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Unit 4

Unit 4. Social Interaction. By the end of this unit, you should be able to:.

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Unit 4

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  1. Unit 4 Social Interaction

  2. By the end of this unit, you should be able to: • have a better understanding of the conventions and expectations of English-speakers in areas such as inviting family members, footing a bill, giving or receiving gifts, offering and accepting drink and food, complimenting and responding, disagreeing; • be more aware of your own behavior patterns and how they are shaped by Chinese culture; • know how to avoid or lessen misunderstanding in cross-cultural communication and be able to convey your ideas more successfully

  3. Warming up

  4. Students think of some conventions in China and compare with those counterparts in an English-speaking country by filling the blanks below.

  5. Step2. Inviting • Task 1 Identifying Cultural Differences Below is an excerpt from a letter written by Andy to his friend James. Read it and answer the questions which follow. • 1. What is Andy's job? • 2. What invitation did he receive? • 3. Did he accept the invitation? • 4. What did he complain about? • 5. What did he think of Chinese hospitality? • 6.What word did he use? • 7. Do you think his complaint fair or unfair?

  6. Task 2 Listen to the tape and find the answers to the following questions • How does Michael greet Peter? • What question does Michael ask before giving the invitation? Why does he ask such a question? • How does Michael express his invitation? • How does Peter reply?

  7. When are they going to have dinner together? • Is there anything that Jean doesn’t like to eat at present? • Why does Jean have a stomach problem? • What are Michael and his wife thinking of having for dinner?

  8. Task 3 Compare two invitation letters to find the difference in the phrasing. • A very formal written invitation: • Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Wells • request the pleasure of the company of • Mr. Frederick Parsons • at Dinner • on Tuesday, 11 June • at 8.30 p.m. • RSVP • 9 Mill Lane • Leeds RSVP = =repondezs’il vous plait(French)=please reply

  9. Frederick Parsons thank Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Wells for their kind invitation for Tuesday, 11 June, which he accepts with much pleasure/ very much regrets being unable to accept due to a prior engagement A formal written reply

  10. Dear Frederick, Jill and I are holding a party on Saturday, starting at about 8.00. Please come if you can. We look forward to seeing you very much. Best wishes Tony An informal written reply

  11. Compare and draw a difference in the formal and informal invitation letter wordings.

  12. Step3 Footing the Bill

  13. Task I Reading and filling the blanks When someone suggests going for a meal at a restaurant, who is going to pay the bill? We Chinese may feel puzzled by this question: Why should you ask such a question? Of course the person who invites should pay; but this is not always so in some English-speaking countries.

  14. Read the following text and complete the table which follows it, using the information given in the text as well as your own knowledge.

  15. Task 2 Reading and guess the meaning of some important phrases • We have been talking about cultural habits. Now let’s look at how tightly they are interwoven with language, In the text ‘Footing the Bill ’in Task 1 , you may find some vivid examples. Below is a flow chart which shows how customs affect language. Read the text and complete the chart.

  16. 1. Cultural custom 2. Cultural custom 3. Idiom Hotel guests can pay meals by---- . They sign the bill at the----or------- . To foot the bill means --- . 1. signing the bill 2. bottom, foot 3. to pay something

  17. Meaning from Context • Read the text 'Footing the Bill' once again and find the meanings of the following idioms. Write the meaning below each idiom. Don't use dictionary! Rely on the contexts and yourself!

  18. Step4 To receive and give gifts Task 1 Listen and answer the following questions • What did Tony bring with him as a gift for his Chinese colleague? • What are in the tapes? • Did Tony wrap up the tapes? • When Tony gave his Chinese hosts the gift, what did they do? • What did Tony expect them to do?

  19. Task 2 Listen and fill in the blanks on P152

  20. Step4 To receive and give gifts Task 1 Listen and answer the following questions • What did Tony bring with him as a gift for his Chinese colleague? • What are in the tapes? • Did Tony wrap up the tapes? • When Tony gave his Chinese hosts the gift, what did they do? • What did Tony expect them to do?

  21. Task 2 Listen and fill in the blanks on P152

  22. Step 5 Show hospitality in Different Ways Task1. Listen to the recording again and answer the following two questions. • What surprises Rod? • What surprises the Chinese student? • Who thinks no means no?

  23. Task 2 Listen and answer the following two questions • 1. Rod says that he cannot manage without something. What is it? • 2. He also says one mustn't do something? What is it?

  24. Task 3 Compare the differences in showing hospitality between China and western countries.

  25. Step 6 Compliments • Task 1 Identifying English ways of responding to compliments by finishing the dialogues in P159 • Task2 Identifying Chinese ways of responding to compliments by finishing dialogues in P160 • Task3 Compare the difference between the two by finishing the following table

  26. Disagreeing Agreeably

  27. Task 1 Reading comprehension Read the text on P162 and answer the following questions • Who were involved in the dispute? • What was the dispute about? • What did the Australians want? • What did the Chinese want? • What did the Chinese point out to support their initial refusal?

  28. How did the Australians responding to the argument about the river? • What did the Chinese reply? • Why did the Australians raise the matter again? • Why did the Chinese say that they would look into the matter? • Did the Australians understand the Chinese intention? • What did the Australians expect?

  29. Task2.Read the passage in Task 1 again and give the meanings of the following words and expressions according to their contexts.

  30. 1. phrasing a polite refusal: • 2. Sino: • 3. chauffeur: • 4. concede: • 5. flatly: • 6. at its face value:

  31. Task 3 White Lies and Refusals • Like the Chinese, people in the English-speaking countries also avoid losing one's face or hurting other people by using polite expressions when giving refusals. In Britain, in addition to polite expressions, people find or give excuses when refusing a request, and such excuses, if they are not genuine ones, are called 'white lies', lies told with good intentions.

  32. Now you are going to listen to three dialogues which show how British people refuse requests politely. While you are hastening complete the table below, some of them have been done for you.

  33. Cases study and homework • Case: Too modest?—When ‘No’ doesn’t mean ‘no’. Please read the case on P156 and write a letter to Rod to explain this phenomenon and give him some advice on such cross—cultural communication. • Analysis:we Chinese usually say ‘no’ when somebody offers something, because sometimes an offer is not a real offer but a polite remark.After we say ‘no’, we usually wait for the second or third offer before we accept it, but that never happens in a foreigner’s home.

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