and you’ll find a Tartar.” implies that Russians are barbaric.

6. Keep away from him; his Irish is up. （动怒，发脾气）

7. I’ll have a couple of drinks to give me Dutch courage (酒后之勇，一时的虚勇) .

8. It‘s good to see that old film star enjoying an Indian summer (兴旺的晚期) with her second highly acclaimed film this year.

9. Before she left, she said a final goodbye and give him a long French kiss（深吻）.

10. The companies do not wish to Welsh on（赖帐，毁约）their debts to banker even though their business seems to be not good at the moment.

Reading II

Q1. What is ethnocentrism？

Q2. What does granted (L. 8, Para. 6) mean?


granted: it is true that … (used to show that you accept that something is true, often before you make another statement about it)

Granted it's not the most pleasant of jobs, but it has to be done.

Q2. How does ethnorelativism view cultural differences?

In view of ethnorelativism, cultural difference is neither good nor bad; it is just different. Each culture has its unique way of judging and comparing dissonance. The values and behavior of a culture can only be judged using that culture as a frame of reference.

Writing

What have you learned from the poem?

1. What we can learn from this poem is that we should not “measure other people’s corn with our own bushel” and we have to remember that “we are only a sort of they” in the eyes of other people.

2. One of the most serious problems in intercultural communication is that we tend to judge other people who are different from us by our own cultural standards and therefore what we think of other people is often biased. What is worse is that negative stereotypes are often formed on the basis of such misleading judgments and prejudices are developed against those we do not like. Racism, sexism, ageism, and extreme nationalism are just some strong prejudices commonly seen in today’s world.

3. For instance, some White Americans may view Blacks as inferior and not worthy of equal treatment because they think Blacks are lazy, dirty and liars. In China, some city dwellers are prejudiced against the farmers who have come to work and live in their cities. The city dwellers may think of those people as dangerous and harmful simply because many of them are not well-educated and do not usually have a permanent job.

4. Doubtlessly these misconceptions and prejudices impede communication between people of different backgrounds and social groups; and each group tend to nourish resentment against other people; minor misunderstanding may be escalated to a clash or strife if it is not addressed in appropriate ways.

Case Study Case 29-32

Further Reading II

Q1. How do we develop stereotypes? How should we prevent stereotypes from affecting our communication with people from other cultures?

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