For Next Week:

 Bring your notebook to class (like Miss Lin’s)

 Bring Completed Photo Card to Class.
 Buy a textbook and read the Unit 2 Summary on page
S-3 - Vocabulary/Expressions
 Partner Practice #1- Be Prepared for new
pronunciation next week.
 Be prepared to talk about “Career Moves”:
 Daily Communication Fall 2009
With Miss Voortman; Lesson 3 - Love/Marriage and Holi
 Miss Voortman’s Office Hours:
 Every Tuesday, 10:00am-12:00pm
 Located on USTC East Campus, in the
Foreign Languages Department.
** Very Near to the Physics Department Building**
 On the 3rd Floor, Across from Room
Number 302. There is a list of Office Hour
times posted on the door.
 You May Make Another Appointment.
Student Photo Cards (Front):

Stacy
Student 林希
ID Photo Lin Xi
Major
Svoortman@elic.org
15855514093
Student ID Number DC#
Student Photo Cards (Back):

1. Where is your hometown?

2. What is your biggest dream?
3. What is one thing you are concerned or
worried about this semester?
4. What are the hobbies/interests that make you
happy?
 Student Introductions
 5 New Students Each Week.
 Each Student Has 60 Seconds to Introduce
Themselves to the Class.
 Must Be Creative.
 Must Share Their English Name.
 Must Answer at Least 3 Questions from the
Lesson 2 PPT, pg 12.
 Student Introductions
What is one thing that you
can do well?
Something nice that
happened to you this week.
1 thing that makes you happy
What is something that you
are grateful for?
Share a memory you have of
something special you did
with a friend.
Who is someone that you admire
and why?
A time when you helped someone.
A value that is important to you.
A place that is special to you.
1 Thing you hope to do next year.
A good memory you have.
What makes you feel good?
What is 1 thing you are proud of?
 Voicing Opinions:
 Asking for Someone’s Opinion:
• What do you think about…?
• How do you feel about…?
• What’s your opinion on…?
• Would you agree that…?
Giving Your Own Opinion:
In my opinion…
From my experience…
As far as I’m concerned…
I think…
From my point of view…
Agreeing and Disagreeing:

 Direct Agreement: You completely and openly

agree with someone’s opinion.
 I agree.
 That’s a good point.
 That’s right/true!
 You can say that again.
 That makes sense.
Agreeing and Disagreeing:

 Reluctant Agreement: You agree with

someone’s idea or opinion, but you wish
their ideas were false.
 I’m afraid I have to agree.
 I hate to admit it, but...
 I hate to say it, but…
 Well, I have to say you’re right.
Agreeing and Disagreeing:
 Direct Disagreement: You completely and openly
disagree with someone’s opinion.
 I disagree.
 I don’t think so.
 I don’t agree with you there.
Strong, Impolite Statements:
 That’s ridiculous!
 You can’t be serious!
 Get real!
 Where did you come up with that idea?
Agreeing and Disagreeing:
 Softened Disagreement: You disagree with someone’s
opinion, or idea, but not completely.
 That’s true, but…
 I see your point, however…
 That’s a valid point, but…
 That’s a nice idea, however…
 I like it, but maybe you should try looking at it this way…
 Direct Agreement: You completely and
openly agree with someone’s opinion.
 I agree.
 That’s a good point.
 That’s right/true!
 You can say that again.
 That makes sense.
 Reluctant Agreement: You agree with
someone’s idea or opinion, but you wish their
ideas were false.
 I’m afraid I have to agree.
 I hate to admit it, but...
 I hate to say it, but…
 Well, I have to say you’re right.
 Direct Disagreement: You completely and
openly disagree with someone’s opinion.
 I disagree.
 I don’t think so.
 I don’t agree with you there.
Strong, Impolite Statements:
 That’s ridiculous!
 You can’t be serious!
 Get real!
 Where did you come up with that
idea?
 Softened Disagreement: You disagree with
someone’s opinion, or idea, but not completely.
 That’s true, but…
 I see your point, however…
 That’s a valid point, but…
 That’s a nice idea, however…
 I like it, but maybe you should try
thinking about it this way…
 Marriage Snapshot:
 In the list on page 2, what statements do you
agree/disagree with?
 Marriage Snapshot:
 In the list on page 2, what statements do you
agree/disagree with?
 What are you looking for in a husband or wife?
 Marriage Snapshot:
 In the list on page 2, what statements do you
agree/disagree with?
 What are you looking for in a husband or wife?
 What do you think you need to bring to the
marriage relationship?
 Marriage Snapshot:
 In the list on page 2, what statements do you
agree/disagree with?
 What are you looking for in a husband or wife?
 What do you think you need to bring to the
marriage relationship?
 What does the word love mean to you?
 Marriage Snapshot:
 In the list on page 2, what statements do you
agree/disagree with?
 What are you looking for in a husband or wife?
 What do you think you need to bring to the
marriage relationship?
 What does the word love mean to you?
 How would you define “true love”?
The Indian Festival - Holi
 The “Festival of Color”
 Celebrated in the springtime.
 The “Festival of Young Hearts”
 Officially ushers in the spring -
the celebrated season of love
 Traditions: spraying colors
traditional dancing
drum beats
wild processions
The Indian Festival - Holi
 Associated with the Hindu tale of
Holika (the triumph of good over evil)
 Hiranyakashipu - the demon-king
 Holika - a demon princess
 Lord Vishnu - the highest god
 Prahlad - a demon prince
 Boon - a special blessing of
protection
 Rang - color
The Indian Festival - Holi
The Indian Festival - Holi
The Indian Festival - Holi
 In the Indian tradition, spring is
considered the season of love.

 What is your definition of love?

How is love shown in the story?

 What does “true love” mean to

you? Did anyone show “true love”
in the story?
 Marriage in China:
 Discuss any Chinese couples that you know
that you would say have “good marriages”.
 What makes them “good marriages”?
 Marriage in the USA:

 Emotional Side - centered on love,

companionship, mutual help, having and
raising children
 Practical Side - finances, career, social
factors, etc.
 What is Love?
 One Definition:
“Love is…
patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast,
it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is
not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love
does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It
always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always
perseveres. Love never fails.”
Marriage and Family in the USA:
 Trend: the value assigned to marriage and
family has dramatically decreased.
 Results: people are getting married later in
life or not at all, the rate of reproduction has
decreased, divorce has become more
commonly accepted, the family structure
has changed, etc.
 Confucius View:
 Marriage and family are the foundation of
society.

Another View of Marriage:

 “In the Christian view, married love isn’t
mutual self-gratification but mutual self-
giving.”
~ Anna Broadway, of BeliefNet.com
 Crossing Cultures:
 Do you agree or disagree with these ideas
on marriage?
 Do they reflect how couples view marriages
in China?
 How could these ideas impact marriages in
China?
 Pronunciation:
 UNVOICED:
 Making the /s/ or “s” Sound:
 The tip of your tongue is behind your teeth.

 Making the /θ/ or “th” Sound:

 The tip of your tongue is between your teeth.

 Pronunciation:
 VOICED:
 Making the /z/ or “z” Sound:
 The tip of your tongue is behind your teeth.
 You can feel the vocal chords vibrating in your throat.

 Making the /∆/ or voiced “th” Sound:

 The tip of your tongue is between your teeth.
 You can feel the vocal chords vibrating in your throat.
 Partner Practice #1
 Meet with a partner from class.
 Together, practice the word pairs, being careful
about your pronunciation.
1. thigh/thy 5. breezing/breathing 9. bath/bathe
2. teeth/teethe 6. sheathe/she’s 10. loath/loathe
3. clothing/closing 7. rising/writhing 11. zen/then
4. seizing/seething 8. sizing/scything 12. ties/tithe

 Write 3 sentences in your notebook, using as many

of these words as possible.
 Practice reading the sentences to each other.
For Next Week:
 Bring your notebook to class (like Miss Lin’s)
 Bring Completed Photo Card to Class.
 Buy a textbook and read the Unit 2 Summary on page
S-3 - Vocabulary/Expressions
 Partner Practice #1- Be Prepared for new
pronunciation next week.
 Be prepared to talk about “Career Moves”: