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Oxford English
Period 5
Module 1 Explorations and exchanges
Oxford English
Unit
2
Culture shock
1
Share your thank-you email.
Show time
Talk time
Discussing similarities and differences
Look at the cartoon and answer the following question.
They are talking about the similarities and differences between them.
2
A1 Sam, an exchange student, is discussing festivals in the US and China with his Chinese teacher, Mr Li. Read their conversation and practise it in pairs. Pay attention to the words in blue.
Top tip
I think ... is (quite/very/completely) different from ...
In my opinion, the difference is .../the differences
are ...
I think … is (quite) similar to ...
In my opinion, ... is (nearly/almost) the same as ...
The similarity is ... /The similarities are ...
Read their conversation again and answer the following questions.
It sounds similar.
Yes. It’s similar.
What do you think are the main differences between the Spring Festival and Thanksgiving
Well, we take part in different activities and eat different kinds of food. In China, people usually set off fireworks and eat dumplings. In the US, we usually watch a Thanksgiving parade and an American football game on TV. We also eat turkey.
Read their conversation again and answer the following questions.
Top tip
similarities
differences
A
B
A and B
Read their conversation again and complete the Venn diagram.
The Spring Festival
The Chinese:
Thanksgiving
The Americans:
come home and
have a big dinner.
eat dumplings;
set off fireworks.
eat turkey;
watch a Thanksgiving parade and an American football game on TV.
Both the Chinese
and Americans:
A2 In pairs, discuss the similarities and differences between other Chinese and Western festivals.
Chinese festivals
Western festivals
Culture corner
English around the world
3
Read the passage and tell us the differences between British English and American English.
No, they don’t.
Grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.
Two. British English and American English.
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
Complete the form about the differences between British English and American English.
Spelling British English American English
favour
centre
Vocabulary trousers
flat
holiday
autumn
favor
center
pants
vacation
fall
apartment
Pronunciation British English American English
glass /ɡlɑ:s/ glass
can’t /kɑ:nt/ can’t
neither / na / neither
Grammar at the weekend
at school
/ɡl s/
/k nt/
/ ni: /
on the weekend
in school
Do you know about other differences between British English and American English Discuss with your classmates.
4
More practice
Read the article about education in the UK and answer the following questions.
What do you know about the UK
What do you know about education in the UK
Read the article about education in the UK and answer the following questions.
Read the article again and complete the time axis below.
Schools in the UK Schools in China
Age for starting school
Types of schools
Number of terms in a school year
Main subjects in primary school
Other subjects in secondary school
Read the article about education in the UK and discuss the differences between education in the UK and China. Then complete the table below.
five
seven
state school and private school
public school and private school
three
two
Maths, English,
History, Geography,
Science, Art, Music and PE
Chinese, Maths,
English, Science, Art, Music, PE
foreign languages,
Technology and
Computer Studies, etc.
Physics, Chemistry,
Biology, History,
Geography, etc.
H
Homework
1. 模仿錄音的語音、語調，朗讀Talk time部分的對話。
2. 完成一篇介紹中國教育體制的短文。
3. 以小組為單位,分工搜集本組最感興趣的一個國家的文化、教育等方面的信息，為完成下節課的課題任務作準備。
4. 完成《練習冊》第24頁Speaking A的練習； 選擇性完成第29至32頁Integration的練習。
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