SectionVI Culture Time

SectionVI Culture Time

Task 1 Tongue Twisters

1.I scream,you scream,we all scream,for ice-cream!我叫喊,你叫喊,我们都喊着要冰淇淋!

2.How many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.如果一个好的厨师能做小甜饼,那么他能做多少小甜饼呢?一个好的厨师能做出和其他好厨师一样多的小甜饼。

Task 2 Screen Dub

A:Ow! Is something wrong? 哦,你怎么了?

B:Ah ...,I’m OK.Do you have a toilet here? 我没事,你这里有厕所吗?

A:Oh,no ...I’m so sorry.There is no toilet in this shop.抱歉,我们店没有厕所呢。

B:Ah,OK.Ahah ...Where is a toilet? 好吧,那厕所在哪里?

A:There is a public toilet close to here.在附近有一个厕所。

B:Yeah.Where? Where is it? 哪里?它在哪里?

A:Oh,it’s really hard to find it if you don’t know where it is.如果你不知道它在哪里的话很难找的。

B:Hurry ...please! 快点啊,拜托!

A:OK,OK.Go out the door,and take a left.好好好,出门往左转。

B:OK,OK.Out the door and left.And then? 好的,好的,出门左转,然后呢?

A:And then walk 50 meters until you see a pet fish shop.然后走50米直到你看见一家宠物鱼商店。

B:OK,OK.Pet shop,and then? 好,好,宠物商店,然后呢?

A:And then you see a staircase there,go down the stairs.接着你会看见一个楼梯,走下楼梯。

B:OK,OK.Up the stairs,and then? 好,好,上楼,然后呢?

A:No,no,no ...Not up the stairs,down the stairs.不不不,不是上楼,是下楼。

B:O ...K.Down the stairs and then? 好吧,下楼。然后呢?

A:And then you’ll see a waterfall.然后你会看见一个瀑布。

B:And then? 然后呢?

A:And then take a right.往右转。

B:OK,OK.Right at the waterfall,and then? 好,好,在瀑布那里右转,然后呢?

A:And toilet is there.厕所就是那里了。

B:Ah,thank you,thank you.十分感谢。

A:Uhm,so out the door and right or left? 嗯,所以出门之后是往右转还是往左转?

B:May be I should draw you a map.也许我该给你画个地图。

A:Never mind.I’ll find the toilet myself.没关系,我自己会找到厕所的。

Task 3 East-West Corridor

Traffic Rules in the UK

When you are in England,you must be very careful in the streets because the traffic drives on the left.Before you cross a street,you must look to the right first and then the left.

If the traffic lights are red,the traffic must stop.Then the people on foot can cross the road carefully! If the traffic lights are green,the traffic can go.People on foot mustn’t cross.

When you go by bus in England,you have to be careful,too.Always remember that the traffic moves on the left.Have a look first or you will go the wrong way.

Traffic Rules in the U.S.

1.Always buckle up.

2.Put your children in back!

3.Never drunk drive!

4.You always have to stop at a stop sign.

5.In a crosswalk,pedestrians have the right of way.

▲Words

buckle / 'bʌkl / 使搭扣扣住

drunk / drʌŋk / (酒)醉的;酗酒的

pedestrian / pə'destriən / 行人;步行者

▲Expression

·buckle up 系好安全带

▲Sentence

·In a crosswalk,pedestrians have the right of way.在人行道,车要让人。

Task 4 Discussion and Debate

With the development of science technology,e-maps are very popular now.With the help of navigation on smart phones,you needn’t ask others for directions.When you arrive at an unfamiliar place,which way do you prefer,using e-maps or asking others for help? Have a discussion with your partners or classmates.The following words and expressions and language tips may help you to develop your idea.

▲Words and Expressions

·Asking for help:personal habit,good communication ability,get more information,poor use of the smart phone

·Using e-maps:convenient,easy,low sense of directions,real-view navigation,more accurate position

▲Language Tips