Culture and Customs 新世纪英语八年级说课、教案及反思
VII . Homework II : Finish the composition orally .
“ The advantages and disadvantages of tipping and eating out ”
Teacher’s activity : Teacher gives out some questions just like :
Why do you learn English ? How do you learn English ?
How can you learn English well ?
What can you do to improve your English ?
Would you like to be volunteers when the 2010 Expo is held in
If you want to communicate with the foreigners well ,you should know more about their culture and customs .
Learners’activities :The students can answer the questions according to Unit 4
and what they have learned before .
They can also ask and answer more questions each other ?
Aim of design : 要学好英语,将来更好地为社会服务,了解更多的外国文化和风俗习惯是很必要的。设计本活动的目的就是要通过问答引出下面的各个活动。
Listening :
Different eating customs
The customers in different countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always put more food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it. That often discomforts me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I do not want to. Because it is considered bad manners in the West to leave one’s food on the plate. I have one’s food on the plate. I have also noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he often refuses the offer of food or drink though he’s in fact still hungry or thirsty. This might be good manners in
True or False :
( T ) 1 . The customers in different countries are not the same.
( F ) 2 . Foreigners like to put more food onto other’s plate.
( T ) 3 . It is a bad manner to leave one’s food on the plate in the west.
( F ) 4 . It’s polite to keep asking someone again and again in the
( T ) 5 . If you go to
Teacher’s activity : 在播放听力材料之前,教师将下列重要生词先给学生们读出并加以解释。这样有助于学生更准确完成练习。discomfort consider refuse accept When in
Learners’activities : 认真听,努力完成练习。也可以与同一组内同学进行交流,共同完成。以求达到共同提高的目的 。
Aim of design : 本听力材料是以一名西方人的口吻来告诉学生们中西方人不同的餐桌
礼仪。了解后就应该入乡随俗。才能不至于被认为不礼貌。
Western table manners
Many people go to different countries and live in different places in their lifetime . In different countries , they may met with different manners . If you go to a western country , it is necessary for you to observe some table manners . To start with , put the napkin on your lap . This protects your clothes from food in your mouth . Use your spoon for soup . Do not put your own fork , knife and spoon into serving bowl . Do not spit anywhere . If you have bones in your mouth , take them out with your fingers and place them on the edge of your plate , never on the table floor . Do not reach across the table or in front of another person . Ask someone to pass whatever you want . Use a handkerchief when you sneeze , cough or blow you nose .





