The way people greet each other is seen in every place, whether it's a village, town, city, or country. Greetings are universal, some being very unique. Some people wave, others shake hands, bow, or hug each other. Some have no distinctions between a friend or someone they meet for business - they say the same greeting. Others make that distinction and have different wordings for different "levels" of people. Sometimes, not knowing the etiquette in one culture may be bad manners in another.

JAPAN Bow from the waist. Look for another person that is doing the same.

RUSSIA Kiss three times, on alternate cheeks...left, right, left. This is an old tradition. (Just kiss in the air and look for someone who is doing the same.)

EGYPT Kiss three times, on alternate cheeks...left, right, left. (Just kiss in the air and look for someone who is doing the same.)

ITALY Kiss on cheek 4 times -- 2 on the left and 2 on the right. (Just kiss in the air and look for someone that is doing the same.)

NEW ZEALAND (Maori) when the Maori people greet each other, they press their noses together. This custom is called hongi. (Find your partner by pressing your nose in the air...figure out a way to do this.)

MEXICO One kiss on the cheek. (Kiss in the air to the left or right)

U.S. Businessmen (women) usually shake hands when meeting each other. (do a hand shake with your right hand to find your partner.)

ITALY In Italy, friends greet each other by saying, "Ciao." (Say Ciao to find your partner.)

FIJI Men are expected to say "oooo" when greeting their chief. (To find your chief say, "oooo.")

AFGHANISTAN It is traditional for women to be more reserved in their greetings than men. When meeting a stranger, a man will say "manda na bashi." (May you not be tired.) A Ghilzai woman will raise her hand to cover her mouth. (To find your partner, put your hand over your mouth. Your partner will be saying manda na bashi.

U.S. and EUROPE The High-fives originated among American college basketball players in the early 1980s. It soon spread to other sports and became fashionable among young people. (To find your partner, raise your hand to show your high-fives.)

ZAMBIA To find your partner, nod, slightly bend knees, and shake hands, right hand extended, with left hand under right elbow.

PORTUGAL Bom dia means "hello" in Portuguese. (Say bom dia to find your partner.)

GHANA Ming-gah-bou, Ga means "hello" in Ghana. (Say Ming-gah-bou, Ga to find your partner.)

ISRAEL Shalom means hello in Hebrew. (Say Shalom to find your partner.)

CHINA Some people in China just say Ni-hao-ma which means "How are you?" (Say Ni-hao-ma to find your partner.)

TURKEY Merhaba means "hello." (Say Merhaba to find your partner.)

FRANCE In France, people say Bon jour (Good day) during the day and Bon soir (good evening) in the evening. (Say Bon jour to find your partner.)

SOUTH AFRICA The Afikaners of South Africa say "Goeie more" in the morning, "Goeie middag' in the afternoon, and "Goeie naand" in the evening. (to find your partner, say the appropriate greeting.)

CZECH REPUBLIC Telephone greeting: In Czech Republic, people answer the phone with "Prosim:" ("Ready"). To find your partner, listen for a phone ring and say, "Prosim."

GERMANY Telephone greeting: In Germany, people answer the phone by saying their last name. To find your partner, listen for a phone ring and say your last name.

GREECE In the exotic Greek language, "Kalimera" (Good morning) is said. (To find your partner, say "Kalimera."

VIETNAM Hello in Vietnamese is different depending on whom you are addressing. To an older man it is "Chao ong." To an older woman it is "Chao da." To a younger man it is "Chao anh." To a younger woman it is "Chau co." To small children it is "Chao chau." (to find your partner, use an appropriate greeting. you probably have to try different greetings.)

VIETNAM Since "hello" in Vietnamese varies depending on whom you are addressing, say, "Bach co khoe khong?" (how are you?) to find your partner.

2.　　　 finish the rest activities in the workbook as a self-assessment.

Teaching resources 教学资源库

1.　　　 summarize what they have learned in the module.

2. Key structures重点句式

　 I feel … when I …

Ability goals能力目标

Enable students to write a description of someone. 　

Teaching methods教学方法

Task-based activities.

Teaching aids教具准备

A projector and a computer.

Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式

Step I Revision

Do activity 7 on page 62.

T: Look at the words in the box on top of the page 62. Go over the words by yourself. Your task is to describe the things in the box. One of you describes the things, your partner will guess what it is. 　

Read the examples with some students and then ask them to work in pairs and do the game.

Step II Listening

T: Next we will listen to a speaker’s complaining about something. Pay attention to the word “complain”, when you are not satisfied with something you will complain for it. Look at the table first. What can we guess from the words in the first column?

Encourage students to guess what the listening material will be: Where is the speaker? What is he / she doing? What happened?

Then ask them to listen to the recording carefully and complete the table in activity 8.

Play the tape again. Call back the answers from the whole class.

Step III Reading and writing

Ask students to read the passage in Around the world.

T: When we meet our friends in the street, we often greet each other. What do Chinese people we often do to greet people?

S: We shake hands or ask “Have you eaten?”, “Where are you going?” or “Nihao!”.

T: Good. Different people in different countries do or say differently when they first meet. For example, people from France and Latin American countries kiss each other on the cheek while they greet each other. Mexicans often tap each other while Japanese usually bow. What do English people say or do when they meet? Now let’s read the short passage and find out.

Show the following questions.

How do British people greet in formal meetings?

　How do they greet in informal situations?

Sample answers:

　 In formal meetings, they shake hands. Family members and good friends kiss, but men don’t usually kiss other men.

In informal situations, people just say “hello” to each other.

Then ask students to do activity 9.

T: What about American people? Now read and complete the passage in activity 9.

Check the answers by asking students to read the passage aloud.

T: Well, from the two passages, we know that people in the two countries behave quite different from each other. It’s important to learn different cultures when we learn English.　

After this, ask students to do activities 10.

Check the answers with the class.

More examples:

　Our school looks beautiful. The students look smart.

　Her voice sounds sweet. She looks nice.

　The tofu tastes sour. But the meat smells delicious.

Step IV Module task

Ask students to write a description of someone.

Sample version:

My best friend Daming is 14 years old. He is 1.68 meters tall and looks strong, handsome. He is friendly. One day, on his way to school, he met an old lady. She looks very worried. She lost her way. Daming helped her find the way home.

Step V Homework

Ask students to

5.　　　 她的声音好听。人也长得漂亮。

Step II Speaking and listening

Likes, dislikes and feelings

Ask students to do activities 2 and 3 individually. Then check the answers by asking some to read the sentences.

For activity 3, point out in sentences 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, we add “s” after sense verbs, but in sentences 4, 5, 7, we don’t add “s” after sense verbs.

Describing others

Ask students to do activities 4-6 on page 60.

For activity 4, point out: Usually when we describe a person we use these words, but there are some differences between these words. For example, we can see someone is “tall” or “short”. We can’t see “friendly” or “nice,” but we can judge from someone’s behavior. Then ask them to match the words with the questions and put them in the box.

Check their answer with the whole class. Then ask them to do activity 6.

Pairwork

Go on with activity 5.

Sample dialogue:

A: What does your mum look like?

B: She’s tall and slim.

A: What’s your mum like?

B: She is nice.

…

Step III Homework

Ask students to do activities 3, 4 and 7 on pages 136 to 137.

Period 4 Integrating skills

Language goals语言目标

4.　　　 它让人感觉软绵绵的，很舒服。

3.　　　 它尝起来不新鲜。

2.　　　 它尝起来味道挺浓烈的。

very lovely,　nice　and　friendly.　She　is　good　at　drawing　and　I　admire　her　very　much.　She　often　

shows　me　her　pictures. She often wears a blue T-shirt and white trousers. She likes white very much. And she sings very well. Her voice sounds sweet and soft. She looks pretty.

　 　Yuan　Meng　is　my　best　friend.　We　will　send　E-mails　to　each　other.

Talk with students about their likes.

T: What do you like? And why?

S: I like bananas. It tastes sweet.

S: I love pan cakes. It tastes delicious.

S: I like pop music. It sounds great.

…

Then ask them to put the following sentences into English and then read the sentences in Language practice repeatedly to check their answers. Show the following.　

1.　　　 那个闻起来真香！

2. Key structures重点句式

　 I feel … when I …

Ability goals能力目标

Enable students to use “when” structure and describe others.

Teaching methods教学方法

Communicative approach.

Teaching aids教具准备

A projector and a computer.

Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式

Step I Revision

Ask some students to show their work.

Sample version: