21世纪实用研究生英语系列教程新英语视听说教程(第2版)/万向兴/21世纪实用研究生英语系列教程

Unit 1 Differences Between CulturesCommunicative Focus Expressions on culture and cross-cultural communicationsThinking Ahead Discuss the following questions in groups. 1. How do you think about the word “culture”? 2. Why should we study cross-cultural communication?Part Ⅰ Video TimeIn this part, you will have 2 tasks to accomplish.Task 1 In task 1, you will watch a video clip from Gua Sha and then do the exercises as required. Before watching, you are supposed to read the words, expressions and cultural notes related to the video.Words and Expressionscounselor n. sb. whose job is to help and support people with legal problems 法律顾问hearing n. a meeting of a court or special committee to find out the facts about a case 听证会formality n. sth. that you must do as a formal or official part of an activityor process 程序indisputable adj. that is true and cannot be disagreed with 不容置疑的 conjecture n. an idea or opinion formed by guessing 推测，猜测inflict v. to make sb. suffer sth. unpleasant 加害incontrovertible adj. definitely true and impossible to be proved false 无可争议的ludicrous adj. completely unreasonable, stupid, or wrong 荒唐的，滑稽的authoritative adj. that you can trust and respect as true and correct 权威的for the sake of 为了……的利益Cultural Notes1. Child Welfare Agency（儿童福利院）：Shortened as CWA, it is an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children. 2. Gua Sha（刮痧）：Literally translated as “scraping sand”, it is a massage-like technique utilizing a round edge instrument to stimulate the affected area. Usually using a therapeutic（治疗的）oil as lubrication（ 润滑油 ），the area is stimulated in a stroking manner to relieve congestion and stagnation.