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Unit 12 Culture Shock Communication Workshop Speaking: Exercise 1 Listen to four short dialogues.Which ones are formal and which are informal? 1.Hey,have you got the time? Yeah,sure.Nearly half past two. Thanks. 2.Excuse me,could you tell me the right time,please? Yes,it's nearly half past two. Thank you. You're welcome. 3.Would you mind opening the window,please? Not at all. Thank you very much. 4.Open the window,will you? OK.That's better. Exercise 2 A foreign student is staying with a British family on an exchange visit. They are having dinner. Listen to the conversation and answer these questions. Did you have a nice day? Yes,thank you. We played tennis after class. Could you pass the salt,please? Yes,there you are. Er,can you collect me from class tomorrow? I'll be outside the school at half past one. Oh,er,well,I suppose so... 0h,I nearly forgot.I'm very sorry,Mrs.Weller,but this morning I broke a glass in the bathroom.I put it in the bin. Really,I'm sorry. That's OK,it can't be helped. I'm going out on Saturday night with a friend I met yesterday. I'll be back late.But you can give me a key. Well,I suppose if it's not very late... Where are you going? Exercise 3 Listen to the conversation again.On which two occasions does the student sound rude? Listening Listen to the song Waltzing Matilda and fill in the gaps in you book. Oh,there was once a swagman camped in a billabong, under the shade of a coolibar tree. And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me? Who'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling? Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me? Waltzing Matilda and carrying a tunker bag Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me? Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water hole Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him happily And he sang as he put him away in his tucker bag. Down came the landowner on his horse Down came the policemen, one, two, three. Whose is that jumbuck you've got in that bag? You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me? Up jumped the swagman and jumped into the water hole Drowning himself by the coolibar tree. And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong. |
