英语北师大版必修4 Unit12 Cultural Shock-Communication Workshop(ppt).ppt

Informal style is more direct. Listen for contractions(缩写) and colloquial (口语) or slang (俚语) expressions, e.g. yeah, sure, OK, thanks. Formal style usually contains longer sentences and polite words and expressions, e.g. would you mind, please, thank you. Listening Match the definitions with the Australian slang words in blue. * Communication Workshop Listening Strategies: Identifying style Listen to four short dialogues. Which ones are formal and which are informal? 2. 3. 4. informal informal formal formal A foreign student is staying with a British family on an exchange visit. They are having dinner. Listen to the conversation and answer these questions. Listening What food does the student ask for? What favour does he ask? Why does he apologise? What does he want to do on Saturday night? Listening salt to be collected from class tomorrow because he broke a glass in the bathroom Go out with a friend and have a door key so that he can come back late Listen again. On which two occasions does the student sound rude? Listening 1. When he asks to be collected from school. 2. When he asks for a key because he is going to come back late. Imagine you are on an exchange visit to the UK. Have a conversation over dinner with one of the parents of your exchange partner. Follow the stages. 1. Prepare some things to say and practise saying them politely. 2. In pairs, act out the situation. Your partner takes the part of the British parent. Key words under 2. sang 3. me 4. tucker 5. drink 6. jumped 7. on 8. policemen 9. jumped 10. ghost Listen to the song and fill in the gaps. a) travelling around looking for work b) Eucalyptus tree c) A bush traveller d) pond e) Food bag f) sheep g) Cooking pan Waltzing Matilda Coolibar tree swagman billabong tucker bag jumbuck billy ketchup mayonnaise 蛋黄酱 Pepper/ hot pepper Pepper mill salt cassette cassette player /tape recorder walkman CD player CD player/ Discman *