Pre-Reading Activities Warm-up Questions Listening
Pre-Reading Activities • Warm-up Questions • Listening
Pre-Reading Activities 1. What is a compromise? Skim the first paragraph of the text to find it out and then give a definition of it in your own words
1. What is a compromise? Skim the first paragraph of the text to find it out and then give a definition of it in your own words. Pre-Reading Activities
Pre-Reading Activities 2. What is the most difficult compromise you have ever made? First, tell your classmates what the situation was, and let them guess what you decided to do. Then, explain what you actually did, why you did so, and how you feel about it now
2. What is the most difficult compromise you have ever made? First, tell your classmates what the situation was, and let them guess what you decided to do. Then, explain what you actually did, why you did so, and how you feel about it now. Pre-Reading Activities
Pre-Reading Activities First Listening: Before listening to the tape, have a quick look at the following words. settle an argument or differences of opinion comp romise- by taking a middle course acceptable to all sides give way ild(让步,属服) tradition a custom or belief that the people in a particular group or society have practiced or held for a long time(传统) individual aperson(个人,个体
compromise give way settle an argument or differences of opinion by taking a middle course acceptable to all sides yield （让步，屈服） a custom or belief that the people in a particular group or society have practiced or held for a long time （传统） a person （个人，个体） First Listening: Before listening to the tape, have a quick look at the following words. tradition individual Pre-Reading Activities
Pre-Reading Activities Second listening: Listen to the tape again. Then, choose the best answer to each of the following questions. A)each one gives up something so that the other can be happy B) people talk about their differences and decide on the best solution C) people agree to disagree D)the older person gets to decide what will be done
Second Listening: Listen to the tape again. Then, choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1. A) each one gives up something so that the other can be happy B) people talk about their differences and decide on the best solution C) people agree to disagree D) the older person gets to decide what will be done Pre-Reading Activities