新世紀英語八年級上冊教案 Unit 1 Culture and Customs

on the edge of your plate . don’t spit food anywhere .
★ ask someone to __________whatever you want .
★ use a handkerchief when you sneeze , __________ or blow your nose .

1 . protects     2 . pieces     3 . fingers     4 . pass     5 . cough
teacher’s activity : 在播放聽力材料之前，教師將下列重要生詞先給學生們讀出并加以解釋。這樣有助于學生更準確完成練習。napkin  observe  spoon
serving bowl  spit bones fingers on the edge of your plate handkerchief  sneeze
learners’activities : 認真聽，努力完成練習。也可以與同一組內同學進行交流，共同完成。以求達到共同提高的目的 。
aim of design : 本聽力材料是以一名西方人的口吻來告訴學生們中西方人不同的餐桌
禮儀。了解后就應該入鄉隨俗。才能不至于被認為不禮貌。
a survey : different opinions about tipping
survey : tipping
for against
encourage the service people to work better make the service people greedy
service people get low wages make the service more expensive
show how pleased the customer is with the service customers have to spend more money on services
help the service industry develop  make the customers unhappy
teacher’s activity : 老師為了讓學生們在做調查時不要茫無頭緒，可以預先準備一些問題給學生。例如：1 . have you given any service people tips ?
2 . do chinese people or western people often give tipps ?
3 . do you know when you should give tips ?
4 . do you know where you should give tips ?
5 . how much tip should you give to a service attendant ?
6 . what’s the average tip in britain ?
7 . are you for or against tipping ? why ?
learners’activities : 學生可以問答老師的問題展開討論。也可以自行問答另外的問題。更可以向聽課的老師進行調查。
aim of design : 通過小組內的調查討論，幾個來回下來，學生們對于支持或反對的英語
表達就能夠了然于胸了。 向在場老師提問更可以學到更多的知識并鍛煉了自己的口頭表達能力。
reading materials :  true or false :                  
the chinese lunar new year
   the chinese new year begins on january 1st of the lunar calendar. it is also called spring festival. a few days before the new year, everyone becomes busy preparing for it. they do spring cleaning and decorate their houses. they go shopping for food ，new clothes as well as presents.
   on new year’s eve, family members gather together for new year’s eve dinner. people eat various kinds of delicious food, such as chicken, roast duck, fried fish, prawns, and dumplings. many people stay up until midnight, watching the new year gala evening programme on cctv. when the clock strikes twelve, people welcome the coming of the new year by setting off firecrackers and fireworks. however, setting off firecrackers is not allowed now in big cities because it is not safe.