Unit 12 You’re supposed to shake hands.
Part 1: Teaching design (第一部分：教学设计)
Structures: Supposed to ＋ infinitive
Target language: How was the dinner at Paul’s house last night?
Well, it was OK, but I made some mistakes. I was supposed to arrive at 7:00, but I arrived at 8:00.
Vocabulary: kiss, bow, table manners, chopstick, fork, spoon, napkin, greet, rude, wipe, point, stick, shake hands, be supposed to, drop by, pick up, You should…
Learning strategies: Comparing, Listening for key words
Section A
Goals
●To learn to use the structure Supposed to ＋ infinitive
●To listen and talk about what people are supposed to do
Procedures
Warming up by learning about the structure Supposed to ＋ infinitive
Turn to page 95 first. Look at the sentences. Do you see how the structure Supposed to ＋ infinitive is used?
What are you supposed to do when you meet someone?
You’re supposed to kiss.
You’re not supposed to shake hands.
When were you supposed to arrive? I was supposed to arrive at 7:00.
You should have asked what you were supposed to wear.
1a Looking, listening and matching
Hello, class. What are we supposed to do next? Yes, you are right. We are going to look, listen and match. Now turn to page 94. Look at the picture and listen to the recording for what people do when they meet for the first time.
Tapescript
Boy1: What are people supposed to do when they meet in your country, Celia?
Girl1: Well, do you mean when friends meet for the first time?
Boy1: Yeah.
Girl1: Well, in Brazil, friends kiss.
Boy1: What about in Mexico, Rodriguez?
Boy2: In Mexico we shake hands.
Boy3: We bow.
Girl2: And in Korea we also bow.
Boy1: Well, I guess in most Western countries we shake hands.
1b Listening and checking
You are supposed to listen for a second time to check your answers in 1a.
Countries Customs
1. c Brazil a. bow
b. shake hands
c. kiss
2. b the United States
3. a Japan
4. b Mexico
5. a Korea
Now you can turn to page 135 to read the tapescript. While
reading
circle the connectives and underline the expressions.
1c Doing pairwork
What do people do when they meet for the first time? Now in
pairs tell
each other what you know about meeting for the first time. You are sopposed to use the Supposed to ＋ infinitive structure, OK?
A: What are people in Korea supposed to do when they meet for the first time?
B: They’re supposed to bow.
A: What are people in the United States supposed to do when they meet for the first time?
B: They’re supposed to shake hands.
A: What are people in China supposed to do when they meet for the first time?
B: They’re supposed to shake hands.
A: What are people in Mexico supposed to do when they meet for the first time?
B: They’re supposed to shake hands.
A: What are people in Brazil supposed to do when they meet for the first time?
B: They’re supposed to kiss.
A: What are people in your city supposed to do when they meet for the first time?
B: They’re supposed to wave their hands.
2a Listening and checking
Maria, an exchange student from India, went to her American
Friend Dan’s place and had dinner there. Now listen to the tape
for the mistakes Maria made there.
Tapescript
Boy: Hi, Maria. How was Paul’s party?
Girl: Oh, Dan, it was a disaster.
Boy: It was?
Girl: Uh-huh.
Boy: What happened?
Girl: Well, I was supposed to arrive at 7:00 but I arrived at 8:00.
Boy: Oh, so you were late.
Girl: Yeah, but in my country it’s different. When you’re invited for 7:00, you’re supposed to come later!
Boy: I see.
Girl: Then when I met Paul’s mom, I kissed her.
Boy: And you were supposed to shake hands instead.
Girl: That’s right. AND I wore a fancy dress.
Boy: What’s wrong with that?
Girl: Well, it was a barbecue, Dan. Everyone else was wearing a T-shirt and jeans.
Boy: I guess you should have asked what you were supposed to wear.
Now you may check√the mistakes by Maria on page 95.
Maria’s mistakes
√Arrive late; ate the wrong food; √greeted Paul’s mother the wrong way; √wore the wrong clothes
2b Listening and filling
To fill in the blanks on page 95 you are supposed to listen to the
tape one more time.
Tapescript
MariA: I was supposed to arrive at 7:00 but I arrived at 8:00.
MariA: In my country it’s different. When you’re invited for 7:00, you’re supposed to come later.
Dan: Boy: And you were supposed to shake hands instead.
MariA: That’s right. And I wore a fancy dress.
Dan: I guess you should have asked what you were supposed to wear.
Next you are supposed to make a conversation based on 2b. You are supposed to say anything you like.
Li Hong: I was supposed to get up at 7:00 but I got up at 8:00.
Li Hong: In my home it’s different. When you’re asked to get
up at 7:00, you’re supposed to get up later.
Wang Bin: And you were supposed to do the morning exercise
instead.
Li Hong: That’s right. And I took my school backpack.
Wang Bin: I guess you should have asked what you were supposed to take.
2c Doing pairwork
You are supposed to role play the conversation between Maria
and Dan. And you are supposed to use the information from
activities 2a and 2b.
A: How was the dinner at Paul’s house last night?
B: Well, it was OK, but I made some mistakes. I was supposed to arrive at 7:00, but I arrived at 8:00.
A: Why was that? Why didn’t you arrive earlier?
B: But in my country it’s different.
A: What is the difference?
B: When you’re invited for 7:00, you’re supposed to come later!
A: So you didn’t arrive at 7:00..
B: When I met Paul’s mom, I kissed her.
A: But you were supposed to shake hands instead. We don’t kiss each
other when we are only friends.
B: But I didn’t know that then.
A: What did you wear?
B: I wore a fancy dress.
A: What’s wrong with that?
B: It was a barbecue, you know. Everyone else was wearing a T-shirt
and jeans.
A: Oh, you made another mistake. I think you should have asked when you were supposed to arrive and what you were supposed to wear.
3a Reading and filling
On page 96 are two exchange students, one from Colombia, the other from Switzerland, talking about their own home culture. Now read their speech, blacken the connectives and underline the expressions.
Teresa Lopez
From Cali, Colombia Marc LeBlanc
From Lausanne, Swizerland
Where I’m from, we’re pretty relaxed about time. If you tell a friend you’re going to their house for dinner, it’s okay if you arrive a bit late. Spending time with family and friends is very important to us. We often just drop by our friends’ homes. We don’t usually have to make plans to meet our friends. Often we just walk around the town center, seeing as many of our friends as we can！
In Switzerland, it’s very important to be on time. We’re the land of watches, after all！If someone invites you to meet them at 4:00, you have to be there at 4:00. If you are even fifteen minutes late, your friend may get angry. Also, we never visit a friend’s house without calling first. We usually make plans to see friends. We usually plan to do something interesting, or go somewhere together.
And now you are supposed to fill in the chart.
Attitude about… Colombia Switzerland
Being on time Pretty relaxed about time very important to be on time
Visiting a friend’s house Often just drop by friends’ house never visit a friend’s house without calling first
Making plans with friends
Don’t usually have to make plans to meet friends usually plan to do something interesting, or go somewhere together
3b Doing pairwork
Next you are supposed to role play a conversation between Teresa and Marc, telling about the different attitudes of life in their home countries.
A: What kinds of rules do they have in Colombia?
B: Well, they have pretty relaxed rules.
A: Like what?
B: Well, it’s ok if you’re not on time.
A: Could you give me an example?
B: Sure. If they tell a friend they’re going to his or her house for dinner, it’s okay if they arrive a bit late.
A: Do they often visit friends’ house?
B: Yes, they do. It is very important to them. They often just drop by their friends’ homes.
A: Do they have to make plans to do that?
B: They don’t usually have to make plans to meet their friends. Often they just walk around the town center, seeing as many of our friends as we they！
B: What kinds of rules do they have in Switzerland?
A: It’s very important for them to be on time.
B: Because they’re the land of watches?
A: Maybe. If someone invites you to meet them at 4:00, you have to be there at 4:00.
B: If you are even fifteen minutes late, may your friend get angry?
A: Yes, they do.
B: Do they often visit a friend’s house?
A: Sometimes. But they never go without calling first. They usually make plans to see friends. They usually plan to do something interesting, or go somewhere together.
4 Doing pairwork
An exchange student from England is coming to your school for
classes. You are supposed to fill in the chart below on page 96
with things he is supposed to do inside and outside the
classroom.
Items You are supposed to …
Greeting teachers Say, “Good morning” in the morning
Doing homework At home or in school after class
Phoning someone Say, “Ni Hao, I’m …”
Visiting someone’s place Call first, and knock at the door
Making plans with friends Discuss the plan, call to make changes
Being on time Always on time or little earlier
Giving gifts Festival gifts being necessary
… …
Now you are supposed to role play a conversation based on the
chart you just filled in.
A conversation between you and an exchange student from Britain
A: How do you do?
B: How do you do? Are you a new exchange student?
A: Yes, I am from Britain. Could tell me the things I am supposed to do inside and outside the classroom?
B: Sure. To greet the teachers you say, “Good morning” in the morning, “Good afternoon” in the afternoon.
A: And “Good evening” in the evening. That’s the same as we do in Britain.
B: For homework you may do it at home or in school, but always after class.
A: Can I do it at class?
B: No, you can’t, because you have lots to do then.
A: What do I have to do at class?
B: You will have to sit straight, to listen attentively, to take notes, to answer questions, to do pairwork, to do groupwork, to do the test papers,
and to read Learning English!
A: Learning English? Am I have to learn English here?
B: Yes, you have to learn English, too. If you don’t, you will fail the English exams.
A: But I am a native speaker of English!
B: But you are poor at English grammar! There are lots of grammar items in the English exam.
A: But I can listen, speak, read and write in English. Is that not enough?
B: I don’t know. But you have to take the 4th, the 6th and the 8th level English exams.
A: All right. I agree to take all those exams in English, and on grammar.
B: And to phone someone you say say, “Ni Hao, I’m …”
A: “Ni Hao, I’m …”
B: Right. You are learning fast. You are smart.
A: What about visiting someone’s place?
B: Call first, and knock at the door.
A: What should I do to make plans with friends?
B: Discuss the plan with them. Call to make changes before it is too late.
A: Do I have to be on time?
B: It depends. You have to be on time for school. And you don’t have to be on time for meals by yourselves.
A: That’s also the same as we do back at Britain.
A: And giving gifts? I hear that you give many gifts on many occasions.
B: Yes, we do. But you can’t give gifts to the teachers in order
to pass the exams, and the English grammar exams!
Closing down by competing
To end this English class you are supposed to take a
competition. You are supposed to say as many sentences with
the Structure: Supposed to ＋ infinitive as possible. Now go ahead in pairs. The winner will be given a big, wonderful gift.
Section B
Goals
●To listen and talk about table manners
●To read about life as an exchange student
Procedures
Warming up reading aloud to the tape
Hello, it’s nice to meet you on this cool lovely morning! To begin with, listen and read loud to the recording of the text on page 96. But try not to look at the text while listening and reading it aloud.
1 taking a quiz
On page 97 is a chart with 5 sentences. Read them and circle T for true and F for false.
Mind your manners! True or false?
1. In the United States, you’re not supposed to eat with your hands. T
2. In Peru, you’re not supposed to talk at the table. F
3. In China, you’re not supposed to pick up your bowl of rice. T
4. In Korea, the youngest person is supposed to start eating first. F
5. In Brazil, you should wipe your month with your napkin every time you take a drink. I don’t know.
2a Listening and numbering
Listen to a conversation between Steve and Satoshi about table manners in Japan.
Tapescript
Satoshi: You must be really excited about leaving for Japan tomorrow, Steve!
Steve: Yeah, I am. But I’m a little nervous, too.
Satoshi: Nervous about what?
Steve: Well, for one thing, I don’t know how to behave at the dinner table.
Satoshi: Oh, I see. I could give you a little lesson on Japanese table manners if you’d like.
Steve: Really? That would be great!
Satoshi: Hmmmm. Let me see. One difference is that sometimes it’s polite to make noise when you’re eating. Especially when you’ve eating noodles. It shows that you like the food.
Steve: Really? That’s interesting. In the United States you’re not supposed to do that.
Satoshi: Yeah, I know. OK, so here are some chopstick rules: it’s rude to stick your chopsticks into your food. And you shouldn’t point at anyone with your chopsticks.
Steve: Oh, OK. I won’t.
Satoshi: And also, this isn’t about table manners exactly, but you should know that it’s rude to eat or drink while walking down the street.
Steve: Huh.
Satoshi: Oh, and the most important thing you need to know is that you’re not supposed to talk when you’re eating dinner. Only parents are allowed to talk at the dinner table. Children are not allowed to speak.
Steve: Wow! That’s… that’s unusual!
Satoshi: I’m just kidding! Steve!
Here is the key:
4 1 3 2
2b Listening and matching
You are supposed to listen and match the sentence parts in the chart on page 97.
b1. You aren’t supposed to … a. to make noise wile eating noodles.
a 2. It’s polite… b. to stick your chopsticks into your food.
d3. It’s rude… c. point at anyone with your chopsticks.
c4. You shouldn’t… d. eat and drink while walking down the street.
Finally you are supposed to read the tapescript carefully. While you are reading you are supposed to underline all the expressions, blacken all the connectives and circle all examples of the Supposed to ＋ infinitive Structure.
2c Doing pairwork
In pairs you are supposed to talk about the table manners in your country.
A: Where are you from?
B: I’m from Korea.
A: What are the table manners in your country?
B: Korea is a country famous for its many native dishes. Korean food is rich in nutrition, well-balanced and low in calories. They say that you can eat as much Korean food as you like and never gain weight.
A: Wonderful. I eat a lot. I like to eat nice things and keep slim at the same time.
B: Come to Korea then.
A: Is Korean food chiefly made of vegetables?
B: Yes, it is. Seasonings include garlic, red peppers, scallions, soy sauce, fermented bean paste, ginger and sesame oil.
A: Who eat first, the old or the young?
B: Of course, the oldest eat first. They are respected most in our country.
…
3a Reading and answering
Turn to page 98 and read the e-mail message to answer the questions followed.
Subject: Table Manners！ From: Wang Kun
Dear Lindsay,
Thanks for your message. Yes, I’m having a great time on my exchange program in France. It’s even better than I thought it would be. I was a bit nervous before I arrived here, but there was no reason to be. My host family is really nice. They go out of their way to make me feel at home. And you wouldn’t believe how quickly my French has improved！I’m very comfortable speaking French now. Although I still make lots of mistakes, it doesn’t bother me like it used to. My biggest challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table. As you can imagine, things are really different from the way they are at home. For example, you’re not supposed to put your bread on your plate. You are supposed to put it on the table！I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I’m used to it. You’re not supposed to eat anything with your hands except bread, not even fruit！（You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork.）Another thing is that it is very rude to put your hands in your lap. You should always keep your hands, but not your elbows, on the table. I have to say, I find it difficult to remember everything, but I’m gradually getting used to things, and don’t find them so strange any more. I’ll write soon and tell you more about life in France. Hope you’re having a good school year.
Wang Kun
Now as you have finished reading the message, you are supposed to answer the five questions as follows:
1. Why was Wang Kun nervous before she arrived in France? →Because she had no idea of the life in France.
2. Why did she have no reason to be nervous? → Because her host family is really nice. They go out their way to make her feel at home.
3. What differences have occurred in her French? →Her French has improved greatly. She’s very comfortable speaking French now.
4. What does she find surprising? → You’re not supposed to put your bread on your plate. You are supposed to put it on the table！
5. What is one particular challenge she is facing? →Her biggest challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table.
3b Writing an e-mail message
Imagine you are Steve, an exchange student studying in Japan. You are to email your friends about the table manners in Japan.
Subject: Table Manners！ From: Steve
Here are some things that you need to know about table manners when you visit Japan. First of all, you should remember:
Blowing your nose in public, and especially at the table, is considered bad manner.
It is considered good manner to empty your dishes to the last grain of rice.
Talking about toilet related and similarly disappetizing topics during or before a meal is not appreciated by most people.
Unlike in some other parts of East Asia, it is considered bad manner to burp.
After finishing eating, try to place all your dishes in the same way as they were at the start of the meal. This includes replacing the lid of dishes which came with a lid and replacing your chopsticks on the chopstick holder or into their paper slip, if applicable.
3c Writing about table manners in China
Subject: Table Manners！ From: Yanfei
Of course, the main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that’s only superficial. Besides, in decent restaurants, you can always ask for a pair of knife and fork, if you find the chopsticks not helpful enough. The real difference is that in the West, you have your own plate of food, while in China the dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares. If you are being treated to a formal dinner and particularly if the host thinks you’re in the country for the first time, he will do the best to give you a taste of many different types of dishes.
The meal usually begins with a set of at least four cold dishes, to be followed by the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes. Soup then will be served (unless in Guangdong style restaurants) to be followed by staple food ranging from rice, noodles to dumplings. If you wish to have your rice to go with other dishes, you should say so in good time, for most of the Chinese choose to have the staple food at last or have none of them at all.
Perhaps one of the things that surprise a Western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their guests. In formal dinners, there are always “public” chopsticks and spoons for this purpose, but some hosts may use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of genuine friendship and politeness. It is always polite to eat the food. If you do not eat it, just leave the food in the plate.
People in China tend to over-order food, for they will find it embarrassing if all the food is consumed. When you have had enough, just say so. Or you will always overeat!
4 Doing groupwork
You are supposed to help visitors to China. Now turn to page 98 and make a list of things they are supposed to in the different situations listed there in the chart.
Eating meals with other people
Let the other people order the dishes. Try to pay the bill yourself.
Giving compliments
Give a sincere compliment always. Show modesty when given compliments.
Introducing other people
Introduce the young to the old. Stand while being introduced.
Making a toast at dinner
Make a toast to your quests first. Drink up the wine when being toasted.
Making appointments
Keep your appointments with others. To cancel an appointment, call or send handphone message one day or two days before the date.
Offering tea
Offer others tea with a clean cup. Add more tea when the cup is emptied.
Speaking to old people
Always speak to the old politely and loudly when necessary.
Closing down by looking and saying
Look at the picture below and say something about their table manners.
SELF CHECK
1 Filling in blanks
To test your learning turn to page 99 and fill in the blanks with a word in its correct form.
arrive meet spend behave imagine
1. People in Japan and people in America behave differently at the dinner table.
2. You can imagine how different the table manners here are from ours.
3. In Singapore, the trains always arrive on time. They are never late.
4. On Chinese New Year, people like to spend time with their families.
5. I usually meet my friends in the library on Friday nights.
2. Reading and finishing
Fan Ling has been to a western country. She wrote an article telling about her experience in a restaurant there. Now read it on page 99 and finish her story as you like. While reading, blacken the connectives, underline the expressions and circle the structure of Supposed to ＋ infinitive.
When I first ate in a western restaurant, I didn’t know what I was supposed to do. Everything was unfamiliar. I was used to eating with chopsticks and a spoon, but I had to eat with a knife, a fork and a spoon. And I had, not just one set to use, but two or three of each. Questions crowded my mind. Was I supposed to begin with the largest ones or the smallest? Was I supposed to start at the outside and work in or the inside and work out? Was I supposed to hold the spoon in my left hand or my right hand? What I finally decided to do was to look up at how the others behave themselves at the table. I found that the man opposite to me was looking at me. It seemed that he was also a newcomer and not able to eat a western meal, either. We burst into laughter. And then came the waiter to see what it was the matter. We told him that we did not know how to eat. He was surprised to learn that. And then he said, “Eat the way you do in your own country.”
3 Completing the crossword
On page 99 is a crossword. Read the clues on the left to finish to
finish the crossword on the right.
Just for Fun!
Now go on to do another crossword:
1 2
3 4
5
Across
1. Sheep sound (3)
3. Neither liquid nor gas (5)
5. Humour (3)
Down
1. Road passenger transport (3)
2. Permit (5)
4. Shortened form of Dorothy (3)
The solution to this crossword is:
1B 9A 2A . .
9U . 9L . .
3S 9O 9L 9I 4D
. . 9O . 9O
. . 5W 9I 9T
Reading: You’re supposed to write quickly！
Before you read, go over the new words on page 154.
While you read, underline the expressions, blacken the connectives.
Can you write in English? And can you also write e-mail English? Maybe not. E-mail English is a new kind of written English that is being used to save time. A lot of e-mail English words might look unfamiliar to us-many look like rubbish！This is because they come from a computer program called ICQ, which means I seek you. ICQ is an e-mail “chatline” that people use to have online conversations with friends. One Canadian teacher says, “People can use their computers to talk to each other. But you are supposed to type quickly so the other person doesn’t get
bored, so using e-mail English helps you write quickly.” E-mail English mostly
uses two types of word. The first are “abbreviations”. These are formed by using
the first letter of each word in the phrase. For example, BTW means “by the way”,
and CSL means “can’t stop laughing”. The second kind of word is a
‘homophone’- it’s created by combining letters and symbols, or numbers, to
sound like other words. An example of this would be to write “great” as “gr8”, or
to write “see you later” as “CUL8r”. When you write e-mail English you don’t
need to use punctuation marks only in the traditional way. You are also supposed
to use them to show the emotion you are feeling. These are called “emotions”. The advantage
of using punctuation marks is that you can make faces with them. The most
common one is the happy face- it looks like this :) and it is made with a colon
and a right bracket beside it. E-mail English is fun-it’s almost like writing
riddles. You can learn it easily by yourselves, and experiment with your own
ideas. It is not rude to write e-mail English, but it is important to use it only at the
proper time-when you are e-mailing a friend, or sending a message to a friend on
a mobile phone. But you shouldn’t use it in class, and remember your teachers
will not be pleased if you write e-mail English in a test！
After you read, copy all the expressions into your Expression
Book.
Part 2: Teaching Resources (第二部分：教学资源)
I.What is an exchange student?
An exchange student is a student (almost always of high school age) who temporarily goes abroad and lives with a host family in a foreign country, and attend school there. That host family often also sends a child of theirs abroad, usually to the same country as the student they are hosting. In this way, the two students are said to have been "exchanged," essentially temporarily trading countries with each other.
II. Tips and Pitfalls of American table manners
●Posture
"Elbows, elbows, if you're able -- keep your elbows off the table!"
●Eating Soup
Dip the spoon into the soup, moving it away from the body, until it is about two-thirds full, then sip the liquid (without slurping) from the side of the spoon (without inserting the whole bowl of the spoon into the mouth).
●Offering Food
It is best to phrase each offer of food as if the dish has just been brought out for the first time.
●"Please Pass the Salt"
The proper response to this very simple sounding request is to pick up both the salt and the pepper and to place them on the table within reach of the person next to you.
●Removing Inedible Items from the Mouth
The general rule for removing food from your mouth is that it should go out the same way it went in.