Unit 6 Good manners.
Period 3. Reading ⑴
Teaching Aims and Demands:
① To get to know the western talk manners
② To compare Chinese table manners with western table manners
③ Improve the reading ability of the Ss, especially the skills of summarizing and scanning.
Step 1 Warming up
1) Teacher tells a story of a Chinese at a western dinner party who made a fool of himself due to the lack of cultural background. The story is: Once a Chinese was invited to an American dinner party. When he saw the napkin on the table, he tied it around his neck just as Chinese parents do to their children when they’re fed. As a result, he made a fool of himself.
2) Teacher then presents the tools on the table and shows how to put these knives and forks and how to use them. Then ask one student to imitate.
3) Brainstorming Judge these manners. Which are good and which are bad.
◇ Can you speak with your mouth full?
◇ Can you use your hand to take food from the plate?
◇ Is it polite to touch the glasses when you toast?
◇ Is it polite to persuade others to drink up after toasting?
4) Do Pre-reading, discuss in groups
Situations Rules for being polite in Chinese culture
At a dinner party
Greeting your teacher
Receiving a birthday present
Paying a visit to a friend’s house
Ask three Ss to finish this table.
Step 2 Reading
① Ss do scanning for exercise 2(3minutes for scanning) In what order will the following dishes be served at a western dinner party? dessert drink main course starter soup
summarize the main idea of every paragraph (答案见教参P136)
② With following questions, listen to the tape and read carefully.
1). Instead of a hot, damp cloth, napkin is often seen at the Chinese dinner party nowadays. What sign do you think it implies? How can you use it?
2). What do soft drinks refer to? Is white or red wine a soft drink?
3). Do people say anything or keep silent when drinking to one’s health or drinking a toast? What do you usually do if you drink a toast?
Ask some Ss to answer these questions and do exercise 3
Homework:
1). Do practice on P116-117
2). Preview languages study and grammar