Section I Unit 8.ppt

* Unit 8 At the Restaurant Overview: Lead-in Warm-up Activities Dialogues Vocabulary Useful Expressions Exercises Culture Tips Class Activities Lead-in What factors will you consider when you choose a restaurant? Discuss it with your partner. You may use the following examples for help: A: I think environment is important, because… B: I don’t like a restaurant with too many people. C: In my opinion, price and food are both very important. D: I prefer restaurants with delicious food. E: Tasty food is more important than environment. Warm-up Activities I. Read the following words and pay attention to the pronunciation of [f] and [v] . 1. [f] fine five fifteen finally find 2. [v] leave of very achieve save II. Read the story below and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. A guy who goes into a lunch counter, asks for a menu and the waiter tells him, “We don’t have menus here. Our kitchen is well-stocked and our chef knows every recipe in the world. Order anything you like, and if we can’t serve it, we’ll give you one thousand dollars.” The man sees a chance to make some money so he thinks of something impossible. “Bring me an order of hummingbird (蜂鸟) tongues on rye toast,” he tells the waiter. “Coming right up, sir,” the waiter says. He disappears into the kitchen and returns moments later, with a plate. “One order of hummingbird tongues on rye toast. Will there be anything else?” The man thinks for a second, and then says, “Yes...bring me an elephant ear sandwich.” “Coming right up, sir,” the waiter says. He disappears into the kitchen and returns, moments later, with a thousand dollars in cash, which he presents to the man. “Well, you did it, sir. You stumped us.” With a broad smile, the man put the money into his pocket. “Didn’t you have any elephant ears back there, huh?” “Oh no,” the waiter says. “We have plenty of elephant ears. We just ran out of those big rolls.” Dialogues Dialogue 1 George: Le