Lady in Red學案
lady in red學案i. enjoy the song “ the lady in red” by chris de burgh.
ii. read the story fast to answer two questions:
1. where was the lady in red going?
2. did jan and her family like her?
iii. read the story and do the following :
1. fill in the form
before the wedding at the wedding after the wedding
how su felt
what su did
2. do true or false exercises and then read the sentences with good sense groups.
(1). su thought black and white would be good for a wedding.
(2). su’s blouse had see-through sleeves.
(3). at jan’s house jan greeted su happily.
(4). su introduced jan to her family.
(5). su found all this difficult to understand, but finally understood what had happened.
(6). su would not be angry with people just because of a cultural misunderstanding.
3. practice using the words given
wedding, see-through, greet, introduce, confusing, misunderstanding
1. at her ______________, she ____________ me to her friend tom and we ____________ each other.
2. i shall speak in simple words so that there may be no __________________.
3. it is not good for a teacher to wear a __________________ dress to class.
4. i found the math problem _______________.
iii. rewrite the underlined parts in your own words.
1. i was thinking of what to wear to the wedding.
2. the day of the wedding my friends picked me up so that we could go together to jan’s house.
3. i wanted to cry because everyone kept looking at me like i had done something wrong.
iv. group work
1. discuss and give the passage a better title. give your reasons.
2. if you were su and jan, what would you do at the wedding? act it out.
3. if you are studying in a school with students from different countries, what should you do not to make cultural mistakes?
v. homework
1. read the passage again, paying attention to sense groups.
2. write a story of cultural mistakes of your own.