Unit 07. Cutural Diversity. Lesson 7. Communication and Cuture

Unit 7
COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE
Communication
1. Read some information about gift-giving in the UK. Read about each occasion and talk to a partner if you have a similar or different custom in Viet Nam
2. Put the following jumbled-up words and phrases to make questions about giving and receiving presents. Practise asking and answering the questions in pairs.
1. Who do you often buy presents for?
2. On what occasions do you buy presents?
3. Which shop do you usually go to when you’re shopping for presents?
4. What’s the most expensive present you’ve given?
5. On what occasions do you receive presents?
6. What presents do you normally get?
7. What is the best present you’ve ever received?
CULTURE
1. Read the two texts about the American and the Vietnamese ideas of success and answer the questions.
1. For the Americans, success means providing their family with a decent standard of living, and ending their career in a higher and more prosperous position than when they began it. Success is also the result of hard work and self-reliance.
2. For Vietnamese, success goes along with a high-status job with good income and respect at work.
3. Both the Americans and Vietnamese associate success with earning a lot of money.
Successful people in both cultures are expected to high positions in their career.
The Americans rely more on themselves, while the Vietnamese expect more respect from other people.