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salad木须肉

steak

What’s different?

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salad木须肉

steak

CulturalDifference

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Planning a Visit to Miami

Charlie

Steve

Paul

Questions before listening?•Who?

•When?

•Where?

•What?

•Why?

•How?

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Planning a Visit to Miami

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Planning a Visit to Planning a Visit to MiamiMiami

Miami Beach is a strip of miles of fine golden sand with emerald waters. People flock to Miami for business, sun, sand, beaches, and entertainment - this place really rocks!

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Planning a Visit to Miami

Charlie

Steve

Paul

Reach agreement?Reach agreement?

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They are talking about how…

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Charlie

Steve

Paul

Planning a Visit to Miami

Flying is too expensive.

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Charlie

Steve

Paul

Planning a Visit to Miami

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Charlie

Steve

Paul

Planning a Visit to Miami

•can’t fall asleep•too uncomfortable

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Charlie

Steve

Paul

Planning a Visit to Miami

•won’t go by bus•seats: too small•Room: not enough for my leg

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Charlie

Steve

Paul

Too old to take on a long trip

Rent a car?

Too expensive

•Share the expense•Won’t cost too much

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Charlie

Steve

Paul

How long?

•On the road•2 or 3 days

Too much time spend in car

•Enough time?•New semester to start

Take turns driving & sleeping

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Charlie

Steve

Paul

A good place:•Very comfortable•Wear casual clothes•Inexpensive•Good food

At home

Terrible!

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What’s in the different Culture?What’s in the different Culture?

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obesehuge size/very fat

pay more for one more seat

false diet/unhealthyjunk food

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They can travel by…They can travel by…

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They can travel by…They can travel by…driving one’s own carrenting a car

Make a reservationTake a shuttle bus to the company at airportPick up the car at the parking lotDrive the car with the help of GPSReturn the car in 5 minutes

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•share the expense

•2 or 3 days on the road

•take turns driving and sleeping

•The new semester is going to start on Jan. 15.

winter vacation (from Christmas to Jan. 10 around)

summer vacation (from the early June or July to early September)

spring break (early March)

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What Friendship Means to What Friendship Means to Americans?Americans?

Listening Task 2

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What What Culture?Culture?•Americans are always talking.

•Silence makes most Americans uncomfortable.•Talk about the weather > encounter a lapse in conversation.

•Americans are friendly to everyone

•Don’t mistake friendliness for friendship.

•Don’t mistake friendliness for physical attraction.•Friendly but not necessary interested in dating you.

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A DialogueA Dialogue

Listening Task 3

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• Be yourself and act naturally.

• Arrive the host’s home on time or a few minutes later.

• Bring a small but not expensive gift.

• Get Americans to talk about themselves, if you don’t know what to say.

What’s cultural?What’s cultural?

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BIG family

FAT food

GREEK lifestyle

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Toula Portokalos is 30, Greek, and works in her family's restaurant, Dancing Zorba's, in Chicago.

Toula met Ian Miller, a high school English teacher;they date secretly for a while before her family finds out.

All her father Gus wants is for her to get married to a nice Greek boy.

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Toula’s family keeps their Greek way of life.

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Toula’s family keeps their Greek way of life.

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When the two cultures encountered, …

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Father’s speech at the reception party

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Melting Pot

Salad Bowl

Mosaic

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Assimilation

segregation in housing and schools

socioeconomic inequality

prejudice

Intermarriage

4 dimension

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4 dimension

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♪ all the ingredients are mixed together.

♪ Yet they never lose their shape, form or identity.

♪ Together, however, the ingredients make up a unity.

♪ They may be covered with the same dressing, but the green vegetables, tomatoes, lettuce and eggs can all be seen for what they are.

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Immigrant populations within the United States are not being blended together in one "pot", but rather they are transforming American Society into a truly multicultural mosaic.

We are fruit!

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learning a foreign language is understanding the cultural difference.