1、Unit Two American Homes and Traditional Chinese Homes第1页Learning ObjectivesLearning ObjectivesvTalking about introducing people and placesvTalking about housing and layout of rooms/housesvTalking about privacy and individualismvTalking about buying and selling houses第2页How to introduce?How to introd
2、uce?IntroductionvYou may introduce yourself like this:-Good morning,Mrs.Black,allow me to introduce myself.My name is Jane.-Let me introduce myself.My name is Mary Brown.-I dont believe weve met.Im Li Zheng.-Glad to meet you.Im Catharine Black.-Its Catharine,but please call me Kate.-Hi.Im John.Im a
3、new comer.第3页vYou may introduce people like this:-May I introduce you to Mrs.White,my English teacher?Mrs.White,this is Mrs.Brown.v-Id like you to meet Jane.-This is Liu,the manager of our department.-Meet my friend Bai Mei.-Hi,John,this is Jane.Jane,this is John.第4页vCommon Answers:Nice to meet you,
4、Jane.How do you do,Mrs.Brown?Pleased to meet you.Hello!Glad to meet you.Its nice to meet you.Its a pleasure to know you.Hi!第5页Part 1 Communicative ActivitiesPart 1 Communicative ActivitiesConversation 1vRead and study the conversation.Which short sentences will be useful in everyday informal convers
5、ation?Underline them and then compare them with your classmates.vHi,folks.vHeres a letter for you.vYoure joking.vYou bet I do.第6页Conversation 1Conversation 1Notes:vHi,folks:an informal way of greeting a group of people vsort out:to select from others;to arrange(the letter),to put into good ordervYou
6、re joking:a colloquial expression to show ones doubt vreturn address:the senders address printed/written in the top left corner of an envelope.vYou bet:an emphatic way of saying“certainly”.第7页Conversation 1Conversation 1Return address第8页Conversation 1Conversation 1Cultural Informationvfinancial aid:
7、money given or lent to students at college or university to pay for their education(经济资助)经济资助)vThe Processes of applying for financial aid in the Western universitiesvScholarship and bursary are two different kinds of financial aid available to students in many western universities.Scholarship may b
8、e given according to the academic standing of the applicants,but bursary is often needs-based.第9页Conversation 2Conversation 2vRead and discuss how to talk to strangers in English in an informal situation such as a party.第10页Conversation 2Conversation 2Role-playvSuppose you were at the English Corner
9、,you introduce yourself to your foreign teacher,and introduce your best friend to him.第11页Listening 1Listening 1vWork in pairs and try to name the different parts in the following floor plan of a students apartment第12页Listening 1Listening 1第13页Listening 1Listening 1Now,two students Tom and Barry are
10、 shown around by the house manager.Listen and name the different parts of the apartment.第14页Listening 1Listening 1第15页Listening 1Listening 1Answer the following questions:nWhere are the facilities located in this apartment?nIf they want to save power,what should they do about the thermostat?nWhat is
11、 your apartment like?Describe it on the blackboard.第16页Listening 2Listening 2Listen and complete the task1.What is their traditional house like?2.Draw a picture in the box below that fits the couples description.3.What is the function of the wall in front of the gate according to the local tradition
12、?4.Discuss the differences between three words:house,home,and apartment第17页Listening 2Listening 2v1.What is their traditional house like?第18页Listening 2Listening 2v2.Draw a picture in the box below that fits the couples description.第19页Listening 2Listening 2v3.What is the function of the wall in fro
13、nt of the gate according to the local tradition?第20页第21页Listening 2Listening 2v4.Discuss the differences between three words:house,home,and apartmentThe three words are often confusing.e.g.Please come to my home for a dinner.(In fact the speaker and his family are living in an apartment in the city.
14、)Therefore,it is more appropriate to say in this case“Please come to my apartment for a dinner.”A house is a building in which people live,usually the people belonging to one family.Someones home is the house or flat where one lives.Home is most often used to refer to the social unit formed by a fam
15、ily living together.An apartment is a set of rooms for living in,usually on one floor of a large building.(mainly AM;in BRIT,use flat)第22页 Complete the blanks with house,home or apartment.1.I usually spend my weekend puttering around my _.2.Would you like to come to my _ for a dinner?We live in the
16、block just next to the train station.3.The American student went to see Lilis parents _ in the village.househousehousedoing little jobs around the house,not home a physical location for eating,not a place for the guest to live as home She is to see what the residence is like in the village.第23页 4.Th
17、ey have a second _ on the lake.5._,and sweet _!There is no place like _.6.He will be away from _ for two weeks.7.He works or studies at _.Homehomehomehomehomehomea second place where the family can live The family members can find love there.a place one usually lives as his residence at the place wh
18、ere he lives,works or studies comfortably 第24页5.What are they for?5.What are they for?Actual Words Spokena.My name is John Smith.How do you do?b.Whos this?Is it Jack?c.Hello,Bill,how have you been recently?d.Mum,this is Mary,my new classmate.e.That is our new library.f.It is with great pleasure that
19、 I introduce to you Professor Brown,president of Blueville University.Functions1.Showing somebody around the campus.2.Saying who you are and greeting people.3.Greeting one of your friends.4.Introducing a new classmate to your mother.5.Introducing a guest speaker to audience at a meeting.6.Trying to
20、identify someone.eacdfb第25页6.More sentences6.More sentences1.Hello!Is Tom there?This is Auden speaking.2.Excuse me,madam.My name is John Smith.Im from Jingle Bell Company of Beijing.3.Let me introduce Ms.Jane Walsh to you.Jane is from Scotland 4.May I present Mr.Brown Close,managing director of ABC
21、Leather Company?5.Jack,whats that sound?Did you hear it?6.Its a privilege to know you.7.Whos speaking?Is it Mary?8.This is my younger brother.He was ten years old then.9.Hello!Im John Thomas.Whats your name?10.Mary,Id like you to meet my family.This is my father,第26页Which of the above sentences matc
22、h the following situation?a.Asking someone to identify a sound.b.Introducing oneself at the registration desk of a conference.c.Introducing oneself on the phone.d.Identifying a speaker on the phone.e.Introducing a person very formally.f.Introducing someone to ones family.g.Identifying a person in a picture.h.Offering to introduce someone.i.Responding to an introduction very formally.j.Causally greeting and getting to know a stranger.52174108369第27页Proverb By the time you finish paying for the house in the suburbs,its no longer the suburbs.第28页
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