【導讀】beganwithareportontheexcellentnoodleharvestinthesouthSwitzerland.Theprogrammementionedtworeasonsforthegodcrop:anunusuallywarmwinterandthedisappearanceoftheinsectthatattackedthenoodlecropeveryyear.Thereportershowedmanynoodletreeswiththefarmerspulingnoodlesoffthemandputtingthemintobaskets.Thepeoplewatchingweretoldthattheymaynothaveheardofnoodlesfromthispartoftheworldbecausenoodlesweregrownaspartofsm

　　

【正文】 atch m agic shows wi th Mei li n the Wi zard. If you want to se fi ghti ng wi th swords or on horseback, then the jousti ng are is a good pl ace to vi si t. If you do wel there, Ki ng Arthur may chose you to fi ght i n the bi g jousting tournament. Do you l ike anim al s? Then visit the farm are, and l earn how peopl e i n ancient England rantheir farms and tok care of their animals. To enter a world of fantasy about anci ent Engl and, e to Camel ot Park! Futuroscope – exci tement and l earni ng Last wek I took a journey deep into space, to the end of the sol ar system, and was pul led into a black hole. Then I took a trp to Brazil and experinced survi vi ng an airplane crash i n the jungle. After that, 扶持對象：農(nóng)民專業(yè)合作社 項目類別 ： 種養(yǎng)基地項目 (設施栽培 ) 項目代號： 20xx 年 **維吾爾自治區(qū) ****縣 1500 噸 玉米制種基地建設 項目 可行性研究報告 項目單位（蓋章）： **縣 **農(nóng)業(yè)專業(yè)合作社 項目建設地點： **縣樂土驛鎮(zhèn)八家戶村 可研報告編制 時間：二〇一 一 年 十 月 began wi th a report on the excel lent noodl e harvest i n the south Switzerland. The programme menti oned two reasons for the god crop: an unusual ly warm winter and the di sappearance of the insect that attacked the noodl e crop every year. The reporter showed m any noodl e trees wi th the farmers pul ing noodles off them and putti ng them i nto baskets. The peopl e watchi ng were tol d that they may not have heard of noodl es from thi s part of the worl d because noodles were grown as part of sm al l fam il y businesses. The programme makers makers reali zed that peopl e m ight wonder why noodl es were al ways the same size so that they expl ai ned that “i t was the resul t of m any years’ pati ent research with the tree to produce noodl es of exactly the same l ength. ” But even so they expl ai ned, the l ife of a nodle farmer was not easy. “The last two weeks of March are an anxious tim e for noodl e farm ers. There is al ways a chance of very col d weather spoil ing thei r crop. Then i t is di ficul t for them to get top prices on the markets.” Many peopl e in Engl and beli eved thi s story. They rang the BBC to fi nd out hoe to grow thei r own nodl e tree. They were told to “pl ace a piece of noodl e in a ti n of tom ato sauce and hope for the best. ” Thi s m ay seem very sil y, but i n the 1950s very few Bri ti sh peopl e travel ed aboard for thei r holi days and even fewer of them ate noodl es. So it seem ed posi bl e to im agi ne that noodl es grew on tree li ke appl es, pears and nuts. Peopl e also trusted the Panoram a programm e for i ts careful research and serious i nform ati on. So they were shocked to fi nd the next day that they had al beli eved an April Fool’s joke. Even today the report of the nodle harvest i s remem bered as one of the best April Fool’s jokes ever! Unit 4 Comm unicat ion: No Pr oblem ? Yesterday, another student and I, representi ng our university’s student associ ati on, went to the Capi tal Internati onal Ai rport to m eet this year’s i nternati onal students. They were i ng to study at Beijing University. We shoul d take them fi rst to their dormi tories and then to the student cantee. After an hour of wai ti ng for thei r fli ght to arri ve, I saw several young people enter the wai ti ng area l ooki ng around curiousl y. I stod for a mi nute watchi ng them and then went to gret them. The fi rst person to arri ve was Tony Garci a from Col um bi a, cl osel y fol owed by Juli a Sm ith from Britai n. After I m et them and then i ntroduced them to each other, I was very surpri sed. Tony approached Juli a, touched her shoul der and ki sed her on the cheek! She stepped back appeari ng surpri sed and put up her hands, as i f in defence. I guessed that there was probabl y a m ajor m isunderstanding. Then Aki ra N agata from Japan cam e i n smi li ng, together with Gee Cok from Canada. As they were i ntroduced, Gee reached hi s hand out to the Japanese student. Just at that mom ent, however, Aki ra bowed so hi s nose touched Gee’s m ovi ng hand. They both apologi zed another cultural m istake! Ahm ed Azi z, another international student, was from Jordan. When we m et yesterday, he m oved very cl ose to me as I i ntroduced mysel f. I moved back a bi t, but he came closer to ask a question and then shook m y hand. When Darlene Coulon from France cam e dashi ng through the dor, she recognized Tony Garci a39。s smi li ng face. They shook hand and then ki sed each other twi ce on each cheek, si nce that i s the France custom when adul ts m et people they know. Ahmed Aziz, on the contrary, si mply nodded at the girls. Men from Mi ddl e Eastern and other Muslim countri es wil l often stand quite cl ose to other m en to talk but wil usual y not touch wom en. As I get to know m ore i nternati onal fri ends, I learn more about thi s cultural “body l anguage”. Not al l cultures gret each other the sam e way, nor are they fortabl e i n the sam e way wi th touchi ng or distance between peopl e. In the sam e way that peopl e m unicate wi th spoken language, they also expres thei r feli ngs usi ng unspoken “l(fā) anguage” through physi cal di stance, actions or posture. Engli sh peopl e, for exam pl e, do not usual ly stand very close to others or touch strangers as soon as they m eet. H owever, peopl e from pl aces l i ke Spai n, Ital y or South Am eri can countries approach others cl osel y and are more l ikely to touch them . Most peopl e around the world now gret each other by shaki ng hands, but som e cul tures use other greeti ngs as wel l, such as the Japanese, who prefer to bow. These acti ons are not god or bad, but are sim pl y ways i n whi ch cul tures have devel oped. I have seen, however, that cul tural custom s for body l anguage are very general not al m embers of a cul ture behave in the same way. In general, though, studying i nternati onal custom s can certai nl y hel p avoi d diffi cul ti es i n today’s worl d cultural crossroads! Showing our feel i ngs B