SectionB(3a - 4) Self Check

Section B 3a

Read the message from Wang Kun and answer the questions. 1.Why was Wang Kun nervous before she arrived in France? Her French was not very good. 2. Why did she have no reason to be nervous? Because her host family was really nice. They go out their way to make her feel at home. 3. How has her French improved? Her French has improved greatly. She is very comfortable speaking French now. 4. What does she find surprising? They put their bread on the table not on the plate. 5. What is one particular challenge she is facing? One particular challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table.

In France It’s rude to say you’re full.It’s rude to say you’re full. It’s polite to put your bread on your plate.It’s polite to put your bread on your plate. It’s rude to eat fruit with your hands.It’s rude to eat fruit with your hands. It’s polite to say it’s delicious.It’s polite to say it’s delicious. It’s polite to put your hands on your lap.It’s polite to put your hands on your lap. It’s polite to put your elbows on the table.It’s polite to put your elbows on the table.

Read the and make a list of table manners in France! You aren’t supposed to … You are supposed to… put your bread on your plate. put your bread on your plate. put it on the table. put it on the table. eat anything with your hands except bread. eat anything with your hands except bread. cut fruit up and eat it with a fork. cut fruit up and eat it with a fork. say you are full. say you are full. say “It was delicious.” say “It was delicious.” put your hands in your lap. put your hands in your lap. keep your hands on the table. keep your hands on the table.

3a3a Find the following phrases in your books Find the following phrases in your books 1. on one’s exchange program 2. be a bit nervous 3. go out of one’s way 4. feel at home 5. be comfortable doing sth 6. behave at the dinner table 7. put sth swh 8. be /get used to sth /doing sth. 10. in one’s lap … 9. cut up 11. have a good school year 在交流学习生活中 有点紧张 做出特别的努力 随便，自由自在 做某事轻松自如 在餐桌上的举止 把某物放在某处 习惯于 切碎，切开 在大腿上, 在某人怀里 新学年过得愉快

12. arrive in /at… 到达 13. give compliments 称赞 14. make appointments 约会 15. make a toast ( at dinner ) （席间）敬酒 16. offer tea 敬茶 get to ( a place ) reach ( a place )

1. It’s even better than I thought it would be.1. It’s even better than I thought it would be. 事情比我原来想象的还好。 事情比我原来想象的还好。 2. They go out of their way to make me feel at home.2. They go out of their way to make me feel at home. 他们花尽心血让我感觉不到拘束。 他们花尽心血让我感觉不到拘束。 3. I’m very comfortable speaking French now.3. I’m very comfortable speaking French now. 我现在讲法语很流畅、自如。 我现在讲法语很流畅、自如。 4. Although I still make lots of mistakes, it doesn’t bother me like it used to.4. Although I still make lots of mistakes, it doesn’t bother me like it used to.尽管我仍然犯很多错误，可它不像过去那样困扰我了。 5. I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I’m used to it.5. I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I’m used to it. 开始，我想那是太奇怪了，但是现在我已经习惯了。 开始，我想那是太奇怪了，但是现在我已经习惯了。

7. You’re not supposed to eat anything with your hands except bread, not even fruit. You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork.7. You’re not supposed to eat anything with your hands except bread, not even fruit. You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork. 除了面包，你不可以用手吃任何东西，即使是水果也不行。 你必须切开，用叉子来吃。 除了面包，你不可以用手吃任何东西，即使是水果也不行。 你必须切开，用叉子来吃。 8. I have to say, I find it difficult to remember everything, but I’m gradually getting used to things, and don’t find them so strange any more.8. I have to say, I find it difficult to remember everything, but I’m gradually getting used to things, and don’t find them so strange any more. 不得不承认，我发现记住一切东西是很困难的，但我渐渐习 惯了，并且发现他们也不再那么奇怪了。 不得不承认，我发现记住一切东西是很困难的，但我渐渐习 惯了，并且发现他们也不再那么奇怪了。 gradually 逐渐地

Fill in the blanks. Wang kun had a great time _________________in France. Her host family was really nice. They ______________ to make Wang Kun ________. So she improved her French quickly. Although she still _______________, she’s very comfortable ______French now. Her biggest ___________ was learning how to ____________ at the dinner table. ____________, she thought things were _________ the way they were ____________. She found it _________to remember everything, finally she was__________ _______________ things and didn’t find them__________________. on her exchange program went out of their way feel at home made lots of mistakes speaking challenge behave different from At first at home difficult graduallygetting used to so strange any more

( ) 1. What makes you ? A. feel so worried B. to feel so worried C. feeling so worried D. so worry ( ) 2. I get up very late. But now I getting up early. A. used to; am used to B. used to; used to C. am used to; used to D. am used to; am used to ( ) 3. He found very difficult to speak in public. A. it B. this is C. that is D. it is A A A

1.Fill in the each blank with the correct word given. arrive meet spend behave imagine 1.People in Japan and America _______ differently at the dinner table. 2.You can ________ how different the table manners here are from ours. 3.In Singapore, the trains always ________ on time. They are never late. 4.On Chinese New Year, people like to _______ time with their families. 5.I usually _________ my friends in the library on Friday nights. behave imagine arrive spend meet

2.Read about Fan Ling’s experience in a western restaurant. When I first ate in western restaurant. I didn’t know what I was supposed to do. Everything was unfamiliar. I was used to eating with chopsticks and a spoon, but I had to eat with a knife, a fork and a spoon. And I had not just one set to use,but two or three of each.Questions crowded my mind. be used to doing something Unfamiliar---familiar

Was I supposed to begin with the largest ones or the smallest ? Was I supposed to start at the outside and work in or the inside and work out ? Was I supposed to hold the spoon in my left hand or my right hand ? What I finally decided to do was ………

self check 2 The phrases : be unfamiliar to/with just one set to use begin with work in ( out ) hold …in one’s left hand crowd sth 陌生，不熟悉 只用一套 用 … 开始 往里用 （往外用） 左手拿 … 挤满了某处 The swimmer crowded the beaches. The beaches were crowded by the swimmers. We often crowd around the table,eating meals.

My idea : How to solve the problem The story can go on like this :What I finally decided to do was to ask the waitress for help. I told the waitress about my embarrassment and asked her for help. Soon I learned the way. I think Fan’ d better ask the waiter / waitress for help or just learn by watching how others behave.

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