Unit 4 Making social agreements
• Section A
• 1. Listen to the conversation in Section A with your
textbooks closed for the first time and answer the
following questions:
• 1) Did they agree to go to the same restaurant which they chose to go
to last year? Why?
• 2)Did they make a decision at the end?
• 2. Listen to the tape again and fill in the table on p31.
• 3. Read the conversation after the tape and then in groups
of three.
• 4. Read and recite the expressions on the following page.
Expressions for recitation(1)
Partially agreeing:
Disagreeing:
Yes, it is nice to go somewhere
new,…
but we know last year’s
restaurant is good.
Yes, I accept your points about However, I would still prefer to
the size of the restaurant…
go…
I know we have only been there but it was last year.
once before,…
Well, Maybe you have a point
But I still think we should
choose a Chinese restaurant.
Expressions for recitation(2)
Partially agreeing:
•Disagreeing:
Although I agree with you that…, I think it might be better to…
I can understand your argument
that…,
What you say about… is
absolutely true,…
but I’m not so sure about…
I totally agree with you on what
you say about…
•However, I have some doubts
about…
•but I don’t think…
Expressions for recitation(3)
Additional ways to agree
partially:
Additional ways to
disagree:
You have a reasonable point But I think…
about…
There’s some truth in the
idea that…
But surely the point is
that…
I can see what you’re
getting at…
Yet I’m not sure about…
Section B: Listening to this
• Listen to the discussion between the couple and
fill in the missing information in the form on p33.
• Advice: Leave Practice activity A & B on p32 to
student teachers to teach at the EANLIC Night.
How would you
evaluate the canteens in
our school?
Average
Good
Very Good Excellent
Food
Service
Ambience
Value for
money
Comments
1. Canteen on the south campus 南院餐厅
2. Canteen on the north campus北院餐厅
3. Muslim Canteen 清真食堂
Please complete three forms as shown
above for the three canteens in our college
through discussion with your desk mate. Try
to use as many expressions you have learned
as you can for agreeing and disagreeing
politely.
How would you evaluate our
school canteens?
Useful English for some food:
• Steamed bun 馒头
• Steamed roll 花卷
• Steamed meat bun 肉包子
• braised beef in soy sauce 红烧牛肉
• braised pork in soy sauce 红烧猪肉
• fried pork slices 炒肉片
Section D: Testing yourself
• Part A Speaking
• Here are some pictures showing different ways of relaxing
in your spare time. Now, please discuss in groups of four
the good points and bad points of each of these activities.
Then, discuss this topic further and see if you can agree on
which types of activities you feel are the most and the least
worthwhile. During the discussion you may disagree with
each other, but please remember to disagree politely. One
student from each group will have to give a brief report to
the rest of the class about your agreement 8 minutes later.
• Advice: Leave Part B to student teachers as time does not
permit. Since Section C is not easy to use properly at this
stage, student teachers can try to simplify the first part of
Section C for the EANLIC Night and forget the second
part of Word Stars.
Different ways of relaxing
in your spare time
•
Topic for Noon Chat/Afternoon Chat
• Talk about your own hobbies with your
friends and try to seek advice from them on
the following issues:
• 1) Do you have too many or too few
hobbies? Do you need to learn to do more
things or put more control on your hobbies?
• 2) Are your hobbies healthy? Or when are
they worthwhile and when are they not?
Assignment
• Please recite the conversation in Section A,
paying special attention to the expressions
to disagree politely. It may be recited in
groups of three, each playing a role. The
assignment will be checked at the EANLIC
Night.
That’s all for today!
Thank you!