Unit 2(I). texta

to a game of tennis.
What the Mayor did was never challenged.
没有人质疑过市长的所作所为。
challenge sb. to 向某人挑战 challenge to 向…挑战, 提出质疑 challenge sb. for 因…而向某人质疑

two styles of conversations.
----- western-style conversations, like a game of
tennis,involve serving and returning of the ball
-----Japanese-style conversations, like a game of bowling, people serve the ball without returns. Closing: Sum up the discussion and point out it‟s not easy to switch from one culture to another.
topics,ideas,opinions, is compared to ball
Structure of the Text

Opening: I found that Japanese-style conversations go quite differently from western ones. Body: An account of the difference between the

American: individualism Japanese: collective or group Chinese: between the two People from different cultures often have different values (standards of behavior).This is due to the different social background. Culture is connected with many aspects.
Carl totally got puzzled with the response of his Japanese colleagues. But he didn’t know what was wrong with it.
Warming-up Activity
What’s the real reason leading to Carl’s failure at the meeting? Your turn to decide on: • Carl failed to understand Japanese speech on informal occasions for his ill mastery of Japanese language. • Carl used informal language on formal occasion (at the meeting), which upset his Japanese co-workers. • Carl didn’t realize Japanese’s different attitudes towards work (meeting) and leisure(party).

Cf. deal with /cope with / treat / tackle / manipulate
--- I was impressed by her handling the
affair all alone . ----An army officer must know how to handle his men. ----She is able to handle English.
At a meeting on the next day after the party, Carl found that he was at the same room, together with the people who had contributed to the merriment of the evening at the party. Keeping the informality present a proposal. After Carl brought up his proposal, however, he was in mind, Carl used the meeting as an opportunity to met with a wall of silence and, even to the end of meeting, no one had ever offered him any idea about his proposal.
Structure of a Formal Essay

Opening – (A)Topic priming: set the scene and prepares the reader for what is to follow – (B)Topic nomination:express what the writer will talk about

Examples

Dragon
– In China: people use „dragon‟ to describe
emperor.We like to call us the descendants of dragon. – In western countries: if you call a woman a dragon,you mean that she is fierce.Because in the Bible, Satan is called the great dragon.
NEW WORDS
1. Halt --- it is somewhat different from “stop”, in that it means stop for a time and is usually used with reference to activity, advance, growth, development. etc.
Understanding the text

Questions for thinking: – What does the title mean? – How is conversation related to ballgame? – What are the two conversational styles

4. disagree
disagree with each other 对…意见不一， 不适宜 disagree on sth. 对…意见不一致
【note】dis前缀, 表示否定，相反，缺乏 disabled —丧失能力的，有残疾的 disappear— 消失 disadvantage —不利地位，不利条件 disarm — 缴……的械 disapprove — 不赞成，反对 discontented — 不满的，不满足的

Body: set forth the discussion, give the
information

Closing: bring the discussion to a close
Background Information
Three values from different cultures
3.challenge
— 1)call someone to compete against one, esp.
in a fight
— 2) question the lawfulness or rightness of Example: (someone or something) He challenged me to fight. Example: 他向我挑战，要我和他进行一场网球比赛。 Translate: The journalist challenged the justice of the new law.
--- This brought our conversation to a halt. -----Population growth cannot halt overnight. ----The policeman halted the speeding car. ----The economic boom came to a sudden halt. 经济繁荣期嘎然而止。
Unit 2
Text A
Conversational Ballgames
Warming-up Activity: Case Study
Carl was an employee of an international company and he’s working in Japan now. He’s very pleased to be invited to a party shortly after his arrival in Japan, where most of the guests were Japanese. At the party, everyone was expected to entertain, even the senior managers got up to give a song or tell a joke. All the people seemed so informal and cooperative, far different from those conventional, stuffy Japanese Carl had read about before.