UNIT 4 Going to a Party

1. UNIT 4Going to a Party

2. PartA_1 Communicative Function Listening Strategy Useful Expressions Notes • Controlling a Conversation • In daily communication we often use different techniques to control a conversation. We need to know how to show attention or surprise, how to agree or disagree, how to break in, how to change the subject, and how to bring other people into a conversation. In this part you’ll learn some of the ways we use to control a conversation. • Listen to the conversations and supply the missing words in the blanks.

3. PartA_1_p1 Communicative Function Listening Strategy Useful Expressions Notes • 1. M: Great party, isn’t it? • W: Yeah, super. Everyone seems to be having a good • time. • M: They do, don’t they? By the way, do you know that • girl talking to Jack? • W: Who? Oh, that’s Mary. She lives in our dormitory. _____ ____________ _____

4. PartA_1_p1 Communicative Function Listening Strategy Useful Expressions Notes • M: She’s pretty. Don’t you think so? • W: Yes, and clever too. One of the best students in her • class, I believe. • M: Do you know her well? • W: Quite well, shall I introduce you to her? • M: That’d be nice. _____________________ ___ ____________

5. PartA_1_p2 Communicative Function Listening Strategy Useful Expressions Notes • 2. M: When are you leaving for Australia, Diana? • W: In just two weeks. And I’m so excited. But there are • still one or two things I need to do before I go. • M: Like what? • W: Like going to the travel agent and figuring out what to • do with my apartment while I’m gone. • M: Your apartment? Perhaps you could sublet it. • W: Yeah, but who to? ____________ _____

6. PartA_1_p2 Communicative Function Listening Strategy Useful Expressions Notes • M: Hmm, let me think. Oh, I know just the person. An old • friend of mine, Peter Jones, is coming here to do some • research this summer, from June through August. • W: That’s exactly when I’ll be away. Sounds ideal. When • could you talk to him about it? _____________________

7. PartA_1_p2 Communicative Function Listening Strategy Useful Expressions Notes • M: Well, I’ll be calling him later this week, anyway. I’ll • mention it to him then. • W: Thanks a lot. Come to think of it, Michael, shall we • have a get together with Tom and Catherine this • weekend? • M: Good idea! Let’s do that. _____ ______________________

8. PartA_2 Useful Expressions Notes Listening Strategy Communicative Function • Identifying Adverbials of Frequency • Expressions like “once a week”, “twice a month”, etc. are used to denote how often you do something. • Now listen to the recording and write down short answers to the questions.

9. PartA_2_p1 Useful Expressions Notes Listening Strategy Communicative Function • 1. • Once a week. _________________

10. PartA_2_p2 Useful Expressions Notes Listening Strategy Communicative Function • 2. • Twice a week. _________________

11. PartA_2_p3 Useful Expressions Notes Listening Strategy Communicative Function • 3. • Daily. _________________

12. PartA_2_p4 Useful Expressions Notes Listening Strategy Communicative Function • 4. • Every other day. _________________

13. PartA_2_p5 Useful Expressions Notes Listening Strategy Communicative Function • 5. • Four nights a week. _________________

14. PartA_2_p6 Useful Expressions Notes Listening Strategy Communicative Function • 6. • Never. _________________

15. PartA_2_Script Useful Expressions Notes Listening Strategy Communicative Function • M: How often do you read China Daily? • W: I seldom read it. I only read it once a week. • Q: How often?

16. PartA_2_Script Useful Expressions Notes Listening Strategy Communicative Function • W: Do you play tennis very often? • M: Not very. About twice a week. • Q: How often?

17. PartA_2_Script Useful Expressions Notes Listening Strategy Communicative Function • M: Do you often clean your bedroom? • W: We clean it everyday. • Q: How often?

18. PartA_2_Script Useful Expressions Notes Listening Strategy Communicative Function • W: How often do you listen to English broadcasts? • M: Quite often. I listen every other day, I guess. • Q: How often?

19. PartA_2_Script Useful Expressions Notes Listening Strategy Communicative Function • M: Does Jenny work in the lab very often? • W: Four nights a week. • Q: How often?

20. PartA_2_Script Useful Expressions Notes Listening Strategy Communicative Function • W: Do you watch sports programs on Saturday nights? • M: No. I enjoy going dancing and meeting friends at weekends. • Q: How often?

21. PartA_3 Useful Expressions Notes Communicative Function Listening Strategy • Useful Expressions for Controlling and Changing a • Conversation • Controlling a Conversation • I see. • Yeah. • Yes. • Hmm. • Well … • Sure.

22. PartA_3 Useful Expressions Notes Communicative Function Listening Strategy • Really. • No kidding! • Imagine that! • Like what? • Don’t you think so? • Well, let me see … • Let me think for a minute.

23. PartA_3 Useful Expressions Notes Communicative Function Listening Strategy • Changing a Conversation • By the way … • Come to think of it … • Speaking of … • And another thing … • Something else I’d like to know is … • This may sound like a dumb question, but I’d like to know … • To get back to our talk …

24. PartA_4 Communicative Function Listening Strategy Useful Expressions Notes • 1. Expressions such as “yeah”, “yes”, “humm” help control a conversation, indicating that you are listening and you want the other person to continue the conversation. The expressions “Really?”, “No kidding!”, “Imagine that!”, etc. can do the same job, but indicate surprise. • 2. “By the way …” and “Come to think of it …” are expressions we use when we try to change the subject of a conversation.

25. PartB_1 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Language Focus Pair Work • Here are some useful sentences and structures that you might find handy in discussing the questions in Pair Work: • I like / love going to parties. • I don’t care for parties. They’re too noisy. • Parties are great fun. There are always a lot of • interesting things to do. • I love meeting new people and making new friends at • parties.

26. PartB_1 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Language Focus Pair Work • I always worry about what clothes to wear. • I’m worried that there might be a lot of people I don’t • know / that others might think I’m boring. • I never know what to say to people I don’t know. • I’m too shy to approach somebody I don’t know. • I never worry about anything so I always have a good • time. • We may use small talk to approach someone we don’t • know at a party.

27. PartB_1 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Language Focus Pair Work • Small talk usually covers topics of general interest, • such as the weather, new movies, TV shows, headline • news, local events, or school. • These topics are very good conversation starters.

28. PartB_1_2 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Language Focus Pair Work • Questions for Discussion • Do you like going to parties? Why or why not? • When was the last time you were invited to a party? What was it like? • Do you worry about anything before going to a party? (e.g. What to wear? Who to go with?) • Would you like to talk to people you don’t know at a party? Why or why not? • What is small talk? Are you good at it?

29. PartB_1_2_demo Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Language Focus Pair Work 2. When was the last time you were invited to a party? What was it like? I was invited to a Christmas party last month by a group of foreign teachers. They had prepared some drinks, candies and cakes. The party room had been decorated with a Christmas tree with some shining sparkling articles hanging down from the top. After we entered the room, we exchanged some small talks with foreigners and then we sang Christmas songs together. The atmosphere was light and friendly.

30. PartB_1_2_demo2 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Language Focus Pair Work 5. What is small talk? Are you good at it? Small talk is a light conversation on unimportant or non-serious subjects. I used to think that small talk is meaningless and a waste of time, so I didn’t bother to learn how to handle small talk. Now I have a different view of small talk. I find it quite useful for the purpose of communication, especially in social gatherings. That’s why I’m trying to improve my skill at small talk.

31. PartB_2 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 • 1. super a. wonderful 极好的 • 2. coach v. to teach, to advise 指导，辅导 • 3. tip n. advice; suggestion 提示，忠告 • 4. relax v. to feel less worried 放松，别紧张 • 5. serious a. not joking 当真的，不是开玩笑的 • 6. Guess what? used before you tell sb. sth. that will surprise them. 你知道吗？(在打算告诉别人一件事时说)

32. PartB_2_2 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 • 1. small talk • Light conversations on unimportant or non-serious • subjects such as the weather or TV programs that you • saw last night, or little compliments on what people • are wearing. In a social gathering where a lot of guests • are strangers to one another, small talk can be very • useful to make them feel at ease.

33. PartB_2_2 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 • 2. Carol just invited me to a party • Carol has just invited me to a party. In informal speech, Americans very often use the past tense instead of the present perfect tense. You will often hear “Did you have lunch?” rather than “Have you had lunch?” • 3.But what if I say something stupid? • But what will happen if I say something uninteresting, boring, or unsuitable for the occasion? • What if = what • Will / would happen if?

34. PartB_2_2 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 • 4.you can talk about the weather • In many countries, the weather is an appropriate topic to strike up a conversation with someone, even with a stranger. However, people normally add some kind of personal evaluation to the description of the weather. For example, they would say “It’s raining terribly hard today, isn’t it?” Here, “terribly hard” shows the speaker’s feelings about the weather.

35. PartB_2_3 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 • Listen to the recording once and choose the right • answers to the questions. • 1. What are the two speakers talking about? • a. How to interest people at a party. • b. How to give speeches to people at a party. • c. How to engage in small talk with people at a party. • d. How to find out what people are interested in at a • party.

36. PartB_2_3 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 • 2. What do you learn about John from the conversation? • a. He sounds nervous and unsociable. • b. He sounds boring and stupid. • c. He sounds forgetful and nervous. • d. He sounds humorous and interesting.

37. PartB_2_3 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 • 3. What is Mike doing? • a. Showing sympathy. • b. Expressing opinions. • c. Offering comments. • d. Giving advice.

38. PartB_2_4 ___________________________________________________________ ______________________ Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Listen to the recording again and write down answers to the following questions. 1. Where and when will the party be held? At Carol’s house on Saturday. 2. What is John uncertain about? He’s uncertain whether he can have a good time at the party or not. 3. What is his problem? He’s not good at small talk. _________________________________ _______________________________

39. PartB_2_4 __________________________________________________________ _________________ Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2 4. In order to avoid being a boring person, what should one talk about at a party according to Mike? One should talk about something other people are interested in. 5. How can one find out what other people are interested in? By getting them to talk about themselves. _______________________________________________

40. PartB_2_Script Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Word Bank Language and Cultural Notes Exercise 1 Exercise 2

41. PartB_3 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Pair Work Conversation 1 Conversation 2 • Listen to the conversations and repeat after the recording. Practise the conversations with your partner, playing the role of A or B. Then work with your partner to create your own conversations by replacing the underlined parts with your own words.

42. PartB_3 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Pair Work Conversation 1 Conversation 2 • A: My American friend has invited me to a 1) weekend party at his apartment. • B: 2) That’s great. • A: But I’ve 3) never been to a party given by a foreigner. I’m afraid 4) I won’t know how to act. • B: Relax. Just be yourself and act naturally. • A: I know. 5) But it’s easier said than done. • B: Well, let me tell you. First you should arrive there on time or a few minutes later, but not earlier.

43. PartB_3 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Pair Work Conversation 1 Conversation 2 • A: Shall I bring him something? • B: Sure. It’s nice to give him a small gift, but nothing too expensive. • A: Like what? • B: 6) A bottle of wine or a small box of chocolates will do.

44. PartB_3 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Pair Work Conversation 1 Conversation 2 • A: But I don’t know his American friends. 7) What should I say to them? • B: 8) Why don’t you get them to talk about themselves? Won’t it be 9) a super chance for you to practice your conversation skills? • A: 10) I guess you’re right. Thanks. • B: You’re welcome. Have a good time at the party.

45. PartB_3 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Pair Work Conversation 1 Conversation 2 • Substitution • 1) birthday / farewell party • 2) That’s nice. / That’s wonderful. / Sounds nice. • 3) never been invited to a foreigner’s party / never • attended a party thrown by a foreigner • 4) I won’t know what to do. / I would be at a loss. • 5) It’s easy to say but hard to do. • 6) A tin of Chinese tea or some Chinese hand-made • artwork

46. PartB_3 Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Pair Work Conversation 1 Conversation 2 • 7) What should I talk about? / What can I tell them? • 8) What about making them talk about themselves? / • Why don’t you ask them about their impressions of • China? • 9) a very good chance for you to practice your spoken • English / a good opportunity to practice your English • communication skills with native speakers of English • 10) I think you’re right. / I think you have a point there.

47. PartB_3_b Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Pair Work Conversation 2 Conversation 1 • (At a party) • A: That’s 1) a beautiful song they are playing, isn’t it? • B: Yeah, it’s 2) cool. • A: Do you like 3) pop music? • B: 4) Oh, yeah. What about you? • A: Me, too. How do you like 5) rap?

48. PartB_3_b Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Pair Work Conversation 2 Conversation 1 • B: 6) It’s all right, but I’m not really crazy about it. • A: Neither am I. 7) Do you often go to those big concerts? • B: 8)Sometimes. I like 9) listening to CDs. 10) I can’t stand crowds of pushing people. • A: Yeah.11) I know what you mean.

49. PartB_3_b Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Pair Work Conversation 2 Conversation 1 • Substitution • 1) pleasant music they are playing / fantastic dance • music they are playing • 2) excellent / super • 3) pop songs / classical music • 4) Yes. / Sure. • 5) blues / jazz • 6) It’s OK, but I’m not really into it. / It’s not bad, but • I’m not a fan.

50. PartB_3_b Pre-listening Tasks Listening Tasks Speaking Tasks Pair Work Conversation 2 Conversation 1 • 7) Do you often go to live performances? • 8) Occasionally. / Seldom. • 9)watching concerts on TV / listening to a recording better • 10) I don’t like to be surrounded by so many people pushing one another. / I hate to be among crowds of pushing people. • 11) I know exactly what you mean. / I understand.