TaskUnit1GettingalongwithothersWritingalettertoafriendIfyouhaveachance,whowouldyouliketointerviewmost?Howdoyouwritedownhisorheranswers?Interview1.Thinkaboutwhatquestionstoaskandwritethemdowninadvance.2.Writebriefnotesonly,notwholesentences.3.Writedownthemostimportantinformation.4.Usecontractionsandabbreviationswheneverpossible.Skillsbuildingone:writingdowntheanswersIfyoudon’thearorunderstandananswer,asktheotherpersontorepeatit.Youcanuseexpressionssuchas:1.Ibegyourpardon?/Pardonme?2.Couldyousaythatagain?3.Couldyourepeatthat,please?4.Didyousay…or…?Movingtoanewtownorareacanbeadifficulttime.Youmightworryabouthowyouwillfindyourwayaround,howyouwillmeetpeopleandhowyouwillmakenewfriends.Thesethingscanmakeyoufeelanxious.Today,socialexpertZhangYingisheretotellyoutorelaxbecausetherearemanywaystomeetpeopleandmakenewfriends.Listenandanswerthequestions•Whatwillyoudowhenyoumeetanewfriendforthefirsttime?•Whatwillyoudowhenyoumeetnewneighbors?1.Whatthingsmightworryyouwhenyoumovetoanewplace?howtofindmywayaround,____________andmakenewfriends.2.Whatisonewaytomeetanewneighbours?Visit____________withasmallgift.Listentoaradioandcompletetheanswertothequestions.meetpeopletheirhomes3.Whataresomethingsyoushoulddowhenyoumeetapersonforthefirsttime?Be_________________aboutyourself;askhim/herquestionsabouthimself/herself;listento_______________________.4.Ifyouwanttomeetpeoplewithsimilarintereststoyours,whatcanyoudo?Joinalocalclubor______________openandhonestwhathe/shehastosayactivitygroup5.Whataresomethingsyoushoulddoifyouwanttomaketruefriends?Always________________;listentowhattheyhavetosay;________________yourselfandyourfeelingsbethereforthembehonestaboutRadiohost:Movingtoanewtownorareacanbeadifficulttime,youmightworryabouthowyouwillfindyourwayaround,howyouwillmeetpeopleandhowyouwillmakenewfriends.Thesethingscanmakeyoufellanxious.Today,socialexpertZhangYingisheretotellyoutorelaxbecausetherearemanywaystomeetpeopleandListeningmaterialmakenewfriends.MsZhang,welcometotheshow.MsZhang:Thankyou.Whatyousaidisexactlyright.Onewaytomeetyourneighboursistovisittheirhomesandgivethemasmallgift.Theywillunderstandthatyouaretryingtomakefiendsandwanttogettoknowthem.Whenmeetingsomeoneforthefirsttime,beopenandhonestaboutyourself.Asktheotherpersonquestionsabouthimselforherselfandlistentowhatheorshehastosay.Anotherwaytomakenewfriendsistojoinalocalcluboractivitygroup.Thiswillhelpyoumeetpeoplewhohavesimilarintereststoyours.Havingfriendsisanimportantpartoflife.Friendscanofferyousupport.Ifyouwanttomaketruefriends,alwaysbethereforthem,listentowhattheyhavetosayandbehonestaboutyourselfandyoufeelings.Radiohost:Soundslikegoodadvice.Thankyouverymuchforbeingwithustonight,MsZhang.Wehopeyouwilljoinusagainsoon.Zhang:Thankyou.Brainstorming:•Whatdoyoudowhenyouhaveapersonalproblem?•Wouldyoutalktoyourparentsoryourfriendsandaskthemforadvice?•Haveyouevercalledaradioprogrammeforadvice?Step1callingTeenTalkforadviceReadtheleafletaboutTeenTalk.Thencompletethenotes.1.phone2.true3.false4.teenager’sproblems5.adviceListentothetapeandfinishPartB1.ReasonforcallingTeenTalk:haveaproblem;askforhelp2.Descriptionoftheproblem:twoimportantfriends;don’tlikeoneanother3.Feelingsabouttheproblem:feeldivided4.TeenTalk’sadvice:writealettertoeachfriendtoexplain;meetoutsideofschool5.Plannedactionstoovercometheproblem:writealetter,meetatacaféonSaturday;tal...
