[英语学习]unit 1 greetings practical college English.pptVIP

Unit 1: Greetings Answer key: Listening Comprehension 1-5 BDBAC 6-10 BBBCB 11.address 12.situations 13.customer 14.teacher 15.Instead Speaking Tasks Page 3 Greet someone you meet for the first time. Greet a friend you haven’t seen for some time. Objective 1. put into practical use some useful expressions about greeting and introduction; 2. understand the text and grasp the main idea; 3. master the important words, expressions and sentence structures 4. complete the text-related exercises independently; 5. write Letters of congratulation and Letters of thanks in English; 6. use the knowledge of word formation to form new words. Warm-up Activity:  1. What is the correct way for the Chinese to greet each other? The Chinese abide by the polite principle of depreciating oneself and respecting others. The lower address the elders and superiors according to their designation. They usually use “title+surname” to call others and don’t greet people with greetings that may bear a negative slant. 2. What addressing do people in English speaking countries follow? In English speaking countries, people often address each other directly by their names, even first names no matter what their ages and status are. 3. What do you think is the main difference between the Chinese and the westerners in addressing people? Westerners may address others by their names while the Chinese don’t. The main difference lies in the different greeting rituals. When greeting a person, the Chinese follow the polite principle of 1. self-depreciation and paying 2. respect to the person being addressed. Students, attendants and 3. subordinates are required to address elders and 4. superiors according to their 5. designation. Differently, the westerners tend to address others directly by their 6. first names no matter 7. what their ages and 8. status are. And they think it is a Chinese 9. compromise to use the 10. forms like “Miss Jenny” or “Mr. Green”. A: Can you tell me the main difference betw