大學(xué)體驗(yàn)英語(yǔ)unit8

Warm-upActivityCulturalNotesLanguagePointsDifficultsentencesSummaryFollow-upActivityAssignmentThinkingaboutit1.HowdoAmericanpeoplecelebrateValentine’sDay?2.WhydoyouthinkmoreandmoreyoungpeoplecelebrateforeignfestivalsorhoildaysinChina?Doesthishaveanythingtodowithglobalization?

3.HowdoyouoryourfriendscelebrateValentine’sday?PassageAHallmark’sAsianValentine1.TheKansascity-basedcompanyhasdevelopedintoa$3.5billioncorporation,fromitsbeginningsin1910whenJoyceC.Hallstartedproducingcardsfromsampleshestoredunderhisbed.自1910年霍爾.馬克根據(jù)他儲(chǔ)藏在床底下賀卡試樣生產(chǎn)賀卡至今，總部設(shè)在堪薩斯的卡片生產(chǎn)公司已經(jīng)發(fā)展成為擁有3.5億美元的企業(yè)。Hallmark’sAsianValentineDifficultSentences2.ToassessjusthowemotionalJapanesemencanbeinallwalksoflife,justrecalltheoccasionalnewsfeatureofatopJapaneseorKoreanCEOapologizingintearsfortheweakperformanceorbankruptcyofhiscompanyinfrontofhisnation'sTVcameras.

評(píng)價(jià)日本男人在生活的各個(gè)方面是如何易動(dòng)感情的，只需回憶一下一個(gè)日本和韓國(guó)的上層首席執(zhí)行官在國(guó)家電視臺(tái)的攝像鏡頭前，淚流滿(mǎn)面地為公司的不良運(yùn)作和破產(chǎn)而道歉的新聞特寫(xiě)的情景就足夠了3.Thus,theircustomerscanachievebothadisplayoftheirhipcosmopolitanflair5,whilealsosendingtheirsweetiethatall-importantmessageofloveatthesametime.這樣，既展現(xiàn)了顧客的時(shí)髦的世界性的品位，同時(shí)又能向他們的心上人表達(dá)至關(guān)重要的愛(ài)戀信息。LanguagePointstakeroot:

becomeestablishedorfixedTheseedssproutedandtookroot.Hisideashavetakenrootinthemindsofhisfollowers.

reign:v.

beinfluential,prevailWhatstillreignsinthecountryisthebeliefthateveryonecanrealizehisorherdreambyhardworkandintelligence.Asenseoffearstillreignedintheofficethoughthecrisiswasover.version:n.

adescriptionoranaccountfromonepointofview,especiallyasopposedtoanother;Yourversionofthestoryisdifferentfromhis.Thefilmversionofthenovelispopularamongtheyoung.dilemma:n.asituationthatrequiresachoicebetweenoptionsthatareorseemequallyunfavorableormutuallyexclusive.Sheranintoadilemmawhenfacedwithachoiceofcareerandlove.Hisfamily’seconomicsituationputshiminadilemma,sincehedoesn’twanttogiveuphiseducation.inhibit:

v.restraineitherconsciouslyorunconsciouslyAsianpeopleareinhibitedinexpressingtheiraffectiontotheirbelovedones.Shynessinhibitedhimfromspeaking.allwalksoflife:allprofessions,occupations,socialstatusTherepresentativescomefromallwalksoflife.

Heenjoyedmakingfriendswithpeoplefromallwalksoflife.bankruptcy:n.bankruptcondition,nothaveenoughmoneytopayone’sdebts,theprocessofbeingdeclaredbankruptTherewereanincreasingnumberofbankruptciesamongsmallshopkeeperswiththeenteringofmultinationalchainsupermarkets.accommodate:v.1)provideaplaceforsomeonetostay,liveorwork;Thenewhotelcanaccommodateupto1000tourists.2)adapt;getintoagreementorintoadjustmentThePresidentseemedunwillingtoaccommodatehimselftothepublicdesires.descendent:n.personwhoisdescendedfromthepersonorpersons named Asoneofthedescendantsofanoldfamily,hefeelsprideforhisancestors.TheyarethedescendantsofthenativeAmericanIndians. cosmopolitan:

a.showingtheinfluenceofmanydifferentcountriesandcultures;Populationexplosionisanissueofcosmopolitanimportance.NewYorkisaverycosmopolitancitywhereyoucanmeetwithpeopleofdifferentraces.

Summary

ThewesterntraditionofcardgivingonValentine’sDayisenjoyingmoreandmorepopularityinAsia.Theworld-renownedHallmarkcardmanufacturingcompanyhasexpandedtheirbusinesstoAsiancountries,sinceAsianmarkethasbiggerpotential.Becauseofculturalnorms,Asianmenaremoreinclinedtosendcardstotheirsweetiestoexpresstheiraffectiontoavoid“l(fā)osingface”.