没有礼貌我们就不可能真正的时尚

没有礼貌我们就不可能真正的时尚 Unit 2 What Happened to Manner? 1. Teaching Objectives 1) To help students to get to know the importance of being polite; 2) To help students to get to know how to be polite; 3) To help students to learn to analyze the text; 4) To help students to learn the language in this text; 5) To help students to develop oral English ability and communicative competence. 2. Teaching Procedures 1) Lead-in activities 2) Cultural Backgrounds 3) Text analysis 4) Structural analysis 5) Language study 6) Exercises I. Lead-in activities Opening questions for discussion • What is good manner according to your understanding? • Is being polite very important? If yes, in what way(s) is it important? • What are considered as polite behaviors and what else are considered rude behaviors in Chinese culture? • Do you think modern people are becoming ruder and ruder to each other? Why (not)? • How can we turn people into more polite ones? Text introduction This essay is a piece of argumentation on the necessity and significance of good manners. In the beginning part, the writer puts forward his viewpoint. In the next three paragraphs, the writer raises and proves his opinion. In the last paragraph the writer concludes that good manners are infectious; meanwhile, he expresses his sincere wish for a polite society where everybody would behave politely. II. Cultural Backgrounds 1) The Soup Course Dinner usually begins with soup. The largest spoon at your place is the soup spoon. It will be beside your plate at the right-hand side. 2) The Fish Course If there is a fish course, it will probably follow the soup. There may be a special fork for the fish, or it may be similar to the meat fork. Often it is smaller. 3) Helping Yourself and Refusing If a servant passes food around, he will pass the dish in at your left hand so that you can conveniently serve yourself with your right hand. Never serve yourself while the dish is on your right; it is then the turn of your neighbor on the right. It is polite to take some of everything that is passed to you. But if there is something you may not like, you may quietly say: “No, thank you.” 4) Second Helpings The hostess may or may not ask if you would like a second helping, according to the formality of the meal. If she does and you accept it, you should pass your plate to her or to the servant with the knife and fork still lying on it. III. Text analysis questions 1) Find out the author’s purpose in writing the story. 2) How are rude behaviors the author lists? 3) What are polite behaviors the author writes about? 4) What is the significance of keeping good manners according to the author’s opinion? 5) How does the author develop his idea about keeping good manners? IV. Structural analysis Paragraph 1—In this part the author states and proves that many people in present times are not as polite as people in the past. Paragraphs 2 – 4 In this part, the author tells us that good manners make people stylish, a result from inner beauty, and add priceless panache to our image. Paragraphs 5 – 10 In this part, the author states and expounds the great power of some typical good manners he proposes upon those people on the receiving end. Paragraphs11 The author advances his opinion that good manners are infectious and expresses his sincere wish that everyone would be polite and show good manners. V. Language Study 1… we can’t be truly stylish without good manners. Paraphrase: If we do not have polite ways of treating other people and behaving in public, we can’t be truly fashionable and attractive. 没有礼貌我们就不可能真正的时尚。 2… I think of good manners as a sort of hidden beauty secret. Paraphrase: I think of good manners as a sort of beauty secret whose nature can’t be understood and explained. 我认为有礼貌是一种内在美的秘方。 3… but it adds priceless panache to your image. Paraphrase: but a kind, gracious manner makes you look much more stylish and admirable, contributing invaluably to your image 但它能为你的形象增添无比的光彩 4If you feel like a feel … Paraphrase: If you’d like to know how you would feel when you do write a thank-you note ... 如果你想体验一下写感谢信的感觉 5a carry-on bag a bag small or compact enough to be carried aboard an airplane by a passenger 随身携带的小包 6 And for heaven’s sake … The phrase for goodness’/Pete’s/heaven’s/pity’s sake can be used when one asks strongly for something. 7 You’d sure get my attention … In American English, surely is often shortened to sure. Key words/expressions and explanations 1. get away 1) to succeed in leaving The meeting dragged on, and I didn’t get away until seven. 2) to escape, especially from the scene of a crime The three men got away in a stolen car. 3) to avoid something that is difficult or unpleasant, or something that limits what one can do in some way I remember what a relief it was to get away from home. 2. wave n. 1) a movement in which one raises one’s arm and move one’s hand from side to side 2) a line of raised water that moves across the surface of the sea Collocation: a wave of nausea反胃 /dizziness头昏眼花 /tiredness a wave of terror/fear/panic 3. appreciation n. 1) pleasure one feels when one realizes something is good, useful, or well done 2) a feeling of being grateful for something someone has done 4. pull out:move out or away 1) to drive onto a road from another road or from where one has stopped 2) to drive over to a different part of the road in order to get past a vehicle in front 5. decorate v. to paint the inside of a room, put special paper on the walls, etc. The bathroom is decorated in green and yellow. 6. stylish adj. attractive in a fashionable way; having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress They will make you look lean, stylish and even sexy. 7. gracious adj. behaving in a polite, kind, and generous way, especially to people of a lower rank Mike is the most gracious, helpful, and generous person to work with. This should be a gracious and most enjoyable evening. 8.set an example to establish a way of doing something that is then copied or regarded as good It is important that parents set an example. 9. panache n. a way of doing things that makes them seem easy and exciting, and makes other people admire you;distinctive and stylish elegance 10.do wonders for to bring unexpectedly good results; to be very effective Exercise can do wonders for body, mind, and spirit 11. host v. & n. 1) v. to provide the place and everything that is needed for an organized event Which country is going to host the next World Cup? 2) n. someone at a party, meal, etc. who has invited the guests and who provides the food, drink, etc. Our host greeted us at the door. 12. compliment v. & n. 1) v. to say something nice to someone in order to praise them Bob complimented me on my new hairstyle. 2) n. a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration Your presence is a great compliment.承蒙光临，不胜荣幸。 VI. Exercises Please refer to the reference book.