TaskWriting

a

letter

to

explaincultural

misunderstandingsSkills

building

1:

completing

a

textTips

on

completing

a

text

by

listening:1.

Make

sure

you

read

the

text

first

soyou

understand

the

subject

of

thetext

and

thetype

ofwords

thatyouare

likely

to

hear.Tryto

guess

the

words

that

might

beused

to

fillin

theblanks.Decide

ifit

iscontent

words

orgrammar

words

that

you

arelistening

for.ListeningYour

school

has

some

visitorsfromabroad.

Your

headmaster

asked

somestuudents

to

show

the

guestsaround.Listen

to

the

conversation

between

thestudents,

and

complete

the

diary

entrybelow.TapescriptLi

Lin:

Well,

I

think

that

was

a

greatday.

We

showed

the

threevisitors

around

Beijing

and

Ithink

they

enjoyedit.

Whatwere

their

names

again?Zhu

Qing:

Well,

there

was

Mr

Singhfrom

India,

Mr

Takashi

fromJapan

and

Mr

Hudson

fromthe

USA.LiLin:Yes,

I

thought

it

was

a

gooddayand

we

managed

to

visit

quite

afew

places.

We

did

have

a

fewunusual

incidents

though

,didn’twe?Zhu

Qing:

Mmm,

itwas

very

surprised

athow

Mr

Singh

reacted

when

youheld

out

your

left

hand.

Hewouldn’t

shake

hands

with

you!Li

Lin:Also,

he

got

a

bit

upset

in

therestaurant

and

refused

to

try

thebeef

dish

that

we

ordered.I

thought

most

people

likedthat

beef

dish.Zhu

Qing:

All

the

visitors

I

have

takento

that

restaurant

beforehave

really

enjoyed

it

.Mr

Takashi

and

Mr

Hudsonliked

it.

Mr

Takashi

seemed

tohave

a

really

good

time.

Heasked

so

many

questions

about

theForbidden

City!

He

kept

takingphotos

and

bought

lots

of

gifts.

Somewere

very

expensive.

Another

thing

Inoticed

was

that

he

was

always

givingpeople

his

business

card.

Hedidn’tlook

very

happy

when

I

just

put

it

inmypocket.LiLin:

Mr

HudsonthoughttheSummerPalace

was

amazing,

but

he

gota

bit

upset

before

we

got

on

theboat.

He

wanted

to

wait

for

thenext

boat

as

he

thought

the

first

onewas

too

crowded.

I

thought

therewas

plenty

of

space

on

it.

Well,

Isuppose

we

should

volunteer

toshow

another

set

of

visitors

aroundnext

year—atleast

we

get

toimprove

our

English!Had

a

great

day

yesterday.

We

showed(1)

three

visitors

around

Beijing.

They

seemed

to

enjoyitalthough

there

were

some

(2)

unusual

incidents.One

man

called

Mr

Singh(3)

wouldn’t

shakehands

with

me

when

I

held

out

my

lefthand.In

the

restaurant,

we

ordered

a

lot

of

food,

buthewould

not

eat

the

(4)

beef

dish.Mr

Takashi

enjoyed

the

Forbidden

City

andasked

so

many

questions.

He

spent

lots

ofMoney

on

(5)

gifts

.

I

have

no

ideawhatHe

will

do

with

them

all,

and

it

took

up

a

lotof

time.

He

seemed

to

give

out

a

lot

of(6)

business

cards

and

got

a

bit

upsetwhenmy

classmate

just

put

it

in

his

pocketwithoutlooking

at

it.Finally,

we

went

to

the

Summer

Palace.

Therewas

a

boat

we

could

go

on,

but

Mr

Hudsonsaid

that

it

was

too(7)

crowded

.

I

thought

there

waslots

of

(8)

space

onit.Even

with

these

incidents,

I

think

showing

foreignvisitors

around

is

a

great

way

to

improveourEnglish

and

hopefully

we

can

do

it

again

next

year.ReadingA

few

days

after

the

students

hadshown

the

visitors

around

Beijing,theyfoundthisarticleinamagazine.Circle

the

taboos

that

help

explainsome

of

the

unusual

incidents

thathappened

when

they

showed

thevisitorsaround.Suggested

answersIf

you

are

from

India,

you

maynoteat

beef

because

of

your

religion,and

it

is

rude

to

shake

hands

orgive

someone

something

with

yourlefthandJapanese

people

may

show

bowandevengiveouttheir

businesscards

to

greet

others.

Theydislikeit

when

people

do

not

look

at

thecards,

so

remember

not

to

just

putthe

them

in

your

pocket

withoutlooking.ListeningYou

want

more

information

aboutcultural

habits,

so

you

go

to

one

of

yourteachers,who

has

traveled

to

the

USAand

Japan,

for

help.

Listen

to

yourteacher

and

fill

in

the

blanks

below.TapescriptTeacher:

From

my

experience,

peoplefrom

the

USA

often

feelfortable

if

people

are

intheir

‘personal

space’

(aboutfifty

centimetres

around

theirbody).

But

I

heard

thatbusiness

peoplefrom

Asiahavea

different

idea

about

personalspace

and

usually

stand

closerthan

some

people

from

the

USA

might

like.South

Americans

are

the

same,

and

like

togreet

people

with

a

hug.

I

also

noticedthatin

theUSA,

givinggifts

isveryimportantin

Japan,

and

so

on

a

trip,

Japanesepeople

must

bring

back

lots

of

gifts.

Thereare

also

gestures

which

mean

differentthings

in

different

countries.In

the

USA, the

gesture

means

‘OK’

isformed

by

touching

thethumbtothefirst

finger.

This

is

a

good

gesture

in

theUnited

States,

but

in

France,

the

samegestures

means

‘zero’,and

in

Japan,

itmeansmoney.Answers:fortable2.hug3.gifts4.zero5.moneySkills

building

2:

asking

questionsWhen

we

wantto

find

outaboutsomething,

we

need

to

askquestions.We

can

use

questions

beginning

withthe

following

words:What

–

when

we

want

to

find

outabout

something

specific.How

–

when

we

want

to

find

outtheway

something

should

be

done.Which

–

when

we

want

to

pick

oneout

of

severalpossibilities.When

-

when

we

want

to

askabouttime.Why

-

when

we

want

tofind

outareason.Where

-

when

we

want

to

find

outabout

the

place

in

whichsomethinghappened.PracticeYou

want

to

ask

your

classmate

aboutthefollowing

things.Formyourquestions

with

the

correctquestionwords,

and

then

find

a

partner

toanswer

your

questionsTake

turns

toask

questions.Suggested

answersHow

do

people

in

North

America and

the

UK

greet

eachother?Which

hand

shouldn’t

be

used

to shake

hands

with

or

give

things

to people

from

India?3.

In

which

country

do

peoplegreetone

another

by

giving

a

slight

bowwith

their

hands

pressed

together?What

should

you

do

when

aJapanesegives

you

a

businesscard?Why

do

people

from

the

USA

not

likecrowded

places?What

does

the American

gesture

for‘OK

’

mean

to

Frenchpeople?Suggested

answersPeople

in

North

America

and

the

UK greet

each

other

by

shaking

hands.The

left

hand

shouldn’t

be

used

to shake

hands

with

or

give

things

to people

from

India.In

Thailand

people

greet

one

another

by giving

a

slight

bow

with

their

hands pressed

together.When

a

Japanese

gives

you

a

business card,

you

should

look

at

the

card carefully.5.

People

from

the

USA

feel fortable

ifothers

are

in

their‘personal

space’,which

is

about

50centimeters

aroundthem.6.The

gesture‘OK’

means

‘zero’

to

theFrenchSkills

building

3:

writing

a

letter

ofapologyWhen

writing

aletter

ofapology,you

need

toinclude

thefollowing:your

addressthe

datean

openingthe

purpose

of

the

letter

should

begiven

in

the

firstsentence.an

explanationaclosingphrase(toapologizeagain)your

name

and

signatureBeijing

Sunshine

SecondarySchool

Sunshine

TownBeijing

10000010

JuneName

of

the

recipientAddress

ofthe

senderDateTan

Yi88

SunnyStreetSunshine

TownBeijing

100000Address

ofthe

recipientDear

Tan

Yi,

Greeting(Content

of

the

letter)

MessageYours

sincerely,Sun

TingClosing

Name

of

the

senderPracticeYou

want

to

write

a

letter

of

apology

tothe

foreign

visitors

to

explainmisunderstandings.

Finda

partner

anddiscuss

what

to

include

in

the

letter.Each

person

should

write

a

differentpart.(Student’s

own

address)(The

date)Mr

Hudson(The

recipient’s

address)Dear

Mr

HudsonI

am

writing

to

apologize

for

themisunderstanding

that

occurredWhen

I

showed

you

around

Beijing

theother

day.

I

felt

rather

strange

when

youwould

not

get

on

the

boat

because

youthought

it

was

too

crowded,even

though

Ithought

that

there

was

a

lot

of

space.From

reading

a

magazine

article,I

learnt

that

people

from

the

USA

feelfortable

if

others

are

too

close

to

them.

Iknow

it

is

a

matter

of

personal

space,

sonow

I

understand

why

you

did

not

want

toget

on

the

boat

then.I

feel

very

sorry

for

not

having

known

thisearlier.

I

hope

you

can

forgive

meformakingyoufeel fortable.

I

hope

our

nextmeeting

will

be

happier.Yours

sincerely(Students’s

own

name)高考鏈接Ihavenoideawhathewilldowiththemall,andittookupalotoftime.(P42)[考點1]

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Do

youhave

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isactually

going

on

in

the

classroom?

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he

retired

from

office,Rogers painting

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while,

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