Unit 1 – Lesson three – part 1 - Diplomacy in Action
Meet an Ambassador - preview
An ambassador can represent a country or an
idea
Take notes on what you think each
picture shows about each
ambassador. Note the details that
support your opinion.
Match the phrases below to each picture:
A) Having worked closely with President Obama and other leaders, I look forward to being
a part of what makes that relationship work.
B) When our founding fathers came from all over the world, they brought this country to
what it stands for now.
C) I saw how people can come together to solve challenges through commitment,
communication, and cooperation.
Meet the Ambassador Jigsaw – watching the video
Caroline Kennedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85PdDZ4xCvs
Rufus Gifford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VEspqRrqpc
Dan Carmon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwMDYk-vklY
(note: all three videos have been included in the folder if you don't have access to the
Internet.)
Ambassador
Caroline Kennedy
Will be
Ambassador to:
Family
Background:
Personal
Experience:
Work
Experience:
Goals as
Ambassador:
Why do you think
each ambassador
was chosen for
the job?
What is one
question you
would like to ask
each
ambassador?
Ambassador
Rufus Gifford
Ambassador
Daniel Carmon
Before doing the homework it's important at this point to discuss FORMAL AND INFORMAL
language. We can see from the speeches that more formal language is used.
AT THIS POINT STOP AND SHOW THE POWER POINT PRESENTATION ATTACHED
Why does Communication matter?
Expectations related to communication change as you become an adult.
When you use affective communication other people are more likely to:
1. Have a positive impression of you.
2. Take you seriously; relate to you as a peer and an adult.
3. Offer assistance and give you the benefit of the doubt when needed.
There are different communication styles:
INFORMAL COMMUNICATION
 Is less rigidly structured
 Has a more relaxed tone
 Uses more casual language
 Places less emphasis on correct
grammar and spelling
 Is used mainly with peers and other
people you know well
 Is more likely to be needed in
personal situations
FORMAL COMMUNICATION
 Is more rigidly structured
 Has a more formal tone
 Uses more standard language
 Places higher importance on
correct grammar and spelling
 Is used mainly with non-peers and
people you don't know well
 Is more likely to be needed in
business, career or educational
situations.
Examples of appropriate situations for using each communication style
informal
mode of communication
formal
Text message to a friend
Email to a professor
Verbal-written
Birthday card for a relative
Resume and cover letter
Grocery list
English paper
Tweet or Facebook status
Online discussion board
post
Skyping with a sibling
tutoring
VerbalOral/Spoken
Family dinner
Job interview
Socializing at a club meeting
In-class presentation
Getting to know your
Scheduling a doctor's
roommate
appointment
Riding the bus
Sitting in class
Nonverbal
Dinner out with a friend
Interacting with customers
at work
Watching a movie at home
Turning in a job application
Hugging your mother to say
Shaking hands to greet your
hello
boss
HOMEWORK
In pairs students mark up the scripts in two colors:
a. Common themes in all three speeches
b. Common language structures used by all the ambassadors.
Ambassador Rufus Gifford
My name is Rufus Gifford. I am
both honored and thrilled to be the
next United States Ambassador to
your Kingdom of Denmark.
The United States and Denmark
have enjoyed centuries of peaceful
relations and broad cooperation.
Having worked closely with
President Obama and other
leaders, I look forward to being a
part of what makes that
relationship work.
I grew up in coastal Massachusetts
and spent several years on the
Pacific coast as well while working
in the Hollywood film industry.
Here in Washington, I like to spend
my free time on the water kayaking
with my partner, Steven.
We can't wait to explore
Denmark’s beautiful coastline
where we can spend time on the
water.
We look forward to experiencing
Denmark and learning what makes
your country so unique, including
your healthy lifestyle, your
innovative design, your world-class
technology and your pragmatic and
tolerant society.
I believe that the world prospers
from the close relationship our
countries share and I am
committed to creating an even
stronger strategic partnership to
meet today's global challenges.
During my time in Demark, I will
work to expand trade and
investment through economic
Ambassador Caroline Kennedy
Hi, I'm Caroline Kennedy. Welcome
to my home in New York City.
Ambassador Daniel Carmon
Hello. I'm Danny Carmon. I'm the
new Israeli Ambassador to India.
I am deeply honored that President
Obama has asked me to serve as
the United States Ambassador to
Japan.
(I am) very very excited to start my
tenure in your wonderful country.
Growing up in a family dedicated to
public service, I saw how people
can come together to solve
challenges through commitment,
communication, and cooperation.
That's something I've tried to do in
my own life as well.
As ambassador, I look forward to
fostering the deep friendship,
strategic alliance and economic
partnership between our countries.
I am fortunate to have studied
Japanese history and culture and to
have visited your beautiful country.
When I was 20, I accompanied my
uncle, Senator Edward Kennedy, on
a trip to Hiroshima. It left me with
a profound desire to work for a
better more peaceful world.
A few years later, my husband Ed
and I returned to Nara in Kyoto on
our honeymoon.
Since that time, I've seen firsthand
how American and Japanese
people are bound by common
values.
We share a commitment to
freedom, human rights, and the
rule of law.
When I was a kid I had no idea I would
go into the diplomatic service as my
parents did. But looking back to those
wonderful years, I can tell you that in
some way or another I did prepare
myself without knowing it.
When our founding fathers came from
all over the world, they did bring this
country to what it stands for now as a
very technological country, a very
advanced country. (and) I think that
even as a kid I understood this and this
was part of my conversation with my
friends. I like to brag about Israel and
what it stands for.
And when I was a very junior diplomat,
I took part in the Israeli delegation to
the Camp David Summit. I felt I was
part of an historical event.
During my service in Buenos Aries I
had a very tragic encounter with
terrorism. On the 17th of March 1992,
a bomb exploded in our embassy in
Buenos Aires, destroying the embassy.
Twenty-nine people were killed. An
Israeli embassy, a symbol of Israel,
destroyed.
For me personally, it was a tragedy
because I lost my wife there. My five
kids lost their mother. I decided,
together with my kids, to continue.
It’s not something that you forget, but
it's something that you learn to live
with when you look at things that you
can do.
cooperation, and will continue to
strengthen our ties with Greenland
and the Faro Islands.
My goal as ambassador is to build
on the proud traditions of mutual
respect and close partnership.
I look forward to learning more and
to making new friends.
As an author, an educator and
attorney and as a mother, I’ve
learned that we are all teachers
and students in our own lives and
we can transform the world by
helping one another.
Ed and I have tried to pass this on
to our 3 children, Rose, Tatyana
and Jack.
I am humbled by the opportunity to
represent the United States to one
of our greatest allies and closest
friends.
Together, our two countries have
done much good for the world and
we can do so much more.
Thank you.
When I was stationed at the UN in
New York, we have initiated and led a
few resolutions in the United Nations
which highlight Israeli technology in
agriculture. It also will share its
knowledge of technology, know-how,
its experience with other countries.
I just finished a few hours ago a 3-year
post as the head of Mashav, which is
Israel's Agency for International
Development Cooperation. Definitely,
the main mission really is to
cooperate, to share for the well-being
of countries that have developmental
challenges.
I feel that I prepared myself for this
climax of coming to India. Meeting so
many people, meeting the fabric of
Indian society in order to see what is
the meeting place and there are so
many meeting places between India
and Israel.