Textbook B5U1 p. 18
A.
1.
Jim Carrey
2.
1994
3.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (王牌威龍)
4.
the gesture used aims to make
fun of or make joke about other people who are inferior to the person who uses the
sign
5.
You are loser.
6.
A gesture with negative
meanings
7.
Be careful to use the gesture.
1.
Japan: Gassho 雙手合十
2.
India: Namaste
3.
Tailand: Wai
4.
Siri Lanka: Aayubowan
5.
China/Vietnam/South Korea/Japan:
A gesture with religious meanings
Say prayers to Buddha.
6.
An Expression of saying “Hello!”
“Thank you.” “Bow.” Or “Goodbye!”
7.
A general symbol of southern Asian
culture
8.
The gesture has a connection
with vegetarians, yoga exercisers, or Hinduism.
C.
1. A symbol for forbidding something
dangerous.
2. A symbol means “Stop!” “Give me five.” “Five.”
Or “Halt!”
3. A symbol stands for “refusal or
rejection.”
4. Greece and Pakistan: moutza, a symbol is
used to offend or insult others.
5. After 1990, some people in North
American used this gesture to mean “Shut up!”
referring to “talk to the hand” nonverbally.
D.
1. In western countries, when you need
something or point at something, mostly you will use your index finger to the
one you refer to.
2. In Asian countries, the gesture mainly will
be regarded as a way of impoliteness, rudeness, offense, which is usually used
when someone else is blamed or reproved, given a command or an order from
others.
E.
1. a symbol which is used in rock and roll
dancing
2. (Italian): means “horn”
3. a coarse or vulgar gesture from the
Mediterranean area
4. it is used to drive the mishap or bad
luck away
5. After the 1960s, the gesture can be
viewed as a symbol for Satan and Satanism.
6. In heavy metal music, it is a symbol of
Satan’s Horn or Horn of the Rock-and-Roll or the finger the evil.
p. 19
Textbook Conversation Cloze
Jacob, (who is) a____ (Taiwan/Taiwanese)
boy, is asking his English friend, Vivian, ___ (take/to take) a picture (:
photo) of him.
J: Hey (: Hello), Vivian! Could (: Would) you take a picture of me with
the sculpture (: statue)? Here is my
camera (攝影機; 照相機).
V: Sure… oh no! You cannot make a sign like that.
J: Why not? We ___(Taiwan/Taiwanese) often make
a V sign when(: while) having (: we have) our picture taken.
V: I know, but you’re holding your hand the
wrong way round (手握住的方向反了).
J: What do you mean?
