1 Work in pairs. Look at the photos and discuss the questions.

Where are Janet and Andy?

What does this tell us?

It tells us that they are in Chinatown in London.

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1 Work in pairs. Look at the photos and discuss the questions.

I guess he is interviewing a Chinese person.

Who is Andy interviewing?

What is Janet doing?

She is video-recording the interview.Now, can you guess what is the interview about?

Conversation 1

1 What is most of the food in Chinatown?

2 What types of ethnic restaurants are popular in London?

3 What do Janet and Andy want to find out from Tony?

2 Watch Conversation 1 and answer the questions.

It is Cantonese food.

Indian and Chinese restaurants.

They want to know about life in Chinatown and a bit of background and history.

Conversation 1

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4 How many Chinese live in Chinatown?

5 How big is Chinatown in London compared with other cities?

6 How big is London’s Chinatown?

2 Watch Conversation 1 and answer the questions.

There are very few who actually live there.

It’s much smaller.

There are only three or four streets.

Conversation 1

1 ... is the food around here

typical?2 And which is better?3 Are you up for this?4 Janet, are you ready with the sound this time?5 Do you live here as well?6 And in comparison with Chinatown in, say, San Francisco or Sydney, …?7 And the business here, is it mostly the restaurant trade?

3 Watch Conversation 1 again and match the questions with the responses.

(a) OK.(b) No, in fact, very few Chinese …(c) I’d say it’s much

smaller.(d) Well, it depends what you mean by …(e) Yes, as well as supermarkets …(f) OK, fire away!(g) Er, well, in my opinion, I think …

Conversation 1

-- Are you up for this?--OK, fire away.

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Useful expressions-- Are you ready to do this?-- OK, please feel free to ask what you want.

Are you up for this?

Oh, no, don’t just fire away!

What are you up to? What are you doing?

This guy is up to something…

Conversation 1

Make a sentence with “in comparison with/to”:In comparison with other universities in the city, ours is bigger.

The supermarkets stock produce from China.

这里的超市供应来自中国的各种产品。

Translate the following sentence into Chinese.

4 Work in pairs. Predict the questions you think Andy will ask Tony in Conversation 2.

Note: It is more important to predictrelevant and reasonable questions rather than exact questions that Andy asks in the interview.

Why do you think Chinese food is popular?How do you attract your customers?If you could change the design of Chinatown, what designs and architectures do you think restaurant owners would like to have?

Example questions

5 Watch Conversation 2 and number the questions Andy actually asks in the order you hear them.

☐ So where do you call home? ☐ When did your family move to London? ☐ And how did they make their living? ☐ Did your grandparents work in Chinatown too? ☐ So how long has there been a Chinese community

in London? ☐ And why did Chinatown move over here? ☐ Can most British-born Chinese speak Chinese? ☐ And does it still feel like a traditional Chinese

community? ☐ How do you celebrate Chinese New Year in London? ☐ Which is the best Chinese restaurant in Chinatown?

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Answers1 (d) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (b) 5 (a)

6 Choose the best way to complete the sentences.

Active Expressions: wind up

1. Wind up your watch.

2. Let us wind up this job today.

Translate the following two sentences into Chinese.

Keys:

1. 给表上好发条。

2. 我们今天把活干完吧。

To wind something up means to bring something to a conclusion, to finish it.

Vocabulary: Crispy & Starving

Crispy is the feel of food that is firm in a pleasant way, and makes a noise when you bite it.Starving is literally ill or dying because of a lack of food; informally (as here) very hungry.

Crispy foodStarving Children

7 Watch conversation 2 again and complete the sentences.AndySo where do you call home?Tony Well, like lots of people, my grandparents came from Hong Kong in the 1950s. But I’m

a British-born Chinese so (1) ____________________ now.AndySo (2) _________________________ a Chinese community in London?Tony For 200 years. (3) _____________________________

London, they arrived as sailors so they lived in the East End, by the Docks.AndyAnd how did they make their living?Tony Restaurants mostly, but (4) _________________ _____________ running laundries.

I guess this is homehow long has there been

When the Chinese first came to

they were alsofamous for >>

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AndyAnd why did Chinatown move over here?Tony (5) ________________________________ some of

them moved to the West End, which is the entertainment district, to open Chinese

restaurants. And gradually, the Chinese (6)_____________________ met friends and did business here.Andy (7) _______________________ a traditional Chinese community?Tony Oh sure. You saw the Chinese gateway and

we celebrate Chinese New Year (8) ________________________ all over the world.

AndyThanks.

At the start of the 20th century

from all over London

And does it still feel like

with the Chinese along

8 Work in pairs and answer the questions about Everyday English.1 And the thing is, ... Is this a way to introduce (a) a new topic, or (b) an important point?2 Are you up for this? Does this mean (a) are you

going to start this, or (b) are you willing to do this?3 How did they make their living? Does this mean (a) what jobs did they do to earn money, or (b) did they enjoy the life they have?4 Let’s wind it up. Is this expression a way of saying (a) let’s continue, or (b) let’s stop? 5 I’m starving. Does this mean (a) I’m ill with hunger, or (b) I’m very hungry?

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Every day EnglishAnd the thing is, …Are you up for this?How did they make their living?Let’s wind it up.I’m starving.

Fill in the blanks with the proper expressions.

1. We are going to begin now. ____________________2. _______________________________ when they came to the new city?3. It’s rather later. ________________4. ____________, I have plans on Saturday night.5. I haven’t eaten anything since this morning. _____________.

Are you up for this?How did they make their

livingLet’s wind it up.The thing is

I’m starving

Use the everyday English you’ve just learned to make a dialogue according to the following situation.

Practice everyday English.

Morning in the prairieIt’s a sunny morning. Simba wakes up and is eager to learn about the prairie. Now he asks his father Mufasa to show him around their blooming kingdom.

• Introducing a subject • Talking about customs and culture •Making comparisons • Thanking

Brainstorm the following function categories.

Work with your partner and list all the expressions that can fulfill the above four functions.

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Introducing a subject We were wondering if we could ask you some questions about … I don’t know if Janet has told you, but … And the thing is, …

Making comparisons In comparison with Chinatown in, say, San Francisco or Sydney, is it larger or smaller?Is it mostly …?

Thanking You’re welcome. Thank you very much, that was really interesting.Very grateful.No problem.Don’t mention it.

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Talking about customs and culture

Is the food around here typical? It depends what you mean by typical.This is mostly Cantonese food.But it’s different from the food where I come from.How long has there been …?When the Chinese first came to London, …They were also famous for …We celebrate Chinese New

Year along with the Chinese all over the world.

Step 1 Read the directions on Page 53.Step 2 Read the functional expressions on Page 53.Step 2 Listen to an example dialogue. (Two of you

perform the example dialogue to the class) Step 3 Work in pairs and act out the conversation. Step 4 One or two pairs perform your dialogues

to the rest of the class.

9 Work in pairs and act out the conversation.

Language and Culture

Chinatown

Cantonese food

San Francisco

East End of London

West End of London

Crispy roast duck

Chinatown refers to an area in a city in many different countries where there is a large number of Chinese residents and a centre of many Chinese restaurants, shops, businesses and cultural activities.

Language and culture: ChinatownConversation 1

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Chinatown around the world

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Chinatown, San Francisco. The oldest and one of the largest Chinatowns in North America.

Chinatown in Little Bourke St, Melbourne

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Chinatown around the world

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Chinatown's are often noted for their large red arch entrance structures (Paifang in Chinese).

the largest Paifang outside of China Chinatown, Liverpool, England

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Chinatown around the world

Conversation 1

Chinatown's are often noted for their large red arch entrance structures (Paifang in Chinese).

the largest Paifang outside of China Chinatown, Liverpool, England

Inscriptions

stone lions

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Chinatown around the world

Conversation 1

Annual events in Chinatown is Chinese New Year (also known as Lunar New Year) festivities.

Moon festival lantern parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1954

Dragon and lion dances for good luck

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Chinatown in London is near Leicester Square (Gerrard Street) in the West End. Unlike some other Chinatowns, not many Chinese people actually live there.

Conversation 1

Chinatown around the world

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Cantonese food is more familiar to many Westerners than other kinds of Chinese food because many people from Hong Kong and Guangdong came to Britain, for example, and set up restaurants and take-aways.

Language and culture: Cantonese food

Conversation 1

Cantonese roast duck in Los Angeles Chinatown

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San Francisco is located on the West Coast of the United States at the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula.

Language and culture: San Francisco

Conversation 1

>>>Location in the United States

Language and culture: San Francisco

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Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco's Chinatown is the oldest and one of the largest in North America.

Language and culture: San Francisco

Conversation 1

San Francisco City Hall

The lobby of the War Memorial Opera House,

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Enjoy a song about San Francisco

If you're going to San Franciscobe sure to wear some flowers in your hairIf you're going to San Francisco,you're gonna meet some gentle people thereFor those who come to San Franciscosummertime will be a loving there

In the streets of San Franciscogentle people with flowers in their hairAll across the nation such a strange vibrationPeople in motionThere's a whole generation with the new explanation People in motion. People in motion

Why?

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Flowers symbolize peace, life, hope and beauty. In the 1960s, hippies in the US started to wear flowers in their hair and clothes to express their desire for peace and called themselves “flower children”.

About “wear some flowers in your hair”

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Language and culture: East End

The East End is east of the medieval cityof London and north of the River Thames.Historically it was a poorer part of London but since the 1980s much of the area has been regenerated.

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Language and culture: West End

The West End is an area of Central London, England, United Kingdom, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, businesses, headquarters and the commercial West End theatres.

Her Majesty's Theatre in The Haymarket, London, England, home to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Phantom of the Opera.>>>

Language and culture: West End

The West End is the entertainment centre of the UK with the largest shopping district in Europe, the home of the UK theatre and film industry as well as numerous up-scale bars, restaurants, hotels and nightclubs.

Shaftesbury Avenue from

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Language and culture: Laundry

A laundry is a business for washing, dryingand ironing clothes. Some Chinese in Britain,America and elsewhere ran laundries in the pastbut this is not likely now as many families havewashing machines at home.

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Dimsum is a Chinese dish or meal fromGuangdong which consists of small pieces offood wrapped in sheets of dough and is steamed.

Language and culture: Dimsum (点心 )

Typical dim sum breakfast in Hong Kong

Har Gou( 虾饺 )

Jasmine tea

chicken

Vegetable congee

Steamed dumpling蒸饺

Rice noodle roll （肠粉）

Cha siu baau （叉烧包）

Language and culture: Crispy roast duck

Crispy is the feel of food that is firm in a pleasant way, and makes a noise when you bite it: Crispy roast duck is cooked so that the skin is crispy.