Listening and vocabulary全国优秀课堂实录

Module 1 Small Talk The Wrong Kind of Small Talk 一

Teaching aims:

1.

Learn some new words

2.

Improve the ability of skimming and grasp the key words and topic sentences 3.

Learn the basic rules of small talk。

二Fast reading Read the passage quickly and silently

What’s the passage mainly about?

A. The introduction to Esther

B. Esther’s wrong kind of small talk C. Esther’s stories

三

Careful reading 1 、Read Paragraphs1-2 quietly and carefully and then fill in the form.

Brief Introduction to Esther Greenbaum

Job Character Motto Shortcoming

2、Paras.3-22 According to the stories, fill in the blanks

1. A mature woman(Paras.3-5)

2. A_________(Paras.6-8)

3. A salesman (Paras.9-10)

Easter →

4. A ________(Paras.11-14) 5. A very famous writer(Paras.15) 6. A young man(Paras.16-18) 7. Her_______(Paras.19-22)

3、

Read Paras.3-8 Which statement is NOT TRUE?

A. When Esther asked the mature woman’s age, the customer felt awkward. B. The woman didn’t want to say her age. C. In fact, the typist wasn’t pregnant. D. Esther felt sorry for what she said to the typist.

4、

Read Paras 9-15 and finish the tasks:

1.When Esther told the salesman his wife was a fool

and that no one liked her, we can know that Esther was never __________________________________.

2. When Esther asked how much the haircut cost, how did the woman reply?

5、

Translate the sentence:

You’re writing a book and I’m reading one.

你在写一本书，而我恰恰也在读一本。

Paras. 16-18 Which sentence in this part is the closest in meaning to the following one?

I think they picked you out in order to prevent you from working with us all through your life.

Paras. 19-22

Role play: Please make up a dialogue between Esther and her friend to experience the embarrassment of the wrong kind of small talk. And then act it out. Esther VS

her friend Esther: Nice to meet you…

Her friend: …

Esther: …

Her friend: …

What’s the author’s attitude towards

Esther?_______.

A. Negative.

B. Positive.

C. Angry.

D. Uninterested.

四、

Summary

Esther was a saleswoman who had a complete _______ of small talk. Her ______was that every time she opened her mouth, she put her____ in it and made her customers _________. Once she asked a typist who was getting weight when her baby was due. Esther was never ________about

other people’s feelings. Once she thought the young man was chosen in order to __________him from working with them. She also made her friends embarrassed. As a result, wherever she went, she was unpopular.

五、The Wrong Kind of Small Talk

最口无遮拦的人

The most outspoken human being 每次我一张嘴就说错话

Every time I open my mouth, I put my foot in it. 完全不懂闲谈技巧

have a complete absence of small talk 经常犯错误

make systematic mistakes 真巧啊！

What a coincidence! 第一件想到的事

the first thing that come into her head

我宁愿不说

I’d rather not say. I’d rather (not) do sth 对某事谦虚

be modest about 使某人丧失做某事的信心

discourage sb from sth discouraging news

encourage sb to do 在毕业周年庆典

on the anniversary of the graduation 在另一个场合

on another occasion (脸)变红

go red 反驳某人

contradict sb. 没有任何歉意的

without any apology 长胖、增肥

put on (a little) weight

对……在意、谨慎

be cautious about 经历了一段糟糕的婚姻

go through a messy divorce 郁闷、沮丧

feel/be depressed

六、Homework:

Write a composition on how to make small talk.(100-120 words)