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Unit 10
Section A
Period 2 (3a — 3c)
Different countries have different customs.
Switzerland
It’s in Europe.
What do you know about Switzerland
Bern
It’s the capital of clocks and watches.
n. 首都
What do you know about Colombia
Colombia
It’s in South America.
Bogota
It is famous for its coffee.
If you meet someone in the following countries, what are you supposed to do Please show your ideas.
We are supposed/expected to…when we meet someone for the first time in...
Something about
Colombia
It’s in South America.
It is famous for its coffee.
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Colombia
Switzerland
It’s in Europe.
It’s the capital of clocks and watches.
n. 首都
Something about
['sw ts l nd]
Switzerland
Read the following opinions of a Colombian and a Swiss student. In which country is it OK to be 15 minutes late for dinner
3a
Predict what the main idea of the passages is by scanning the requirement of 3a and 3b.
Predicting
1. What are the two short passages mainly about
2. How many big differences are talked about in the two passages What are they
Differences between Colombian and Swiss customs.
Three. Being on time ,visiting a friend's house,
making plans with friends.
In which country is it OK to be 15 minutes late for dinner
In Colombia.
Read the passage quickly and match the countries and the time concept(时间观).
Fast reading
Colombia
Switzerland
It's very important to be on time .
It is OK to be 15 minutes late for dinner.
1. Is it OK if you arrive a little late when you tell a friend you’re going to their house for dinner in Colombia
2. Do they usually have to make plans to meet their friends in Colombia
Yes, it is.
No, they don’t.
Read and answer.
3. Could your friends get mad if you’re even fifteen minutes late in Switzerland
4. Do they usually make plans to see friends in Switzerland
Yes, they may.
Yes, they do.
Ideas and customs about… Colombia
Switzerland
being on time
visiting a friend’s house
Read the passage again and complete the chart.
it’s OK to be late
it’s important to be on time
3b
drop in
whenever they like
always call first
Ideas and customs about… Colombia
Switzerland
making plans with friends
don’t usually make plans
always make plans
In …, you’re supposed to…
Role-play
Role-play a conversation. Student A is Teresa and Student B is Marc. Teresa is late and Marc is mad.
3c
You are supposed to …
1. greeting teachers
say “Good morning”
2. doing homework
3. phoning someone
4. visiting someone’s
place
call first, and knock
at the door
at home or after class
in school
say “Hello, …”
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.
Fill in the blanks with the proper words from the text.
In Colombia, people are pretty ____________ time. They don’t like to ____________. They often just ________ their friends’ homes. They don’t usually have to ___________to meet their friends. Often they just walk around the town center, seeing ____ many of their friends _____ they can.
relaxed about
rush around
drop by
make plans
as
as
Retelling
Fill in the blanks with the proper words from the text.
In Switzerland, it’s very important to __________.They’re the land of clocks and watches, ________. They never visit a friend’s house without __________. They usually make plans to see friends. They usually ________ something interesting, or go somewhere together.
be on time
after all
calling first
plan to do
Retelling
Language points
1. Where I’m from, we’re pretty relaxed about time.
在我们国家, 我们对时间相当宽松。
relaxed是形容词, 在这里意为“宽松的, 不加以约束的”, 后面常接介词about。
My parents are relaxed about my clothes.
我的父母对我的服装不加约束。
relaxed还可以意为“放松的, 轻松自在的”。
You look very relaxed. Aren’t you busy now
你看上去非常自在,难道你现在不忙吗?
链接:
relax v. 放松
relaxing adj. 使人放松的,令人感到轻松的
relaxation n. 当其意为“放松,消遣”时, 是不可数名词;而当其意为“休闲活动”时, 是可数名词。
2. We value the time we spend with our family and friends in our everyday lives.
我们珍视日常生活中和家人及朋友共度的时光。
value在这里是动词, 意为“重视;珍视。
I valued my friendship with my classmates.
我珍视我和同学之间的友谊。
I have always valued your advice.
我向来重视你的忠告。
Which do you value, wealth or health
你珍视哪一种,财富还是健康
拓展:
value还可以作名词, 意为“价值。
Good books are of great value to students.
好书对学生非常有用。
I paid him £50 for the painting, but its true value must be at least £500.
我付给他50英镑买下了这幅画, 但它的真正价值至少有500英镑。
valuable adj. 贵重的;宝贵的
拓展:
drop in也可以意为“拜访,到访”, 后面接人时,要借助于介词on;接地点时要借助于介词at。
Don’t forget to drop in on your teacher.
= Don’t forget to drop in at your teacher’s home.
不要忘了顺便去拜访一下你的老师。
drop by sb. = drop in on sb. 顺便走访某人
drop by one’s home = drop in (at) +地点 拜访…
3. heavy traffic 交通繁忙, 交通拥堵, 车水马龙
What heavy traffic!多拥挤的交通!
He got home late because of the heavy traffic.
他回家晚是因为交通拥挤之故。
traffic n. 交通; 路上行驶的车辆
His left knee was hurt in a traffic accident.
他的左膝在一次交通事故中受伤了。
There's usually a lot of traffic at this time of day.
每天在这段时间往来车辆都很多。
The streets are crowded with traffic.
街上车辆很多。
light traffic 行人车辆稀少
little traffic 交通不拥挤
long-distance traffic 长途交通车辆
one-way traffic 单向交通
two-way traffic 双向来往的交通(车辆)
slow-moving traffic 缓慢移动的车流
air traffic 空中交通
rush-hour traffic 交通高峰
Ⅰ. 从方框中选词并用其适当形式填空
In Switzerland, people usually ______ to see friends.
2. _________ time with friends on weekends is
really great.
3. If you want to sleep well, just try ______
before you go to bed.
spend,relax, visit, greet, plan
plan
Spending
to relax
Exercise
4. The first thing for students to do in class is
______ the teacher.
5. You’d better call first before ______ a
friend’s house.
to greet
visiting
根据句意及提示完成句子。
1. The mother gave her baby a k___ on the cheek.
2. Elise was lying in the sun looking very r_____ and happy.
3. He was standing with his back t______ me.
4. People in China and England have different c______ on greeting people.
5. He visited many foreign l____ including Egypt and Russia.
iss
elaxed
owards
ustoms
ands
Your new friend Teresa from Colombia will visit China next week. She wants you to introduce some Chinese customs to her. Please write her a letter.