Unit2sectionA3aAloneamongstrangers:DealingwithadifficultsituationAKEELAHandtheBEEDiscuss:Haveyoueverattended

(takepartin)the

partyalone?Howdoyoufeelwhenyoutakepartinapartyalone?BeforereadingWhile-reading(fastreading)_____Benisn’ttheonlyperson…_____Finally,Iturnedtotheperson

nexttome…_____ItwasFridaynight…123

Readparagraph1&2(readcarefully)1.WhatisBenlike?Outgoingorshy?2.DoyouthinkBenandTaniaenjoyedthemselvesattheparty?Benisalittleshy.WhatisBenlike?Outgoingorshy?1.Ihadasecretfeelingoffear(worried).2.ThenInervouslystoodinacorner,notquitesurewhattodo.3.Ifeltmoreandmorenervous…4.IfeltsoembarrassedthatIlefttheparty.DoyouthinkBenandTaniaenjoyedthemselvesattheparty?No,Idon’tthinktheyenjoyedthemselves.a.Theotherpersonwaslookinguncomfortable.b.Intheend,allIcouldsaywas,”well,itwasnicemeetingyou,”andIquicklywalkedaway.c.Ifeltso

embarrassed

thatIlefttheparty.Readparagraph3carefullyWhatdoesthewritersuggest(giveadvice)forBen’ssituation?Agoodstartingpointistoaskthepersonquestionsabouthimselforherself,ortalkaboutsomethingyoubothlikesuchasfootballorpopmusic.

*Agoodstartingpoint

meansagoodopener(開(kāi)場(chǎng)白)Translatethefollowingsentences.1.Benisn’ttheonlyperson

thathasexperiencedthissituation.2.It’snaturaltofeelunsureofourselveswhenstartingconversationswithstrangers.V.經(jīng)歷本不是唯一的人。經(jīng)歷過(guò)這種狀況Itisadj.todosth.做…是…當(dāng)和陌生人開(kāi)始交流時(shí)，對(duì)我們自己感到?jīng)]有把握是很自然的。WangYeyinghadaparty,andyouwereinvitedtotheparty.Attheparty,youmetsomepeopleyoudon’tknow.Afterreading（role-play角色表演）topicsweathersportsmoviesfoodtrafficactors/actressesplacesPolitesmalltalkcanmakepeoplefeelrelaxed.Differentculture,differenttopicsChinesegreeting”Haveyoueatenyet”maybestrangetoanEnglish-speakingperson.Religionshouldbeavoided.Political（政治的）ideasshouldbeavoided.Privatesubjectsincludingincome(收入)，age,marriage(婚姻)shouldnotbediscussed.Themostimportantthingistogiveothersachancetospeaka