1、 Task Writing to a foreign friendThis section consists of a series of activities which provide you with opportunities to learn and practice the listening, speaking, reading and writing skill. This section is divided into three steps and each step is preceded with a skills building part. Through list
2、ening and reading, you will get information about Chinese crosstalk. You are asked to use the information you have got to write an e-mail to a foreign friend answering his questions about Chinese crosstalk.Skills building 1: identifying prioritiesIn this part, you will learn how to identify the most
3、 important part and the least important part of a task.Now look at the sentences on the blackboard.I need to know how many of you will go to watch the play this Saturday. Ill have to book the tickets.I want to know why you are so interested in the play.I would like to know how you will go to the the
4、atre.Discuss in your groups and decide which one means the most important request and which one is the least important request. And give me your reasons. ( Do not judge whether their answers are right or not directly. Take notes of the reasons beside the sentences on the blackboard.)If you want to k
5、now whether your judgment is right or wrong, you can refer to the guideline and the three points in skills building 1 on page 10.Now have you known how to identify the most urgent request? Lets come back to the sentences on the blackboard and check if you have judged correctly.Step 1: answering ques
6、tionsThis part is designed to help you develop your listening skills. You are first asked to take some notes while listening to a telephone message and decide which requests are the most important, somewhat important or the least important, according to what you have learnt in Skills building 1. The
7、n you will listen to an English radio talk show and read a magazine article to get more information needed to find the answers to the questions asked by a foreign friend.1 read Part A on page 10 to make sure what you are asked to do when listening to the recording. While listening, you should take s
8、ome notes and pay attention to the words used in Bills requests, so you decide what is the most important , somewhat important or the least important. TapescriptBill: Hi, this is Bill! Im sorry you are not at home. I need to ask you some questions. My teacher has asked us to write a report about a f
9、orm of comedy. I want to writhe about Chinese crosstalk. Can you answer my questions about crosstalk and then e-mail me back the answers? Id appreciate it so much!First, I need to know some basic information about crosstalk: What is crosstalk? When did it start? What are the different parts of a cro
10、sstalk performance? I also would like to know where one can hear it or see it. Do you watch it in a theatre or on television, or do you list3n to it in the radio?I want some information about famous crosstalk performers too, both living and dead. Please tell me their names, and if they performed rec
11、ently or a long time ago. If there are any famous foreign crosstalk performers, then I would like to know about them.The other thing I would like to know about is if it is possible to learn Chinese crosstalk. Do people study it at school? Can I learn it outside of China? Do I need to speak Chinese t
12、o enjoy crosstalk?I know I have a lot of questions. I hope it is not a problem for you to answer them. Thank you for your time. Ill talk to you again soon. Bye!Play the tape again for the students to check.Answers:A 1 most important 2 most important 3 most important 4 least important 5 somewhat impo
13、rtant 6 somewhat important 7 somewhat important 8 least important 9 least important 10 least important 11 least important 12 least important 2 Now read the guidelines of Part B on page 11 to know what you should do to finish this part. Then listen to the radio talk show and make corrections. If you
14、are not sure about your answers, Ill let you listen to it again.Tapescript:Laura: Welcome to “Talking Comedy”, a show where we learn about different forms of comedy around the world. Im your host, Laura Laughs. Today were talking about crosstalk, a traditional form of Chinese comedy. Our guest on th
15、e show is Cao Jun, a student who loves Chinese crosstalk. Welcome to the show!Cao Jun: Thanks, it is great to be here!Laura: Can you tell us a little bit about crosstalk?Cao Jun: Of course! Crosstalk began during the Qing Dynasty, over 150 years ago. Performers then traveled between villages and did
16、 small comic performances. People liked these small comic performances very much. Eventually, some of the performers became quite famous. For may years, you could turn on the radio at anytime and hear people doing crosstalk in China. Now, the best time to see or heart crosstalk is in television duri
17、ng the Spring Festival.Laura: What happens during a crosstalk performance?Cao Jun: Crosstalk involves talking, imitating, telling jokes and singing. The talking is normally between two performers, who use language in clever ways that make people laugh. There is also a one-person form of crosstalk, a
18、nd it is also sometimes done by three or more people. Unlike Western stand-up comedy, where comedians tell jokes that are only loosely related, a crosstalk performer tells a whole story. It has a clear beginning, middle and end. Laura: Most of our English audience has never heard about crosstalk, so
19、 this is all new to them.Cao Jun: Yes, that is because crosstalk is always done in Chinese. Crosstalk is not performed in English, and you must understand both the Chinese language and Chinese culture to understand the humor in it.Laura: Well, Cao Jun, that is just another reason for people to study
20、 Chinese!Cao Jun: Yes, it is.Laura: Thanks for joining us in the show.Cao Jun: My pleasure.I will play the tape again for you to check.Answers:B 2 None of the crosstalk performers became famous. some 3 For many years, you could turn on the TV at any time and find a crosstalk performance. radio 4 A c
21、rosstalk performance involves talking, imitating, singing and dancing. telling jokes 5 Crosstalk can be done by two people only. one person, two people, three people or more 6 If you listen to a crosstalk performance, you will hear part of a story. a whole story 7 Crosstalk is sometimes performed in
22、 English. never8 You don not need to understand the Chinese language and Chinese culture to enjoy crosstalk. must3 Please check the answers that you have got to the questions in Part A to see if there are some questions to which you have not found the answers. Lets read the article in Part C and und
23、erline the answers you need.Answers:C Ding Guangquan, a well-known master of crosstalk (a Chinese comedy form), has been teaching this unique form to foreigners since 1989.The most famous is Canadian Mark Roswell, known in China as Da Shan. Other students are David Moser (Mo Dawei) from the USA and
24、Koiac Korio (Ka Erluo) from Yugoslavia.Skills building 2: asking questions orallyIn this part, you will practise asking questions orally in various forms and using the correct question words.1. You need to answer the following questions and Ill write down your answers on the blackboard. What do we s
25、ay when we want to ask whether someone knows something or not? (Do you know?) Are there any other ways we can use to ask the same question? (Could you please tell me if/whether? Please tell me if/whether.? Would you mind telling me if/whether?) If we want to know someones name, what do we say? (Who
26、is? Please tell me his/her name.) If we want to know the time or the place that something happened, how will we ask the question? (When/ Where did? Please tell me when/where)2 Read the guidelines in this part and go over the sentence structures listed.Step 2: taking part in a radio talk showThis par
27、t is designed to have you use what you have learnt in Skills building 2 to practice asking different forms of questions.1 Read the guidelines and make sure you know what you are going to do in this part. And go over Column A on the right and decide what question words you should use according to the
28、 information in this column. You should know that for peoples names, you will use who or what name, that for a place, you should use where or at what place, and that for the year, you should use when or in which year. Are you clear?2 Now work in pairs to ask and answer questions according to the two
29、 columns. You can ask more questions according to other information you have got in Steps 1 and 2. Try to use different ways to ask the same question. Minutes later, Ill check your answer and see who can ask more questions for one piece of information.Sample answersS1: Do you know the names of the f
30、irst crosstalk artists? Name one of them.S2: Yes. Zhu Shaowen.S1: Do you know what his stage name is?S2 Qingbupa, or Poor-but-proud in English.S1: At what place/ Where did he perform?S2: At Tianqiao, Beijing。S1: Who is the most important master of crosstalk?S2: Hou Baolin.S1: Can you name one of Hou
31、 Baolins famous students, please?S2: Yes. Ding Guangquan.S1: Whats the name of the person who comes from a famous crosstalk family?S2: Ma Sanli. His grandfather, father and brother all performed crosstalk.S1: Is Ma Sanli still alive and giving performances now?S2: No, he isnt. hi is dead.S1: When/In
32、 which year did he die?S2: He died in 2003.S1: Will you please name some famous modern cross talkers?S2: Jiang Kun, Feng Gong and Niu Qun.S1: Who do you think is a famous foreign crosstalk performer?S2: Da Shan. He is the most popular foreign cross talker in China.Skills building 3: answering questi
33、ons in an e-mailIn this part, you will learn how to answer questions in an e-mail in an effective way.1 Read the guidelines and the two points in this part. You will know what you should pay attention to when they use an e-mail to answer questions.2 Read the sentence structures to know what informal
34、 language and formal language you can use to answer questions in e-mails. Do you know when to use informal ways and when to use formal ways to answer questions? You should know that when you write e-mails to your family members or good friends, you usually use informal language. If you write e-mails
35、 to someone important or you are applying for a job through e-mails, you should use formal language.Step 3: writing an e-mailThis part is designed to have you use the information about Chinese crosstalk in Step1 and 2 and the skills building 1 and 3 to write an e-mail to Bill to answer his questions
36、.1 Work in pairs to discuss what you should write in the e-mail to Bill. Decide the order of the answers according to the importance of the questions. You should also decide what structure you use to write the e-mail.2 Please write the e-mail after the discussion. Ill choose some different styles of
37、 e-mails, formal or informal, to help you compare and think about which style you think is better.Possible exampleDear Bill, I think I have got enough information about crosstalk and can answer your questions about it. Crosstalk is a traditional form of Chinese comedy, which began during the Qing Dy
38、nasty. At that time, performers traveled between villages and did small comic performances.You asked me about different parts of crosstalk performance. It can be done by one person, two people, three people or more, and involves singing, telling jokes and talking. The talking is normally between two
39、 performers, who twist their language in way that make people laugh. There is also a one-person form of crosstalk, and it is occasionally done by three or more people. You can hear a whole story if you listen to a crosstalk performance. It has an obvious beginning, middle and end.You wanted to know
40、something about famous crosstalk performers, living and dead. One of the first crosstalk artists was Zhu Shaowen, whose stage name was Qiongbupa, or Poor-but-proud in English. The most important master is Hou Baolin, who died in 1993. another one named Ma Sanli was from a famous crosstalk family, wh
41、ose grandfather, father and brother were all crosstalk performers. He died in 2003. there are quite a few famous crosstalk artists loved by the Chinese people and they are still active on stage, such as Jiang Kun, Feng Gong and Niu Qun. Now there are also some famous foreign crosstalk performers, am
42、ong whom is Da Shan from Canada. A lot of Chinese know him and like his performance very much.As for where one can here it or see it, we often listen to it on the radio or TV. The best time to see or hear crosstalk is on television during the Spring Festival.You asked if you could learn it outside o
43、f China and if you needed to speak Chinese to enjoy crosstalk. You hardly get the chance to learn crosstalk outside of China. And if you want to enjoy it, you must be able to speak Chinese. Now in Beijing, a famous crosstalk master Ding Guangquan gives lessons to foreigners. He was one of Hou Baolin
44、s students and has been teaching foreigners to perform since 1989. If you want to know more about Chinese crosstalk, just e-mail me.Yours, (students own name)3 Finish the note in part A on page 106 in workbook after listening to the recordings. Then you can complete the article in Part C on the same page.
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