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1、精品名师归纳总结More practice with the videoVideo 1 Shopping and culture Focus questions for the text1. What are four important things that the British like very much.2. What four different phrases do we use in the text for saying that people like something very much.TextYou can tell a lot about a culture s

2、imply by looking at ordinary people doing their ordinary shopping. What do you think thesesections of a largeretail parkorhypermarke t - tell us about Britain.Yes, Britain is a country where people are very concerned about their home and making it as comfortable as possible.That home will almost cer

3、tainly have a garden. And a cat or a dog or a bird or some fish.A great deal of the work done in the home in terms of homeimprovement will bedo it yourselfor diy as it is usually called.You will remember that in the previous series English In Daily Life we told you that 67% of all accommodation in B

4、ritain is owner-occupied - that means that the person who lives in the house owns thehouse. This makes the average person what we callhouseproud - they want their house to look and feel as attractive and comfortable aspossible. But not only attractive and comfortable - they like to arrange and decor

5、ate their homes in such a way that it looksdifferent from otherpeople s, reflects their individual characters.To help you do this in Britain there are many large shops or even shopping centres that will sell you all the things you need. This is part of the hypermarket that we showed you in the progr

6、amme about shops in the previous series. This is where you will come if you wantto buy bedroom furniture. There are double beds and single beds, and thesebunk beds are popular if you have two small children and not much space. As well as the bed itself, you can buy useful storage cupboards like thes

7、e for spare blankets and sheets, and a wardrobe可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结for your clothes to fit the size of your bedroom. bedside cupboards are useful for putting a reading lamp on, and of course a dressingtable is important, with a nice big mirror for doing your hair and putting on the make-up. A ch

8、est of drawers. Allows you to keep your shirts and underclothes neat and tidy.One of the advantages of the hypermarket is that the layout of the store allows you to wander around at leisure, comparing the differentmodels. You won t bepestered by someone continually asking you whatyou want. But if yo

9、u do need any help in making your choice, there will be a knowledgeable shop assistant to give you information andadvice. You dont buy a new bed or a wardrobe every day, and so youwant to make sure you get value for money. This you can do by walking around and seeing everything and comparing the pri

10、ces with goods inother stores. We call this“shopping around ”. Shopping around is very important to make sure that you get the bestbargain .What is inside a house is very important, but for many British people something outside the house is just as important - the garden. The British arekeen gardene

11、rs . Again, let me remind you what we said about types of accommodation in Britain - most of our houses areeitherdetached, semi-detached, or terraced. all of this type of housing - more than three-quarters - has at least a back garden - and often a smaller front garden as well. So when you go shoppi

12、ng at the weekend, buying things for the garden can take as long as buying things to eat and drink. Most gardens have a lawn - that is, an areaof very carefully-grown grass, which is cut very short. Cutting the grass is also called mowing the grass, and to do that you need alawnmower shopping for a

13、lawnmower can take a long time, becausethe choice is so large.And of course, you have to have things to grow in your garden. You can start with seeds, which you have to sow yourself and then wait for them to grow. Or you can buy plants already grown. Flowers are very important to the British - as th

14、ey are to the Chinese - and you can see that in these public parks. But people also like to have beautiful flowers in their own gardens, and will spend many hours aweek just gardening, especially once they have retired. And thats why the garden centre is a very important specialist shop, which youof

15、ten find in a hypermarket or retail park. And in the town centre, you will find many florists - smaller shops that sell only flowers.Naturally, there are many books on the subject, so that when you have finished your gardening for the day, you can relax and read about it.可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结Peop

16、le also go shopping to buy things for their pets. Pets, of course, are the animals we keep in the house. Over half the households in Britain have a dog or a cat, and many people keep birds and fish as well. We call people like that pet-lovers. walking the dog for many people is the only real exercis

17、e they take, and a dog or a cat in the home can be a friend for an old person or a companion for a child. A pet like this one can carry you for a walk, but if you prefer a petthat doesn t need so much walking, then a bird or some fish alsobrighten up the home. But of course they all need feeding, an

18、d selling pet food is big business, as you can see from these shelves. And just as with gardening, so with keeping pets you can find a whole library of books to help you in the pet section of the hypermarket.This is one of my favourite sections: the tool section, where you can buy all the equipment

19、you need for doing things yourself around the house. Most people who own their own homes are Do-It-Yourself enthusiasts. It can be fun, and it saves you a lot of money.Wallpapering, painting, fitting new lights, putting a name on your house - all these are things that the average Britons would rathe

20、r do themselves, and even the furniture you buy often comes in packs like these that you assemble yourself at home.So, shopping in Britain is not just a question of buying food anddrink or clothes or electronic equipment like radios and TVs. We also do a lot of shopping for the things that are impor

21、tant in our culture:the home, the garden, and our pets. And many of the things we buy areitems that we have to work with in some way, either painting and decorating, or assembling furniture, or looking after our beautiful gardens.Words & Expressions:可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结RetailParksupermarketAn ar

22、ea, usual out-of-town, where specialist shops are grouped together。 since they have a large turnover, prices are usually low and the fact that they havelarge carparks means that people prefer to shop in them, since parking is usually a problem in town centresa very large grocery store。 the supermark

23、et revolution began the process of competition with the high street shops that has resulted in many towns losing their traditional shopping centres可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结hypermarketlike supermarket, an invented word“hyper ” is the greek for“super ” which is latin。 a very big可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结

24、Do-It- Yourselfhouseproudsupermarket, sometimes specialising eg in electronic equipmentcarpenters, plumbers, electricians, painters, garage mechanics often earn more money than the average worker - certainly more than a teacher, for instance - and it therefore makes economic sense to do jobs around

25、the house yourself, and a large service industry has grown up to provide the tools andsupplies for diy。 There is no loss of face to be seenpainting your house or repairing your cara houseproud woman it is usually a woman, though it can be a man is respected but when such pride in the home becomes ex

26、cessive - and this is easily done in class-conscious Britain - then the term can imply criticism可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结bunk bedssuch beds originated in ships, and they are also used in trains and other places where space is limitedpesterto annoy from the word“pest ” 。 A mother will often say to her

27、 child“Dont pester me so.”the verb means to discuss a transaction, to negotiate可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结bargainkeen gardenersa price。 Here its a noun and means a satisfactory purchase or dealThis cultural fact is often explained by reference to the fact that Britain had the earliest industrial revolu

28、tion, which took the work force away from theland and into the cities。 after several generations,such people begin to feel nostalgia for their rural past and try to recreate it - in miniature - in their gardens可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结detachedentirely separate, a single house inside its own groundsem

29、i-detachedtwo houses built together so that they share a central wall but have separate entrances and gardensin rows, all the houses connected。 also refers to the可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结terracedside of a mountain when small flat fields have been cut into it, supported by walls, to allow farming on a

30、n otherwise difficult slope可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结Answers to focus questions1. The four important things for the British are: their homes可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结their gardens heir petsDo-It-Yourself2. The four phrases are:houseproud only used in this combinationkeen gardeners you can be a keen anyt

31、hing, and also be keen on somethingpet-lovers you can also be an art-lover, a football-lover etcA DIY enthusiast can be used with any pastime noun Some other possible comprehension questions1. What can tell us a lot about a culture.2. What is a central concern of most British people.3. What extra sp

32、ace do most British houses have.4. What are the four most popular pets in Britain.5. Do the British employ other people to do their home improvement.6. What proportion of Britons own their own home.7. What do the British want their homes to reflect.8. What is the advantage of bunk beds.9. What does

33、the layout of the big stores allow you to do.10. What do we call looking around all the shops for the best bargain.11. What do we call a machine for cutting the grass.12. What is the verb for planting seeds.13. What is the biggest business connected with keeping pets.14. What do you save when you Do

34、-It-Yourself.15. What do you think a“home assembly pack ” is.Answers to the extra questions可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结1. shopping habits2. the home3. gardens4. cats, dogs, birds, fish5. no, they prefer diy.6. 67% - two-thirds7. their own individual characters8. They save space.9. wander around at leisu

35、re10. shopping around11. a lawnmower12. to sow13. selling pet food14. money15. furniture in a pack that you put together yourself Topics for further discussion1. Analyse Chinese culture in the same way as we have done for Britain.2. What is one basic difference between British and Chinese urban hous

36、ing, and what can it tell us about the two cultures.3. How can youuse the terms“individualism” and“collectivism”to describe the differences between Chinese and British homes.4. What are the similarities between British and Chinese attitudes regarding the home and shopping.5. In what direction do you

37、 think things will change in China regarding housing in your lifetime.可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结6. Is there a difference between town and country concerning attitudes to gardening.7. What do you think about the British attitude towards pets. Compare it to the Chinese.8. What is the Chinese attitude to

38、wards diy. Do you think this will change.The following dialogues are taken from Listening & Speaking Course intermediate（ 2）Tasks:Scan the following dialogues and try to find what to say if you want to:1. Know about the opening time of a department store.2. Know about the place for shopping.3. Know

39、about the price for something.4. Draw attention from the shop assistants.5. Offer your help to customers as a shop assistant.6. Know where a specific department is located.Dialogue 1man: What time do these stores close. woman: Most of them close at six.man: How about Aron s music shop.woman: I think

40、 thats open until nine.Dialogue 2woman-1: Where do you do your shopping.woman-2: Do you mean clothes shopping or food shopping.可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结woman-1: Your clothes shopping.woman2- : I generally go to Damonds department store.Dialogue 3man-1: Where did you buy that sweater.man-2: I bought i

41、t at Damonds department store. man-1: How much did it cost.man-2: It was twenty-three dollars or something like that.Dialogue 4salesman: Do you need any help.man: Yes. Im looking for pants. salesman: What s your size.man: Thirty waist and thirty-six inseam.Dialogue 5woman: Excuse me, could you help

42、me. salesman: Certainly, what do you need. woman: I m loo king for a blouse, size 10.salesman: There are several over here. Could you come this way.Dialogue 5man: Pardon me, where are the dressing rooms. salesman: There s one next to the suit rack. man: Can you hold these packages for me.salesman: N

43、o, but Ill put them behind the cash register, theyll be safe.Dialogue 7可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结woman: Where do you keep the ice cream.clerk: Its in the frozen food section. woman: Wheres that.clerk: Its two aisles to the left of the center of the store.Dialogue 8man: I can t find the instant soup. c

44、lerk: Did you look next to the canned soup.man: I looked there, but there wasnt any on the shelf. clerk: Why dont you try the spice section. It ought to be there.Dialogue 9man: Can you tell me where I can find the butter.clerk: Yes, its with dairy goods in the back of the store.Dialogue 10woman: Exc

45、use me. I cant find the canned fruit. clerk: Its in aisle nine next to the fruit juices.The following letters are taken from practical english comprehensive course 2tasks:It s very important for you to learn to write letters of complaint. There is some necessary information to be included in such ki

46、nd of letters, such as purposes for writing the letter, the problem with your purchase, the time of your purchase, your dissatisfaction withthe purchase and your request etc. Read the following two letters and try to find out what information is included in them. Note that someof them may not be mentioned above.There are usually six basic parts in a letter, i.e.return address,date line, salutation, body, complimentary close and signature.Read可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结the following two letters and try to identify which sentences can match these terms.24 May, 1995Dear sirs,