1. First name Family name Staircase number Room number Keys (sign here)
Inside view
Think about when you might see or use a form like this.
Now watch Conversation 1 and complete the form.
Hertford College accommodation form
First name
Family name
Staircase number
Room number
Keys
(sign here)

2. First name Family name Janet Li Staircase number 6 Room number 5 Keys
Inside view
Answer
Hertford College accommodation form
First name
Family name
Janet Li
Staircase number 6
Room number 5
Keys
Janet Li
(sign here)

3. 3. Watch Conversation 1 again and answer the questions.
Inside view
3. Watch Conversation 1 again and answer the questions.
1. What does the porter ask Janet?
2. What does the porter give Janet?
3. What does Janet call the porter at first?
4. What does the porter ask Janet to call him?
5. What does the porter ask Janet to do?
Her family name and her first name.
The porter gives Janet the keys to her room.
Janet calls the porter “sir” at first.
The porter asks Janet to call him Stewart.
The porter asks Janet to sign for her keys.

4. Language and culture: Hertford College
Inside view
Language and culture: Hertford College
founded in 1740
one of the 38 colleges of Oxford University
one of the first Oxford colleges to admit women
made up of three quads which are joined by a pedestrian bridge called the Bridge of Sighs
Former students include: John Donne (poet)
Thomas Hobbes (philosopher)
Jonathan Swift (the satirist and writer)
Evelyn Waugh (novelist)
Bridge of Sighs
John Donne
Evelyn Waugh
Thomas Hobbes

5. who Janet is speaking to where they are if they know each other
Inside view
4. Work in pairs. Look at the photo and talk about:
who Janet is speaking to
where they are
if they know each other
what they’re likely to say

6. English name Chinese name Home town
Inside view
5. Watch Conversation 2 and complete the table.
English name
Chinese name
Home town
Role-play Activity: Work with your partner, one introducing herself as Janet and the other as Kate. Use the information from the completed tables. Other students check their answers Check the answer >>>

7. English name Janet Li Kate Santos Chinese name Li Hui Home town Anshan
Inside view
Answer
English name
Janet Li
Kate Santos
Chinese name
Li Hui
Home town
Anshan
New York

8. Language and culture (1): all kinds of names
Inside view
Language and culture (1): all kinds of names
1. Do you know this man’s middle name?
(Fitzgerald ) John Fitzgerald Kennedy President of the USA
2. Do you know this woman’s family name before and after marriage?
(Robinson, Obama)
3. Do you know this girl’s surname?
(Temple)

9. Language and culture (Cont.): all kinds of names
Inside view
Language and culture (Cont.): all kinds of names
4. Do you know this man’s given name?
(Charlie)
5. Do you know this woman’s nickname?
(The Iron Lady)
6. Do you know this man’s full name?
(Thomas Jeffrey Hanks )

10. My name is Snoopy. Is it a good name?
Inside view
Language and culture (2):
Good Names and Bad Names
Listen to the audio clip and try to answer the following two questions according to the program:
How can you get yourself a good name?
Why are the following names not so good: Einstein, Hitler, Betty, Doris?
My name is Snoopy. Is it a good name?

11. 6. Watch conversation 2 again and complete the sentences
Inside view
6. Watch conversation 2 again and complete the sentences
Kate Hi, have you just arrived too?
Janet Yes!
Kate I guess we’re neighbours. My name’s Kate Santos.
Janet (1) ______________. Where are you from?
Kate From New York. How about you?
Janet I’m from Anshan in China.
Kate Is Janet your real name?
Janet No, it’s my English name. (2) __________________
Li Hui. Is Kate your full name?
Kate No, (3) ________________________Catherine.
Janet So do I call you Catherine or Kate?
Kate (4) ________________________ Kate.
Activity:
Work with your partner and form a dialogue based on the above conversation Check the answer >>>

12. (3) it’s short for Catherine. (4) Everyone calls me Kate.
Inside view
Check the answer
(1) I’m Janet Li.
(2) My Chinese name is
(3) it’s short for Catherine.
(4) Everyone calls me Kate.

13. Inside view
7. The followings are the answers to some questions in Conversation 3. Try to predict the questions and write them down in the table.
Your prediction
Are you correct?
1 Yes, I’m from London.
2 I’m Li Hui. I’m from China.
3 English.
4 My major is law.
5 I’m studying PPE.
Activity: Tell the whole class whether your prediction is right.
Now Watch Conversation 3 and check your answers.

14. Keys: the actual questions from the video: 1. You’re British, huh?
Inside view
Keys: the actual questions from the video:
1. You’re British, huh?
2. And you are …?
3. What are you reading?
4. How about you, Kate?
5. And you?
What are you reading?
PPE

15. Everyday English There you are. No need to call me sir.
Inside view
Everyday English
There you are.
No need to call me sir.
This is awesome!
by the way.
How can you tell?
And you are …?
This is awesome!
Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. a
4. b 5. b 6. a

16. Practicing functional expressions
Inside view
Practicing functional expressions
Work in pairs with the chart (next page).
Each pair prepares a coin.
You and your partner take turns to toss the coin. If it is heads, advances two squares and if it is tails, one square.
When you move to a certain box, your partner will ask you the question in the box, and you need to give an answer. If it is not a question, just complete the sentence. If you fail to do so, you will miss one turn.
5. The activity finishes when the coin reaches “Finish”.

17. Start Inside view 1. Can I have your family name, please?
2. What is your Chinese name?
Start
3. Is …your real name?
8. Everyone calls me…
9. Please call me…
4. No need to call me…
Finish！
5. And you are…?
7. Do you have an English name?
6. What’s your first name?

18. Inside view
9. Work in pairs, make a dialogue based on the cues with the help of the functional expressions in the box on next page.
Student A Introduce yourself to Student B.
Student B Greet Student A and introduce yourself.
Student A Ask where Student B is from.
Student B Say where you’re from. Ask where Student A is from.
Student A Say where you’re from. Ask what Student B is studying.
Student B Say what you’re studying.
Ask what Student A is studying.
Student A Say what you’re studying.
Activity: Act out your dialogue to the class.

19. Can I have your family name, please? What’s your first name?
Inside view
Language Support for the conversation:
Asking about names
Can I have your family name, please?
What’s your first name?
Is Janet your real name?
And you are ...?
Making introductions
No need to call me ...
Everyone calls me ...
Please call me ...
My Chinese name is ...
It’s short for Catherine.

20. Student A Hello, it’s nice to meet you. I’m Zhu Hongmei,
Inside view
Example answer
Student A Hello, it’s nice to meet you. I’m Zhu Hongmei,
but people call me Holly.
Student B Hello Holly, I’m Wang Yanqing. My English name is Yana.
Student A Where are you from, Yana?
Student B I’m from Wuhan, and you?
Student A I’m from a small place near Xi’an. What’s your
major, Yana?
Student B It’s Psychology but I’m also learning Spanish.
How about you?
Student A I’m studying Electronic Engineering.