In a Manner of Speaking.pptVIP

Theme Structure 1~7 the difference speaking manners in seeing people off. 8~9 the difference speaking manners in eating. 10 the difference speaking manners in assessing their child. 11~13 the difference speaking manners in negotiating. Words and phrases Straddle v.跨越 Fluster n.慌乱 Graciousness n.和蔼，落落大方 One-upmanship n.胜人一筹 Leave-taking n.告别 Invariably adj.不变的 Avail adj.有用的 Straddle .v. To sit or stand with one of your legs on either side of sb/sth.骑，跨坐，分腿站立 He swung his leg over the motorcycle, straddling it easily. To cross, or exist on both sides of ,a river, a road, or an area of land.跨过，横跨 The mountains straddle the French-Swiss border. To exist within, or include, different periods of time, attitudes or groups of people 横跨，两栖于(不同活动） A writer who straddles two cultures. 横跨两种文化的作家。 Slip V.滑到，滑落，溜走，偷偷放，变差，陷入困境，（迅速且容易的）穿上，脱下 she was careful not to let her control slip. She slipped over on the ice and broken her leg. She knew that time was slipping away。 I managed to slip a few jokes into my speech. That’s three times she’s beaten me ---I must be slipping. He began to slip into debt. He slipped a coat over his sweatshirt. The ship had slipped its moorings(停泊处）in the night. N.差错，纸条，滑到，衬裙，守场员 Paraphrasing and Translating Why is it that…you never learn the …you foreign edges exposed？ Because of our Chinese-language textbook, we can’t learn at least some of the native expressions that won’t expose us a totally foreigner to the native speakers. In my fluster, I often hid behind the skirts of my Chinese husband’s graciousness. When I don’t know what to do, I’ll hide behind my husband’s back to let him handle with all the things. 当我不知所措的时候，我常常会躲在我丈夫的身后，由他去应付一切。 Of course the guest assures him that he would never think of putting him to th