Part One Warming-up Activities

Task 1 Study the pictures and discuss the questions in small groups.

1．Where are the people from according to their ways of greeting?

2．How do you greet people when you meet them for the first time?

Task 2 Watch the video clip and decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.

1．Julia and Bill Kerr are friends. ( )

2．Bill Kerr is a brilliant actor. ( )

3．Carmen is a student from Harvard. ( )

Task 3 Watch the clip again and fill in the blanks.

1．How nice to have you back with us this________.

2．How's your mother?________?

3．Uh-uh-uh-uh. My actors are brilliant. I merely________.

4．Carmen is one of my friends from________ .

5．He's like________. God, I love this place.

Task 4 Discuss the following questions.

1．How much do you know about the way Americans greet people and give response?

2．What are the ways of greeting do you know? Can you make a list?