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( 模块六 · 高二上学期 )

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Skills building2: asking questions

Skills building3: writing a letter of apology

板块： 教学设计—课件

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Unit 3 Unit 3

课件描述： 本课件通过用 Wh-questions 来问关于文化差异的问题起到训练口语和复习上节课阅读部分的内容为写作积累更多的素材。在围绕“解释文化误解”这一主题进行了听、说、读训练，为最后写一封道歉信积累了丰富的语言信息，写的目的就是让学生在获取信息的基础上去分析信息、处理信息，从而完成最终写的任务。

Skills building 2: asking questions

When we want to find out about

something, we need to ask

questions. We can use questions

beginning with the following

words:

What – when we want to find out

about something specific.

How – when we want to find out the

way something should be done.

Which – when we want to specify

which one of a choice

of possibilities.

When - when we want to inquire

about time.

Why - when we want to find out a

reason.

Where - when we want to find out

about the place in which

something happened.

Asking about cultural differences

Practice

1. What food do the people from

India not eat?

2. Which hand shouldn’t be used to

shake hands with or give things

to people from India?

3. What do Japanese people have to

buy when they travel anywhere?

Suggested answers

4. What should you do when a

Japanese person gives you a

business card?

5. What does the OK sign mean for

Japanese people?

6. Why do people from the USA do

not like crowded places?

Skills building3:

writing a letter of apology

Beijing Sunshine Secondary School Sunshine Town Beijing 100000

10 June

Mr Singh

88 Sunny Street Sunshine Town Beijing 100000

Address of the sender

Date

Name of the receiver

Address of the receiver

How to write an English letter?

Dear Mr Singh,

Content of the letter

Yours sincerely,

xxx

Greeting

Message

Closing

Name of the sender

Skills building 3: writing a letter of apology

your address the date an ope ning the purpose of the letter should be given in the first sentence. an explanation a closing phrase (to apologize again) your name and signature

Practice

You want to write a letter of apology to the foreign visitors to explain misunderstandings. Find a partner and discuss what to include in the letter. Each person should write a different part.

A possible version

• Dear Mr singh,

• I am writing to apologize for any misunderstandings that occurred when I showed you around Beijing the other day.

Beijing Sunshine Secondary School Sunshine Town Beijing 100000June 10th88 Sunny Street

Sunshine Town Beijing 100000

• I felt rather strange when you would not shake hands with me. I did not realize that there are some taboos in different countries and cultures. After reading a magazine article, I know that people from India do not shake hands with their left hands. I should not have held out my left hand to you. And I now know you do not eat beef because of your religion.

• I feel very sorry for not having known these taboos earlier. I hope you can forgive me for all these misuderstandings. I hope our next meeting will be happier.

• Yours sincerely,• (xxx)

Homework

Finish the letter on the exercise book.