2024年5月1日发(作者：移动硬盘坏了怎么修复)

INSPIRATION 1

Social situations –

Teacher’s Notes

Aim

This lesson looks at table manners in four different

countries. Students read an article giving advice to

travellers and then they write advice for travellers to

their own country.

Preparation

Prepare the cards for the game of charades in

activity 4.

Warmer

Write the four country names from the article on

the board – Britain, India, Egypt and China. Ask

students if they have been to any of the countries. If

so, what was it like? Ask students what kinds of

food are eaten in the four different countries. This

part of the lesson can be done in L1. Write the foods

on the board in English. You may get ideas like:

Britain – fish and chips, roast beef, curries, potatoes

India – curries, rice

Egypt – lamb, pita bread, grilled chicken

China – noodles, rice, chicken

Wedding – bride and groom, rings

Birthday – birthday cake, present

Elicit the English word for the pictures you draw too

to expand your students’ vocabulary.

3Vocabulary

•

Ask students which part of the teapot is the spout.

Knife and fork

Spoon

Chopsticks

Napkin

Gift

Bowl

Teapot

Plate

Optional

At this point in the lesson you may like to have a short

discussion in L1 about the different customs from

around the world as students may find it interesting to

discuss other cultures.

Information for discussion:

Britain – People in Britain don’t like to think about

what the body is doing, so you shouldn’t speak with

your mouth full, make a lot of noise when eating or

blow your nose on the napkin.

India – It is usual to arrive late for dinner, being on

time is considered rude.

Egypt – Many Egyptians are Muslim and therefore

don’t drink alcohol. Flowers are for weddings and

funerals and shouldn’t be given as a gift. Putting salt

on your food means that you think it is bland or not

very nice.

China – Clocks and flowers are associated with

funerals. The number four is similar to the word for

death. White paper is also used for funerals, so

shouldn’t be used for wrapping presents. Chopsticks

left sticking up in rice is used as an offering for the

dead. It is rude to have the spout of the teapot facing

anybody.

1Reading

•

Tell students they are going to read an article about

how to behave when you are invited to someone’s

house.

2Comprehension

•

Students answer the comprehension questions.

Answers

1False – there are two countries in which you eat with

your right hand, India and Egypt (this is because the

left hand is considered unclean).

2True.

3True – this is to show that you have had enough and

that your host has provided enough food. If you leave a

clean plate, your host may think you are still hungry. In

Britain, an empty plate shows that you liked the food.

4False – it is considered very bad manners.

5True – it shows an appreciation of the food that you are

eating.

6False – flowers are only for weddings and funerals.

7True – if you invite your friends to someone else’s party

it shows that you are good friends.

8False – people in Britain always say please and thank

you.

4Game

•

•

Play a game of charades. This is a game in which

actions are mimed by one person and the rest of the

participants guess which action is being mimed.

Put the class into teams (maximum of eight students

per team). Ask a member from team A to come to

the front of the class. Give them a card from the pile

you have prepared (see below). They must make

gestures to demonstrate the card – remember there

can be no speaking!

(page 1 of 2)

This page has been downloaded from /inspiration.

It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. Copyright ©Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006.

INSPIRATION 1

Social situations –

Teacher’s Notes

•

All the teams are allowed to guess the action – if

they think they know the answer, they must bang

on the table (don’t let them shout out the answers).

If you want, you can ask each team to come up with

their own team noise instead of banging on the

table. Animal noises are quite popular.

If a team gets the right answer, they win a point.

Ask a student from team B to come to the front and

give him/her a card. The team with the most points

wins.

To challenge your students, ask them to put their

worksheets face down so they cannot see the article

they read earlier.

To make the game easier, go through the phrases

with your students before playing the game – you

can even write them on the board so they can read

them during the game.

5Writing

•

Ask students to write down some do’s and don’ts for

visitors to their country. You may like to put students

in pairs first so that they can brainstorm together.

This can be finished as homework.

•

•

•

Phrases for cards

bring a gift

use a knife and fork

eat soup with a spoon

blow your nose

talk with your mouth full

take your shoes off

burp

arrive late

put salt on your food

eat with your right hand

drink soup from the bowl

put your knife and fork together

leave a bit of food on your plate

take second helpings of food

slurp

Websites

Here are some websites with more information on many aspects of etiquette in various countries.

/business-etiquette/

/business-etiquette/

/customs/ – a nice website on British etiquette by

children from a junior school in Britain.

/business-etiquette/

/resources/global-etiquette/

(page 2 of 2)

This page has been downloaded from /inspiration.

It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. Copyright ©Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006.