高中英语Module 1 Small Talk (5)课件.pptVIP

Module 1Small Talk EstherWhat is she like?what she wears how she talks Esther: Nice to meet you. How old are you?B...( an awkward silence)Esther：Forty? Forty-five? You look much older. And your friends... She’s older than you, but she looks much younger!Esther is a saleswomanB is her customerOccasion 1What is she like? Esther: Hey! When’s your baby due? C: Actually, I am not gregnant. Esther: Oh, sorry. Just putting on a little weights, huh? Occasion 2What is she like? Esther:Nice haircut. How much did it cost?D: I’d rather not say.Esther: Well, anyhow, either you paid too much or you paid too little.Occasion 3What is she like? Esther: Do you remember that guy you were dating? What happened to him? You know, the ugly one. (A man came up and stood by them.)E: Esther, I ’d like you to meet my husband. Charles, this is...Esther: Hey, so you married him!.Occasion 4What is she like? She is NOT good at make a small talk!!!personal information：age, salary,cost...negative commentsWhat is she like? Your acquaintance was depressed because he was going through a very messy divorce.Forget her！She was a complete fool. No one liked her anywayOccasion 5 A talk with a famous writer.Hey, what a coincidence! You are writing a book and I’m reading one.Occasion 6 Esthers story7-conversation examples find out all the sentences that describes what she is like Careful reading: (P9 A2)What did Esther often do when she spoke to others?She put her foot in it (she said something embarrassing).To be polite and not to embarrass people.2. What do you think are “the basic rules of social communication〞? Because she didn’t want to say her age. She said she wasn’t pregnant. 3. Why did the customer look awkward when she was asked how old she was?4. How did the typist contradict Esther? 5. What was wrong about Esther’s advice to the salesman?Her advice was very insensitive as she told him that his wife was a fool and no one l