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Unit Four Punctuality and Culture
Unit Goals:
What You Should Learn to Do
1. Make / keep / postpone an appointment according to a work timetable
2. Make reservations according to the timetables of flights and trains
3. Understand and make up schedules for different purposes 4. Write:
a timetable a schedule
What You Should Know About
1. Punctuality in social activities 2. Planning a work day / week
3. Use of verb tenses
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face Imitating Mini-Talks Acting out the Tasks
Studying Timetables and Schedules Following Sample Dialogues Putting Language to Use Imitating Mini-Talks
1 Work in pairs. Practice the following mini-talks about schedules and timetables. 1) Asking for an Appointment with the Manager
A: I'd like to make an appointment with your manager. Do you think I could see him sometime this morning? B: Sorry, he's fully booked this morning. A: How about tomorrow morning then?
B: Yes, I think tomorrow morning would be fine. 2) Asking to Meet Mr. Peterson
A: Mr. Peterson, I wonder if it would be convenient to meet you today.
B: Let me see. I'm free this afternoon. Is that all right for you? A: Well, I've got a meeting from 2 to 4. Are you free tomorrow morning?
B: No problem. Let's make it at 10 then.
3) Asking to Change the Appointment with Dr. Johnson A: I'd like to change the appointment with Dr. Johnson from Tuesday to Thursday.
B: I'm afraid he won't be available on Thursday morning. A: What time would be convenient for him? Will 2 p.m. do?
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B: Yes, that'll be fine.
4) Asking About the Working Hours of a Ticket Office A: What are the office hours?
B: Well, the office hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. A: Do you work on weekends?
B: On Saturday the office is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., but on Sunday we are closed.
5) Asking About the Flights for Macao A: Do you have flights to Macao?
B: We have only one flight to Macao each week, at 1:40 p.m. Wednesday.
A: When does it arrive in Macao? B: At 3:40 p.m.
2 Work in pairs and act out the tasks by following the above mini-talks. 1 Task:
Look at the flight timetable in Exercise 3. Ask about the departure and arrival time 2 Task:
Look at the flight timetable in Exercise 3. Ask about the Tuesday flight for Hong Kong 3 Task:
Look at Mark's schedule in Exercise 3.
Call to ask Mark for a change of an appointment. 4 Task:
Look at Mark's schedule in Exercise 3.
Ask to make an appointment to see Mark on Wednesday. 5 Task:
Look at Mark's schedule in Exercise 3.
An old friend in Hong Kong asks to see Mark on Thursday.
Studying Timetables and Schedules
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Read the following sample dialogues and try to perform your own tasks. Putting Language to Use Speak and Complete
Mark: Miss Wang, I want to 1 __________ an evening train to Harbin so that I can get there the next morning. Do you know the schedule? Miss Wang: Yes. I have got a 2 __________________ here. Mark: Is there a train leaving around 6? Miss Wang: 3 ______________ one at 6:15. Mark: When will it get there?
Miss Wang: 4 ______________ at about 8 next morning. Mark: That's the one I need. Thank you very much. Miss Wang: You are 5 ______________.
SECTION II Being All Ears
Learning Sentences for Workplace Communication Handling a Dialogue
Understanding a Short Speech / Talk
Learning Sentences for Workplace Communication
1 Listen to 10 sentences for workplace communication cross-referenced with their Chinese translations.
arrange 安排 confirm 确认 due 规定 (到达) 的 delay 耽搁
2 Listen to the following sentences for workplace communication in Column A and match each one with its Chinese version in Column B Key:1-i, 2-j, 3-d, 4-c, 5-f, 6-e, 7-h, 8-g, 9-a, 10-b
3 Listen to 6 sentences for workplace communication and choose their right responses 4 Listen to a dialogue and decode the message by filling in Susan's schedule according to what you have heard.
5 Now listen to a short speech / talk and fill up the blanks according to what you have heard. The words in brackets will give you some hints.
6 Listen to the speech / talk again and complete the information in Column A with the right choices in Column B.