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,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Communication Workshop,Unit 12 Culture Shock,必修四,Objectives,To participate in a roleplay requiring polite, formal language.,To write an informal letter.,To revise linking words and expressions.,To listen to and understand a song.,Part I,Pre- listening,Imagine you are an exchange student in the UK, and you are having dinner with one of the parents of your exchange partner. What do you think you should do and say,Listening strategies:,Informal style is more direct. Listen for contractions and colloquial or slang expressions, e.g. yeah, sure, ok, thanks.,Formal style usually contains longer sentences and polite words and expressions, e.g. would you mind, please, thank you.,1. Now listen to four short dialogues. Which ones are formal and which are informal,Dialogue 1,Dialogue 2,Dialogue 3,Dialogue 4,informal,informal,formal,formal,Part II,Speaking,2. A foreign student is staying with a British family on an exchange visit. They are having dinner. Listen to the conversation and answer these questions.,1) What does the student ask for,2) What favor does he ask,3) Why does he apologize,4) What does he want to do on Saturday night,What does the student ask for,2) What favor does he ask,The student asks for salt.,He asks to be collected from class tomorrow.,3) Why does he apologize,4) What does he want to do on Saturday night,Because he broke a glass in the bathroom.,He wants to go out with a friend and have a door key so he can come back late.,3. Listen again. On which occasions does the student sound rude,1._ _,2._,When he asks to be collected from school.,When he asks for a key because he is going to be out late.,Part III,Speaking,Imagine you are on an exchange visit to the UK. Have a conversation over dinner with one of the parents of your exchange partner. Follow the stages.,Stage1,Prepare something to say and practice saying them politely. The key words may help you.,you need something on the table ask for it,you broke something earlier in the day apologize,ask for a favor, e.g. a lift into town,you want to do something with your exchange partner at the weekend ask for permission,Stage 2,In pairs, act out the situation. Your partner takes the part of the British parent.,When you have finished, change roles.,Talkback,Assess your partner for politeness.,very polite, quite polite, not very polite,Part IV,Writing,Read the letter on page 45. What kind of linking words are the underlined words,addition, contrast, example, purpose, reason, time,Addition:_,Contrast: _,Example: _,Purpose: _,Reason: _,Time: _,when, first, finally,because, as,so that,also,but,such as,2. Write a letter to an exchange partner, giving him/her advice about coming to your country. Follow the stages below.,Stage 1,Imagine the person your are writing to.,Answer these questions:,Is your partner a boy or a girl,What was your visit to Britain like when you stayed with him/her,Did anything special happen,3) Did you have any problems,4) What are your partners interests,5) Is there any useful advice you can give him/her about coming to your country,Stage 2,Organize your notes into three paragraphs., introduction reason for writing, an excuse to finish the letter,From the informal letter on P45, we can easily see linking words are our key points in our writing process, like “For example, “for instance, How many other linking words do you know,Writing help,Linking words:,Addition递进: first, also, finally, whats more, besides, not only but also,Contrast比照: but, however, on the contrary, contrary to, on the other hand,Purpose目的: so that, in order to, in order that,Cause and effect因果: as, because (in that), since (now that), for, therefore, thus, as a result,Conclusion结尾：in conclusion， in a word, in short, Taking everything into consideration,Time时间: when, while, as, before, since, recently, at first, in the end,Stage 3,Write your letter.,Stage 4,Check your letter.,Talkback,In groups, read each others letters. Is there any advice that you dont agree with Tell the others.,Hi Leo,Its been a while since we wrote, so I thought Id drop you a line to bring you up to date with whats been happening here.I suppose the most important thing is that Janes job is more secure than we thought. At the beginning of the year, when she got the job, we thought it might only be for one semester, but we just found that she has a permanent contract of sorts. Obviously this is great, as it means we can relax a little.,Sample letter (I),I still dont have what I really want work wise, but it will happen soon. You have to stay positive, dont youMy parents are both fine, and I think they are really happy that weve moved back. For us, its great to be so close to family again, an extra sense of comfort and security. We see my sister quite often as shes in London, although were not that bothered about going into the city.,So, what about you these days Are you still stuck in that old job Since Ive been having so much trouble getting a job I understand your reluctance to change. Theres nothing worse than filling in endless application forms, with no idea of what it will lead to.Anyway, Ive got another form to fill in so and Ill leave you.RegardsJohn,Dear Susan,It feels like such a long time since the last time I saw you. I know its only been several weeks since I saw you. So far my summer has been great!,I spend my all my weekends at the beach. I am getting a nice tan and you can no longer say I am paler than you. I have been playing lots of volleyball, surfing and building a nice collection of sea shells. Just this past weekend I took second place in a sandcastle building contest!,Sample letter (II),On the weekdays I work. I drive an ice cream truck around and sell ice cream to the kids. It is so cool. It is a combination of the two things I love most, ice cream and kids. The pay isnt too great but I love the job so much.,I hope the summers been going well for you too. Theres only a month and a half left in summer vacation and after that its back to school. Would you like to meet up some time before school starts Your friend, Signature,Part V,Listening,1. Read the song,Waltzing Matilda,. Match the definitions (a-g) with the Australian slang words in blue. Check your answers in a dictionary.,travelling around looking for the work,eucalyptus tree,a bush traveler,d) pond,e) food bag,f) sheep,g) cooking pan,travelling around looking for the work,b) eucalyptus tree,c) a bush traveler,d) pond,e) food bag,f) sheep,g) cooking pan,swagman,billabong,coolibar tree,billy,Waltzing Matilda,jumbuck,tucker bag,2. Listen to the song and fill in the gaps.,Oh, there was once a swagman camped in a billabong, (1) _ the shade of a coolibar tree. And he (2) _ as he looked at his old billy boiling wholl come a Waltzing Matilda with me,Chorus,Wholl come a Waltzing Matilda my darling Wholl come a Waltzing Matilda with (3) _ Waltzing,under,sang,me,Matilda and carrying a (4) _ bag wholl come a Waltzing Matilda with me,Down came a jumbuck to (5) _ at the water hole up (6) _ the swagman and grabbed him happily and he sang as he put him away in his tucker bag. Youll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.,Down came the landowner (7) _,tucker,drink,jumped,on,his horse. Down came the (8) _, one, two, three. Whose is that jumbuck youve got in that bag,Up jumped the swagman and (9) _ into the water hole. Drowning himself by the coolibar tree. And his (10) _ may be heard as it sings in the billabong.,Wholl come a Waltzing Matilda with me,policemen,jumped,ghost,Waltzing Matilda is Australias most widely known bush ballad (歌谣；民谣), a country folk song(民歌), it is considered the unofficial national anthem of Australia.,The title is Australian slang for travelling by foot with ones goods in a “Matilda (bag) over ones back. The song tell a story of a worker, or “swagman(流浪者), making a drink of tea at his bush camp and stealing a sheep to eat. When the sheeps owner arrives with three police officers to arrest the worker for his theft, the worker commits suicide by drowning (溺水) himself in the nearby watering hole, after which his ghost haunts(萦绕) the site (place).,Brief description to the song,Background information about,official national songs of Australia,Before 1974, the official national song of Australia was the British anthem “God Save the Queen, and “Advance，Australia Fair has been officially its anthem (n. 赞美诗；圣歌 ) since 1984.,Homework,Write a letter to an exchange partner,giving him/her advice about coming to,your country.,Thank you!,
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