Pretask

1. Let the Ss find information about different customs

2. Let them try to act out what people in different countries do when they meet for the first time

3. List good manners and bad manners in China and other countries, and underline the differences

Task 1

• Finish teaching Section A 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b 2c and grammar focus

Let the Ss practice listening and speaking.

Teach “be supposed to do”.

Let the Ss learn what people are supposed to do when they meet for the first time and have dinner at an American family.

方法一：教师导入．教师放一段生活中因不同文化习俗产　　　　 　　生误会的录象或介绍不同文化．

参考材料： Different countries have different cultures.Can you tell us something about the different customs

Lead in：世界因彼此交流越来越多，人们关系越来越亲密而变小了，我们甚至亲切地称地球为地球村．　　

方法二：　学生导入．课前把学生分成组，每组代表一个国家（较熟悉的），并让他们课上介绍．自己所代表的国家的习俗．　

Task 1. what do people do when they meet for the first time.

kiss

shake hands bow

New words and phrases

• shake hands

• bow

• kiss

• be supposed to do

• be not supposed to do

____ Brazil a. bow

____ the United States b. shake hands

____ Japan c. kiss

____ Mexico

____ Korea

1. Tell about what people in different countries do when they meet for the first time

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b

b

a

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What else do you know about greetings in other countries? hug; make a salute; kiss one’s

hand, bow to/before sb.

2. 1b Listen to the tape and check if your answers in activity 1a are right

____ Brazil a. bow

____ the United States b. shake hands

____ Japan c. kiss

____ Mexico

____ Korea

c

b

a

b

a

Listen again and fill in the blanks• A1: What are people__________ to do when they

meet ______the first time?• B1: Well, do you mean when friends meet for the f

irst time?• A1: Yeah.• B1: Well, in___________, friends___________. • A1: What about in___________, Rodriguez?• A2: In Mexico we ______________________.• A1: How about in ____________, Yoshi? • A3: We __________.• B2: And in __________we also ____________.• A1: Well, I guess in most _________________we

shake hands

supposedfor

Brazil kissMexico

shake handsJapan

bowKorea bow

Western countries

Recycling

• for the first time

• What about…?

• How about …?

• in most western countries

A: What are people in Korea supposed to do when they meet for the first time?

B: They are supposed to bow.

A: What are people in Brazil supposed to do when they meet for the first time?

B: They are supposed to kiss.

A: …

Pair work: Tell about the countries list above or other countries you know about，　and try to act out.

3. Talk about exchange students experience in different countries

Have ever been an exchange student? Have you heard of their experience?

Are they nervous when they live in a foreign country?

What are good manners if you go to a foreigner’s house to have dinner?

What are you supposed to pay attention to?

2a Listen and do

• Maria is an exchange student. Last night she had dinner at an American friend’s house. Listen and check the mistakes Maria made.

Maria’s mistakes

_____arrive late _____ate the wrong food

_____greeted Paul’s mother the wrong way

_____wore the wrong clothes

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Listen again and fill in the blanks

• Maria: I was supposed to (1)_____________, but I arrived at 8:00.

• Maria: In my country, it’s different. When you’re invited for 7:00, you’re supposed to (2)__________________.

• Dan: And you were supposed to (3)___________________________instead.

• Dan: I guess you should have asked what you were supposed to (4)___________.

arrive at 7:00

come later

shake hands

wear

Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks

• A: Hi Maria. How was Paul’s party?• B: Oh, Dan, it was a _____________.• A: It was?• B: Uh-huh.• A: What ____________?• B: Well, I was supposed to _________at 7:00 but I

_______ at __________.• A: Oh, so you were _________.• B: Yeah, but in my country it’s __________. When

you’re ________ for 7:00, you’re supposed to come ___________.

• A: I see.

disaster

differentlate

8:00arrive

happened

arrive

laterinvited

B : Then when I met Paul’s mom, I ______ her.

A: And you were supposed to ___________ instead.B: That’s right. And I _______ a fancy dress.A: What’s wrong with that?B: Well, it was a _________. Everyone else

was _________ a T-shirt and jeans.A: I guess you should ____________what

you __________supposed to wear.have asked

wearingbarbecue

wore

shake hands

kissed

were

phrases

• Be a disaster

• Be supposed to arrive at 7:00

• In my country, it’s different.

• Be supposed to …instead

• Wear-wore-worn

• A barbecue

Group work

Work in group of four. Suppose you were Dan, Paul’s mother or Maria. Act out the party and the dialogue using the information in 2b. And then one of you report why Dan made the mistakes and how to avoid these kinds of mistakes.

Dan did so because of different customs and culture. As teenagers we should learn more knowledge/ about different culture to open and widen our eyes.

How much do you know about table manners around the world

• Mind your manners!

T F 1. In the United States, you’re not supposed to eat with your hands.T F 2. In Peru, you’re not supposed to talk at the table.T F 3. In China, you’re not supposed to pick up your bowl of rice.T F 4. In Korea, the youngest person is supposed to start eating first.T F 5. In Brazil, you should wipe your mouth with your napkin every time you take a drink.

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phrases

• Eat with your hands

• Pick up your bowl of rice

• Wipe your mouth with your napkin

Do you know how to behave at the dinner table in Japan? Please listen to the conversation and number the pictures.

Talk about table manners in Japan

( ) ( )( )( )2 1 4 3

1. It’s polite to make noise when you’re eating. Especially when you’re eating noodles. It shows that you like the food.

2. It’s rude to stick your chopsticks into your food

3. You shouldn’t point at anyone with your chopsticks.

4. You aren’t supposed to eat or drink while walking down the street.

Listen and help Steve match these sentences parts

___1. You aren’t supposed to …

___2. It’s polite …

___3. It’s rude …

___4. You shouldn’t

a. to make noise while eating noodles

b. to stick your chopsticks into your food.

c. point at anyone with your chopsticks

d. eat or drink while walking down the street

d

a

c

b

Can you tell us something about Steve and Japan? 1. Where will Steve go tomorrow?

2. How does he feel?

3. What’s the matter?

4. Why people are supposed to make noise when they are eating in Japan?

5. Who is allowed to talk at dinner table in Japan?

He will go to Japan tomorrow.

He feels nervous.

He doesn’t know how to use chopsticks very well and how to behave at the dinner table.

It shows you like the food.

Only parents are allowed to talk at dinner table in Japan

structure

• It’s polite…

• It’s impolite…

• It’s rude…

Difficulties

• 1. You should wipe your mouth with your napkin every time you take a drink. 每次你喝完东西后，你都应该用餐巾擦一下嘴。

• 2. To make noise while eating noodles. 吃面条时弄出响声。

• 3. Point at anyone with your chopsticks.

• 用筷子指着某人

Pair work Talk about table manners in China. Father often invites

some friends to your home. What do they often do and what do you think? ( rude/ polite)

Sample:

A: Do you know how to behave at the dinner

table?

B: Well, you’re supposed to serve the elderly.

It’s rude to make noise when you’re eating.

A: Yes, and it’s polite to talk with the host or hostess at the dinner table but it’s rude to laugh loudly or cough at others…

You’re not supposed to point at others with your chopsticks.What should/ shouldn’t you do when you are having lunch at school

4. Brainstorms: Tell us what we are/ are not supposed to do at school?

We are supposed to bow and say “Hello” to the teachers when we meet them.

We are not supposed to kiss when we meet the guests for the first time.

We are supposed to listen t o the teachers carefully and take notes when we are having lessons.

We are supposed to wear uniforms when we go to school.

Hello, Ms. Kitty

Hello, Mr. Gaze

Are you supposed to greet your teacher like this?

Greeting your teacher in China

• to stand straight and say “ Hello!”

• to get off your bike

• not to take your hat off

Greeting your teacher in a western country.

• to smile and say

“Good morning” or

“Good afternoon”

at a Chinese dinner party• to talk to people sitting beside you

• to smile

• to eat with chopsticks

• to stand up when others make a toast

• to say you are full if you don’t want any more food

• not to keep your hand under the table

at a western dinner party

• to eat with knives and forks. • to be lively and smile• not to shout or laugh loudly at the table. • not to smoke cigarettes during the dinner.

Tell the usage of “be supposed to do”

Task 2

• Introduce more about different customs

• Finish section A, 3a, 3a, 3b

• Practice reading and writing

• Learn how to behave well

3a

Here are two students who are from different countries. Let’s read their ideas.

Learn the language of a country isn’t enough. Can you imagine the manners of our foreign friends can be quite different from our own.

Read and answer

• Where are they from?

• Is it important to be on time in their countries?

Read again and fill in the chartAttitude about Colombia Switzerland

Being on time

Visiting a friend’s house

Making plans with friends

be relaxed about time

drop by their friend’s homes

call them first

make plansdon’t have to make plan

be very important

e.g. People in Colombia are pretty relaxed about time…

phrases

• Drop by our friend’s house

• As many…as…

• It’s very important to…

• After all

• Plan to…

difficulties1. Where I’m from, we’re pretty relaxed about time.

我所在的地方，对时间是相当宽松的。2. It’s Okay if you arrive a bit late. 如果你到的稍晚一

些，也没什么。3. Spending time with family and friends is very impor

tant. 和家人和朋友一起度过对我们来说是很重要的。4. We often just drop by our friends’ homes. 我们时

常去朋友家拜访。5. Often we just walk around the town center, seeing

as many of our friends as we can. 我们经常走遍市中心，看尽可能多的朋友。

6. In Switzerland, it’s very important to be on time.在瑞士，准时是很重要的。

7. We’re the land of watches, after all. 毕竟，我们是表之乡。

8. If someone invites you to meet them at 4:00, you have to be there at 4:00. 如果有人邀请你于 4 ：00 见面，那你必须在 4 ： 00 到。

9. We usually make plans to see friends. 通常我们都是做好去看朋友的计划。

Section B, 3a• Here is a passage about an exchange student’s

experience in a foreign country. Read through the passage in 3 minutes and tell T/ F.

( )1. The E-mail is from France about table manners

( )2. Wang Kun is an exchange student and she is back now. .

( )3. She felt at home after she arrived in France.

( )4. It’s polite to put your bread on the table or eat it with your hands.

Read again and answer the following questions

1.Why was Wang Kun nervous?

2.Why did she have no reason to be nervous?

3.What differences have occurred in her French?

4.What does she find surprising?

5.What is one particular challenge she is facing?Retell the E-mail according to the

answers.

phrases

• Go out of their ways to make me feel…

• How to behave at dinner table

• Bother me

• Be used to…

• Except

• Be getting used to sth.

difficulties

• 1. It’s even better than I thought it would be. 事情比我想象的要好得多。

• 2. They go out of their way to make me feel at home.他们花尽心血让我感觉不到拘束。

• 3. I’m very comfortable speaking French now. 我现在讲发语很流畅、自如。

• 4. Although I still make lots of mistakes, it doesn’t bother me like it used to. 尽管我经常出一些错，但它不像过去那样打扰我。

• 5. I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I’m used to it. 开始，我想那是太奇怪了，但是现在我已经习惯了。

• 7. You’re not supposed to eat anything with your hands except bread, not even fruit. You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork. 除了面包，你不可以用手吃任何东西，即使是水果也不行。你必须切开，用叉子来吃。

• 8. I have to say, I find it difficult to remember everything, but I’m gradually getting used to things, and don’t find them so strange any more. 不得不承认，我发现记住一切东西是很困难的，但我渐渐习惯了，并且发现他们也不再那么奇怪了。

• find it difficult to do…• dangerous to do…• strange to do…

Do you know more different customs and

manners between countries?

• Do you want to know them?

• Let’s read the following passages.

Competition: You’re supposed to finish the following in 5 minutes.

Writing:

1. Write 5 things that you are/ aren’t supposed to do at an American friend’s house.

2. Write at least 3 kinds ways that people are supposed to greet each other when they meet for the first time.

Write sentences like the following.

•      ① You’re not supposed to put your bread on your plate, you’re supposed to put it on the table!

•      ② You’re not supposed to eat anything with your hands except bread, not even fruit. You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork.

•      ③ It’s very rude to say you’re full. If you don’t want any more food, you should just say, “ It was delicious.”

•      ④ It’s rude to put your hands in your lap. You should always keep your hands, but not your elbows, on he table.

Writing 仿写 Section A, 3a• Tim, an exchange student from England is going to

your school. According to the form, write a letter to tell him things he is/ isn’t supposed to do.

You’re supposed to

Greeting teachers Say “Good morning.”

Doing homework

Phoning someone

Visiting someone’s place

Making plans with friends

Being on time

Giving gifts

sample• Tim, welcome you to our school. Here is something I

want to tell you. First, if you meet a teacher on your way to school, it’s polite to stop to bow and say “Good morning” to him/ her. Second, our school has got out lots of activities to make you feel at home. You’d better make a plan with your friends and decide what to do because you are supposed to finish homework every day. If you’d like to visit a Chinese family , being there on time is very important. At last of the day, we’ll have a party with the home-stay families. You’re not supposed to give gifts to them, but you should show your thanks.

• We’re looking forward to meeting you in Beijing. I’m sure you’ll have a great here.

Your pen pal is going to visit you from France. Please write a small article to tell him/ her about things he/ she is supposed

to do. You can use:

1.be supposed to do…

2.It’s polite to…

3.It’s rude to…

4.It’s impolite to…

5....should…

get used to doing

make noise while…

point at…with…

make plan to…

find it +adj.

get out of ways to…

• Imagine you’re Steve from activity 2b. Write an E-mail message to a friend about the table manners in Japan.

Subject: Table Manners From: Steve

Here are some things you need to know

课外任务• 请学生就阅读过的外国风俗习惯，选一篇

自己感兴趣的，用自己的语言写出来介绍给同学们。

我们的联合国

请学生自愿结组，代表自己感兴趣的国家，介绍那里的风俗习惯和礼仪。内容可包括如何见面问候、约会、访友、用餐礼仪等。可以语言、动作、表演相结合。

Task 3 Reading:

Parent helps child

Pre -task• Think of something you really wanted and

worked hard for.

get high scores in all subjects

Answer the following questions

1. What did you do and what were the difficulties? 2. Who helped you and how did they help you? 3. How did you feel at the end? 4. What did you learn from this experience?

Step 1. pre-reading Part 1

Step2 Fast reading part 2

Step3 Intensive reading

Questions1.   What kind of kids was Wesley?

2.   Did his mother give up trying to help?

3.   How did his mother help him?

4.   Did Wesley get improvement?

5.   What did his mother do then?

6.   What did the military school teachers do?

7. Did Wesley understand he had to change? How do you know that?

8. Where did he study then? Why?

9.  The writer gives some advice for parents and children. What are they?

10. What are your parents like in your eyes?

key sentence:You are supposed to know about the languages and the manners.