Task

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Task

• Writing a letter to explain cultural
  misunderstandings

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Skills building 1 completing a text
Tips on completing a text by listening 1. Make
sure you read the text first so you understand
the subject of the text and the type of words
that you are likely to hear.
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2. Try to guess the words that might be used to
fill in the blanks. 3. Look for clues in the
sentences and in the words before or after the
blanks. 4. Decide if it is content words or
grammar words that you are listening for.
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Listening

• Your school has some visitors from abroad.
  Your headmaster asked you and your classmate to
  show the guests around. Something puzzled you
  during the trip. Listen to the conversation
  between you and your classmate, and complete your
  diary entry on page 42.

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Reading

• A few days after you and your classmate had
  taken the visitors around Beijing your classmate
  found this article in a magazine. Circle the
  taboos that help explain some of the strange
  incidents that happened when you showed the
  visitors around.

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Suggested answers

• If you are from India, you may not eat beef
  because of your religion.
• If you are from the West, you probably would not
  like to eat chickens feet.

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• In India, it is impolite to shake hands or give
  someone something with your left hand.
• Remember not to just put the business cards in
  your pocket without looking in Japan .

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Listening

• You want more information about cultural habits,
  so you go to one of your teachers, who has
  traveled to the USA and Japan, for help. Listen
  to your teacher and fill in the blanks in your
  notes below.

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Skills building 2 asking questions

• When we want to find out about something, we need
  to ask questions. We can use questions beginning
  with the following words

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What when we want to find out about something
specific. How when we want to find out the way
something should be done. Which when we want to
specify which one of a choice of
possibilities.
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• When - when we want to inquire about time.
• Why - when we want to find out a reason.
• Where - when we want to find out about the place
  in which something happened.

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Practice

• You want to ask your classmate about the
  following things. Form your questions with the
  correct question words first, and then find a
  partner to answer questions. Answers can be found
  in the magazine article on page 43. Take turns
  asking questions.

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Suggested answers

• 1. What food do the people from India not eat?
• 2. Which hand shouldnt be used to shake hands
  with or give things to people from India?
• 3. What do Japanese people have to buy when they
  travel anywhere?

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• 4. What should you do when a Japanese person
  gives you a business card?
• 5. What does the OK sign mean for Japanese
  people?
• 6. Why do people from the USA do not like crowded
  places?

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Beijing Sunshine Secondary School Sunshine Town
Beijing 100000
Address of the sender
10 June
Date
Tan Yi
Name of the receiver
Address of the receiver
88 Sunny Street Sunshine Town Beijing 100000
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Dear Tan Yi,
Greeting
Message
(Content of the letter)
Yours sincerely,
Closing
Name of the sender
Sun Ting
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Skills building 3 writing a letter of apology
your address the date an
opening the purpose of the letter should be
given in the first sentence. an
explanation a closing phrase (to apologize
again) your name and signature
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Practice

• You want to write a letter of apology to the
  foreign visitors to explain misunderstandings.
  Find a partner and discuss what to include in the
  letter. Each person should write a different part.