人教版九年級英語下冊《You are supposed to shake hands》SectionB PPT教學課件(第2課時)，共49頁。

Objectives

To learn the table manners in France.

To read and speak how you are supposed to behave at dinner tables in France.

What do you know about customs in foreign countries? What do you think is the biggest challenge when visiting a foreign country?

e.g. My cousin went to America, and she said that learning basic table manners was her biggest challenge. She never knew what she was supposed to do at the dinner table.

Dear Laura,

Thanks for your message. Yes, I’m having a great time on my student exchange program in France. 

I was a bit nervous before I arrived here, but there was no reason to be. My host family is really nice. They go out of their way to make me feel at home. 

The grandmother knows that I miss Chinese food a lot. So she actually learned how to make Chinese food! She also has a teenage granddaughter about my age who is really kind. She always talks to me in French to help me practice. 

You wouldn’t believe how quickly my French has improved because of that. I’m very comfortable speaking French now. Although I still make lots of mistakes, it doesn’t worry me as it used to. 

My biggest challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table. As you can imagine, things are very different from the way they are at home. For example, you’re not supposed to put your bread on your plate. You’re supposed to put it on the table! 

I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I’m used to it. Another example is that you’re not supposed to eat anything with your hands except bread, not even fruit. You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork.Another thing is that it’s impolite to say you’re full. If you don’t want any more food, you should just say,“That was delicious.”

Also, you’re not supposed to put your elbows on the table.  I have to say that I find it difficult to remember everything, but I’m gradually getting used to it. I don’t find French customs so strange anymore.

I’ll write again soon and tell you more about my life in France. Hope you’re having a good school year.

Yours,

Lin Yue

Language points

1.They go out of their way to make me feel at home.

go out of one’s way 特地；格外努力

e.g. John went out of his way to make his girlfriend happy.  

約翰想方設法使他的女朋友高 興。

make sb. feel at home 使某人感到賓至如歸

e.g. I’m doing everything I can to make them feel at home.

我在盡我一切所能使他們感到賓至如歸。

2.You wouldn’t believe how quickly my French has improved because of that.

You wouldn’t believe …是一個常用句式，相當于漢語所說的“你無法想象……；你想都想不到……；你絕不會相信……”，表示所陳述的事情超出想象。

與此類似的表達還有You would never believe…或You would hardly believe…。

例如：

You wouldn’t believe that he found his long-lost sister in Taiwan! 

你絕對想不到他在臺灣找到了失散多年的姐姐！

You would never believe what quick progress he’s made ever

since he attended your class. 

你根本無法想象，自從他聽了您的講課后進步有多大。

3. My biggest challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table.

learning how to behave at the table是現在分詞短語，在此用作句子的表語。再如：

His main hobby is fishing. 他的主要愛好是釣魚。

behave

behave是不及物動詞，意為“表現；行為”，behave well / badly表示“表現好/糟糕”。它的名詞形式 behaviour (舉止；行為)，是不可數名詞。

Homework

Write a paragraph about the table manners in France and China. 

You can use: 

be supposed to do …

It’s polite/impolite to …

You should …

You’d better …

… is/are not allowed to...

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