M6U3Cultural differencesHi, everyone. My name’s Ma Li.Ma Li: I need some help on my homework—it’s about cultural differences. Can I sit down and talk to you?Hi, Ma Li, I’m Waled from Brunei.And I’m Peter, from the UK. Nice to meet you.Nice to meet you, too. Can you tell me about some cultural differences you have found?Waled, why don’t you tell her about the British teacher 【who opened the present as soon as he received it ______ _______ _______ ceremony】?Oh, I already know about that one. My American friend Jack did the same thing. Well, it’s【what we do in the West】.It’s rude not to open a present when someone gives you one.We like to see 【how______ _______ _______】.We think it’s strange ______ _______ _______ it!What would be______ _______ _______ …let me think.Well, I once went to a______ _______ _______ in Korea and I was very surprised.Why was that?Well, they had a _____hen and a rooster ______ _______ _______ of the wedding ceremony.Live chickens?Yes. Roosters ______ _______ _______ ______ bad spirits _______from the wedding ceremony, and hens ______ _______ _______ ______ good luck for the _________.During the ceremony, the hen_____ an egg, and everyone ________the new couple because it ______ _______ _______ _______.That’s interesting!In Brunei, ______ _______ _______ men and women have to sit in _______areas—the men with the bridegroom, and the women with the bride.Another difference is that while we______ food, soft drinks, tea and coffee, alcohol______ _______ _______ at the wedding reception—in fact, _____is _______ _______ in Brunei.And you ______ _______ _______much sleep if you lived near where a wedding reception was being held.______ _______ we play loud drums to______ the wedding for hours ______ , and sometimes even ______ _______ _______Throughout the night?Yeah, people______ _______ _______ it.So what ______ _______ do you do in your country that______ _______ _______ other countries, Waled?Well, you know in many countries people point with their first finger. However, in Brunei that can ______ _______ ,so we use our______ _______ _______.It’s quite funny _______the new foreign teachers trying to ______ _______ _______that.take off your shoes ______ ________ into someone’s house.Many foreigners have trouble______ _______ _______it.But 【what is really interesting】is【that there are sometimes great cultural ______ _______ _______native English speakers】.I am always_______ _______【how Americans are so different from us Brits】. 【Even though we share the same language—with ______ _______ , of course—】our customs are ______ _______ _______.Really?Yes. For example, I have______ _______ _______ of Bonfire Night, but my American friends______ _______ _______ that _____- festival.Well, I’m ______ _______ _______ it ______.Oh, it’s a celebration that ______ _______ _______ November 5th every year. They ______ _______ _______ outside, and everyone _______ _______andhas a party.There are ______ _______ _______, and everyone eats hot dogs and other food【that can ______ _______ _______the fire】.It’s great fun.Well, ______ _______ _______me to go.This has been a ______ _______ _______.I think now I understand a lot more about different cultures and what is _______ _______.It’s really helped me______my homework!I hope we can talk again soon.After all, _____--about cultural differences is a good way to understand more about each other. See you later!See you!Right, later!M6U3ProjectCultural Experience Tours—the travel company ____ _____ ____. We ____ you the chance to visit ____ _____ ____ and____ _____ ____their traditions, customs and ____ _____ ____.Tour 1—limit ExperienceA ____ _____ ____the Inuit people of Nunavut in Canada. While ____ _____ the Inuit people you will have the chance to ____ ____ a dog sled and travel in a ______boat.If you do not eat meat, this tour is not for you, ____the Inuit eat ____ seal, deer, whale meat and fish. This means they need to ____ _____ to ____ _____ food in the Arctic Circle. You will join them there, and stay _____ ____ and wear clothes made from animal skin.The Inuit ____ _____ animal spirits. They usually live in small family groups but have large summer____ _____ ____ and_____. You will have the chance to join one of these large assemblies and ____ _____ ____ the dancing, listen to ____ _____of ____ , and play games. While dancing you may even be asked to wear a ______animal ____ _____ which is usually ____ _____ ____ . You will learn to makesome of their ____ _____, which is made from animal claws and wolf bones.Tour 2—Aborigine AdventureA trip to Kakado in Australia will _______a ____ _____in an Aborigine village. Here you will have the chance to see Aborigine ____ with singing and dancing,____ _____ ____ _____ . These ceremonies sometimes ____ _____ ____ hours. The Aborigines believe that Great Spirits ____ all the people, animals and plants _____ ____ They believe that these Spirits___ people, plants and birds _____different places and made rules and ____ _____ ____ them.The Aborigines collect food from the bush around them and often ____ _____ holes ___- large snakes. You will get the chance to try some very strange food! ____this trip you will get to learn about their ____ _____ and the boomerang, which they use to hunt animals.Tour 3—Mysterious MaorisNew Zealand ____ _____ ____the Maoris. ____ _____ ____that the Maori people came from the Pacific islands of Polynesia. They ____ _____ them a culture ____ ____ song, dance and art. The Maori people ____ _____ many gods _____ ____the God of the Forest and the God of the Sea. These gods ____ _____ ____their song and dance.The Maoris have a ____ _____ ____, ______visitors are welcomed. This will be the place ______you will meet with theMaorisand join _____them _____dance.You will stay with a family in their _____house in the area of Rotura. There you will eat food such as fish and sweet potato, which is ____ _____ leaves ____ _____ hot stones. You will get the chance to eat food _____ in ____ _____. You will also get the chance to ____ _____ ____.Tour 4—Native American Indian AdventureThere are many ____ ____that _____ ____ the Native. American Indian group. On this trip you will visit a tribe ____ _____ ____of North America. They are known ___the Plains Indians,___they live____ _____ ____. The Plains Indians believe in the Great Spirit who ____ _____ ____all firings_____animals, trees, stones and clouds.You will sleep in an Indian tent and wear clothes made from animal skin. You will take part in the Sun Dance, _____ is a very important ceremony, and you will also see ____ _____ a ____pipe. There will be a bow and ____ _____ ____ to ____how the Plains Indians used to ____ ____food. Food will include meat ____ _____ ____ ____ _____.。
