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Unit1
NEWHORIZONENGLISHCOURSES
BookTwo
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Unit 1
Symbols of Culture
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Around the Topic
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Section
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Leading in
Exploring the Topic
Plus Activities
Warming-up
Text A
Exercises
Background Information
Reading Through
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Related Knowledge
Sample Reading
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Useful Terms
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When talking about the symbols of American culture, probably we will never leave out McDonald’s and Disney. McDonald’s is the world’s leading fast food service retailer. Nowadays, it has more than 30,000 restaurants in over 100 countries serving millions of customers each day. That explains why the tearing down of the first McDonald’s restaurant had caused such a big stir in the minds of many Americans.
And, according to most Americans, Disney Mirrors American Culture. There are so many products with the Disney brand: films, books, songs, TV shows and records. There are even Disney hotels and Disney stores. Americans may have mixed feelings about Disney, but even those who strongly oppose it are Disney customers themselves.
Nowadays, not only McDonald’s but also some other fast food restaurants are getting more and more popular. Why is it so? Let’s do a survey.
Work in pairs and ask each other the following questions while checking (✔) the answers and providing your own in the blanks. Please notice that the questions are open-ended with no right or wrong answers.
1 What’s your favorite fast food restaurant?
My favorite is ________.
My partner’s favorite
is ______________.
McDonald’s
KFC
Pizza Hut
McDonald’s
KFC
Pizza Hut
2 Why do you think many Chinese people like to go to McDonald’s or KFC?
I think it’s because My partner thinks
_______________ . it’s because _______.
the food there is served fast and thus time is saved
the food there is great
the food is clean
it is cheap
it is different from a Chinese restaurant and gives an
exotic (异国情调的) feeling
one can learn something about American culture
Directions: You will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and answer the following questions.
1. Why do people react when a historic building is about to be destroyed?
2. What are the typical symbols of American culture?
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Suggested answer: People react in this case just
because such a Building serves as a symbol of culture,
and may remind people of what has happened in
history there. When it is torn down, people’s memory
about the past is destroyed at the same time.
Suggested answer: Every nation is blessed with its
own unique cultural symbols. The United States of
America is no exception. So far as I know, there are
some famous symbols of American culture, such as
the Statue of Liberty, Uncle Sam, Disneyland, the
McDonald’s Restaurant and so on. These symbols
reflect American culture.
Return
Listen and answer the following questions
3. What’s your favorite fast food restaurant?
4. Why do you think many Chinese people like McDonald’s or KFC?
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