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1、最新韦博英语沙龙教材内容IntermediateIntermediate Salon Preparation SheetIntermediate Salon List:1. Finding the Truth. 2. TV Adverts. 3. What Makes A Friend?4. Information Sharing. 5. A Foreign Delegation. 6. Callers and Receptionists. 7. The Passive Voice. 8. Speculating. 9. Stereo Types.10. What Have You Done?

2、11. Self Directed Interviews 12. Then and Now.13. Consequences. 14. Points of View.15. The Art of Persuasion. 16. Functions Swap.17. Quick Thinking. 18. Asking Questions. 19. Health Problems.20. Showing Interest.21. The World of Work. 22. Summarizing And Reporting Back. 23. Life Changes.24. Similar

3、or Different?25. Talking about Role Models.26. Pronunciation and Intonation. 27. The Survival Game. 28. Whats in the Papers? 29. A dangerous world 30. Figurative Language.31. Its a Mystery.32. Parents and Families.33. The Future Could be Bright.34. A Victim Of Crime.35.Superstitions, Luck and Horosc

4、opesSalon 1Review these words and phrases:Morals ethics interrogation interrogative dilemma historicalPilot drug dealer Michelangelo Beethoven Soldier PoliticianExercisesDefine the following words:LieWhite lieMoral DilemmaProvide an example of each; for example:Lie I asked her if she did her homewor

5、k and she said yes; however, her teacher told me she did not do it. She told me a lie!1.Lie2. White Lie3. Moral DilemmaInterrogationIn an interrogation, people ask questions to determine the truth. For example:Last night I saw a move.What movie did you see?When did the movie begin?Who was in the mov

6、ie?Where was the movie theatre?How much was the movie ticket?Please make five questions for the following statement.e.g. Last night we stayed at home.Salon 2Discuss the following questions with a friend:What does the word image mean? Why is image important to us?Which companies have the best image?

7、Why?Who is your favourite spokesperson? Why?Write 10 sentences describing your favourite TV ad. Include information about the main idea, why you like it, and what you see and hear while watching it.Salon 3Review these words and phrases:Confident trustworthy outgoing timid punctualInquisitive athleti

8、c ambitious reserved well offCreative free spirit intelligent social backgroundDescribe yourself. Use 10 adjectives to describe yourself and state why or show that it is true in your response.Examples: I am not very athletic because I rarely play sports.I am very confident. I always feel that I will

9、 do well. I am not outgoing. I am really shy around strangers.10 Self DescriptionsSalon 4Review these words and phrases:Slip biscuit board of directors typist marital status tortoiseMusical instrument thriller canary bachelor whiskey ownerExercisesWe can often use stem sentences to complete make man

10、y possibilities. For example:The people who work: at McDonalds are tired of eating hamburgers. in the street often get dirty. at the bank like to see all the money.Think of some examples.I always seem to be _. _. _. A beach holiday can _. _. _.3. Cleaning your _. _. _. 4. The cheapest way to _. _. _

11、 _. 5. Some people think _. _. _.Salon 5Discuss with a friend:Where is good to visit in your city?How can you get a realistic picture of a new city? How can you really understand what it is like to live there?What is important when you are hosting guests to your city?Have you ever been to another ci

12、ty/country? How comfortable were you? What made you more or less comfortable?Make a list of 10 places you would take an official delegate to visit in your city.Salon 6Review these words and phrases:Receptionist clarity control extension formal informalPut through hold on take a message request conta

13、ctOn fire mechanic manager toothache hairdresserMaking requests on the telephoneWhen speaking on the telephone, it is best to be direct and to the point. Do not explain your whole story or give lots of background information. Simply state your name and your purpose (My name is Tom and I want to buy

14、two tickets to Wuxi on Saturday). Any extra information just wastes everyones time.Practice giving the pertinent information for the following situations:You are in a restaurant and you see two men beating an old man in the alley across the street. What information do you need to give the police? Us

15、e your imaginationNameLocation CrimeNumber of PerpetratorsDescription of PerpetratorsNumber of Victims Description of VictimUrgencyYou wish to book a hotel in Sanya for you and your family for the first week in March. What information do you need to ask the hotel?NameDate of Stay Length of StayNumbe

16、r of RoomsSize of RoomsRoom Location (on the beach?)Special ConsiderationsSalon 7“Shakespeare wrote Romeo & Juliet”“Romeo & Juliet was written by Shakespeare”The second sentence uses the passive voice. Why do we often use the passive voice?Change the following active sentences into passive ones:Davi

17、d cooked dinner.The mechanic fixed my car.They built the church in 1380.The driver picked me up at the airport.A Policeman helped him.Salon 8Think of some inventions made in the last 100 years. What are they and which do you think are the most important?Salon 9Review these words and phrases:punctual

18、 tolerant romantic respectful hard-working emotional outgoing nationalistic well-dressed humorous lazy sophisticated hospitable talkative sociable serious quiet formal aggressive polite rude arrogant ignorant casual People often use adjectives to describe characteristics of certain groups.The diplom

19、at is a very formal woman.He is a very serious professor.The tv game show host is a sociable man.Use ten of the adjectives in the list above to describe different groups of people and WHY it is true. For example: The librarian is a quiet man, he rarely talks at work.Salon 10Review these words and ph

20、rases:Present perfect simple continuous active passive jumble sensibleAnnoy overwork fancy traditional bring up cardinalExercisesWe use the following to discuss activities we started in the past and continue to do today:Ive been ACTIVITY- ing verb ending since APPROXIMATE DATE Ive been exercising th

21、ree times a week since the spring of 2003. Ive been living with my husband since we were married in 2001.Write two sentences using the model, and answer the following questions:1. _.Why do you do it?What is an advantage?What is a disadvantage?2. _.Why do you do it?What is an advantage?What is a disa

22、dvantage?We use the following to discuss an activity we often did before but do not do now:I was ACTIVTY ing between DATE and DATE.I was studying in university between 1998 and 2001.I was working in a restaurant between June and September.Write one sentence using the model, and answer the following

23、questions:_.Why did you stop this activity?Do you want to do it again?Salon 11Compare the Overemphasized answer and the Avoidant answer with the effective answer. How are they different?What can you learn from the effective answer? How can you use this to answer other difficult questions?What are yo

24、ur weaknesses?Overemphasized: I am not a good manager.Avoidant: I always get my work done on time. When other people drop the ball, sometimes I get frustrated with them.Effective: I prioritize continual growth and improvement. An area on which I would like to focus is managing others who have differ

25、ent expectations from me. What needs to be done in order to complete responsibilities is intuitive for me, so I am learning how to give better direction to others who are not self-motivated.Find an English word that is the opposite of each of these negative ways to answer questions:NegativePositiveV

26、agueDangerousDisrespectfulUnbelievableDismissiveExploitativeScatteredConcerningFrighteningEvasiveToo much informationDangerous judgmentSalon 12Review these words and phrases:Used to do previous a long time ago past life ages agoCurrent currently present presently modernExercisesThere are several way

27、s to describe actions in the past and current actions. Practice using them below.Used ToUsed to is to describe things you did before but dont do now. For example: I used to play the bass but now I do not.Write 3 things you used to do in the space below:Present Perfect ContinuousThe present perfect continuous has/have + been + verb(ing) is to describe something that started in the past and continued up to now. They have been talking for the last two hours. I have been working at my company since June. She has been cooking