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Module Four Session 3 Skills for Shopping Recommendation. Lead-in Questions. 1. Do you like to buy souvenir in your travel? Tell some personal experiences. 2. Why are visitors interested in souvenir-shopping?. Vocabulary.
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Module Four Session 3 Skills for Shopping Recommendation
Lead-in Questions 1. Do you like to buy souvenir in your travel? Tell some personal experiences. 2. Why are visitors interested in souvenir-shopping?
Vocabulary souvenir , marble, tie-die cloth, texture, quality, ornament, embroidery, ethnic flavor, woodcut, instrument, handicraft, antique
Contents: The right situation to recommend The right time to recommend The detail introduction (material, production base, value, process to make, price…) The regulations of Customs in souvenirs
Case 1 Tie-dyed cloth of Bai people (Bandhnu cloth) (P209):
The process to produce the cloth: • Colorant(indigo-blue liquid extracted from herbs and plants). • Cloth(cotton or flax cloth) • Procedures(pattern-designing, sewing, needle drills, dyeing, thread-removing, poaching and washing, elegant patterns come in to being)
Case 2 Marble crafts in Dali
be polished, vases, stationery( ink slab), ornaments, natural veins, traditional Chinese painting, classification---colored marble, grey marble, dark marble,white marble
Case 3 The costume of Bai People
White shirt, red vest, colorful apron with embroidery 2. The headdress: indicates the four famous and distinctive views in Dali
Tassel: • flutter in the breeze---wind • embroidered flowers: the fresh flowers in Shangguan • White velvet on top: the snow on the top of Cangshan Mountain • The crescent shape: the moon reflected in Erhai Lake
Case 4 ---Tea: Pu’er Tea (see P 212) the name of a significant market for tea trade, south, fermented , brick tea
Lump tea Compressed tea Pancake tea
Flower tea: 桂花茶: Osmanthus tea
Case 5 :Medicinal herbs: pseudo-jinseng
Cordyceps ( compound, worm in winter, fungus, plant in summer) • Medicinal value: a tonic effect for weakness after illness
fresh dry gastrodia Medicinal value: to cure convulsion ( 惊风抽搐) and delirium (神志昏迷).
Case 6: Embroidery of Yis P88: handicraft, a long history, a diversity of techniques, various products, such as ethnic costumes, headbands, aprons, shoes, backpacks, tablecloths, curtains, etc. to be continued
Case 7: Jade ---Jade City “Teng Chong”: jade and jewel processing, trade and distribution
Jade pendants Jade bracelets Jade rings
Discussion: 1. What should a tour guide inform foreign visitors who intend to buy Chinese medicines (medicinal herbs)?
---To keep the invoice with Foreign Exchange Purchase Seal ---the quantity of the medicine should not exceed the reasonable quantity for personal use. ---Musk is forbidden to take abroad. ---Rhinoceros’ horns and tiger bones are forbidden to be outbound nor inbound medicine.
2. In China , is it possible for foreign visitors to buy some antiques (including ancient books, paintings and calligraphy works)? What should a local guide do in this case?
Keywords:certificated antique shops, not in stalls in markets, three items should be preserved for Custom Check :the formal antique invoice, antique-appraising identification, antique seal
Homework: Facing US visitors who are interested in tea culture in China, in what way will you recommend tea in Yunnan? ( 500-word recommendation at least)