Unit 7 Reading

Would you mind keeping your voice down?

蓬莱市郝斌中学

Learning objectives:

• Learn a new reading strategy.• Deal with the language goals

in the unit: make requests and apologize.

dropping litter

spitting on the bus

talking and laughing loudly on the bus

smokingtalking on the mobile phone in a loud voice

How many rules of etiquette can you see being broken?

Can you make a polite request to each of them ?

Would you mind keeping your voice down?

I think the passage will tell us about the rules of _________.

Look at the title and the picture, predict what you will learn from the passage.

etiquette

As we read, we need to find “topic sentences”.These sentences usually give us a “summary”,or overall meaning of each paragraph and helpus understand what the paragraph is about. After the topic sentence comes more detail andexplanation.

--- Topic Sentence 主题句

Topic sentences of each paragraph

Para 1: …, but it can be very useful to understand

Para 2: Etiquette is not the same in every culture or in every situation.

Para 3: If we see someone breaking the rules of etiquette, we may politely give them some suggestions.

Para 4: …, some rules are the same almost everywhere in the world.

Match the paragraphs with the best summaries

d Para. 1 a. We have to be very careful when we criticize people

b. The way people behave is different in different cultures and situations

＿ Para. 2 c. Sometimes rules of etiquette are the same almost everywhere.

d. Etiquette is a very important idea to understand .

＿ Para. 3

＿ Para. 4

b

e

c

e. We might want to ask someone to behave more politely if we see them breaking a rule of etiquette.

f. People in China and Europe have different ideas about etiquette.

Read Para.1, answer one question.

What does etiquette mean?

It means normal and polite social behavior.Read Para.2, tell T or F

1. ( ) Etiquette is not the same in every culture or in every situation.

2. ( ) In Europe, standing very close to the person whom you are talking with is quite common.

3. ( ) Talking loudly in public is allowed in China.

4. ( ) It’s better to keep your voice down in public.

T

F

F

T

stand close

Talk loudly

Share the same dishes

be quiet in a restaurant

China

stand close

Talk loudly

Share the same dishes

Western countries

Have their own plates of food

入乡随俗

leave a tip

What are polite in China/ western countries?

leave a tip

be quiet in a restaurant

Have their own plates of food

Language points

1.While you’re talking with someone ,standing very close is quite common in Asian countries.

While we are having a class,_____________ ( 吃东西 )is impolite.

2.We are not allowed to talk loudly in other places.

be allowed to do sth. 被允许做某事 allow doing sth. 允许做某事 allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事 a.They don’t allow ________ here.(smoke)

b.Smoking isn’t__________here.(allow)

c.Her parents don’t allow ____ ____stay out at night.( 不允许她呆在外面 )

3.Even if ( 即使 )you are with your friends, It is better to keep your voice down.( 压低你的声音）

eating food

smoking

allowed

her to

Read Para.3, answer two questions.

1.What should we do if we see someone breaking the rules of etiquette?

2. Why do we have to be careful when we give others suggestions ?

We should politely give them some suggestions.

Because nobody likes to be criticized.

Read Para.4, answer two questions.

1.Are there any rules of etiquette that are almost the same everywhere?

2. Give an example, please.

Yes, there are.

Dropping litter.

Dropping litter.

If we see someone breaking the school rules , we may politely give them some suggestions:Would you mind(not)…? Could you please(not)… ?Please(don’t)… Places Problems Solutions

in class talk with others,

sleep,argue with the teacher…

in the hallway

draw on the wall,make much noise…

In the school yard

drop litter,spit on the ground…

… … …

学以致

用

Virtue is a jewel of great price!

美德乃是无价宝。

Work in groups and try to fill in the blanks. “Etiquette”means normal and polite social _________ .It is different in every culture or in every situation.While you’re talking with someone, ___________ very close is quite common in some _________ countries. However,if you do this in__________,some people might feel ____________ .Even in China, we all know that etiquette is different in all situations. Maybe we can talk loudly in our own homes,but we are not __________ to talk loudly in other places. _________ _________ you are with your friends, it is better to keep your voice down. If we see someone __________ the rules of etiquette, we may __________ give them some suggestions. People don’t usually like to be __________ , so we have to be careful how we do this. Rules of etiquette can often be different, but some rules are the same almost everywhere in the world.

behavior

standing

Asian Europeuncomfortable

allowedEven if

breakingpolitely

criticized

词海拾贝1. 一个讲英文的国家

2. 正式的文明的社会行为

3. 似乎像一个难的单词

4. 站得离一个人很近

5. 感觉不舒服

6. 在所有的情况下

7. 大声说话

8. 不被允许做某事

9. 小心不要大声说话和打喷嚏

10. 违反规则

11. 有礼貌的给他们一些建议

12. 最有礼貌的方式之一

13. 在你前面插队

14. 把烟熄灭

15. 被批评

an English-speaking country

normal and polite social behavior

seem like a difficult word

stand very close to the person

feel uncomfortable

In all situations

Talk loudly

Be not allowed(to do)sth.

Take care not to cough or sneeze loudly

Break the rules

Politely give them some advice\suggestions

One of the most polite ways

Cut in front of you in a line

Put out that cigarette

Be criticized

Writing: Shorten the passage.(In about ten sentences)

Summary What have we learnt today?

1. “Etiquette”means normal and polite social behavior.

2. A new reading strategy.

3. We must remember the ways of giving suggestions.

Homework A. Try to remember the whole passage and tell it to your family .

B. List the impolite behavior around you.

Good- bye!

Thank you !