ReadingandvocabularyReadingandvocabularyLookatthenewwordsinthebox.Revisethewordsabsenceacquaintanceanniversaryapologyawkwardbrunchcautiousclerkcustomerfaxfirmfoolhaircuthostesshumanbeinginterruptmaturemessymottooutspokenpregnantsaleswomanshortcomingteasetypist1.aplaceofwork2.thingyousayorwrite3.aphysicalstate4.peopleorjobsfirmapologymottopregnantacquaintanceclerkcustomerfoolhostesshumanbeingsaleswomantypistFindwordsfor:5.personalcharacteristics/appearanceawkwardcautiousmaturemessyoutspokenbrunch6.mealBrainstormGroupswork:Talkaboutthewrongkindsofsmalltalkyouhaveexperienced.Workinpairs.You’regoingtoreadastoryaboutasaleswoman.Discusswhatkindofsmalltalkyouneedasastatesperson.Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.1.WhatdidEstheroftendowhenshespoketoothers?2.Whatdoyouthinkare“thebasicrulesofsocialcommunication”?Sheputherfootinit(shesaidsomethingembarrassing).Tobepoliteandnottoembarrasspeople.Becauseshedidn’twanttosayherage.Shesaidshewasn’tpregnant.3.Whydidthecustomerlookawkwardwhenshewasaskedhowoldshewas?4.HowdidthetypistcontradictEsther?5.WhatwaswrongaboutEsther’sadvicetothesalesman?Heradvicewasveryinsensitiveasshetoldhimthathiswifewasafoolandnoonelikedher.Shewantedtoknowhowmuchitcost.6.WhatdidEstherthinkoftheclerk’shaircut?Hethoughttheofficewouldbequieterwithouthim.Shethoughthewasugly.8.WhatdidEstherthinkofheroldschoolfriend’shusband?7.Whydidtheyoungmanthinkthecompanygavehimanewjobmilesaway?putmyfootinithaveacompleteabsenceofsmalltalkasaconsequenceItisnocoincidencethat---onanotheroccasionbecautiousaboutReadagainandpayattentiontothesePhrases.bemodestaboutdiscourageyoufromdoingsthontheanniversaryoftheirgraduationReadcarefullyandfind:I’drathernotsay.onewayofreplyingtoquestionswhichyoudon’twishtoanswerSmalltalkThingsyoucansayThingsyoushouldnotsayNicetomeetyou.Howoldareyou?Nicehaircut.Howmuchdidyourhaircutcost?I’dlikeyoutomeetmyhusband.Pairwork:IntroducetoyourpartnerEsther’stwowrongkindsofsmalltalk.(followthemodel)EstherGreenbaumwasasaleswoman.Unfortunatelyshewasnotverycautiousaboutwhatshesaid.Onceshemetanimportantcustomer…Anothertime…FromallthiswecanseeEstherwasreallyanoutspokenperson,whichmadeotherpeopleannoyed.PracticeTranslatethefollowingsentences.1.Hermottowas“EverytimeIopenmymouth,Iputmyfootinit”.她的“座右铭”是“每当我张口，就会讲错话”。2.Itwasnocoincidenceeitherthatshewasn’taverygoodsaleswoman.她成不了一位优秀的推销员也就不是巧合了。3.Onanotheroccasion,Estherteasedatypist,“Hey!When’syourbabydue?”还有一次，埃斯特打趣一位打字员说“嗨！你什么时候生宝宝啊”。4.Oneofheracquaintances,asalesmaninthefirm,wasgoingthroughaverymessydivorceandwasverydepressed.和她在同一家公司做推销员的一位熟人正陷入离婚窘境，他为此非常沮丧。LanguagepointsofthetextLanguagepointsofthetext1.Asaconsequence,shemadesystematicmistakeseverytimesheopenedhermouth.非常点拨bereadytotake/suffer/beartheconsequencesofone’sactions准备承担自己行动的后果havefar-reachingconsequencesforthecountry’seconomy对…产生深远的影响inconsequenceof由于，因而inconsequence因此，由此asaconsequence因此，结果词汇扩展：①adj.consequent(on/uponsth)由……引起的，随之发生的theriseinpricesconsequentonthefailureofthecrops由于农作物歉收而引起的物价上涨②adv.consequently=asaresult/therefore所以，因而MycarbrokedownandconsequentlyIwaslate.翻译句子：1)Shewasfoundguiltyandlostherjobinconsequenceofit.她被判有罪，因而失去了工...
