CulturalCornerScanningWhatdoestheAAAmean
FastReading•Readthepassageandanswerthequestions
HowdoestheAAAmodelwork
IstheAAAmodelagoodideawhilemakingsmalltalkwithsomeoneyoudon’tknowinChina
•Suggestedanswers:Thespeakersanswerthequestion,addapieceofinformation,andthenaskaquestion
Whentwostrangersmeet,theyoftenusetheAAA
•Fromtheexampleinthepassageweknowthatthefirstpersonasksthesecondpersonaquestion,thesecondpersonanswers
ThisisthefirstA(answer)
Thentheconversationbegins
•Inordertoshowthatheisinterestedintheconversation,thesecondpersoncanadd(thesecondA)somethingexacttothesimpleanswertothequestion
•Andtheninordertocontinuetheirconversation,thesecondpersoncanaskthepartnerthesamequestionorquiteanother
ThisisthethirdA(ask)
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