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Unit 3 Understanding each other
主题: 人与社会 子话题: 人际沟通 对应教材: 必修5 Unit 1 Getting along with others; 选修6 Unit 3 Understanding each other
Ⅰ. 细品味经典文章
Many countries follow special customs when a child’s baby teeth fall out. Many of these customs tell stories about animals taking the teeth.
For example, Koreans have the custom of throwing the fallen tooth onto the roof of a house so that a magpie(喜鹊) can take the tooth away and bring a new tooth for the child. This custom is also followed by some other Asian countries, such as Japan and Vietnam.
Other countries, though, have tooth customs about other animals. In Mexico and Spain, for example, it is thought that a mouse takes a fallen tooth away and leaves some money. But in Mongolia, it is dogs that take children’s teeth away. Dogs are highly respected in Mongolian culture. It is believed that the new tooth will grow strong if the baby tooth is fed to a dog, so parents in Mongolia will put their children’s fallen teeth in a piece of meat and feed it to a dog.
In France and the USA, a child will put a fallen tooth under his or her pillow before going to bed. It is thought that in the early morning, when the child is still sleeping, the Tooth Fairy will take the tooth away and leave
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something else under the pillow. What she will leave is hard to know. It is said that in France the Tooth Fairy may leave some candies; however, in the United States, she may leave money. Ⅱ. 按要求完成任务
1. 孩子的牙掉了, 不同的国家有不同的处理方式, 让我们一起看看。 Korea: throwing the fallen tooth onto the roof of a house.
Mexico and Spain: a mouse takes a fallen tooth away and leaves some money.
Mongolia: dogs take children’s teeth away.
France and the USA: put a fallen tooth under his or her pillow before going to bed.
2. 你认为处理不同国家的不同风俗, 最好的办法是什么?
On the one hand, natural understanding is the basis of building friendships and relationships. Only when the two sides of people understand each other can they put away the differences and cooperate with each other.
Ⅰ. 重点词汇
1. ensure vt. 保证; 担保 【教材原句】Roosters are supposed to drive bad spirits away from the wedding ceremony, and hens are thought to ensure good luck for the marriage. (P34)人们认为公鸡能把鬼魂从婚礼仪式上赶走, 母鸡能确保
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婚姻好运。 【词块必记】
ensure sth. 保证某事 ensure sb. sth. 保证/确保某人(得到)某物
ensure sb. from/against . . . 保护某人免受……的伤害 ensure that . . . =make sure that. . . 确保/保证…… 【巧学助记】 “确保, 保证”表达法聚焦 make sure=ensure 确保, 保证 assure确保, 向……保证 guarantee确保, 保证 make certain of确保 see to it that . . . 确保…… 【语境速测】 句型转换
①The teachers spared no effort to guarantee that all students had an equal chance.
→The teachers spared no effort to ensure an equal chance to all students(ensure). 单句语法填空
②There must be safety devices to ensure workers against accidents. 完成句子
③To ensure food safety (为了确保食品安全), the government has promised to reduce the amount of chemicals used in food production.
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