Topic: phone etiquette

Mobile Manners:

Key phrases:

1.I’ve got a mobile.

2. I can talk to my friends at any time and in any place.

3. Do you have bad or good phone habits?

4. Do you turn off the phone without answering?

5. I leave my phone off until the of the film.

6. She phones at the most interesting part of the performance.

7. I answer only incoming calls.

8. When I’m on a train I make one call to say “I’ m on the train”

9. You pass the time calling friends and sharing intimate details of your personal life.

10. I do my shopping with my phone switched off.

Vocabulary to the texts:

to increase business opportunities

to irritate people

to interrupt people

to be tactless

to use loud and annoying ring – tones

to respect other peoples personal space

to talk about confidential matters in public

to be a smart mobile user

to use a “hands - free” phone

to speak quietly

to set the ring – tone at “low”

to have bad phone habits

Internet Research. Search for the key words phone etiquette. List them

Texts:

Text I.Mobile Manners.

You've got your mobile. It's the slimmest, sexiest mobile phone on the market. Now you can talk to your friends and family at any time, and in any place. But do you use it well? Or do you drive other people mad with your annoying chatter and bad mobile phone habits? Do this quiz to find out.

1 You're at a restaurant. You're about to start your soup when the phone rings. Do you:

a turn off the phone without answering?

b answer the call and then ask if you can call back later after the meal?

с answer the call and have a long conversation?

2 You're at the gym. Do you:

a leave your phone in the locker?

b keep your phone with you while you work out, but only answer

important calls?

с take your phone with you and talk while you sweat?

3 You go shopping at the supermarket. Do you:

a do your shopping with your phone switched off?

bquickfy call your partner to ask what he or she wants for dinner?

с call your mother to ask which brand of toilet paper to buy, and

then chat for 25 minutes?

4 You go to the cinema with friends. You expect your boss to contact. Do you:

a leave your phone off until the end of the film?

b call your boss before the film to ask what he or she wants?

с answer your boss's call when he or she phones at the most interesting part of the film?

5 You are on a crowded train. Do you:

a only answer incoming calls?

b make one call home to say 'I'm on the train' and when you expect to arrive?

с pass the time calling friends and sharing intimate details of your personal life with your fellow travelers?

See the results.

II.Listen to what some people say. There are four different situations. Which question and answer in 1 does each situation correspond to?

Situation 1 Situation 2 Situation 3 Situation 4

Text 2: Are you a mobile phone bore?

Mobile phones save lives and increase business opportunities. They also destroy the magic of the movies, irritate people in restaurants and interrupt meetings. Some people even take their mobile phones to funerals. Being wireless is no excuse being tactless.

The mobile phone bore leaves the phone on all the time and uses loud and annoying

Complete these rules about the third person singular of the Present Simple.

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. Text 3.

Complete the following text using the verbs in the box in the correct form. The first letter of each verb is given.

wait turn speak drive use ask stop set

Sarah Savvy is a smart mobile user. She doesn’t d…with a phone in her hand. She u… a 'hands-tree' phone in her car. She s…the car when a conversation is important.

In public, she s…quietly (the phone has a sensitive microphone). She s,,, the ring-tone at 'low'. She w…for a suitable moment and place before making private calls and t..her phone off in meetings. She doesn't talk about confidential matters in public: she a…people to call her back.

2. Work with a partner. Practice asking and answering questions like this:

A Does Sarah drive with a phone in her hand?

В No, she doesn't. She has a hands-free* phone in her car.

a drive / phone / her hand - has / bands-free' phone / car

b speak loudly - speak quietly

c use loud and annoying ring-tones - set ring-tone I low

d make private calls / public - wait I suitable moment / place

e leave f phone on all the time - turn phone off / meetings

f talk confidential matters public - ask/ people / call back

6 Harry Hardface is a mobile phone bore. Ask the questions in 5 again, beginning your questions like this:

A Does Harry have a hands-free' phone in his car?

В No. he doesn't. He drives with a phone in his hand.

Text4. Mobile Phones are Part of Our Daily Life

Mobile phones are part of our daily lives. We all use them - housewives, executives, teenagers and old age pensioners. According to the ITU - the International Telecommunication Union - at the end of 2002 there were 1.390 million users.

Of course, different people use their mobiles for different things, and there is a model for every taste. For example, women normally choose larger phones while men prefer smaller models. For young people, the priority is to send SMS text messages. They like mobile phones with covers they can change. As well as communication, they want entertainment. They want to play games and download ring-tones and icons.

On the other hand, executives and salespeople see their mobile as a work tool. They need to connect to their company computers. Typically they choose a medium-sized model with a large screen to read information. They demand features like a personal organizer, calculator, alarm clock, note pad, recorded reminders and connection to a PC.

There are other people who don't often use their phones to make calls, but want others to be able to contact them. Size is not important and they don't need to connect to the Internet. They want something cheap and simple to use and usually prefer pre-paid cards

1. Answer the questions:

What time of phone do you have at work? Can you see who is calling?

Do you have a direct line or an extension?

How many calls do you get each day?

Who calls you? What do they call you about?

What is the worst thing about the phone for you?

Some people love chatting on the phone. Do you?

Do you think you are a mobile phone bore?

Do you use loud and annoying ring – tones?

Do you have “hands free” phone in your car?

Do you make private calls in public?

Do you leave your phone on all the time?

Are a mobile phone bore or a smart phone user?

How much time do you use your phone?

Do you use it for work, pleasure or both?

Topic: MAKING SMALL TALK

1. Key Phrases:

1. We make small with people we don’t know very well

2. We even make small talk while waiting for a bus

3. We make small talk just to pass the time

4. The weather is a good topic for small talk

5. There are certain safe topics that people make small talk about

6. Sport news is a common topic to make small topic.

7. Some subjects are not considered acceptable when making small talk

8. Personal information is not talked about between people who don’t know each other well.

9. Negative comments about another person is not acceptable for small talk

10. Avoid one word answers

2. Vocabulary to the text:

to make small talk

to be a safe topic for small topic

to be suitable for small talk

to be acceptable for making small talk

to start a conversation just by saying

to keep the conversation going

to be not wise

to seem comfortable

to do extremely well or badly

to have in common

to be not talked about

to travel from the hotel to the confer

3. Internet Research. Search for the key words small talk to find more tips. List them.

4. Listen to three conversations where people are making small talk. For each conversation decide:

Where the people are

what small talk topics they talk about

how many questions the speakers ask to keep the conversation going.

Listening for detail

5. Listen to the conversations again and write the questions that the speakers use.

Conversation 1 Conversation 2

1 good weather? 4 visit there?

2 go? 5 stay?

3 enjoy it? 6 the Continental?

Conversation 3

7 for work or on holiday?

8 you do?

9 your job?

10: visit India?

6. Making small talk

Work with a partner. Choose one of the topics below to make small talk about. Student A should prepare some things to say about one of the topics, Student В should prepare a list of questions to keep the conversation going.

Your last weekend 4 What you're doing after class

Your job/studies 5 The last time you went to a restaurant

Your journey to class today б The weather today

7. Beginning and ending small talk

Put the words in the correct order to make some useful phrases for beginning and ending
small talk.

but Sorry have to go I now. 5 your was How weekend?

meeting It's nice been you. 6 Enjoy rest the of the conference.

believe can't how busy it I is. 7 to talking Nice you.

journey have you Did a good here? 8 It's weather lovely today.

Mark each phrase В (for beginning a conversation) or E (for ending a conversation). Can you add any more?

8. Work in small groups. You are all at an international conference and it is the break between two presentations. You don't know any of the other people in your group and so you need to make small talk

Text: Making small talk

Small talk means pleasant conversation about things that are not very important. Your company sends you to an important international conference in the USA. While you are travelling from the hotel to the conference center you meet somebody who works for another division of your company for the first time. The conversation that you have will probably be what we call small talk. We often make small with people such as business acquaintances, neighbors, or others that we don’t know well. We even make small talk while waiting for a bus or standing in line just to pass the time or be friendly.

There are certain safe topics that people usually make small talk about. The weather is probably the number one thing. Sometimes even friends and family members discuss the weather when they meet or start a conversation. Sport news is a common topic, especially if a local team is doing extremely well or badly. If there is something that you and the other speaker have in common that may also be acceptable to talk about.

There are also some subjects that are not considered acceptable when making small talk. Personal information such as salaries or divorce are not talked about between people who do not know each other well. Negative comments about another person not involved in the conversation are also not acceptable when you do not know a person well you cannot be sure who their friends are. It is also not wise to continue talking about an issue that the other person does not comfortable with or interested in. Lastly, avoid one word answer, and ask questions to show that you want to keep the conversation going.

5. Which of these are good topics for small talk in your country? Which are not suitable?

the weather

TV programs

- your family

sports

your age

politics

news events

your school

your salary

your work

your clothes

your health

6. Fill in the correct future forms: simple present, present continuous, will, or going to.

In-sook: This rain is terrible, isn't it?

Naomi: Yes, I was afraid the plane would be delayed for a long time... I'm a little worried because a colleague

(meet] me in Taipei.

In-sook: Are you going there for your work?

Naomi: Yes, I am. I (2) (spend) a month in Taiwan doing research.

In-sook; Really? What's your research about?

Naomi: I'm a sociologist. I'm studying people's opinions in different countries about what makes a good school.

In-sook: That sounds interesting! How (3) (study) that?

Naomi: I (1) (talk) to parents and students at different schools, and write a report

about their ideas.

In-sook: (5) (stay) in Taipei for a whole1 month?

Naomi: No, just for a week. Next Friday I (6) (go) to Taichung for a week, and then I

(7) (take) the train to Kaohsiung. After that, I (8) (interview) people

in several small towns, but I don't know where yet.

in-sook: (9) (have) any time to do some sightseeing?

Naomi: At the end of the trip I (10) (have) three free days*

I (11) (visit) the famous temples in Tainan, and go to the beach in Kenting.

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