Lesson 11: Eating Out, Green Eggs and Ham

Warm-up: Watch the following short film The Absent-minded Waiter: In pairs, discuss: (1) Describe what happened in the short film. What did you observe?. (2) What do you think “absent-minded” means? (3) What questions would you like to ask to try to understand the situation better?

In pairs, read the following situations, and explain: (1) What did you observe? (2) What possible judgments could you make about these observations from your cultural point of view? (3) What is one question you could ask to try to understand the situation better? Situation #1 On the first day of class, your new North American university teacher sits on one of the desks while she introduces herself. She also tells students to call her by her first (given) name. (Name order in Chinese: Family Name + Given Name) e.g. Xi Jinping (Name order in English: First/Given Name + Family Name) e.g. Jinping Xi

In pairs, read the following situations, and explain: (1) What did you observe? (2) What possible judgments could you make about these observations from your cultural point of view? (3) What is one question you could ask to try to understand the situation better? Situation #2 Your university sends you to meet an older (60s) visiting American professor at the airport. He had 2 heavy suitcases and some smaller bags. Several times, you offered to take one of the heavy suitcases, but he insisted on carrying both himself. At one point, he stopped and put the suitcases down, and you just picked one up. Both of you then went off to the waiting car, but he seemed very annoyed with you.

In pairs, read the following situations, and explain: (1) What did you observe? (2) What possible judgments could you make about these observations from your cultural point of view? (3) What is one question you could ask to try to understand the situation better? Situation #3 You want to attend a course that is being taught by a North American teacher to improve your English listening ability. One day you find her after class, give her a very small gift, and ask her permission. She gives you permission to attend her class, but refuses to accept the gift, even though you offer it to her several times.

Group reading: You will read only the part of Green Eggs and Ham that is given to you. Take a few minutes to review the part that is given to you.

Vocabulary: Eating Out at a Restaurant Menu: Appetizers, Starters Soup, Salad Entrées Sides (side dishes) Set meal/complete dinner Pasta, pizza, bread Sandwiches, burgers Grill, barbecue Dessert Beverages/Drinks

Vocabulary: Eating Out at a Restaurant Take-out, eat-in, delivery Pay with cash, credit card, debit card Served with… (rice/bread/french fries) Your choice of…(green salad or Caesar salad) Prices include (10%) service charge (often, in Europe) (To leave a) tip – usually 15% in Canada/USA How would you like your steak cooked? (rare, medium-rare, medium, medium-well, well done)

Eating Out at a Restaurant Activity: Groups of 3 or 4, 1 person acts as server/waiter/waitress Sequence of Events: (1) “Good evening, how many?”/”A table for (3 people)?” / ”Do you have reservations?” (2) “Would you like something to drink?” (give customers a few minutes to look at the menu) (3) “Would you like an appetizer/something to start?” (4) “What would you like to order?” “I’d like…” (5) “How would you like your steak done?” (6) “Would you care for/like dessert or tea or coffee?” (7) “(I’d like the) Bill, please.” “How would you like to pay?” (8) “Thank you, please come again.” Change menus when the teacher says “change”.

This Week’s Homework “Who am I?” Tell me about yourself, by writing 15 statements beginning with the words “I am…” Try to use statements that describe your character or personality, that talk about your strengths and weaknesses, or that talk about your likes and dislikes. See my example as a model.

Describing Character/Personality Positive friendly polite courteous (好客) hospitable (体贴, 周到) considerate respectful kind quiet helpful (体贴) thoughtful (可靠的) responsible Negative unfriendly impolite discourteous inhospitable inconsiderate disrespectful unkind noisy, loud unhelpful thoughtless irresponsible

Describing Character What kind of boyfriend/girlfriend do you want? I want a _______ kind of boyfriend/girlfriend What kind of person is your mother? father? My mother/father is ___________ When you die, how do you want to be remembered? I want to be remembered as a ______ person What character flaw do you wish to change about yourself? Sometimes, I’m too ______. I wish I could be more _______