Starting a conversation with a foreigner in English

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Starting a conversation with aforeigner in
English

• language learning
• further understanding

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If we talk with foreigners in English, we can
_____________________.
practise our spoken English
V.
speaking English
We can practise _____________
V.
If we want to speak English fluently, we need a
lot of ________,
practice
U n.
because practice makes perfect.
U n.
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n
practise (V.)
doing
practice
u n.
basketball piano
practice
If we want , we should practise
because practice makes perfect.
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First, exchange a Hello or Hi with the
foreigner.
exchange sth. with sb.
give something to each other

• If you want to keep in touch with your
  friends,

We can exchange ideas or information with each
other.
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• Pay attention to his facial expression
• and body language.

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We cant force a conversation on foreigners.
We cant force foreigners ______________________
to have a conversation.

• force on

sth.
sb.
force sb. to accept sth.
force sb to do
make sb do what they dont want to do
We cant force others to accept our ideas.
on others.
We cant force our ideas___________
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• If you feel like learning English well, what
  should you pay attention to?

n.
pay attention to
doing
special / much little / no
If we feel like learning English well, we should
pay special attention to taking notes at class.
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If we want to have a pleasant talk with
foreigners, we should pay attention to the
following points.
choose a suitable topic
raise an open-ended questions
find points of connection
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• We should pay attention to others comments,
  and we can also comment on what others
  say.

n.
v.
1. comment (v.) on
give opinions about

• 2. make comments (n.) on

• When you talk with a foreigner,
• if you want to comment on what he says,
• to be polite, you should pay attention to
• _________________________

making some comments.
positive
positive or negative
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Guess the meaning from the context and find the
evidence.

• But what if the person stops whatever he is
  doing and looks back or smiles at you? These are
  positive cues, indicating you can keep talking
  and start a conversation.
• A. pleasant B. unpleasant

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• When you talk with a foreigner,
• if you want to comment on
• what he says.
• To be polite, you should pay attention to
• making some________ comments.

positive
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Decide whether the following situations are
positive or negative.

• We want to practise speaking English with
  foreigners,
• so we force them to exchange telephone
  numbers with us.

2. Before we keep talking with a foreign, we
should pay attention to his facial
expression .
3.We should never make comments on what others
say.

• 4. We force our ideas on foreigners, if they
  dont
• agree with us.

• 5. We can exchange culture with foreigners, if
  they
• feel like talking.

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Discussion
During the Expo, what manners should you have?
We should pay attention to
We can exchange
We cant force
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exchange ideas and culture with foreigners
pay attention to improving your English
practice speaking English
force yourself to speak English
comments on your spoken English
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Homework

• 1. Read the text again and finish C2.
• 2. Try to retell the text using all the phrases
  we have learned.
• 3. Finish the following translation.
• ?????????(practice)
• ???????????????(exchange)
• ?????????????????(force)
• ???????????????(force)
• ???????????,???????????(attention)