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VOCABULARY

Exercise 4. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box:

1. People can get used to some obvious differences, such as food, music, architecture, but they have problems with __________ things, such as political or religious or social ideas.

2. Food __________ are various in different countries.

3. People are __________ inside the ideas and beliefs of their cultures and they don’t even know it.

4. Communication problems can __________ because of the many difficulties we face when we try to interact with people from other cultures.

5. When we visit foreign countries, we’ll probably be faced with some serious __________ problems.

6. The greatest __________ between cultures is that people are all born ethnocentric.

7. There are big __________ differences in many Asian countries which may shock Europeans.

GRAMMAR

Exercise 5. Using online grammar reference resources (for example, http://www.native-english.ru) read about adjectives. You can use the following links:http://www.native-english.ru/grammar/english-adjectives

http://www.native-english.ru/grammar/adjectives-degrees-of-comparison

Grammar Revision: Adjectives

Exercise 6. Choose the correct form of an adjective.

1. In Morocco a typical family’s lunch is much __________ than western countries are used to.

a) larger

b) more larger

c) more large

2. We find it much __________ to get on with cultures where people do things in a similar way to us.

a) more easy

b) easier

c) more easier

3. Angolans and Namibians are far __________ from each other.

a) more different

b) different

c) much different

4. Some nations think that they are __________ people in the world.

a) better

b) best

c) the best

5. We’re all born ethnocentric – it’s probably __________ barrier between cultures.

a) greater

b) great

c) the greatest

6. In the Arab world people would drop in on others a lot more – it is a much __________ visiting culture.

a) more informal

b) informal

c) the most informal

7. In China greetings are formal and __________ person is always greeted first.

a) oldest

b) more old

c) the oldest

8. Handshakes are __________ form of greeting with foreigners.

a) the most common

b) the commonest

c) the much common

9. _______ tense and difficult a situation is, the more likely the British are to use humour.

a) The most

b) The more

c) Most

10. In Japan the __________ you bow, the __________ respect you show.

a) deep, more

b) deepest, most

c) deeper, more

Exercise 7. Using the Internet resource http://www.amazon.com find a book Cross-cultural Connections by Duane Elmer. Read the Table of Contents and answer the question: What aspects of cross-cultural communication does the book cover?

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