Unit 2 Dealing with people
学习目标
To practise listeningto conversations to retrieve specific information and general idea.
To identify the characteristics of different types of written invitations.
To develop skills in readinga blog and reflecting on different cultural practices,
To develop skills in making a brief oral presentation and a semi-formal speech.
To develop the ability to identify the structure and main idea of complaint letter and apology letter.
To improve the ability to make decisions through reading etiquette guidelines.
语言
To learn the words and phrases used to signal different levels of formality, types of relationship etc,
To learn words and phrases used in responding to spoken and written invitations, and the content and structure of written invitations.
To develop awareness of the importance of word class.
To explore and practise words and phrases used forgiving compliments and responding to compliments.
To improve their ability to identify words and phrases associated with direct and indirect complaints.
To explore and practice the functions of “sorry”, “excuse me” and “pardon”.
能力拓展
To practise giving and responding to different types of spoken and written invitations.
To role-play a conversation to practise language learned in this section.
To consolidate their ability to make spoken and written complaints and giving responses.
To develop their ability to write a guide to gift giving in Chinese culture.
To develop their ability to interpret from and into Chinese, using language patterns learned in the task set.
下面的词汇表，需要同学们自己安排好学习时间掌握，本单元结束后，会以英文释义连线的方式进行随堂测试。
Unit 2 Presentation Topics:
1. Give a short talk on compliments in Chinese culture for western readers.
The talk is supposed to include the following aspects: (1) frenquency of compliment giving, (2) awkward compliments, (3) significance of compliments in the culture,and (4) to whom. And do remember to illustrate your talk with correct examples.
2. Gift giving etiquette in the US
3. Gift giving etiquette in the UK
4. Gift giving etiquette in China
要求：
1）班级顺序号：5号-8号学生，抽签选择其中一个题目进行演讲，题目可以根据自己的演讲内容适当修改，但是不能换题。不可演讲同一个题目。
2）演讲内容要包含题目后面括号里的内容，但不限于那些方面。
3）每个演讲的同学一定要把时间控制在5分钟之内，不可超时。但是尽量要讲的有深度，不可太浅显。同学们可以根据自己的情况，酌情拓展。
4）上学期我们的演讲主要侧重锻炼大家对演讲的基本认识，掌握演讲的基本要求，如PPT制作、演讲内容的结构、演讲时的仪态表情等。在此基础上，本学期的演讲侧重锻炼大家正确合理地运用语言，表达逻辑清晰，所以大家在准备演讲时，要着重注意如何写自己的演讲稿。可以搜集相关英文资料，辅助自己写演讲稿。
