Unit1 New Friends, New Faces
Lesson A Meeting new people
Warm-up :
Greetings
Part 1 Greetings
Which sentences below are used
for meeting new people?
(√ ) Hello/Hi. (√ ) Good morning/afternoon! (√ ) How are you? ( √ ) Nice/Glad/Pleased to meet
Tips You may use appearance features such as height, build, eye color, hairstyle, hair color, and age to describe yourself and others.
Hair color black blonde a. 金黄色的 brown grey
Occupation Schools/Companies
Interests/Hobbies
Major/Courses Address/contact way
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Lesson A Meeting new people Lesson B What does he look like?
Talking about courses you take:
Besides the required courses, I’m taking… I expect to take…(course). Because I find it’s very interesting.
Where are you from:
Basic information (What do you want to tell the others when you introduce yourself ?)
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Name Age Family members Countries/Cities
Language
Build thin slim a. 苗条 average weight heavy set 结实
Hairstyle long short straight a. 笔直 curly a. 卷曲的
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Listening Activity 1 Hi, I’m Fiona. B Listen again. Answer the questions about the people. Check (√) the correct boxes.
Who … 1. lives in Tokyo? 2. is Australian? 3. is from Mexico? 4. is 19? 5. is 24?
Talking about hobbies/ambitions:
I have many hobbies, such as … My hobby is listening to rock music. I’m keen on … Playing ping-pang is my favorite. I want to be a …
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Listening Activity 2 He’s in his fifties.
Part 3 Oral practice
Introduce yourself to your group members with the tips and expressions we learnt. Each group sends at least 1 people to make a self-introduction.
a. Hiromi (a)
b. Miguel (c)
c. Fiona (b)
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Hiromi Miguel Fiona
Who … 6. is 28? 7. is a math teacher? 8. is a graphic artist? 9. studies computer science?
Hiromi Miguel

Fiona
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young young
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Listening Activity 1 Hi, I’m Fiona. A Listen to three people from the pen pals website. Match the name of the speaker with his or her interest.
new people, fellow students, teachers, administrators and many others.
• It is not right to greet everyone in the same
way.
• To your fellow students, you are expected to
Age
in his fifties in her forties young
Height tall, about 182 cm
short tall average height average height
Build average weight slim average weight slim slim
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Listening Activity 2 He's in his fifties Language Notes Useful expressions for describing people Age young in his/her 20s, 30s, 40s elderly (70+) Height tall average height short Eye color black blue green brown
use informal language, whereas to elderly people and to your superiors you should use language which is more formal and polite.
Part 2 Introducing yourself
you.
(√ ) How do you do? ( ( ( ( ) What’s up? ) How are you doing? ) How is everything? ) How is it going?
Tips:
• When you enter college, you meet a lot of
• Level A: 5 sentences about yourself • Level B: 8 sentences about yourself • Level C: 12 sentences about
yourself
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How to introduce yourself
Beginning your self-introduction:
Hi! Let me introduce myself.
Where you study:
I am a freshman/sophomore/junior /senior at… I am majoring in…/I’m doing… My major is… I’m in …(school/department)/
Eye color brown eyes blue eyes dark, brown eyes blue eyes green eyes
Hair color and style
short, curly, gray hair
long, straight, blind hair short, curly, blond hair long, curly, red hair long, curly, red hair
B Listen to the description of the family photo again. Then fill the boxes in the table with information you hear.