四川省宜賓市一中2016-2017學(xué)年高中英語上學(xué)期第2周教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì)

四川省宜賓市一中2016-2017學(xué)年高中英語上學(xué)期第2周教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì)

1.本模塊的單詞和短語；

考點(diǎn)、知識(shí)點(diǎn)2.課文文意的理解；

1.學(xué)習(xí)和識(shí)記本模塊的生詞和短語（一、二、三層）；

學(xué)習(xí)目標(biāo)2.結(jié)合詞匯的學(xué)習(xí)，理解課文文意（一、二、三層；

3.加強(qiáng)閱讀理解技能訓(xùn)練（（一、二層））。

1.重點(diǎn)：本模塊生詞和短語的識(shí)記和運(yùn)用（一、二、三層）；

重、難點(diǎn)

2.難點(diǎn)：在文章文意理解的過程中，訓(xùn)練閱讀理解技能（一、二層）。

學(xué)習(xí)環(huán)節(jié)和內(nèi)容學(xué)生活動(dòng)建議教師活動(dòng)建議調(diào)整記錄

1.先讓學(xué)生熟悉

1.四會(huì)詞匯1.正確理解各英

單詞；

vanishv.消失stupefiedadj.神志不清的，昏昏沉沉的

語單詞，查閱相關(guān)2.使用多媒體完

exhaustionn.疲憊clearv.使…清晰

成導(dǎo)入；

tabbyn.斑貓rubv.摩擦，蹭資料并填空；

3.使用多媒體完

knucklen.指節(jié)，掌指關(guān)節(jié)behavev.表現(xiàn)

2.通過對(duì)新單詞成閱讀理解。

longingn.渴望scaldn.熱淚盈眶的理解和運(yùn)用，結(jié)

eventuallyadj.最后territoryn.領(lǐng)地合自己的情況回答

patroln.巡邏mouse-micen.老鼠問題

padn.步行，放輕腳步走bushn.灌木

hornbeamn.角樹pawn.爪子

patn.輕打，輕拍invisibleadj.看不見的

1eap-1eapt/1eaped-1eapt/1eapedadj.跳躍backwardsadv.向后

2.認(rèn)讀詞匯

alertlyadj.警覺地approachn.靠近

spotn.地點(diǎn)，污點(diǎn)v.認(rèn)出patchn.小塊，斑

hedgen.灌木alarmn.驚恐

sniffv.聞，嗅，用鼻吸氣whiskern.胡須

twitchv.抽動(dòng)，顫動(dòng)curiosityn.好奇心

overcomev.戰(zhàn)勝warinessn.謹(jǐn)慎，小心

blinkv.眨眼睛truckn.樹干

3.詞組

在…起重要作用playanimportantpartin

因疲勞、厭倦神志不清bestupefiedwith

也許做過某事mighthavedone放下、記下putdown

伸出holdout/reachout朝…走過來comeupto

走開turnaway舉止奇怪behavecuriously

對(duì)…視而不見beinvisibleto豎直，連續(xù)onend

站著靜止不動(dòng)standstill向…擴(kuò)展sweepover

Teachinggoals教學(xué)目標(biāo)

1.Targetlanguage目標(biāo)語言

a.重點(diǎn)詞匯和短語

profoundlyadv.深深地alienadj.完全陌生的，外來的

enticev.吸引，誘使stoopv.彎腰

swimv.頭昏眼花thumpv.怦怦直跳

hesitatev.猶豫scramblev.爬，攀

b.重點(diǎn)句子

Shereachedoutapawtopatsomethingintheairinfrontofher,somethingquite

invisibletoWill.

something在句中作________,與前邊的something是________關(guān)系.同位語是用來對(duì)

名詞或代詞作進(jìn)一步的解釋，它可以是一個(gè)詞,短語或從句(同位語從句).

Ourmonitor,LiMing,wenttotheteachers,officejustnow.

ThethoughtcametomethatIwouldinvitehertoMcDonalds.

HaveyouheardthenewsthatMaryhasgotajob?

pat-patted-pattedv.輕拍，愛撫

Theoldmanpattedtheboyonhishead.()

Theoldmanpattedtheboyonthehead.()

pat/hit/strike/hold/seize/catch+某人+in/on/by+the+身體部位

2.Abilitygoals能力目標(biāo)

Enablethestudentstoknowmoreaboutsocialskills.

3.Learningabilitygoals學(xué)能目標(biāo)

Helpthestudentslearnhowtousethesocialskillsincommunication.

Teachingimportant&difficultpoints教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)

Howtousethesocialskillsincommunication.

Teachingmethods教學(xué)方法

Skimmingandtask-basedactivities.

Teachingaids教具準(zhǔn)備

Arecorderandaprojector.

Teachingprocedures&ways教學(xué)過程與方式

StepIRevision&WarmingUp

Checkthehomework.Letthestudentssaysome-thingaboutsmalltalk.

Talkaboutthesocialskillswiththestudents.

T:Asweknow,aslongasapersonlivesinsociety,hewillcommunicatewith

others.Ifhewantstogetalongwellwithothers,hemustknowsomethingaboutsocial

skills.Todaywewilllearnanarticleaboutsocialskills.Beforethatlet'sdo

Activity1onpage2.

Thenchecktheanswers.

StepIIReading

Task1:Skimming

T:Nowskimthepassageanddecidewhatkindofbookitisfrom.

SI:Ithinkitisfromabookwhichtellsyouwhattodoatsocialevents.We

canguessfromthetitie“HowGoodAreYourSocialSkills“andsubtities""Learn

howtodosmalltalk,“Developyourlisteningskillsand“Learntherules".

T:Goodjob.Beforeyoureadorbuyabook,youshouldformagoodhabitof

decidingwhetheritisworthreadingorbuyingbyreadingthetitleandsubtitles

orpreface.Itisveryimportantforyouandcansaveyoualotoftimeandmoney.

Task2:Scanning

T:Nowpleasereadthepassagetogetthegeneralidea.Whilereading,divide

thewholepassageintoseveralpartsandfindoutthemainideaofeachpart.

Sampleanswers:

Thegeneralidea:

S:Thispassageisaboutsocialskills.Ittellsushowtohaveaconversation

andhowtodosmalltalkandwhenwegotoasocialoccasion,weshouldpayattention

tosocialrulesindifferentcountries.

Themainideaofeachparagraph:

Part1(Paras.1-2)Introductiontothebodyofthepassagebyaskingquestions

Part2(Para.3)Howtodosmalltalk

Part3(Paras.4-6)Dosanddon,tswhilelistening

Part4(Paras.7-8)Thesocialrules

Task3:After-readingquestions

T:Nowwehaveknownthegeneralideaandthestructureofthewholepassage.

NextreadthepassageagainandanswerthequestionsinActivity3.

Sampleanswers:

1.Yes.

2.Thosewhotalktoomuchdon'tgiveotherpeopleanychanceofspeaking.

Itshowsthattheyareimpolite.Sousuallypeopledon,tliketalkingwiththose

whotalktoomuch.

3.Weshouldnotlookawayfromthepersonwho'stalkingtous.

Weshouldnotchangethesubjectthatisbeingtalkedabout.

Weshouldnotfinishotherpeople'ssentencesforthem.

4.Itispoliteandcanencouragetheotherperson.

5.ThequotationfromBenjaminDisraelitellsusthatoneshouldfindthe

subjectthatcaninteresttheotherandmakeiteasytogoonwiththeconversation.

Task4:Comprehendingquestions

T:Inordertounderstandthepassagebetter,let'sanswermorequestionsin

Activity5.

Sampleanswers:

1.No.Worryingabouttalkingtopeoplewillmakeyoufeelunconfident.

2.Icouldtrytolearnmoreaboutsocialrulesofthecountryandfindout

dosanddon'tsataparty.ForexampleImustknowwhatkindofgiftIshouldtake.

3.Forexample,whenafriendofmyparentscomestomyhomeforavisit,I

willgreethim/herbyasking“Howareyou?"or"Howdoyoudo?”.Possibly

Iwilltellhim/heraboutmystudies.

4.Iwillenjoytheconversationbysaying"對(duì)","是"，"啊"or"好的”

orusingbodylanguage,suchassmiling,nodding,etc.

5.Thegesturessuchasnodding,smiling,applause,thumbsuparepositive

language.

6.No.Everycountryhasitsowncustoms,cultureandreligion.Sothepeople

fromdifferentcountrieshavedifferentthinkingways.Soitisimpossiblethat

socialrulesarecompletelythesameindifferentcountries.

Task5:Discussion

T:Fromthepassagewehavelearntsomethingaboutsocialskillsandsomerules.

Toputthemintopractice,let'shaveadiscussionaboutthefollowingsituations

inActivity6onpage4.Workinpairsplease.

Sampledialogues:

1.SI:Ithinkadvanceplanningisveryuseful.Ineverpaidattentiontoit

before.Thatis,Ididn'tdoanyadvanceplanningbeforeIwenttoaparty.For

example,Ididn'tbuyproperpresentsinadvance.Inahurry,thepresentbought

wassometimesunsuitableforthehost.Iseldomtriedtoknowaboutotherguests.

Withoutadvancepreparations,sometimesIwouldgetembarrassed.

S2:Ithinklisteningskillsareuseful.Communica-tionisatwo-wayprocess.

Itisimpolitetotalktoomuch.Ifyouwanttocontinuetheconversationsmoothly,

beagoodlistener.Forexample,whenothersaretalkingtoyou,youshouldshow

interestinthetopic,fromtimetotimeaskformoreinformation,alwayskeepgood

eyecontact,anduseencouragingnoisesandgesturesandsoon.

2.S3:Iwillgotouniversityabroadaftergraduation.Iwillmeetpeoplefrom

differentcountries.Inordertocontactwiththemverywell,Imustknowabouttheir

customsandsocialrules.SoatthebeginningIwillthinkof"safe"orlow-risk

topicstotalkabout.IbelievesoonIwillmakefriendswiththem.

S4:IthinkIshouldfirstchooseagoodtopicoralow-riskopener.Agood

topicmakesagoodconversation.

3.S5:Iamgoodatkeepinggoodeyecontactwithanattentivelook.Youknow,

eyesarewindowsofminds.Frommyeyes,thespeakerknowsthatIaminterestedin

whatheistalkingabout.Itisgoodmanners,eveninothercountries.

S6:IfmsorrytosaythatIamnotgoodatwhatmentionedinthepassage.I

oftenlookawayfromthepersonwhoistalkingtome,Iknowitisabadhabit.I

mustgetridofit.

4.S7:SometimesIdonftknowwhatpropertopicstochoosewhenImeet

strangers.MostofthetimeIkeepsilent.Themomentisahardtimetome.From

thispassageIknowalittleabouthowtodosmalltalk.IbelievelaterwhenImeet

withthesimilaroccasion,Icanmanage.

S8:Ishouldimprovemysocialskillsinmanyways.Forexample,Iusedtotalk

aboutun-interestingthingswhichmadeothersfeelembarrassed;foranother,Iused

tosighduringthetalk.

5.S9:Ineverydaylife,parentschoosetotalkabouttheirchildren—their

childrenfslife,studies,hobbies.Teachersgettogethertotalkabouttheir

students—goodorbadatsomesubjectsortheresultsofexaminations.

S10:ItiscommonthatinChinapeopleliketoknowothersfages,salaries

whileinthewesterncountriesitisbadmannerstotalkaboutthesetopics.

Task6:Practice

AskthestudentstodoActivity4inVOCABULARYonpage3andActivities4-5

intheWORKBOOKonpages68and69.Thenchecktheanswers.

StepIIISummary

T:Todaywehavelearntthepassageaboutsocialskillswhichhasmuchtodo

withourdailylife.Fromthepassageweknowthatsocialskillsareveryimportant

whenapersonisincommunicationorhavingaconversationwithothers.Wehavealso

learntsomesocialrulesandhowtodosmalltalk.Itisnecessaryforustolearn

somethingaboutsocialskills.Asyouknow,wearenowworkinghardtobuilda

harmonioussociety.Buthowtoconstructaharmonioussocietyifwedon,tknowhow

tobehaveincommunicatingwithothers.Especially,in2008theOlympicGameswill

beheldinBeijinginourcountry.Atthattimehowwillwedisplayourgoodmanners

tothewholeworld?Sowemustlearnmoreaboutthisinsideoroutsideclass.

StepIVHomework

1.FinishtherestoftheexercisesinVOCABULARY.

2.Learnmoreaboutsocialskills.

課題選修6模塊2（二）泛讀訓(xùn)練與語言知識(shí)運(yùn)用課時(shí)2

考點(diǎn)、知識(shí)點(diǎn)1.本模塊的單詞和短語；

2.課文文意的理解；

1.掌握閱讀文章中出現(xiàn)的重點(diǎn)短語和語言點(diǎn)的用法（一、二、三層）；

學(xué)習(xí)目標(biāo)2.利用學(xué)案合作探究，積極展示，大膽質(zhì)疑，學(xué)會(huì)分析句型和歸納總結(jié)知識(shí)點(diǎn)（一、二層）。

3.培養(yǎng)學(xué)生自主學(xué)習(xí)能力和合作精神（一、二、三層）。

1.重點(diǎn)：重點(diǎn)短語和語言點(diǎn)的理解和運(yùn)用（一、二、三層）；

重、難點(diǎn)

2.難點(diǎn)：句子的分析和知識(shí)點(diǎn)的歸納（一、二層）。

學(xué)習(xí)環(huán)節(jié)和內(nèi)容學(xué)生活動(dòng)建議教師活動(dòng)建議調(diào)整記錄

ExtensiveReading

1.先讓學(xué)生熟悉

Teachinggoals教學(xué)目標(biāo)

單詞；

1.Targetlanguage目標(biāo)語言2.使用多媒體完

1.正確理解各英

a.重點(diǎn)詞匯和短語成深入理解，掌

trilogy（小說、戲劇、音樂等的）三部曲語單詞，查閱相關(guān)

握知識(shí)語言點(diǎn)；

fantasyliterature奇幻小說

資料并填空；

kingdomn.王國(guó)revengev.報(bào)仇3.使用多媒體

marryv.結(jié)婚wickedwitch邪惡的女巫2.深入理解，掌完成深入理解，

cottagen.小屋palacen.宮殿復(fù)習(xí)掌握知識(shí)語

握知識(shí)語言點(diǎn)

huntv.搜尋frogn.青蛙言點(diǎn)并練習(xí)。

pooln.水塘putaspellon用咒符鎮(zhèn)住

punishv.懲罰fallinlovewith愛上

b.重點(diǎn)句子

Butthiswasthecentreofabroadboulevard,andatthesideoftheboulevard

wasalineofcafesandsmallshops./Justbesidehimwasthatbarepatchinthe

air,ashardtoseefrom

這兩句話都使用了全部倒裝結(jié)構(gòu)

2.Ablitygoals能力目標(biāo)

EnablethestudentstolearnabouttheAAAmodelandsomemoresocialrules.

3.Learningabilitygoals學(xué)能目標(biāo)

HelpthestudentslearnhowtomakesmalltalkusingtheAAAmodel.

Teachingimportant&difficultpoints教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)

HowtomakesmalltalkusingtheAAAmodel.

Teachingmethods教學(xué)方法

Task-basedactivities.

Teachingaids教具準(zhǔn)備

Arecorder,aprojectorandacomputer.

Teachingprocedures&ways教學(xué)過程與方式

StepIRevisionandLead-in

Checkthehomework.Thentalkaboutsocialrules.

T:Youhavedifferentsortsofrelationshipswithdifferentpeoplethatyou

know.Youhavedifferentsortsofrelationshipswiththepeopleyoulivewith,your

family,yourfriends,workersandpeopleyoudon,tknowwell.Thenwehavedifferent

socialrules.Thisclasswewillreadtwopassagesaboutsmalltalkandsocialrules

intheUKfromwhichwecanlearnmoreaboutsocialskills.Nowpleaseopenyour

booksatpage9.Firstlookatthetitle“TheAAA”.Withoutreadingthepassage,

canyouguessthemeaning?OrwhatdothethreeAsstandfor?

StepIIReading

Task1:Allowthestudentsseveralminutestoreadthepassagefast.Andthen

answerthefollowingquestions

Showthefollowing.

1.WhatdoestheAAAmean?

2.HowdoestheAAAmodelwork?

3.IstheAAAmodelagoodideawhilemakingsmalltalkwithsomeoneyoudon,t

knowinChina?

Sampleanswers:

1.AAAstandsforanswer,addandask.

2.Whentwostrangersmeet,theyoftenusetheAAA.Fromtheexampleinthe

passageweknowthatthefirstpersonasksthesecondpersonaquestion,thesecond

personanswers.ThisisthefirstA(answer).Thentheconversationbegins.Inorder

toshowthatheisinterestedintheconversation,thesecondpersoncanadd(the

secondA)somethingexacttothesimpleanswertothequestion.Andtheninorder

tocontinuetheirconversation,thesecondpersoncanaskthepartnerthesame

questionorquiteanother.ThisisthethirdA(ask).Atfirsttheymayhave

difficulty,buttheysoonrealizethattheimportantthingisthattheyaresaying

something.BycontinuingwiththeAAAmodel,theycontinuetheconversationtoavoid

anembarrassingsilence.Maybeintheendtheycanfindsomethingtheyhaveincommon.

ThisishowtheAAAmodelworks.

3.Ofcourse.Ithinkinwhichevercountriesyouare,peopleareeagerto

communicatewithothers.Mostofthetimeasmalltalkisnecessary.TheAAAmodel

isveryusefulintheconversation.ThereisnoexceptioninChina.Whenwemeet

someonewedon,tknow,weoftenstarttheconversationbyaskingaquestion,for

example,wheredoyoulive?Orwhereisyourhometown?Inthiswaytheconversation

starts.

Thenaskthestudentstoactouttheconversationinthepassageormakeup

theirown.

Task2:Act

Sampledialogues:

Dialogue1:

A:Doyoulivenearhere?

B:Yes,Ido.InanapartmentonBrownStreet.Doyoulivenearbytoo?

A:No,IliveinBristol.

B:IfmjustvisitingLondon.

A:Haveyouever1ivedherelong?

B:Notsolong.Imovedherethreeyearsago.What*sthepurposeofyourvisit

toLondon?

A:I'dliketoknowmoreaboutLondon.

B:WhydoyouliveinBristol?

A:I'instudyinghistorythere.Areyouastudent?

B:Yes.AndIknowsomepeoplewhoarestudyingatBristol.Doyouknowagirl

calledHelenBrown?

A:HelenBrown!!Yes!She'soneofmybestfriends!Howdoyouknowher?

B:She'smycousin.

A:Whatacoincidence.

Dialogue2:

(Twostudentsmeetforthefirsttimeatthebeginningofterm.)

A:Hello.What'syourname?

B:Tom.InClass2.Yours?

A:John.That'sgreat.I9minClass2,too.Whichschoolwereyouatlast

term?

B:IwasinNo.2JuniorHighSchool.Whataboutyou?

A:Wow!Really?Me,too.Whichclass?

B:Class7.

A:SowasmyfriendMary.Doyouknowher?

B:Sure.Wewereinthesameclass.

A:Well,it'sgettinglate.Imustleave.Nicetomeetyou.Bye-bye.

B:Bye-bye.

T:Whatagoodsituation!FromyourdialoguesIknowthatyouhavelearnthow

todosmalltalkbyusingtheAAA.Verygood.Nowlet'sfinishtheActivitiesin

TASK.

Task3:Task

AskthestudentstoworkinsmallgroupsandprepareasmalltalkEnglish

phrasebookforuseinsideandoutsidetheclassroom.

Activity1:

?askingtheteacherforhelpandadvice

1.MyIaskyouaquestion?

2.Excuseme,Ihavesomethingunclear.MayIaskyou?

3.I’venoideaaboutwhattodo.Wouldyoupleasegivemesomeadvice?

4.Whatdoyouadvisemetodonext?

5.MayIhavethehonourtogetsomesuggestionsfromyou?

?workinginsmallgroups

1.Whichtopicshouldwetalkabout?

2.Let'stalkaboutthefirstquestion,shallwe?

3.MayIhaveyouropinion?

4.Whataboutthefirsttopic?

5.Weagree.

6.Youactasaservant,OK?

7.Iwouldliketobegintheconversationwith

?apologizingandexplaining,forexample,reasonsforbeinglateornotdoing

atask

1.Sorry,butmybikebrokedownonthewaytoschool.SoIwaslate.

2.Terriblysorrytohavekeptyouwaitingforsolongatime.

3.Ihavetomakeanapologyformynothavingfinishedthetaskontime.

4.Excuseme,but...

5.Ibegyourpardon,but...

Activity2:

?meetinganEnglish-speakingforeignerinthestreetwhoneedshelpinfinding

his/herway

1.CanIhelpyou?

2.Letmehelpyou.Wheredoyouwanttogo?

3.Godownthisstreet,atthesecondcrossingturnrightandyoucansee...

4.TheNo.3buscantakeyouthere./YoucantaketheNo.3bustogothere.

5.Itisabout20kmfromhere.Youcantakeataxi.Thereisnobus.

6.Followme.Icanleadyoutotheplaceyouwanttogoto.

?meetingsomeoneonatrainorbusjourney

1.Howdoyoudo?

2.Whereareyougoing?

3.Gladtomeetyou.

4.Fine,isn,tit?

5.It'ssocrowded,isn'tit?

?findingyourwayaroundaforeigncity

1.Excuseme.WhereJsthenearestpostoffice?

2.Excuseme,canyoutellmethewaytotherailwaystation?

3.HowcanIgetto...?

4.Idon,tknowthewayto...

Activity3:

T:MaybeyouhavemoreusefulexpressionsofeverydayEnglish.Shareyourwork

witheachotherandmakeaclassbookofusefulexpressionstogetherafterclass.

Thebookcanbedividedintoseveralparts,forexample,askingway,apologizing,

greetingandetc.Addmoreofyourideastothebookwheneveryoufindsome.

StepIHExtensiveReading

Task1:Pairwork

T:TheAAAmodelispopularinEnglish.AndweknowEnglishpeoplepreferto

talkaboutweatherwhentheymeet.Wemaywonderaboutthequestion:whydothey

choosesuchatopic.Isitalow-riskopenerordotheycaremoreaboutweather?

Therearereallyalotmoretolearn.Next,we'11learnsomethingnewaboutthe

UK.Pleaseturntopage69Activity8.Lookatthewebsitehomepageandtheheadings.

PredicttheadvicethatmightbegiveninthepassageHowtoEnjoyYourVisitto

theUK.

Askthestudentstoworkinpairsandtrytopredicttheadviceforeachpart.

Sampleanswers:

SI:IntheitemofFood,Ithinkthepassagemighttellusthetablemanners

intheUK.Forexample,peopleshouldbequietattable.

S2:InMakingconversations,wemightknowthewaytomakeconversations.For

example,howdopeoplebegintheirdialogue?Orwhatshouldpeoplechoosetotalk

aboutinconversation?Andsoon.

S3:AsforGreetings,1guessitmighttellushowtogreetsomeoneintheUK.

Forexample,whentwopeoplewhodonftknowmeetforthefirsttime,whattheywill

say.

S4:Bodylanguageisveryimportantwhencommunica-ting.But,indifferent

countries,bodylanguageisdifferent.SoIthinkitmightteachusthetypicalways

intheUK.Forexample,Englishmendon'tliketostandtooclosetoeachotherwhen

talking.

S5:Wehavelearntsomethingaboutadvanceplanningforsocialevents.SoI

thinkthispartwilltellushowtodoadvanceplanningorwhatkindoftopicsshould

bechosen.Forexample,whenIvisitanativefamily,Icouldbuyaboxofchocolate

asagift.Isitthat?

T:Nowlet'sreadthepassageandmatchtheheadingsinActivity8withthe

paragraphs.

Thenchecktheanswers.

Task2:Readingcomprehension

LetthestudentsreadaloudthepassageagainandthendoActivities10and

11.

SampleanswerstoActivity11:

1.IfIamgoingtotheUK.Ineedavisa.IhavetogototheBritishEmbassy,

atleasttwomonthsbeforethejourneyandfillinanapplicationform.Thestaff

maywantmetointerviewme,whichisquickandinformal,soIwillnotbenervous.

2.IntheUK,manyfamiliesonlysitatthetabletogether.Somefamilieseat

theirmealwhilewatchingTV.

3.Itispolite.Butpeopleshouldtrytoavoidaskinghowold,howmuchmoney

theyearnandsoon.

4.Peoplecantalkaboutweather,family,home,job,hobby,garden,pet,history

andstudy.

5.Icantakesomephotosofmyfamilyasasmallgift.

Task3:Practice

T:HereJsanotherpassageaboutgreetingsandsmalltalk.Pleasereaditand

dotheexercisesafterittochoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.

Handoutthepapertothestudentsandallowthemseveralminutestoscanthe

passageandchoosethebestanswers.

GreetingsandSmallTalk

Inmostlanguages,agreetingisusuallyfollowedby“smalltalk”.Smalltalk

meansthelittlethingswetalkaboutatthestartofaconversation.In

English-speakingcountriespeopleoftenmakesmalltalkabouttheweather:"Nice

day,isn,tit?”"Terribleweather,isn,tit?”Butthereissomethingspecial

aboutsmalltalk.Itmustbeaboutsomethingwhichbothpeoplehavethesameopinion

about.Thepurposeofsmalltalkistoletbothpeopleagreeonsomething.Thismakes

meetingpeopleeasierandmorecomfortable.Peopleusuallyagreeabouttheweather,

soitisasafetopicforsmalltalk.Butpeopleoftendisagreeaboutreligionor

politicssothesearenotsuitabletopicsforsmalltalkinEnglish.Thetopicsfor

smal1talkalsodependonwheretheconversationistakingplace.Atfootball

matches,peoplemakesmalltalkaboutthegametheyarewatching:"Greatgame,

isn'tit?"Atbusstops,peoplemaycommentaboutthetransportsystem:"Thebus

serviceisterrible,isn*tit?”

Greetingsandsmalltalkareanimportantpartofconversationinany

language.Thewaypeoplegreeteachotherandthethingstheytalkabout,however,

maybedifferentfromonelanguage