Unit 10
You’re supposed to shake hands.
Section A
3a-3c
Before reading, let’s talk about the pictures.
Here are two persons. One is a girl, and the
other is a boy.
What’s the girl’s name?
Where’s she from?
What about the boy?

Are their attitudes towards the three things the same?
Teresa Lopez.
Cali, Colombia.
His name is Marc Leblanc. He’s from Lausanne, Switzerland.
No, they are different.
1. In Which country is it OK to be 15 minutes late for dinner?

2. How did you know that it's OK to be 15 minutes late in _________but not in __________?
3a
Read the following opinions of a Colombian and a Swiss student.
Careful Reading
1. Is it OK if people in Colombia arrive a bit late for a friend’s dinner?
2. Who are pretty relaxed about time, Colombians or Swiss people?
3. Colombians usually make plans to meet friends, don’t they?
4. What are you supposed to do if you want to visit your friends in Switzerland?
5. What do people in Switzerland think of time?
Read again and fill in the chart
...be relaxed about time/...
...often drop by their friend’s homes
...always call them first
...almost always make plans...
...don’t have to make plans...
...be very important...
e.g. People in Colombia are pretty relaxed about time…
3b
They are pretty relaxed about time.
They often just drop by their friends’ homes.
They don’t have to make
plans to meet their friends.
It’s very important to be on time.
They never visit a friend’s house without calling first.
They usually make plans to meet friends.
Preview detection
1. 对......随意______________________
2. 慌慌张张，生活匆忙，东奔西跑_________________
2.有点迟_______________________
2. 顺便访问 __________________
3. 计划做某事 __________________
4. 尽可能多地 _________________
5. 准时 __________________
6. 在正午 _______________
7. 大动肝火__________________
8. 竭尽全力做某事__________________
9. 没做某事_____________________
10. 没什么大不了的____________________
be relaxed about...
a little / abit late
drop by
make plans to do /plan to do
as many/much...as one can
on time
at noon
get mad
make an effort to do ...
without doing
It's no big deal.
rush around
1. Where I’m from①, we’re pretty relaxed② about time.在我来的地方，对于时间相当宽松。
①Where I’m from在我来的地方,where“在……的地方”。
由 “where” 引导的地点状语从句。
Where he lives, there are many animals.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
② be relaxed about 对某事随意,宽松，不加以拘束,不严格
I’m relaxed about what you wear to school.
Don’t be afraid, just be relaxed about the interview.  
You just need to be relaxed about this examination.  
relaxed 一般修饰人 relaxing一般修饰物。
relax动词, relaxation名词。
He is pretty ________ when he is having a ________ vacation. (relax)
2. I don't like to rush around, so we don't mind if people are a little late.
①rush around
慌慌张张，生活匆忙，东奔西跑
②mind doing sth.
a little / a bit + adj. / adv.原级及比较级
a little / a bit of +不可数名词
not a little = very
not... a bit = not... at all
I’m not hungry a bit.= I’m not hungry at all.
I’m not a little hungry.= I’m very hungry.
3. If you tell a friend you’re going to their house for dinner, it’s OK if you arrive a bit late.
4. We like to enjoy our time slowly.
5. We value the time we spend with our family and friends in our everyday lives.
6.We often just drop by our friends’ homes
if we have time.
drop by sp. / sb.
= drop in on sb.
drop in at sp. 顺便访问,拜访, 一般指偶然或顺路去访问某地或拜访某人
visit访问,拜访的正式用语,用于社交或公事,出于某种目的(视察,检察或访友等)
I’ll drop by you while I’m passing.
Would you drop by when you are in town?
I think I will drop in on Tom on my way home.
Drop in at our office when you come to Beijing next time.
7. We don’t usually have to make plans to meet our friends.
make a plan/ plans to do …
plan to do …=> plan on doing…
8. When we see each other, it's polite for boys to shake hands and for girls to kiss each other on the side of the face.
8. We often just walk around① the town center, seeing② as many of our friends as we can③ !
① walk around四处走走
② seeing在这里作伴随状语
伴随状语是指谓语动词所表示的动作发生时,同时发生的一伴随动作.
They went into the room, talking and laughing.
Children woke up their parents, calling “Merry Christmas!”
③ as...as one can/possible“尽可能的……”，
He runs ________ ________ ________ ________( ________) (尽快地跑)
1. In Switzerland, it’s very important to be on time.
do … on time
in time for …/in time to do …
2. We’re the capital of clocks and watches, after all!
after all 毕竟,终究,别忘了,到底
Don’t be discouraged, we are new to the work after all.
别灰心,毕竟这个工作对我们来说是新的。
It turned out he went by train after all.
结果他还是乘火车去了。
Don’t be too strict with him. After all, he is still a child.
不要对他要求太严格。毕竟他还是个小孩子。
3. If someone invites you to meet him or her at noon, then you're expected to be there at noon.
invite sb. to sth.
invite sb. to do sth.
4. If you're even 15 minutes late, your friend may get mad.
get mad at sb.
be mad at sb.
5. So I make an effort to be on time.
I will make an effort to stop smoking.
You should make an effort to improve your reading ability.
6. I always leave the house early to avoid heavy traffic because I think it's impolite to keep others waiting.
avoid + n. / pron. / doing sth.
It's impolite to do sth.
keep others waiting
keep sb. / sth. adj.
keep sb. / sth. doing
keep sb. / sth. 介词短语/ 副词短语
7. Also, we never visit a friend’s house without calling first.
You will hardly ever be able to speak good English without practicing.
He left without ________ (say) a word.
8. We almost always make plans to see friends.
We usually plan to do something interesting, or go somewhere together.
我们经常计划去做有趣的事情，或者一起去某个地方。
plan to do sth.计划干某事
something interesting有趣的事情（注意形容词修饰合成不定代词，形容词要后置）
go somewhere
A: Hi, Marc. Sorry I'm a little late.
B: Teresa, you're 10 minutes late!
A: It's just 10 minutes! It's no big deal!
B: Well, in Switzerland, you're supposed to...
3c
Role-play a conversation. Student A is Teresa and Student B is Marc. Teresa is late and Marc is mad.
It's no big deal.