外研版 选修6 Module1 Small Talk Reading and Listening_名师课件（11张PPT）

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Module 1
small talk： informal conversation about things that are not important
——— Macmillan English Dictionary
small talk： light conversation that people make at
social occasions about unimportant things:
We stood around making small talk.
——— Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary
small talk： polite friendly conversation about unimportant subjects
——— Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
small talk ：conversation about ordinary or unimportant matters, usually at a social event:
He has no small talk (i.e. he is not good at talking
to people about ordinary or unimportant things).
——— Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Look at the conversation topics below and answer the questions.
If you talk about these topics, is the conversation
serious or small talk
Which of the topics do you like talking about with
your friends
Which of them do you talk about with your parents
Which of them do you talk about with your teacher
Which of them do you never talk about
careers; cars; examinations; film stars; music; politics; sport; travel; weather; food
Match the conversations with the places. There is one extra place.
at a summer school;
during a job interview;
in a business meeting;
on a boat
Answer the question :
What do you think about the answers
in the interview ( )
A. The answers show that the interviewee is interested in the job.
B. The answers are too short.
C. The answers are impolite.
B C
Listen and choose the correct endings
to the lines from the conversation.
1. Sorry, I couldn't ____.
(a) hear what you said (b) understand what you said
2. I didn't ____.
(a) like what you said (b) catch what you said
3. Could you ____
(a) repeat what you said. (b) explain what you said
4. You needn't have ____.
(a) spoken to me (b) spoken so slowly
5. I just needed a few seconds ____.
(a) to get used to your voice
(b) to understand your voice
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Listen to the conversation and
answer the questions.
Do the people both speak English as a first language
Why did the woman have problems understanding what the man was saying
How did the man help her to understand him better
No,they don’t.
She needed to get used to his voice.
He spoke slowly and repeated things.
Read the sentence from the listening passage and answer the questions.
You needn't have spoken so slowly.
1. Who said this ———— the tourist or the English person
2. Why did she say it ( )
(a) The other person was speaking quickly.
(b) The other person was speaking too slowly.
(c) The other person was speaking too slowly
and it wasn't necessary.
The tourist.
C
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Homework
Think of the questions:
Is small talk important in your society
Is it as important as "real"conversation
Do you think small talk is more or less important in English than in your language