Warm-upActivityCulturalNotesLanguagePointsDifficultsentencesSummaryFollow-upActivityAssignmentThinkingaboutit1.HowdoAmericanpeoplecelebrateValentine’sDay?2.WhydoyouthinkmoreandmoreyoungpeoplecelebrateforeignfestivalsorhoildaysinChina?Doesthishaveanythingtodowithglobalization?

3.HowdoyouoryourfriendscelebrateValentine’sday?PassageAHallmark’sAsianValentine1.TheKansascity-basedcompanyhasdevelopedintoa$3.5billioncorporation,fromitsbeginningsin1910whenJoyceC.Hallstartedproducingcardsfromsampleshestoredunderhisbed.自1910年霍爾.馬克根據他儲藏在床底下賀卡試樣生產賀卡至今，總部設在堪薩斯的卡片生產公司已經發展成為擁有3.5億美元的企業。Hallmark’sAsianValentineDifficultSentences2.ToassessjusthowemotionalJapanesemencanbeinallwalksoflife,justrecalltheoccasionalnewsfeatureofatopJapaneseorKoreanCEOapologizingintearsfortheweakperformanceorbankruptcyofhiscompanyinfrontofhisnation'sTVcameras.

評價日本男人在生活的各個方面是如何易動感情的，只需回憶一下一個日本和韓國的上層首席執行官在國家電視臺的攝像鏡頭前，淚流滿面地為公司的不良運作和破產而道歉的新聞特寫的情景就足夠了3.Thus,theircustomerscanachievebothadisplayoftheirhipcosmopolitanflair5,whilealsosendingtheirsweetiethatall-importantmessageofloveatthesametime.這樣，既展現了顧客的時髦的世界性的品位，同時又能向他們的心上人表達至關重要的愛戀信息。LanguagePointstakeroot:

becomeestablishedorfixedTheseedssproutedandtookroot.Hisideashavetakenrootinthemindsofhisfollowers.

reign:v.

beinfluential,prevailWhatstillreignsinthecountryisthebeliefthateveryonecanrealizehisorherdreambyhardworkandintelligence.Asenseoffearstillreignedintheofficethoughthecrisiswasover.version:n.

adescriptionoranaccountfromonepointofview,especiallyasopposedtoanother;Yourversionofthestoryisdifferentfromhis.Thefilmversionofthenovelispopularamongtheyoung.dilemma:n.asituationthatrequiresachoicebetweenoptionsthatareorseemequallyunfavorableormutuallyexclusive.Sheranintoadilemmawhenfacedwithachoiceofcareerandlove.Hisfamily’seconomicsituationputshiminadilemma,sincehedoesn’twanttogiveuphiseducation.inhibit:

v.restraineitherconsciouslyorunconsciouslyAsianpeopleareinhibitedinexpressingtheiraffectiontotheirbelovedones.Shynessinhibitedhimfromspeaking.allwalksoflife:allprofessions,occupations,socialstatusTherepresentativescomefromallwalksoflife.

Heenjoyedmakingfriendswithpeoplefromallwalksoflife.bankruptcy:n.bankruptcondition,nothaveenoughmoneytopayone’sdebts,theprocessofbeingdeclaredbankruptTherewereanincreasingnumberofbankruptciesamongsmallshopkeeperswiththeenteringofmultinationalchainsupermarkets.accommodate:v.1)provideaplaceforsomeonetostay,liveorwork;Thenewhotelcanaccommodateupto1000tourists.2)adapt;getintoagreementorintoadjustmentThePresidentseemedunwillingtoaccommodatehimselftothepublicdesires.descendent:n.personwhoisdescendedfromthepersonorpersons named Asoneofthedescendantsofanoldfamily,hefeelsprideforhisancestors.TheyarethedescendantsofthenativeAmericanIndians. cosmopolitan:

a.showingtheinfluenceofmanydifferentcountriesandcultures;Populationexplosionisanissueofcosmopolitanimportance.NewYorkisaverycosmopolitancitywhereyoucanmeetwithpeopleofdifferentraces.

Summary

ThewesterntraditionofcardgivingonValentine’sDayisenjoyingmoreandmorepopularityinAsia.Theworld-renownedHallmarkcardmanufacturingcompanyhasexpandedtheirbusinesstoAsiancountries,sinceAsianmarkethasbiggerpotential.Becauseofculturalnorms,Asianmenaremoreinclinedtosendcardstotheirsweetiestoexpresstheiraffectiontoavoid“losingface”.