Module 3 Interpersonal Relationships -- Friendship making friende in the USA

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Dong Ming No.1 Middle School Liu Chun xia
What can you guess shouldn’t be talked about with Americans
What can you guess will be talked about in the passage
Go through the text quickly and choose the things you shouldn’t talk about with Americans:
age religion
weather politics
family jobs
personal interests
money
Para.1 a. talk about jobs.
Para.2 b. A highly personal conversation.
Para.3 c. Why is American conversation less lively
Para.4 d. not talk about topics leading to disagreement.
Para.5 e. not talk about age.
Para.6 f. Avoid silence .
Para.7 g. talk about feelings.
Para.8 h. be aware of cultural differences.
Para.9 i. not talk about money.
Read again and match the paragraphs with their main ideas.
Do’s
Don’ts
Reading for details:
You can ask what people do. We’re ________ by our jobs. You can also ask about their feelings, but they are more ________ about factual matters. It’s best to avoid politics and other _______ topics. So we should be __________ cultural differences. But Americans will happily talk about more private matters if you _______.
Find a sentence which can be replaced by: “You should accept others’ praise politely and say ‘Thank you!’.”
Complete the sentence:
Although some people like to show off their wealth,_____________________________________
For Girls (Paragraphs 2-5 )
For boys (paragraphs 6-8)
Reading for details:
You can ask what people do. We’re ________ by our jobs. You can also ask about their feelings, but they are more ________ about factual matters. It’s best to avoid politics and other _________ topics. So we should be __________ cultural differences. But Americans will happily talk about more private matters if you _________
_____.
For Girls (Paragraphs 2-5 )
defined
secretive
sensitive
aware of
take the
lead
Reading for details:
Find a sentence which can be replaced by: “You should accept praise politely and say ‘Thank you!’.”
_______________________________________
2. Complete the sentence:
Although some people like to show off their wealth,____________________________________
For boys (paragraphs 6-8)
You should accept compliments graciously and say ‘Thank you!’.”
income is a very private matter for most Americans.
be aware of define take the lead show off sensitive make compliments
He couldn’t wait to _________ his new car to his friends.
Don’t say that she has put on weight------she is very
________ about it.
3. Some words are hard to ________ because they have many different uses.
4. He said he was ___________ his mistakes.
5. Japan has ______________ in car production.
6. He made ____________ on my new dress and I said “Thank you! ”.
show off
sensitive
define
aware of
taken the lead
compliments
Topics can be talked about
with Americans shouldn’t be talked about with Americans
How about in China
Write a paragraph about your discussion.
Exchange paragraphs with other pairs of students.