Integrated English Course By Hu Weiwei

Practice Always Makes Perfect

Integrated English Course

By Hu Weiwei

Warm Welcome

Sept. 10, 2009

Practice Always Makes PerfectUnit Two

Whatever Happened to Manners


• Hello, everybody! Do you know what good manners are?

Practice Always Makes PerfectLead-in questions

• What can we infer from the above-mentioned examples?

• Did you happen to experience some situations in which those magic words melted away most – if not all – of the irritation you felt?

• What do you think a good manner really is?

Practice Always Makes PerfectText-related questions

• What is this essay concerned with?• Is this essay an exposition, a narration or

an argumentation?• The author thinks that good manners are a

sort of hidden beauty, aren’t they? Do you agree or not? Justify your answer.

• According to the text, are people in the present age, in a general sense, more polite or not? In what way?


• Why is it important to write a thank-you note? Why do people often put off sending one?

• Where does the author think that good manners count the most? Do you agree or not? Justify your reply.

• The author thinks that good manners are infectious, aren’t they? Do you believe or not? Exemplify your answer.


• Is it possible for anyone and everyone to show good manners?

Practice Always Makes PerfectStructural Analysis of the text

• How is the essay organized?


• Part One: para. 1/

• Part Two: paras. 2-4/

• Part Three: paras 5-10/

• Part Four: para. 11/


• In the beginning part, the author puts forward his viewpoint: Nowadays, many people show a lack of good manners; they’re less friendly or less polite than people in the past.Then he illustrates his viewpoint with specific examples he witnesses in NY.


• In the second part, the author raises and proves his opinion: without good manners, you can't be truly stylish; good manners are a sort of hidden beauty secret; your good manners make you feel better and look better, contributing to building up your nice image.


• Then, the author points out and illustrates the favorable influence of some specific good manners on the receivers.


• In the last paragraph the author concludes that good manners are infectious; meanwhile, he expresses his sincere wish for a polite society where everyone would behave politely.


• Which paragraphs start with a topic sentence?

Practice Always Makes PerfectText comprehension exercises

• Decide the author’s purpose of writing

----Explain why the other three are not correct

• True or false statements

• Pronunciation of new words and expressions

Practice Always Makes PerfectDetailed reading

• Listen to the text

• Ask students to read the text part by part and compete to be the pronunciation star

• Analyze the text in detail

Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph 1

• & Which sentence s in the first paragraph imply that in a general scene, people in the present age are less gentle, less friendly or less polite than people in the past?

• & What impolite examples are given to show that many people in NY are not friendly or polite with one another?


• The word “manner” is usually in the plural when it is used to refer to the meaning of “social behavior” or “polite or well-bred behavior.”

• >>It is bad manners to interrupt.• >>The boy has no manners at all.• >>These are typical eighteenth-century

aristocratic manners. (pl. habits and customs)


• However, when it is used in the meaning of “a person’s outward bearing, way of speaking, etc.” the word “manner” is more often than not in the singular.

• >>He was behaving in the manner of a lunatic.

• >>She was unusually soft and gentle in her manner when talking to him.

• >>He has an aggressive/ hostile manner.


• That: a pronoun, referring to the fact that people were nicer, softer, and gentler with each other in the past.

• Do: remember >> to avoid repetition

• Get away: leave

• >>When I asked him if he would like to see a film, he said he was so busy doing a project that he couldn’t get away.


• >>A thief broke into his flat and got away with his collections of valuable ancient coins when he was absent. (escape, esp. from the scene of a crime)

• >>You can’t get away from the fact that you’ve spent too much money on clothes foolishly. (have to admit the truth of sth., esp. sth. Unpleasant)


• I feel that many people in the contemporary world are, for some reason or other, not as friendly, not as nice, or not as polite with one another as people in the past.


• Appreciation– appreciate– be appreciative of• >> As soon as she finished singing a beautiful

song, the audience burst out cheering to show their appreciation. (an understanding of the good qualities or worth of sth.)

• >>That statesman gave a realistic appreciation of the current situation at home and abroad. (a judgment of the worth or facts of sth.)


• Pull out: leave or depart

• >>When I arrived, the train was pulling out of the station.

• >>The young driver suddenly pulled out into the street.

• >>The world bank should pull out of the project.

• >>France was going to pull out of NATO.


• & >>Economic sanctions will be lifted once two-thirds of their forces have pulled out.

• & >>Sterling has been hit by the economy’s failure to pull out of recession.

• & >>I pulled out of the depression very quickly with treatment.

Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraphs 2-4

• In your opinion, how can we be truly stylish?

Practice Always Makes PerfectYang Lan in her forties

Practice Always Makes PerfectZhao Yazhhi in her fifties

Practice Always Makes PerfectQin Yi in her eighties

Practice Always Makes PerfectLauren Bacall

Practice Always Makes PerfectGary Grant


• According to the author, how do good manners help build up your image?


• Decorate >>decoration>>furnish

• Long-lost custom>>long-standing partnership

• be Gracious to>>gracious manners

• >>gracious invitation/ welcome

• >The president is gracious to his inferiors.

• >>Her Gracious Majesty Queen Elizabeth


• Set an example of plain living>>set an example for sb.

• The orchestra played with great panache. (if you do sth. with panache, you do it in a confident, stylish and elegant way.)

• >>add panache to one’s image


• >>but a kind, gracious manner makes you look much more stylish and admirable, contributing pricelessly to your image.


• What good manners does the author suggest that we should display?

Practice Always Makes PerfectGood manners

• >We positively say “thank you” and write “thank-you notes”.

• >We genuinely apologize or say “excuse me”.

• >We should be punctual & value other’s precious time.

• >We bring good manners home & have good manners with our families.


• Where does the author think that good manners count the most? Do you agree with the author or not? Justify your answer.


• Is it a good idea that you decide not to write a thank-you note because you are busy?

• Do you think that a delayed thank-you note is better than not writing at all? will it do wonders for the person on the receiving end?


Better late than never.


• Have you ever offered your seat to another one? To whom? Why? Do you expect to hear a “thank you”?

• How do you feel about yourself?

• How do you feel when the one takes what you have done for granted? What will you do?


• In a crowded bus, someone knocks his bag into your head and you don’t feel much pain actually. How do you feel if this guy does nothing? If you were this guy, what would you do?


• A sincere “excuse me” or “I’m sorry” can best melt away one’s irritation.


• Do you want to work as a maid, a bellman, an entrance guard, or dustbin collector? Why?

• Do you think they are worth respecting? Why?

• What can we do to make their life a wee bit easier?


• Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

-----Mary Wortley Montagu


• In these paragraphs, the author states and expounds the great power of some typical good manners upon people on the receiving end. He reasonably explains and vividly illustrates the good effects polite manners have on our family members and people around us.


• Do/ work/ create wonders for: be remarkably successful in achieving positive results for sth.

>>This medicine will …your back pain.

• Recipe: a set of directions with a list of ingredients for making sth., esp. food.

>>The maid did not follow the recipe for the cake and it came out all wrong.


• Compliment: praise or express admiration for sb.

>>The foreigner complimented her on her honesty/ fluency in English.

>>He complimented us with tickets for the opera.

• Don’t bother me. I am in no mood for jokes now.


• I bet: (slang) I think, I’m sure

• --“Can you work out the mystery?”

--“You bet!”

>>The man spent all his money betting on horses.

>>She bet him 5000 yuan that he wouldn’t be able to give up smoking.


• I should have done this, ….

• >>What does the author mean? Did he write a thank-you note two weeks ago? Will he write a delayed one? Will it work?

Practice Always Makes PerfectA piece of advice

• Writing a delayed thank-you note is much better than not writing at all.

• Better late than never.


• Barrel: (slang) move at a high speed

• >>He barreled down across the street and knocked down an old lady.

• >>in the 1990s, Kuwait was exporting 1.5 million barrels of crude oil a day. (a unit of measurement equal to 42 gallons/ 159 liters)


• Genuinely: sincerely

• >>genuine leather/ friendship

• Apologize>>(make an/ one’s) apology

• >>apologetic(ly) >>a letter of apology

• >>Man Wenjun apologized to his fans for his illegal deeds.

• >>He was very apologetic but that couldn’t really compensate.


• Irritation>>irritate>>irritated

• >>He tried to conceal his irritation that he had not been invited, but failed. (frustration, feeling angry)

• Doesn’t it melt away most – if not all – of the irritation you felt?

• >>This newly-built park is as big – if not bigger – as the previous one.


• >>a negative rhetorical question. It needn’t be answered and must be uttered in a falling tone. It is close in meaning to but more powerful in tone than a positive statement.


• >>It does indeed melt away most – if not all – of the irritation you felt.

• >>After you hear someone’s genuine apology, most – if not all – of your irritation will naturally disappear.


• Punctuality>>punctual

• >>Punctuality is a necessary habit in all public affairs of a civilized society. (being on time)

• >>Punctuality is not a thing of the past. (?)

• Why should we be punctual?


• Cherish: love

• >>Never cherish a serpent in your bosom.

• >>Every minute I’ve spent here impressed me with the friendship your people cherished for our people.

• In one’s thoughts: miss

• >>You are in my daily thoughts.


• What are the routine things you expect your mother to do for you?

• Do you feel grateful or do you just get used to them and take them for granted? How do you express your gratitude?


• What’s the author’s sincere wish?

• What’s the function of this paragraph?


• infectious>>infect

• >>Quite a number of people suffered from the infectious SARS, Bird’s Flu and H1N1, etc.

• >>The fans expressed infectious enthusiasm to their idol.


• Paraphrase “Good manners are … If we could just get everyone to catch them”


• >>Good manners have favorable, impressive influence upon people and can easily be passed from one to another. How wonderful it would be if we are able to have everyone behave politely towards one another.

Practice Always Makes PerfectAfter reading …

• What is the main idea that the author argues for?

• What is the author’s purpose of writing?

• What have you learnt from this text?

Practice Always Makes PerfectDiscourse Analysis

• This essay is a well-organized piece of argumentation.

• >>the deductive method is employed in most of the paragraphs.

• >>key phrases, each of which stands in a single line, are used as subtitles.

• >>the ingenious use of vivid illustrations to make a point.


• Illustration is the use of examples to prove a point. It is perhaps the most common, and often the most efficient, pattern of exposition and argumentation.

• Good examples help to clarify an author’s thoughts by making the general specific, and the abstract concrete. They also help to persuade or convince the reader.


• A successful illustration essay depends on a wise collection of sufficient examples which are typical and specific, interesting and relevant – the examples may be either personal experiences or second-hand information from reliable sources;

• An expert arrangement of these examples – similar or ralated examples should be grouped together and arranged climatically.


• >>In this text, the author’s personal experiences and some typical examples are made good use of as convincing evidence.

Practice Always Makes PerfectAssignment

To look for sentences showing the usage of the following words and phrases

in the manner of get away compliment host apologize take sb/ sth for granted melt away count set an example of/ for infectious gracious

Retell the story in various ways

Practice Always Makes PerfectSelf-study

• Grammar exercises

• Oral activities

• Writing practice

• Text B

• Memorable quotes

Practice Always Makes PerfectTable manners

• The main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that’s only superficial. The real difference is that in the west, people have their own plate of food, while in china the dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares.


• In China, the meal usually beings with a set of at least four cold dishes, to be followed by the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes. Soup will then be served with staple food ranging from rice, noodles, to dumplings.


• Perhaps one of the things that surprise a Western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their guests. In formal dinners, there are always “public” chopsticks. This is a sign of genuine friendship and politeness.


• People in China tend to over-order food, for they will find it embarrassing if all the food is consumed on the table when they finish dinner.

Practice Always Makes PerfectIntroduction

• The general rule in introducing two people is to introduce other people to the person you wish to honor. A man always rises for an introduction. However, it is all right for an elderly man to remain seated when a young man is introduced to him.

Practice Always Makes PerfectInvitation

• When a person receives an invitation he should answer it immediately, saying definitely whether he is able to accept it or not.

• It is very impolite to arrive late, as it is usually planned to have the meal at the exact hour given in the invitation.

Practice Always Makes PerfectInvitation

• After the meal one had better stay at least another half an hour, lest he seems to have come only for the meal.

• When leaving any kind of a party, a guest always expresses his appreciation to the hostess.

Practice Always Makes PerfectIn public places

• People walking should keep to the right side of the sidewalk.

• Best clothes like evening clothes are often worn at the theatre.

• The movies are more informal. Any kind of respectable clothes may be worn, and small confection may be eaten quietly as long as there are no objectionable noises to annoy neighbors.

Practice Always Makes PerfectIn public places

• It is usual for anyone attending church to take some money along the offering, as it is a regular part of every church service and is used for the work of the church. Good clothes, but never evening clothes, are worn to a church service.

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