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课件网) Period 4 Listening and Talking To explore different kinds of English Watch the video and find out what is different between British English and American English. Pronunciation. Lead in Do you have any experiences about making a reservation Discuss your experience as a group, and share it with your classmates. What reservations do we need to make before or while we travel arrival time, departure time, the amount of passengers/customers, demands (beds, floor, food, scenery, transport), payment, ID number ... May I help you I’d like ... Would you like ... Before Listening When we talk about air ticket/hotel room/dinner table reservation, what words or expressions come into your mind Ticket/Hotel/Table reservation. While Listening Listen to the phone call and answer the questions. 1. What are the two speakers talking about 2. What is the relationship between the two speakers They are talking about buying a plane ticket. One of the people in the conversation is a customer, while the other is an airline reservation agent. Listen again and complete the table with the words you hear. Opening _____ can I help you _____ to buy a plane ticket ... Talking about time _____ are you travelling On the 23rd of December. Talking about what you prefer There are two flights ... Which _____ Would _____ travel business class or economy _____ book a return flight this time The 9:30 flight please. _____ to travel business class. No, _____. I’m taking the train back. Other information _____ your name, sir Robert Williams. Payment _____ to pay By credit card. Making reservations How I’d like On what date do you prefer you like to Would you like to I’d like thank you May I have May I ask how you would like 4 Read and role-play the conversation. What misunderstanding has happened Martin：Hey，Zhou Wei，do you want to go shopping There′s a sale at my favourite store. Zhou Wei： Oh，yes! I really need to buy some pants. Martin：Pants That′s funny. I don′t usually go shopping with my friends for pants. Zhou Wei：You don′t Don′t you like to have somebody tell you if the pants look good or not Martin：Er... Not really ... Hey，wait，do you mean trousers—what you and I are wearing on our legs right now Zhou Wei：Oh，yes. That′s what I mean by pants! That′s American English，isn′t it Martin：Yes，it is! I knew what you meant，by the way. I was just joking with you. Did you know that in British English， “pants” means something very different Zhou Wei：Really So what does it mean Martin：In British English，the word “pants” means underwear. ... Zhou Wei refers to pants，American English for trousers. Martin explains that pants refers to underwear in British English. Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers. Circle the official languages of the United Nations (UN). Russian Chinese Korean Japanese Spanish Arabic English French √ √ Six official languages used in the U ... ...
