Unit_4_Punctuality_and_Culture

1、unit_4_punctuality_and_culture unit | fourpunctuality and cultureunit | four unit goals:what you should learn to do1. make / keep / postpone an appointment according to a work timetable 2. make reservations according to the timetables of flights and trains 3. understand and make up schedules for dif

2、ferent purposes 4. write: a timetable a schedule what you should know about1. punctuality in social activities 2. planning a work day / week 3. use of verb tensesunit | four contentstalking face to facesection section appreciating culture tipssection being all earssection section maintaining a sharp

3、 eye trying your handunit | four section talking face to faceimitating mini-talksspeak and recite acting out the tasksstudying timetables and schedules following sample dialogues putting language to use speak and perform study and imitate imitate and perform speak and complete speak and communicateu

4、nit | four section i talking face to faceimitating mini-talksspeak and recite 1 work in pairs. practice the following mini-talks about schedules and timetables. 1) asking for an appointment with the manager window on key words a: i'd like to make an appointment with your manager. do you think i

5、could see him sometime this morning? b: sorry, he's fully booked this morning. 预定，预约 a: how about tomorrow morning then? b: yes, i think tomorrow morning would be fine. 2) asking to meet mr. peterson a: mr. peterson, i wonder if it would be convenient to meet you today. b: let me see. i'm fr

6、ee this afternoon. is that all right for you? a: well, i've got a meeting from 2 to 4. are you free tomorrow morning? b: no problem. let's make it at 10 then. unit | four 便利的 window on key words 3) asking to change the appointment with dr. johnson a: i'd like to change the appointment wi

7、th dr. johnson from tuesday to thursday. b: i'm afraid he won't be available on thursday morning. a: what time would be convenient for him? will 2 p.m. do? b: yes, that'll be fine. 4) asking about the working hours of a ticket office a: what are the office hours? b: well, the office hour

8、s are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. a: do you work on weekends? b: on saturday the office is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., but on sunday we are closed. 5) asking about the flights for macao a: do you have flights to macao? b: we have only one flight to macao each week, at 1:40 p.m. wednesday. back a: when doe

9、s it arrive in macao? b: at 3:40 p.m. unit | four 办公时间，营业时间 澳门 acting out the tasksspeak and perform 2 work in pairs and act out the tasks by following the above mini-talks. 1 task: look at the flight timetable in exercise 3. ask about the departure and arrival time. 2 task: look at the flight timet

10、able in exercise 3. ask about the tuesday flight for hong kong. 3 task: look at mark's schedule in exercise 3. call to ask mark for a change of an appointment.unit | four acting out the tasksspeak and perform 2 work in pairs and act out the tasks by foll owing the above mini-talks. 4 task: look

11、at mark's schedule in exercise 3. ask to make an appointment to see mark on wednesday. 5 task: look at mark's schedule in exercise 3. an old friend in hong kong asks to see mark on thursday.back unit | four studying timetables and schedulesstudy and imitate 3 timetables and schedules are imp

12、ortant in planning our activities. read the following timetable and schedule and try to use the information to practice short dialogues. unit | four back unit | four following sample dialoguesimitate and perform 4 read the following sample dialogues and try to perform your own tasks. 1) talking abou

13、t a flight timetable bob is calling a receptionist for information about flights from beijing to hong kong. receptionist: caac information. can i help you? bob: yes. is there a flight to hong kong on tuesday, the 14th? receptionist: yes, there is. bob: is that a direct flight? receptionist: no, you

14、have to change in guangzhou. bob: oh, how long does it stop over in guangzhou? receptionist: from 11:50 to 12:50. bob: 11:50 to 12:50. that's an hour. well, i prefer a direct flight. receptionist: i'm sorry, but there's no direct flight on tuesday. bob: what about wednesday, the 17th? re

15、ceptionist: there's one on wednesday, the 17th. bob: good. what's the departure time? unit | four receptionist: 8:45 a.m. and the arrival time in hong kong is 11:45 in the morning. 2) talking about mark's schedule joe: have you been busy recently? mark: yes, and i have a busy schedule th

16、is week, too. this morning i need to write a business report and this afternoon at 1:30 i'll discuss the report with the general manager. joe: what's your schedule for tomorrow? mark: tomorrow is tuesday. i'm attending the sales meeting at 9:00 in the morning. and in the afternoon at 3:0

17、0 i'm seeing mr. black, the marketing manager. joe: what about wednesday? mark: i've got an appointment at 8:30 with mr. anderson, the bank manager. in the afternoon i'm taking the 4:45 flight to hong kong for a conference. joe: the conference is on thursday, right? mark: oh, yes, at 10:

18、00 in the morning and 2:00 in the afternoon. after the conference, i'll be free. i'll be enjoying my weekend in hong kong. joe: when are you coming back? mark: i'll take the 2:15 flight back on friday afternoon.back unit | four putting language to usespeak and complete5 mark is going to

19、harbin to see the ice lantern exhibition. he is asking miss wang to help him to find out about the train timetable. suppose you are mark. read aloud the following dialogue with your partner by putting in the missing words. mark: miss wang, i want to 1 _ an evening train to harbin so that take i can

20、get there the next morning. do you know the schedule? miss wang: yes. i have got a 2 _ timetable / schedule here. mark: is there a train leaving around 6? miss wang: 3 _ one at 6:15. there is mark: when will it get there?miss wang: 4 _ it will get the re at about 8 next morning. mark: that's the

21、 one i need. thank you very much. miss wang: you are 5 _. welcomeback unit | four speak and communicate6 now imagine you are a receptionist in a hotel. mr. johnson is asking you about information of your hotel. fill in the blanks according to the clues given in the brackets. then act it out with you

22、r partner. mr. johnson: excuse me, can i have western meal here in this hotel? you: yes, sir. 1 (告知他有中餐厅和西餐厅) _ we have a chinese restaurant and a western-style restaurant. _. mr. johnson: oh, really? you: yes. 2 (告知他中餐厅在八层，西餐厅在九层) _ the chinese restaurant is on the eighth floor and the western-styl

23、e _ restaurant is on the ninth floor. _. mr. johnson: then i'd like to try some chinese food today.unit | four speak and communicate6 now imagine you are a receptionist in a hotel. mr. johnson is asking you about information of your hotel. fill in the blanks according to the clues given in the b

24、rackets. then act it out with your partner. you: 3 (告知他现在营业) _. it is open now. mr. johnson: would you tell me the business hours? you: certainly, sir. 4 (告知他早餐、午餐和晚餐的时间分别为6:30到9:00, breakfast is from 6:30 to 9:00, lunch 11:30到2:00, 5:30到9:00) _ is from 11:30 to 2:00, and dinner is from 5:30 to 9:00

25、. _. mr. johnson: that's rather convenient. thank you.you: 5 (回答说不必客气)_. you are welcome .back unit | four section ii being all earslearning sentences for workplace communicationlisten and repeat listen and match listen and respond handling a dialogue listen and decode understanding a short spee

26、ch / talk listen and complete listen and match unit | four section ii being all earslearning sentences for workplace communicationlisten and repeat 1 listen to 10 sentences for workplace communication cross-referenced with their chinese translations. unit | four window on key words arrange 支配 confir

27、m 确认 due 规定 (到达) 的 delay 耽搁 back unit | four listen and match 2 listen to the following sentences for workplace communication in column a and match each one with its chinese version in column b. column a column b unit | four column a column b key: 1-i, 2-j, 3-d, 4-c, 5-f, 6-e, 7-h, 8-g, 9-a, 10-bback unit | four listen and