Part I
Communicative Activities
Book 1-Unit 2
Communicative Activities
Introduction of Functions
Listen and Speak
What Are They For?
More Sentences
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Introducing Yourselves
People must sometimes introduce themselves: for
example, at a party, in a new class, or in a new neighborhood.
If you meet a new neighbor on the same street or in the
hallway of your apartment building, you may say, “Hello,
I’m (full name). I’ve just moved here.” The other person
responds by giving his or her full name and indicating where
he or she lives.
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A reintroduction may occur(happen,take place) when
two people who have met before seeing each other again.
The reintroduction enables them to converse.
A: I’m (full name). You may not remember, but we
met at Sally’s.
B: Oh, yes. I remember now. What a party that was!
When you identify yourself to someone, you often
need to give not only your name, but also other relevant
details about yourself or the situation.
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Introducing Yourself
Identification
Hello. I’m (full name)
Hello. My name is ...
Hello. Let me introduce
myself, I’m ...
I don’t think we’ve met.
I’m ...
Hi. I’m Mike. What’s
your name?
Relevant Information
Response
I’m from ...
How do you do?
I study at/work for …
I’m ...
I’m in charge of ...
Pleased to meet
I’ve got an
you. I’m ...
appointment with Nice to meet you.
...
I’m ...
Hi. I’m Margaret,
but everyone
calls me Peggy.
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Introducing Others
• Give the name, some information about the
people being introduced (the relationship to the
introducer).
• Subordinate are presented to superior, men to
women, younger to older. Afterward, reversed.
• Shake hands between man;
firm and brief handshake
(directness and honesty).
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Introducer
Relevant
information
Response A
Response B
I’d like to
introduce ...
I’d like you to
meet ...
May I introduce
...
Can I introduce ...
I want you to
meet ...
This is ...
from France.
a classmate
of mine.
our manager.
a friend of
mine.
He’s over
here on
business.
How do you
do?
Glad to meet
you.
Nice to meet
you.
Pleased to meet
you.
Hi.
How do you
do?
The pleasure is
mine.
Nice to meet
you.
I’ve heard so
much about
you.
Hi.
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Conversation One
Listening One
Conversation Two
Listening Two
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Conversation One
Study the following conversation. Which short
sentences will be very useful in everyday informal
conversation? Underline them and then compare
them with your classmates.
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Notes to Conversation One
Hi, folks: an informal way of greeting a group of people
sorting out: arranging (the letter), putting into good order
You’re/(must be) joking: a colloquial expression to show one’s
doubt
return address: the sender’s address printed/written in the top
left corner of an envelope.
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addres
s
Not to translate word for word when putting a Chinese
address into English. A better policy is to use the Chinese
Pinyin system for street names, which is dictated by the
Chinese Postal Law. Typical examples of word for word
translation of the names of roads and places are as follows:
Word for word translation
Correct translation (Pinyin Transcription)
Spring Wind Road (春风路)
Chun Feng Lu (or Chunfeng Lu)
Jianguo South Road
(建国南路)
Jian Guo Nan Lu (or Jianguo Nanlu)
Zhongshan Road One
(中山一路)
Zhong Shan Yi Lu (or Zhongshan Yilu)
Taiping Temple Station
(太平寺站)
Tai Ping Si Zhan (or Taiping Si Station)
South Great Gate (南大门)
Nan Da Men (or Nandamen)
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You bet …: an emphatic way of saying “Certainly”
courier’s services: (European usage) services of fast delivery
of packages or documents
Note: Americans use “FedX” as a generic term when referring
to a courier service. But when they say they are going to
FedX something, they don’t necessarily mean they are going
to use FedX, the courier company, just that they’re going to
use a courier service to get it there fast. Other well-known
courier companies include DHL, UPS, and EMS.
FedX: Federal Express
DHL: Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn
(founders of DHL Worldwide Express)
UPS: United Parcel Service
EMS: Express Mail Service
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The processes of applying for financial aid in many Western
universities:
Students need to present their financial conditions to the
scholarship office, and allow the financial aid organization to look
into their bank accounts in order to assess their needs for financial
aid.
It should be made clear at the beginning of the role-play that
students don’t need to give true information about their own family
background.
Scholarship and bursary are two different kinds of financial aid
available to students in many Western universities. Scholarship
may be given according to the academic standing of the
applicants, but bursary is often needs-based.
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Listening One
Work in pairs before you listen. Try to name the
different parts in the following floor plan of a student’s
apartment.
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Now, two students Tom and Barry are shown around by
the house manager. Listen and name the different parts of
the apartment, and then answer the following questions.
1. Where are the facilities located in this
apartment?
2. If they want to save power, what should they
do about the thermostat?
3. What is your apartment like? Describe it on
the blackboard.
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Recording script
A:Now, let’s go upstairs to see your apartment. …Tom and Barry.
…Let’s first see this room on your right. Room 201,Barry, this
is your room.
B:Mr.Levine, is the next room for me then?
A:Yes,Tom. Your room is 202. …Let’s see the facilities in this
apartment.
C:What’s this?
A:It’s called digital thermostat. You may adjust the temperatures
inside the apartment according to your needs. But we generally
set it at 25 degrees. To save the power, you don’t need to adjust
it very often once it is set. This is why we put it on the wall
behind the door. …Next to it is the phone jack and TV cable.
You may use the TV cable for purchasing Internet service.
B:We’ll use our mobile phone service package for
Internet service. By the way, are there cupboards
in the living room?
A: Yes. Across the room are two cupboards for you,
one for each. You may put the big stuff such as
your suitcase, or boxes there. But they are also
used to keep the cleaning tools, such as vacuum
cleaner, mops, and brooms. …Do you have any
questions?
C:No.
A:Ok, now let’s have a look at the kitchen in the first
room on our left. There are two gas rings on the
stove, and you need to turn on the ventilation fan
on when you cook.
B: Sure.How about the pots and cookers?
A:There are three pans and two pots in different
sizes. But you have to bring your own electrical
cooker if you want to cook rice.
C:Yes, we have our own rice cookers. Where is the
laundry then?
A:It is in the next room. Let’s go over to have a look.
…Look, here is the washing machine, fully
automatic.
B:What is this then? Is it a washing machine, too?
A:Oh, no. That’s a dryer. With this, you don’t need to
hang your washing outside. …Now between the
cupboards and the laundry is the bathroom…
Usual facilities in Student’s
Apartment
thermostat
英音：[‘θə:məstæt] 美音：[’θɝmə,stæt] an
instrument used for keeping a room or a machine
at a particular temperature自动调温器,恒温器
phone jack：电话插座
TV cable: 电视电缆
cupboard: 食橱; 橱柜, 壁橱; 碗柜
Usual facilities in Student’s
Apartment
vacuum [‘vækjuəm] cleaner ：真空吸尘器
gas ring:(环形喷火头的)煤气炉
ventilation fan:[,venti‘leiʃən]排气扇
rice cookers：电饭煲
laundry：洗衣店，洗衣房
dryer:干燥器,烘干机;吹风机
Usual facilities in Student’s
Apartment
•
•
•
•
chair, desk, table, bed, mattress, clothes hanger,
hook, lock, wardrobe, dustbin
air conditioner, dehumidifier, lamp, heater, light,
TV cable, Internet cable, phone jack(for plugging
in a phone)
window, balcony, closet, doorway, student’s lounge,
sofa
pan(shallow), wok, hot water pot, microwave,
oven(roast), ,stove(with fire) ,fan, water faucet,
sink
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Conversation Two
Discuss how they would talk to strangers in English in
an informal situation such as a party.
Some useful icebreakers
•
•
•
•
Hi, my name is …. nice to meet you!
Haven’t we met before? My name is …
My name is …, I’m from …, glad to meet you here.
Hi, my name is …. What is your name? (How do I
call you?)
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Notes to Conversation Two
Call me …(first name): the use of the first name indicates an
informal style
I’d like you to meet …: for introducing a third party, and the
way to show how one prefers to be called, such as Call me
Mr./Mrs./Ms. Jones.
Native English speakers never use a last name without an
honorific such as Mr./Mrs./Ms./ etc. There are some cultural
differences in some honorific forms between English and
Chinese.
Chinese
English
老师(可以用作尊称)
Teacher is usually not used as an honorific.
护士(通常不用作尊称)
Nurse is usually used as an honorific.
警察(通常不用做尊称)
Officer is usually used as an honorific.
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Listening Two
Discuss the differences of residences in the rural and
urban areas.
Some residences are still very traditional in structures. An
independent complex is built for a household which is
called home. But in the urban areas, residents live in an
apartment which they also call home.
Traditional houses in the northern China are characterized
by a group of rooms enclosed by high brick walls, with the
rooms arranged in a special way. But new and modern
houses can take a variety of forms and structures nowadays.
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Listen and complete the task.
1. What is their traditional house like?
2. Draw a picture in the box below that fits the
couple’s description.
3. What is the function of the wall in front of the
gate according to the local tradition?
4. Discuss the differences between three
words: house, home and apartment.
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1. What is their traditional house like?
The residence is quite traditional and common in the
rural northern China with four walls enclosing the living
quarters for the family. Entering the front gate, you will
immediately see a shadow wall, which, according to the
local tradition, is to ward off evil spirits from harming
the family members. The bedrooms are arranged on the
both sides of the middle room. In front of the rooms is a
garden with several apple trees.
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2. Draw a picture in the box below that fits the
couple’s description.
Living room &
Kitchen
bedrooms
bedrooms
The front yard
Shadow wall
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3. What is the function of the wall in front of the
gate according to the local tradition?
According to the local tradition, villagers put up a
wall in front of the gate in order to ward off evils from
entering the house. So family members would not
catch diseases, or other disasters.
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4. Discuss the differences between three words:
house, home and apartment.
The three words are often confusing. For example, Please come to
my home for a dinner. (In fact the speaker and his family are living in
an apartment in the city.) Therefore, it is more appropriate to say in
this case “Please come to my apartment for a dinner.”
House and home can be used interchangeably, but there is a fine
distinction. A house is most often used to talk about a building that
serves as living quarters … but it’s within the walls of our house that
we build our home! Home is most often used to refer to the social
unit formed by a family living together. While living in China, for
example, the two American teachers, Mike and Randi, could easily
make their “home” in the Shanghai Teachers University Guest House
because they were together. But their house was in Montana, USA.
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Recording script
Wang wei: Jane, I’d like you to meet my wife, Lily. Lily, this
is Jane. Jane is an American student from the Chinese
department. She’d like to see the traditional Chinese
residence in the village.
Lily: Welcome, Jane.
Jane: Thank you, Mrs.wang.
Lily: Let me show you around. Look, this is my parent’s
residence. They have been living here for almost 50 years.
The room in the middle serves as both a living room and a
kitchen…Look, here is our traditional stove. People use
firewood to cook. Bedrooms are on both sides of it. This
kind of house is very common in the rural areas, especially
in the northern China. My parents have a large house.
Jane: Yes, it looks lovely.
Lily:Thank you. My parents plant several fruit trees in the
front yard.You see, these are apple trees. If you come in
spring, you would certainly enjoy the view…
Jane:How lovely! I have a question. Why do you put a wall
before the gate?
Lily:Oh,it’s called shadow wall. According to our tradition,
villagers put up a wall in front of the gate in order to ward
off evils from entering the house. So family members
would not catch diseases, or other disasters. …
shadow wall:影壁墙
ward off ：to ward off a danger or illness means to prevent it
from affecting you or harming you
Complete the blanks with house, home or apartment.
1. I usually spend my weekend puttering around my
house
________.
doing little jobs around the house, not home
2. Would you like to come to my __________
house for a dinner?
We live in the block just next to the train station.
a physical location for eating, not a place for the
guest to live as home
3. The American student went to see Lili’s parents’
house
__________
in the village.
She is to see what the residence is like in the village.
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home
4. They have a second __________
on the lake.
a second place where the family can live
Home and sweet __________!
5. ________,
There is no place like
home
home
_________.
The family members can find love there.
6. He will be away from __________
for two weeks.
home
a place one usually lives as his residence
7. He works or studies at _______________.
home
at the place where he lives, works or studies comfortably
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Pair Work
Suppose you have a
small apartment of your
own (you may choose
floor plan A or B). You
have taken your friend
to your home. Show
him/her around.
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B
A
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Work in pairs:
One student reads
the functions and the
other speaks out the
sentences in Actual
Words Spoken. Then
check your answers.
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Actual Words Spoken
a. My name is John Smith.
How do you do?
b. Who’s 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 I introduce to you
Professor Brown,
president of Blueville
University.
e
a
c
d
f
b
Functions
1. 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 identify
someone.
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Practice reading the
sentences on page 15,
and work individually to
complete the task.
Then check your
answers.
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1. Hello! Is Tom there? … This is Auden speaking.
2. Excuse me, madam. My name is John Smith. I’m 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 Leather Company?
5. Jack, what’s that sound? Did you hear it?
6. It’s a privilege to know you.
7. Who’s speaking? Is it Mary?
8. This is my younger brother. He was ten years old then.
9. Hello! I’m John Thomas. What’s your name?
10. Mary, I’d like you to meet my family. This is my
father, …
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Which of the above sentences match the following situation?
5 a. Asking someone to identify sound.
2 b. Introducing oneself at the registration desk of a
conference.
1 c. Introducing oneself on the phone.
7 d. Identifying a speaker on the phone.
4 e. Introducing a person very formally.
10 f. Introducing someone to one’s family.
8 g. Identifying a person in a picture.
3 h. Offering to introduce someone.
6 i. Responding to an introduction very formally.
9 j. Causally greeting and getting to know stranger.
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Proverb
Cultural background
By the time you
finish paying for
the house in the
suburbs, it’s no
longer the suburbs.
Discuss
cultural
differences
between Chinese
and American
people about living
in downtown areas
or suburbs.
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Cultural Background
In the U.S. there has been a tendency in
the past few decades for many newly
established middle class families to move
out of the city center to suburbs where
only the wealthy could afford to live there.
The concept of suburbs is undergoing a
gradual change from a quiet residential
area with pastoral settings in the past to
the current idea of neighborhoods for
middle class families.
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Driven by a desire for privacy and peace
and quiet, the wealthy are moving further
out into the countryside or mountains. In
this sense, the real suburbs become farther
and farther away from town. So by the
time the middle class families can afford to
live in the suburbs, they are no longer
regarded as suburbs, but rather as part of
the city.
Actually, the moving to the countryside
and mountains really has little to do with
mixing with middle class neighbors, but has
more to do with the desire for privacy and
living in a less crowded area.
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