高二英语外研版选修6 Module 1 Small Talk Reading and Vocabulary.ppt

整理课件 Welcome 整理课件 Module 1 Small Talk 整理课件 What are they doing？ 整理课件 Do you know small talk? 闲谈 整理课件 What is small talk? Discussion 整理课件 small talk：informal conversation about things that are not important Macmillan English Dictionary 《麦克米兰英英词典 》 整理课件 small talk：light conversation that people make at social occasions about unimportant things: We stood around making small talk Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary 《柯林斯基础英语词典 》 整理课件 small talk ：polite friendly conversation about unimportant subjects Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 《朗文英文当代大词典 》 整理课件 small talk ：conversation about ordinary or unimportant matters, usually at a social event: He has no small talk (i.e. he is not good at talking to people about ordinary or unimportant things). Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 《牛津高级英语词典》 整理课件 What are the features of small talk? features? Place it happens? 整理课件 After reading the dictionary definitions of small talk and find out some adjectives (形容词）to describe small talk(P1,books): 整理课件 What are the features of small talk? features informal unimportant light polite friendly ordinary social… Place it happens？ Informal 整理课件 In which photo do you think they are making small talk? A. B. at a political meeting at home 整理课件 In which photo do you think they are making small talk? C. D. 整理课件 In which photo do you think they are making small talk? E. F. business meeting cafe 整理课件 What are the features of small talk? features informal unimportant polite friendly light ordinary matter … Place it happens party Kara OK trip playground café cinema park bus stop restaurant … Informal Informal places 整理课件 Questions (Activity 1): 1.Which definitions make small talk sound like a positive thing? 2. Which definitions refer to places where small talk might take place? 3. Why is it a problem if someone has no small talk? 4. What do you think is the Chinese for “small talk”? 整理课件 Discussion: Do you think “Small Talk” is