大学英语创意阅读第一册答案

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《大学英语创意阅读》第一册答案

UNIT ONE: Customs

Words to note

Find the words in column A below in the text and try to work out their meanings from the contexts in which they are used. Then match each word with the correct definition in column B.

Column A

Clients Funeral Greedy Indicate Insulting Intimate Modesty Offensive Prohibit Relationship Romantic Superstition Symbol Upset Vary Wrap

People with whom one has a business relationship A ceremony that takes place after someone dies

Wanting more money, things, or power than you need

To express an intention, opinion, or wish in an indirect way Offensive

Relating to very private or personal things

The tendency not to talk about yourself, your achievements, or your abilities even if you are successful

Unpleasant or insulting, and likely to make people upset or embarrassed To officially stop something from being done, especially by making it illegal

The way in which two or more people or groups behave towards each other and are involved with each other

Making you have feelings of love and excitement

A belief that things such as magic or luck have the power to affect your life

Someone or something that represents a particular idea or quality To make someone feel sad, worried, or angry To be different in different situations

To cover something by putting something such as paper or cloth round it

Column B

Understanding the text

Part A: Answer the following questions as fully as possible.

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1. What was the ?mistake? that John Roger?s company made?

They gave clocks to Chinese and the phrase ?give a clock? sounds like make a funeral arrangement.

2. Why are knives considered bad presents in some countries? They symbolize the cutting (i.e. the end) of a relationship.

3. What sort of gifts would be appropriate, according to Rogers?

Things from your own place that are difficult to get locally in the place where you are visiting.

4. How should gifts be offered to people? With both hands.

5. Why do people in Asia sometimes refuse gifts at first?

To show modesty; they do not want to appear greedy.

Part B: Completing a table

Gift Do not give… Unsuitable gifts because…

Clocks Chinese Sounds like making funeral arrangements Wine Muslims Alcohol is against the religion Gift showing ?4? Asians Unlucky number Scissors Latins and Asians Sign of cutting/ending the relationship Flowers Asians Seen as inappropriately romantic Leather Indians Cows revered by Hindus Handkerchiefs Japanese Sign of sadness Clothing Women Seen as inappropriately intimate

Part C:

Complete these sentences

1. Gifts are important because they can strengthen business relationships.

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2. Offering flowers as gifts may not be suitable because they may be seen as inappropriately

romantic.

3. All gifts should be wrapped and presented correctly.

4. Asian people tend to open gifts in private because they don?t want the donor to lose face if

the gift is not appropriate.

5. John Rogers advises you to remember the country?s religion, avoid giving things that are

not appropriate, and choose the wrapping paper carefully.

Developing your skills

Part A: Relating Information in a Text to One’s Own Experience

The students may come up with other plausible answers for the choices below. The key point here is to encourage students to express their conceived/perceived notions about the objects as gifts rather than to make them give a definite right or wrong answer. 1) 2) Gifts a white lantern a green hat Appropriate Inappropriate ? ? Reasons They are used in funerals. If a man is said to be wearing a green hat it means that his wife has had sex with another man since her marriage. Usually a gold ring is given to someone who is very familiar to you like a lover or family member. Because of impact from western culture, Chinese people may consider this too intimate or symbolizes romance. 3) a gold ring ? 4) a bunch of flowers ? 5) 6) a box of chocolates a pair of ? ? 3 由各班团支书辛勤搜集，团支书联席会秘书长蒋润珠，副秘书长董叶子、杨梦

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chopsticks 7) a comb ? In the past combs were sometimes given by women to their fiancés as engagement gifts. 8) a red packet (Hong Bao) ?

What gifts would be suitable for each of the following people? Write your choices in the table below, and then, in pairs, compare your choices and explain to each other why you consider your gifts appropriate.

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)

Gift-Receivers Gifts Pen Clothing Key-chain Diary Local handicraft is getting Household goods Watch your teacher your partners a friend a workmate a foreign guest someone married who someone who has just retired Part B: Using Knowledge of the World to Make Sense of a Text

The topic of the text in this unit is “The Art of Gift-Giving”. There is a lot of information about the practices of people from different cultures. Use your knowledge of the world to supplement the information about the questions below. Write your answers in the space provided.

1) Why do the Chinese feel red is lucky?

Because the colour of blood is red and blood represents life; therefore red is considered lucky as it shows something is alive.

2) Why are gifts showing the number 4 or a gift of 4 items of something considered

unlucky in Japanese, Korean and Chinese cultures?

Because the pronunciation of the number 4 is similar to the word ‘death’ in these cultures.

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