1. Unit 2 Knives and forks are used for most food. Module 7 Eating together

2. plate saying

3. Roman

4. cross cheers

5. If you are invited to have dinner in a western family, what rules should you follow? Discussion Arrive on time Prepare a gift Be seated from the left side, leave from the right side Put the handkerchief on your legs Fork is in your left hand, knife is in your right. Cut the steak into pieces quietly. Used fork and knife should be put on your plate. Thanks the host after dinner

6. Look, listen and discuss what the reading passage mainly talks about.

7. The text talks about western dinner time, tableware, how to entertain a guest, meals and eating customs, to help students understand western culture of food and dining customs.

8. Skim the passage and choose the best answers. ① Who is the passage written for? a) A Western eating a Chinese meal. b) A Chinese person eating a western meal. c) A Chinese person eating a Chinese meal. d) A Westerner eating a Chinese home. b

9. ② What is the tone of the passage? a) Serious b) Conversational. c) Formal. d) Strict. ③ Where might you see a passage like this? a) In a travel magazine. b) In a dictionary. c) In an instruction manual. d) In a news magazine. b b

10. In the West Meal times Things to say Lunch (after 12, around 1 pm); dinner (7 pm or later) At the start of a meal: in France: Bon appétit in Italy: Buon appétit in Britain: nothing is said in Britain: Cheers! Read the passage and complete the column in the West with notes.

11. How to eat food Being served Refusing food Number of dishes At the end of the meal Most food is eaten with a knife and fork. You may be asked to serve yourself, or be served by your host. Politely say you can’t eat or don’t want any more. Fewer dishes are offered than in China. People stay and talk around the table; it’s rude to leave as soon as the meal is over.

12. You should eat with a knife and fork unless it is finger food. You don’t say anything. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions. ① “And when you eat western food, do as the Westerners do.” So how should you eat? ② “But there’s no similar expression in English.” So what do you say in English?

13. ④ “It isn’t thought to be so important to offer too much food.” What does this suggest about meals in China? That Chinese people think it is important to offer lots of food. ③ “I’m sorry, I can’t eat this.” When might you want to say this? If I’ve been given something I don’t like.

14. ⑤ “Finally, it’s sometimes difficult to know when the meal is over.” How do we know that a meal is over in China? What might be different in western meal? In China a meal is over as soon as people have finished eating. In the West, people might sit around the table after they’ve finished eating.

15. Important phrases 1. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 这是一句谚语，意思 “ 入乡随俗 ” 。其中， as 表示 “ 正如，像 ……” 。例如： While in the chemistry lab, do as I say, please. As I mentioned in my last letter, I’ll be back in Tianjin in June.

16. 请说出以下谚语的意思： 1) Like father, like son. 2) Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 3) No pains, no gains. 4) Once bitten, twice shy. 5) Love, love my dog.

17. Key: 1) 有其父必有其子。 2) 不要过河拆桥。 / 不要忘恩负义。 3 ）不劳无获。 4 ）一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 5 ）爱屋及乌。

18. 2. Here are some things you may wish to know …. 这个句子是全倒装结构即： here + 谓语 + 主 语， here 置于句首是为了引起他人的注意，用 于指示人或物。 e.g. Here comes the bus. Here are some flowers for you. 但是当句子的主语为人称代词时，句型应用半 倒装，即： Here + 人称代词 + 谓语。 e.g. Here you are. Here he comes.

19. 3. Knives and forks are used for most food. 1) be used for … “ 用于，被用来供 …” A knife __________________ things. 2) used to do sth 过去常常做某事 e.g. He used to play basketball. Tom used to be shy. 3) be /get used to (doing) sth. 习惯于（做）某事 My brother is /gets used to running in the morning. 4) be used as + n. 被用来当作 … e.g. The room is used as a reading room. The house was used as a school a few years ago. is used for cutting

20. 4. No one will be cross. 这里 cross 是形容词，表 “ 生气的 ” 。如： The old lady was really cross when the boy’s ball broke her window. All right, you two, don’t get cross with each other. Adam, Mummy will get cross if you do it again. Don’t get cross with Bill. cross 作动词，表示 “ 横穿，穿过；交叉 ” 。如： It took them two months to cross the desert. She was sitting on the floor with her legs crossed.

21. Read the passage again and discuss. What are the most surprising pieces of information about meals and eating customs in the West?

22. Write notes Complete the column In China in Activity 3 with notes about meals and eating customs in China. Write a passage for a tourist magazine with Western readers called.

23. When in China, do as the Chinese do. Write questions. What time is lunch served? Now answer the questions. Use the notes you made. Lunch is served … Write a sentence to introduce the passage. Meals in China are different in some ways to meals in the West. Write a sentence to finish your passage. Just enjoy your Chinese meal. You’ll never forget it!

24. 1. 我叔叔想周游世界。 My uncle wants to _____________________. 2. MP3 是人们用来播放音乐的。 MP3 is _______________ music _____________. 3. 你做错了，因为你没有按照老师说的去做。 You’ve done wrong. Just because you didn’t do ___________________. Practice Complete these sentences. travel around the world used for playing as the teacher said by people

25. 4. 孩子们，请随便吃些水果。 Please _______________ some fruit, my children. 5. 这些孩子希望为这位老人做些事情。 The children ______________ something for the old man. help yourselves to hope to do