The Year of Dragon

The Year of Dragon

 

 

Task 1 Warm up: Chinese Zodiac (Shengxiao)

1)    Can you recite the Chinese Zodiac in order? What are they?

2)    In which year were you born according to the Chinese Zodiac? Is this your favorite animal among the 12 animals in Chinese Zodiac? Why? What personality do you think this animal represents?

3)    What Zodiac year are these years: 1949, 1978, 1992, 2000, 2012, and 2050?

 

 

Task 2 Learn some Spring Festival idioms

 

2012 will be year of Dragon. It will be a good idea to pick up a few lines for making wishes. Please match the Chinese idioms with the English translation.

 

Chinese	English
金玉满堂	Wishing You Prosperity!
生意兴隆	May All Your Wishes Come True!
岁岁平安	The Country Flourishes And People Live In Peace!
恭喜发财	Wishing You Every Success!
和气生财	Everything Goes Well!
心想事成	Promoting To A Higher Position!
吉祥如意	Business Flourishes!
国泰民安	Safe Trip Wherever You Go!
招财进宝	Peace All Year Round!
一帆风顺	Money And Treasures Will He Plentiful!
步步高升	Treasures Fill The Home!
出入平安	Harmony Brings Wealth!

 

Task 3 Follow up discussion:

 

1)    What are the most popular entertaining activities in your hometown during Spring Festival?

 

2)    Suppose you plan to rent a booth at the flower fair during Spring Festival, what kind of business would you like to run? Please talk about the details about the business in groups. (The kind of business, the target consumer, the place to run your business, where you can get the products, the budget to start the business)

 

3)    Present your business ideas to your classmates. We will vote for the best idea.

 

 

Task 4 Handling requests/complaints

 

Situation 1: It is Spring Festival Eve. Your next door neighbor is still singing Karaoke loudly after the count down of the Lunar New Year. You are quite tired and really need some sleep, but the loud noise is preventing you from falling asleep. It is almost 2 AM when you finally decide to call your neighbor and make a complaint.

 

 

Handling a Complaint	Handling a Request
1. Greeting	1. Greeting
2. Reason for calling	2. Reason for calling
3. Apology	3. Explanation of difficulties
4. Explanation of the problem	4. Solution
5. Solution	5. Close
6. Another apology

Situation 2: It is Spring Festival Eve. After singing Karaoke for a long time, you feel quite thirsty and want to have some drinks. Unluckily, there isn’t any water left in the water dispenser. You decide to make a phone call to the water delivery company and request them to deliver a bottle of water to your apartment.