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Section B 2a—2e
Unit 10
You’re supposed to shake hands.
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In America, it’s impolite to eat with your arms or elbows on the table.
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Warming-up
Choose √ or ×.
In Thailand, people must use knives for dinner.
×
Warming-up
In Indian, people are supposed to eat with their right hands.
√
Warming-up
What do you know about customs in foreign countries What do you think is one of the biggest challenges when visiting a foreign country
e.g. My cousin went to America, and she said that learning basic table manners was her biggest challenge. She never knew what she was supposed to do at the dinner table.
Pre-reading
In France, you’re supposed to put the bread on the table.
What do you know about the table manners in France Can we eat fruit with our hands in France
Pre-reading
Read the letter quickly and answer the questions.
1. Why is Lin Yue in France
2. Does she enjoy staying with her host family How do you know
3. How does she feel about making mistakes when she speaks French
4. What is the biggest challenge she is facing
Because she is on her student exchange program.
Yes, she does. She says her host family is really nice.
While-reading
It doesn’t worry her like it used to.
Her biggesst challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table.
Replace the underlined words with the phrases.
1. Making mistakes in French used to make Lin Yue nervous.
2. It was quite hard for her to feel good about speaking French.
3. The host family tried very hard to help Lin Yue.
4. Lin Yue has slowly learned how to be like her French friends.
(something) worry (someone)
be comfortable (doing)
went out of their way
gradually gotten used to being
While-reading
Read the letter carefully and make notes about French customs in the chart.
You are supposed to … You aren’t supposed to …
put your bread on your plate
put your bread on the table
eat anything with your hands except bread
cut fruit up and eat it with a fork
say you are full
say “That was delicious.”
put your elbows on the table
While-reading
Post-reading
Fill and retell
helped me practice French
cut it up and eat it with a fork
put your bread on your plate
put your elbows on the table
say “That was delicious.”
Post-reading
Language points
1. My biggest challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table.
behave 动词, 意思是 “表现”。
The boy behaved very well last night.
男孩昨晚表现挺好。
还可以表示“守规矩;举止适当有礼”的意思。
Please behave yourself. 请礼貌点儿。
名词形式是behavior,意思是“行为”。
2. ...but I’m gradually getting used to it.
get/be used to 意思是“习惯于……”。词组中的 to是介词,其后
如果跟动词,动词应该用动名词形式。
The astronauts soon got used to the condition of weightlessness.
宇航员很快就习惯了失重状态。
She gets used to riding his bike.
她习惯于骑自行车。
She has got used to getting up early.
她已习惯于早起。
Post-reading
Compare the table manners in France and China in your group. How are they the same or different Make a list.
T: In France, people put their bread on the table.
S1: But in China, we always put our food on a plate or in a bowl. We never put food on the table.
Post-reading
Summary
New words and phrases:
exchange, go out of one’s way, behave at the dinner table, make…feel at home, teenage, granddaughter, behave, except, elbow, gradually, get used to
Homework
Search online for more about table manners and customs in France, and then write a report.
Goodbye!