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Title Welcome to San Francisco Vocabulary New words Language Focus: Modal verbs Note Note
Summary
Writing Speaking: giving talks and
presentation Communication skills at work
Welcome to San Francisco• What do you know about San Francisco?
• Why don’t we take a trip to this beautiful country?
• Read the description of San Francisco. Add information to this table:
Geography Tourism Business Transport
VocabularyAmerican English –British EnglishDowntown/city centreShopping mall/shopping centrePavement/side walkFlat/apartmentElevator/liftTaxi/cabFreeway/motorwayGas/petrol
American English and British English spelling is sometimes
differentAmerican English:
Center
Traveling
Color
Practise
Can you find any other
example of AmE
spelling in the San
Francisco text?
British English:
Centre
Travelling
Colour
Practice
New words
• Peaceful
• Cosmopolitan
• Extensive
• Stunning
• Skyscraper
• Elocution
• Boom
Language Focus:Modal verbs
What else must I be careful about?
I must go now!
• Do I have to be on time
for everything?
You have to be on time for meetings and business appointments.
Do I need to know about
American popular culture?
You need to think clearly and carefully.
• You mustn’t ask questions that are too personal.
• You don’t have to arrive exactly on time for parties and social occasions.
• You needn’t worry. In American business culture, they stick to the rules.
“Need”: modal verb• You don’t need to spend a long
time on social formalities.“Need”: ordinary verb
Note:Note:Must usually expresses the personal
opinion of the speaker about what is necessary or obligation.
Have to usually expresses general obligation outside the control of the speaker, or an obligation based on a rule or law.
Need to is used in both contexts to express necessity.
Note: Note: Mustn’t is used to express a necessity
or obligation not to do something.Don’t have to is used to express the
personal opinion about not to do something.
Needn’t is used to express no necessity or obligation to do something.
Writing
Task1:
Describe your town or city.
Task 2:
Give your opinion of the advantages and disadvantages of call centres and international outsourcing.
Speaking :giving talks and presentation
What do you need to do to give a successful talk or presentation?
Good preparation?
Be confident?
Nonverb
al
communica
tion?
Content?
Communication skills at work
Giving talks and presentation:
1. Preparation
2. Signposting language
3. Delivery
Preparation: six key points
• Objectives
• Audience
• Content
• Organization
• Visual information
• Practice
Signposting language
• I’m going to talk about…
• First, second, third, finally…
• Let’s start with…
• Is that clear?
• As you know that…
• That’s a good point.
• Thanks for your attention………..
Delivery :key pointsDelivery :key points
Nerves...Nerves... ..............
Practice
Give your talk or
presentation to
the rest of the class
on a topic of your choice.
Thanks for your attention!