Unit Two Lesson One

Visiting a British Family

What a great surprise!

How to greet each other ?

Nice to meet you.很高兴见到你。

Nice to meet you, too. 我也很高兴见到你。

• 朝鲜人打招呼行鞠躬礼，表示尊敬和谢意。• Koreans greeting is a bow to express res

pect and gratitude.

• 泰国人打招呼男士双手在额前，女士双手在胸前。

• Thai , the male places hands in facial front, female places at the chest to each other.

• 日本人以脱帽子鞠躬来打招呼，稍微低头，眼睛向下。

• Hats off the Japanese in order to say hello, slightly bowed and eyes down.

• 毛利人碰鼻子来打招呼，次数越多，时间越久，表示越亲密。

• Maori greeting is to touch the noses ,the more the number and the longer, the more intimate.

• Australian italian person to shake hands to say hello.

• 澳大利人打招呼是握手。

• 马来西亚打招呼是两人双手交窝，双手微触额头一下，双手微触胸前一下。

• Malaysia, the two people hands hand over to hold for a whlie . the hands are tiny to touch a forehead and before the chest for a whlie.

Shanghai

London

places of historical interestplaces of historical interest

Look and say

1. When Zhang Jun visited Helen’s family, what did Helen do to greet him?

2. When Helen introduced Zhang Jun to her parents, what did he do?

3. What did Helen’s parents do when they got the

present?

4. Since this was Zhang Jun’s first visit to Helen’s

family, what did Helen do after introduction?

Listen and think about the questions

When Zhang Jun visited Helen’s family, what did Helen do to greet him?

When Helen introduced Zhang Jun to her parents, what did he do? What did Helen’s parents do when they got the present?

Since this was Zhang Jun’s first visit to Helen’s family, what did she do after introduction?

西方人接过礼物时往往立即将包装好的礼物当着赠送者的面打开。若礼物是衣服、领带等，他们可能会马上试穿或试戴；若是一束花，他们也可能会当即插入花瓶，并说一些赞美的话。

Fill in the table

Zhang Jun Helen Helen’s parents

wait at the door __________________

_________________ introduce Zhang Jun to her parents

__________________

give a present to Helen’s family

________________

_________________ offer drinks to Zhang Jun

the first visit to Helen’s family _________________

greet Zhang Jun

shake hands with Helen’s parents and greet them

open the present

say thanks

prefer orange juice

say thanks

show Zhang Jun around their house

shake hands with Zhang Jun and greet him

January 31, 2009 Saturday Clear

I had a _______ _______ today. I went to ______ my friend Helen. Helen ______ ______ at the door and took my ______. She ______ ______ to her parents. We greeted( 问候 ) ______ ______ and ______ ______. I gave them a ______ Chinese painting as a ______. I was glad they ______ ______

______ ______. Since it was my ______ ______ to Helen’s family, she ______ ______ ______ their house.

They had just ______ it, and it was really beautiful.

Complete Zhang Jun’s diary about his visit to Helen’sfamily according to the text.

guest host greeting greeting

introduction introduction giving a present opening the present and saying thanks

saying thanks offering drinks

the first visit showing the guest around Pattern: I’d like you to . . . because . . . , shall I …/ I advise you…/ you should…

Homework:

1. Read the text fluently.

2. Surf more information about the

differences between West

ern and Chinese culture and cust

oms.

3.Grasp the language focus---how

to introduce and greet each other.