高中英語-Book6 Module1 small talk教學(xué)課件設(shè)計

LearningObjectives:1.Clearlyunderstandtheimportanceofsmalltalkandknowhowtomakeasafesmalltalk.2.GettoknowtheoriginsofsomeBritishcustomsrelatedtoEnglishandbodylanguagestoextendtheknowledge.Knowledgeispower.—FrancisBaconEstherGreenbaumReading1SmallTalkReadandanswer:1.Whatissmalltalkaccordingtothepassage?2.Whatarethebenefitsofsmalltalk?3.Whataresafetopicstomakeasmalltalkifyoumeetastranger?4.Whattopicsshouldyouavoidtouchingon?1.Whatissmalltalkaccordingtothepassage?

Smalltalkisapopularwayofgettingtoknowsomeone,gettingintoaschoolorjob,orjust

passingthetime.2.Whatarethebenefitsofsmalltalk?

Becauseitcanleadtomanygoodoutcomesandmakeussmarter.3.Whataresafetopicstomakeasmalltalkifyoumeetastranger?

Inordertobreaktheice,wecantalkaboutweather,sportsnews,thethingsincommonwiththeotherspeaker,orcomplimentsomeoneontheirclothingorhair.4.Whattopicsshouldyouavoidtouchingon?

Weshouldavoidsayinganythingaboutaperson’sbodyandsomethinglikedeath,religion,politics,seriousnews,orastrongorcontroversialopinion.VReading2ExplainingBritishCustomsReadandanswer:1.WhydotheBritishalwaystalkabouttheweather?2.Whyshakinghandsisconsideredasafriendlygesture?3.Howdidthemilitarygesturesalutecomeintobeing?4.WhydotheBritishdriveontheleft-handsideoftheroad?1.WhydotheBritishalwaystalkabouttheweather?

WhenBritainwasmainlyanagriculturalnation,almosteveryonewasinvolvedinagriculture.Therefore,theweatherwasveryimportantforfarmersandtheweatherinBritainisverychangeable.2.Whyshakinghandsisconsideredasafriendlygesture?

Inthedayswhenknightscarriedswords,ifyoushookhandswithyourrighthand,itshowedthatyourswordhandwasfreeandyoudidn’twanttofighttheotherperson.3.Howdidthemilitarygesturesalutecomeintobeing?

Iftwoknightsmet,itbecameagestureofrespecttoraiseyourhandtoyourheadandliftthevisortoshowwhoyouwere.4.WhydotheBritishdriveontheleft-handsideoftheroad?*Groupworkwithoneorseveralmembersinvolved.*Youareexpectedtoacttheanswerout.*Youshouldexplainyourbehaviorwhileyou’reacting.

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onestudentactsasanarrator(陳述者)whileothersactthenarrationout.*Understandingthetextandexplainingthereasoncorrectlyaremoreimportantthanyouracting.*However,ifyoucooperatewellandperformaswonderfullyasyouspeak,youcangetoneextrapoint.VRolePlaySupposeyouaregoingtotravelinBritaininthiswintervacation,soyouaskTom,anexchangestudentfromUK,somequestionsaboutsmalltalkandBritishcustoms.

Pleasemakeadialogue,talkingaboutsmalltalkandsomeBritishcustoms.

Possiblequestions:Issmalltalkreallyimportant?HowbestcanIbreaktheicewhenmeetingastranger?WhattopicsshouldIavoid?…WhydotheBritishalwaystalkabouttheweather?CanyoutellmesomemoreexplanationsforBritishcustoms?…Homework:

Writeacompositionaboutsmalltalk,tal