Unit3Understandingeachother Task Writingalettertoexplainculturalmisunderstandings Skillsbuilding1 completingatext Fourtipsaboutwhatyoushoulddobeforeyoulisten Readthetextfirstsoyouunderstandthesubjectofthetextandthetypeofwordsyouarelikelytohear Trytoguessthewordsthatmightbeusedtofillintheblanks Lookforcluesinthesentencesandinthewordsbeforeoraftertheblanks Decideifitiscontentwordsorgrammarwordsthatyouarelisteningfor Whatisthefirstthingyouneedtodobeforelistening Whyshouldwedothis Whatshouldwedonext Howcanwedecidewhatthemissingwordsprobablyare Whatisthefourththingabout Whatdoyouthinkweshoulddoafterwehavefinishedapassage Proofreadittoensurethatitmakessenseandcheckwhetherthereareanymistakesinit includeanyspellingmistakes Step1 showingforeignvisitorsaround ReadthediaryinPartAandtrytoguesswhateachofthemissingwordsisbyusingthemethodsyouhavelearntinSkillsbuilding1 Listeningpractice Listentotherecordingandfillinthemissingwords Youmaycheckyourguessesatthesametime 6MayHadagreatdayyesterday Weshowed 1 visitorsaroundBeijing Theyseemedtoenjoyitalthoughthereweresome 2 incidents OnemancalledMrSinghlookedvery 3 whenIputoutmylefthandto 4 withhim Intherestaurant weorderedarealfeast buthewouldnoteattheblackpepper 5 MrTakashienjoyedtheForbiddenCityandaskedsomanyquestions HespentlotsofMoneyon 6 Ihavenoideawhat three strange upset shakehands beef gifts Hewilldowiththemallandittookupalotoftime Heseemedtogiveoutalotof 7 andgotabitupsetwhenmyclassmatedidnotgothroughtheproperprocedureandjustputitinhispocketwithoutlookingatit Hekeptmakingan 8 signandmyclassmateandIthoughtitwasarequest butjustdidnotknowwhathewanted FinallywewenttotheSummerPalace TherewasaboatwecouldgoonbutwegotheldupasMrHudsonremarkedthattheboatwastoo 9 Ithoughttherewaslotsof businesscards ok crowded 10 However showingvisitorsaroundisagreatwaytoimproveourEnglishandhopefullywecandoitagainnextyear space Listentothetapeagainandtrytoanswerthefollowingquestions Whichtouristattractionsdidthetwostudentsshowthethreeforeignersaround WhydidthewriterfeelstrangeaboutMrSingh WhereisMrSinghfrom WhereisMrTakashifrom DoyouthinktheOKsignmadebyMrTakashimeans verygood or great Whywouldn tMrHudsongetontheboat Whichtouristattractionsdidthetwostudentsshowthethreeforeignersaround TheForbiddenCityandtheSummerPalace WhydidthewriterfeelstrangeaboutMrSingh Becausehelookedupsetwhenthewriterheldouthislefthandtoshakehandswithhim WhereisMrSinghfrom HeisfromIndia WhereisMrTakashifrom He sfromJapan DoyouthinktheOKsignmadebyMrTakashimeans verygood or great No Whywouldn tMrHudsongetontheboat Hethoughtitwastoocrowded OK ReadPartBandfindoutwhattheword taboo means Circlethetaboosindifferentcultures FindoutthereasonwhyMrTakashididnotlookveryhappywhenthestudentjustputhisbusinesscardinhispocket Answers PartB Paragraph2 ifyouarefromIndia youmaynoteatbeefbecauseofyourreligion Paragraph3 InIndia itisimpossibletoshakehandsorgivesomeonesomethingwithyourlefthand Japanesepeoplemaybowandevengiveouttheirbusinesscardstogreetothersandgetupsetifpeopledonotlookatthecardscarefully Soremembernottojustputtheminyourpocketwithoutlooking ListentoyourteacherwhohastravelledtotheUSAandJapanandfillintheblanksbelow PeoplefromtheUSAfeel whenpeoplestandtooclosetothem 2 InJapan giving isveryimportant 3 The OK signisapositivesignin 4 InJapan the OK signisarequestfor unfortable gifts theUSA smallchange Skillsbuilding2 askingquestions Doyouknow Couldyoupleasetellmeif whether Pleasetellmeif whether Whois Pleasetellmehis hername When Wheredid Pleasetellmewhen where Howdid Doyouknowhowto Whydid Canyoutellmethereasonwhy Step2 askingaboutculturaldifferences Formyourquestionsaboutthefollowingthingswiththecorrectquestionwords 1 foodsomepeoplefromIndiadonoteat WhatdosomepeoplefromIndianoteat 2 handthatshouldnotbeusedtoshakehandswithorgivethingstopeoplefromIndia Whichhandshouldn tbeusedtoshakehandswithorgivethingstopeoplefromIndia 3 thingJapanesepeoplehavetobuywhentheytravelanywhere WhatdoJapanesepeoplehavetobuywhentheytravelanywhere 4 actionyoushouldtakewhenaJapanesepersongivesyouabusinesscard WhatshouldyoudowhenaJapanesepersongivesyouabusinesscard 5 meaningoftheokaysignforJapanesepeople WhatdoestheOKsignmeantoJapanesepeople 6 reasonpeoplefromtheUSAdonotlikecrowdedplaces WhydopeoplefromtheUSAnotlikecrowdedplaces Canyouanswertheabovequestionsbyreferringtothearticleonpage43 1 SomepeoplefromIndiadonoteatbeef 2 Thelefthandshouldn tbeusedtoshakehandswithorgivethingstopeoplefromIndia 3 Whentheytravelanywhere Japanesepeoplehavetobuymanythings 4 WhenaJapanesepersongivesyouabusinesscard youshouldlookatthecardcarefully 5 TheOKsignmeansarequestforsomesmallchangeforJapanesepeople 6 PeoplefromtheUSAfeeluncomfortableifothersareintheir personalspace whichisabout50centimetresaroundthem Skillsbuilding3 writingaletterofapology ThefollowingistheformatofanEnglishletter SunTingfromBeijingSunshineSecondarySchoolwantstowritealettertoherfriendTanYiinSunshineTown Addressofthesender BeijingSunshine SecondarySchool SunshineTown Beijing100000 10June Date TanYi Nameoftherecipi