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on gifts in Englishspeaking countries? Activity 4. Showing Hospitality in Different Ways ? Task 1. At Cross Purposes (Listening)( ) ? Face value ? Task 2. A Taste for Tea (Listening) ? cuppa = a cup of tea (colloquial English) ? ★ English way or Chinese way? Tea with milk and sugar ? Some idioms: ? ① Not for all the tea in China (常用于否定句中 ) ? = under no circumstances (提出優(yōu)厚的報(bào)酬作為條件 all tea in China) ? ② Not my cup of tea ? = not what I like or not what I am suited for(非我所喜愛、關(guān)注的東西) ? ③ A storm in a teacup = making a fuss about sth. unimportant ? Other phrases and expressions: ? Tea break / afternoon tea / high tea ? 紅茶、綠茶、茉莉花茶、濃茶、茶館 … ? Black tea, green tea, Jasmine tea, strong tea, tea shop, (tea room AmE) … ? ★★ After tea, Mr Holmes and Dr Watson went up to the bedroom and waited. ? After tea ≠“喝過茶后” Here, tea refers to ____________. ? “a meal taken around 5:00pm in England, usually consisting of a pot of black tea, with bread, sandwiches, biscuits and cakes.” Activity 5. Compliments ? Listening ? More examples: ? Case 1. ? A:Oh, what a delicious dinner you?ve cooked! ? B1: No, no. It?s not delicious at all. You?re joking, aren?t you? ? (不,不,一點(diǎn)也不好吃,你是開玩笑吧! ) ? B2. You are overpraising me. (“過獎(jiǎng)” ) ? (說話者感到你在懷疑他的判斷力 ) ? B3. Where? Where? (哪里 !哪里 !) ? (弄得外國人莫名其妙,不知所云 ) ? B4: Thank you. (British people respond to pliments by saying “thank you”) ? Case 2. ? A: What a lovely room you39。ve had your hair permed! It looks beautiful. ? B: Do you really think so? I wasn39。 ) ? B: No, i haven39。我們不但要看到兩種語言表達(dá)上的差異,更要揭示深層文化價(jià)值觀念的不同之處。