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National Stereotypes — 各国的刻板印象
各国的刻板印象
Fourteen words for what we assume about other countries, 关键 for the crux, and two suffixes that unlock a hundred words each.
Related video — stereotypes about the USA (her deck's pick)
Ears first, or eyes first?
The whole dialogue is recorded below. Listen once and answer with the text folded away; open it when you want to check.
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Natural speed. Notice how Lamia answers a prejudice with a detail every time.
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Answer from the whole passage, heard or read
Lamia 是跟谁一起去印度的？
Lamia shì gēn shéi yì qǐ qù yìn dù de
Who did Lamia go to India with?
Answer from the whole passage, heard or read
Lamia 说会不会拉肚子，关键在什么？
Lamia shuō huì bu huì lā dù zi guān jiàn zài shén me
What decides whether you get an upset stomach?
Answer from the whole passage, heard or read
她们母女俩旅行的时候一般怎么安排？
tā men mǔ nǚ liǎ lǚ xíng de shí hou yì bān zěn me ān pái
How did the two of them travel?
Answer from the whole passage, heard or read
关于上厕所用不用纸，Lamia 怎么说？
guān yú shàng cè suǒ yòng bu yòng zhǐ Lamia zěn me shuō
What does Lamia say about toilet paper?
Answer from the whole passage, heard or read
聊完以后 Jane 是什么想法？
liáo wán yǐ hòu Jane shì shén me xiǎng fǎ
What does Jane conclude?
Word check — the new words, back at you生词复习
No pressure — just making it stick.
他出门收拾得很干净，在家却很____。
tā chū mén shōu shí de hěn gān jìng，zài jiā què hěn ____。
Out of the house he's spotless — at home, a slob.
在你的国家，间隔年____吗？
zài nǐ de guó jiā，jiàn gé nián ____ ma？
Are gap years a thing in your country?
那个地方____不好，晚上最好别一个人出门。
nà ge dì fang ____ bù hǎo，wǎn shàng zuì hǎo bié yí gè rén chū mén。
That area isn't safe — don't go out alone at night.
他说话总是一副看不起人的样子，很____。
tā shuō huà zǒng shì yí fù kàn bù qǐ rén de yàng zi，hěn ____。
He always talks down to people — so arrogant.
在有些国家，女性的____不是很高。
zài yǒu xiē guó jiā，nǚ xìng de ____ bú shì hěn gāo。
In some countries women's social status is low.
Memory hook
关键 — the crux of it
Memory hook
……率 and ……主义 — two suffixes, hundreds of words
关键, 率 and 主义 — fill, build, say语言点练习
No pressure — just making it stick.
我们的产品不错，但____是没有做好广告宣传。
wǒ men de chǎn pǐn bú cuò，dàn ____ shì méi yǒu zuò hǎo guǎng gào xuān chuán。
Our product is fine — the crux is we never marketed it.
The key to our success this time was product quality.
Tap the tiles in order — it checks itself when the sentence is complete. Tap a placed tile to take it back.
Your sentence
Your turn — say it
学习语言，自律很关键。
In language learning, self-discipline is key.
文学专业的就业____太低了，所以我学了金融。
wén xué zhuān yè de jiù yè ____ tài dī le，suǒ yǐ wǒ xué le jīn róng。
The employment rate for literature majors is too low, so I studied finance.
Lamia 的印度之行——用词语库填空
Tap a word to fill the next gap; tap a filled sentence to clear it. Every word is used once.
Word bank
0/5我是个浪漫____的人，能接受异国恋。
wǒ shì gè làng màn ____ de rén，néng jiē shòu yì guó liàn。
I'm a romantic — long-distance love is fine by me.
Birth rates are low in many countries now.
Tap the tiles in order — it checks itself when the sentence is complete. Tap a placed tile to take it back.
Your sentence
Your turn — say it
关键不是没有时间，关键是没有钱。
It's not the time — it's the money.
See it, say it看图配词
No pressure — just making it stick.
看图配词：邋遢、傲慢、治安、卫生
Tap a picture, then choose its word. Match all the cards to finish.
I've no prejudice against people who go clubbing a lot.
Tap the tiles in order — it checks itself when the sentence is complete. Tap a placed tile to take it back.
Your sentence
Ears only听力反应
No pressure — just making it stick.
How would you answer?
Your turn — say it
哈哈，这也算一种刻板印象了吧！其实拉不拉肚子，关键在于你去哪里吃饭。
Ha — that's a stereotype too! Whether you get sick depends on where you eat.
What does Jane decide?
Your turn — say it
去吧去吧，印度和其他国家还是挺不一样的，很值得去体验一下。
Go, go — India really is different from anywhere else, well worth experiencing.
Before you go课后回顾
- Role-play ①: you want to travel to India with a friend who holds some ugly stereotypes about it. Persuade them.
- Role-play ②: a colleague has body odour and it's getting hard — you want to tell them without hurting them. Say it tactfully.
- Three sentences about your own country with ……率, and one with ……主义.
- Take one stereotype about your country and dismantle it in five sentences, using 关键 at least once.