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Book One

Unit 1 Customs

Understanding the text

Part A: Comprehending the text

Answer the following questions as fully as possible.

1. What was the "mistake" that John Rogers' 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?

Because 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 by accepting immediately.

Part B: Completing a table

The text suggests a number of gifts are unsuitable for people in certain countries. Find the place in the text where these are mentioned and use the information to complete the table.

Gifts Do Not Give To…Unsuitable Gifts Because…

clocks

wine

gifts showing "4" Chinese

Muslims

Japanese, Kore-

an and Chinese

sounds like "making funeral

arrangements"

alcohol is against their religion

unlucky number

scissors flowers leather handkerchiefs clothing Latins and Asians

Asians

Indians

some other places

women

sign of cutting/ ending the

relationship

seen as inappropriately romantic

cows are revered by Hindus

sign of sadness

seen as inappropriately intimate

Part C: Interpreting the text

Complete these sentences.

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

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.

Gifts Appropriate Inappropriate Reasons

1. a white lantern

√They are used in funerals.

2. a green hat

√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.

3. a gold ring

√Usually a gold ring is given to someone who is very familiar to you like a lover or family member.

4. a bunch of flowers

√Because of impact from Western Culture, Chinese people may consider this too intimate or that it symbolizes romance.

5. a box of chocolates √

6. a pair of 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.

For this activity, again allow the students to come up with their own ideas and explanations. As long as their answers subscribe to the idea of being appropriate to the situation, neutral, and not intimate and offensive, they should be accepted.

Below is just one common example of the kinds of gifts that may be more commonly given to these people. Students might be asked to add their

suggestions to a table on the board and the rest of the class comment on whether or not they think they are suitable gifts.

Gift-Receivers Gifts

1. your teacher Pen

2. your partners Clothing

3. a friend Key-chain

4. a workmate Diary

5. a foreign guest Local handicraft

6. someone who is getting married Household goods

7. someone who has just retired watch

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, 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 languages.

3. Why is giving anything with the left hand considered insulting in Arabic countries?

Because the left hand is associated with evil or "the wrong path", whereas the right hand is associated with good or "the right path". (refer to "Further information on the text")

4. Why do Westerners often open the gift immediately?

So that they can show their appreciation of the gift to the gift-giver right away. They feel that to say "Thank you" the receiver needs to make a comment

on the gift and this is difficult if you don't know what it is.

5. Why is it considered polite in Asia to refuse the gift at the beginning and for the gift-giver to have to insist that the other person accepts it?

Because this allows the gift-receiver to show that he is modest and not greedy and this gives the gift-giver the chance to show that he genuinely wants the gift-receiver to have the gift.

Extending your vocabulary

Part A: Synonyms

As an extension activity, students might be put into groups and asked to find antonyms for these words where possible, and make sentences with the antonyms to show that they understand how the words work in context.

For example, for "offensive" the antonym is "pleasing/pleasant".

It was extremely pleasant to sit by the pool with a cold beer in this hot weather.

Her voice is very pleasing to the ear. I can just listen to her all day long.

Column A Column B

business associates

to represent something important

not suitable

unpleasant or insulting

belief that magic or luck can affect your life

personal or private things

not to talk about yourself or show off to value something and be grateful for it clients symbolize inappropriate offensive supers t it ion intimate

,modesty appreciate

Part B: Cloze passage

Use mainly the words in Part A of Extending your vocabulary to complete this paragraph. It is very important to avoid giving gifts to clients that will upset

them or be seen as oftensire. People usually appreciate receiving small gifts but the giver should take care to ensure these are neither inappropriate for the customs of the country nor too intimate for the person to whom the present is intended. Gift-givers need to bear in mind different things have different meanings in other countries-a number may symbolize bad luck for example and some cultures have a belief in superstition so care should be taken to avoid certain objects. People should also be aware of natural modesty amongst recipients and not be surprised if their gifts are rejected at first.

To give students more practice, after completing the passage, students can choose 3 or 4 words out of the above key words and, in pairs, use the words to make up their own short sentences on a related topic.

Expanding your creativity

Guidelines for giving gifts

Again, there are few definite answers here. For any suggestions students make, they should be encouraged to explain why the gifts are suitable or unsuitable. Ideas could be collected onto a table on the board and discussed by the whole class.

Do Don’t

·crystal ornaments

·decorative items, e.g. sculptures, handicraft

·watches

·books

·bottled delicacy or food, e.g. jams, honey

·potted plants ·cash

·exotic food, e.g. snakes, dried lizards

·Chinese herbal medicine ·intimate clothing, e.g. lingerie, underwear

Below is an example of the kind of information that students can include in the guidelines. Another way to present the advice would be in point form in terms of "dos and don'ts". The main thing to note is that students should be able

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