Unit 2 English around the World Oral Practice

1. Unit 2 English around the World Oral Practice

2. Free Talk • Do you know some differences between American English and British English? • Can you give us some examples?

3. Warming up Listen and answer 1. What is it that Joe can’t find in the bathroom? 2.Why can’t he find it? Because they misunderstand each other. Joe wants to go to the toilet. Nancy thinks he wants to have a shower.

4. Important Points • Just make yourself at home. • Towel • If you’ll excuse me now. • What I was looking for. = toilet

5. Listening Listen and write down the rules. • The landlady asked Mr. Brown: • ____________________________________ • ____________________________________ • ____________________________________ • ____________________________________ • ____________________________________ • ____________________________________ • ____________________________________ to put his coat on a peg. to put his coat in the closet. to put his umbrella in the umbrella stand. to lock the door if he comes home after midnight. not to shower after nine o’clock in the evening. not to smoke in the bathroom. to help her find a new tenant for the flat.

6. Tape scripts It’s that woman. She drives me crazy. It all started right from the very first day , I would say from the very first evening when I set foot into the house. “Good evening, Mr. Brown ,could you please put your coat on a peg? – Oh no, not there, in the closet,please. Yes,thank you, and oh ,your shoes, could you please take them off? Thank you. And eh, your umbrella, yes, could you please put your umbrella in the umbrella stand? Oh no, not there,here! Please don’t forget. The key of the front door,here you are, and remember, if you come home after midnight,please lock the door. Good night! Oh Mr. Brown ,would you please be quiet after nine o’clock in the evening?”

7. And that was only the beginning . “ Mr.Brown, don’t shower after nine,” she shouted. She would walk past my door and say : “ Mr. Brown ,would you please remember not to smoke in the bathroom? Could you walk the dog, please? Will you turn down your radio, please? Please , Mr. Brown, could you speak quietly on the phone?” It was terrible. Oh, I couldn‘t have stayed there for another week, for sure. And then there was this letter. “Dear Mr. Brown,” it said, “ could you please return the key to the front door? And one more question. Can you help me find a new tenant（房客） for my flat?”

8. Speaking • Practice the following dialogues with your partner and act them out. • Answers: Emily asked Karen how to pronounce “kilometre.” The teacher asked Karen and Emily if there was anything that wasn’t clear to them. Karen told the teacher that Emily had asked her how to pronounce “kilometer.”

9. Speaking • Practice the following dialogues with your partner and act them out. • Answers: Ms Smith told Harry to take those two pizzas to Mr. Thompson on Broad Street, Number 12. Harry asked Ms Smith if she could spell that name. He also asked her if she could repeat the address. Ms Smith told Harry not to forget to buy her some ketchup on his way back.