| access | module, section |
| ambitions | the customs, social institutions etc. of a particular nation |
| based upon | often a year that young people taken after school and before university |
| culture | show or prove what something or someone is |
| differences | find |
| first impressions | the ways in which two things are not the same |
| foreign culture | developed from |
| gap year | strong desires to achieve things |
| identify | the things that happen to you over a period of time |
| personal experiences | to develop their skills and abilities |
| scope | the original feeling or thoughts that you have about something |
| to go and improve themselves | the opportunity to achieve or do something |
| unit | a culture that is different to your own |
III. Explain the following words in English. Use English-English dictionary if necessary.
Case study
I. Skim the following text for general understanding.
Made in Japan, Sold on Britain
54,400 Japanese live in Britain: 12,000 are business people, 5,800 are students, most of the rest are their families. The Japanese like Britain. They find it strange, but they like it.
Masami Sato, one of only 70 office-ladies-junior women managersin Britain, is happy. She says most things are better here than in Tokyo there are so many parks and green fields.
As an office lady, she cannot be promoted above her present junior managerial position, but she thinks the UK is less male dominated than Japan. She is in London as part of a scheme to give office ladies overseas experience, and she does not want to go back to Tokyo when the time comes next year.
When I go back to Japan, I have to live with my family, she says. There are few amusements and we can not be relaxed because all Japanese are very busy.
The Japanese appreciate the space, the more relaxed atmosphere and the longer holidays, but they also experience some difficulties: the most obvious is the language. Mr. Kojima has lived in Wales for two years, and still has problems. The language is very difficult, but the staff is very experienced at explaining to the Japanese, he says. I can understand the explanations, but I cant understand they talk with each other.
Besides the language, there are also cultural differences which can make life difficult. Banker Kaoru Itoh says the British like arguments, the Japanese dont. They dislike raising the opposite opinion. In Japan everyone respects the opinion of the majority.
Sue Robbins, First Insights into Business, Longman
Reading comprehension
I. Look through the text once again and fill in the charts below.
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| The Japanese | The British |
II. Answer the questions.
1. How many Japanese live in Britain?
2. What is Masami Satos job title?
3. Does Masami Sato like living and working in London? Why/Why not?
4. Why is she working in London?
5. What are her job opportunities in London?
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6. When is she going home?
7. Does she want to go home? Why/Why not?
III. Discuss with your partner.
1. In what way is life in Britain difficult for Japanese?
2. Describe one cultural difference between Japanese and British people.
3 Would you like to live or work in a foreign country? Why/ Why not?
Listening
I. Listen to Colin Knapp talking about traveling to the Far East and try to guess the meaning of the following words and word-combinations:
jet lag
culture gap
tip
II. Listen again and answer the questions:
1. How often does Colin travel on business?
2. Which country does he visit regularly?
3. How long is the flight?
4. What two things does he do during the flight?
5. Does he suffer from jet lag?
6. Is jet lag different traveling west-east and east-west?
7. Why does he travel to the Far East instead of doing business by telephone or fax?
8. What example of a culture gap does he give?
9. What three tips does he give for visiting this country for the first time?
Lexical exercises
Active Vocabulary
I. How was your trip?
