Урок 17. Idioms.
методическая разработка (11 класс) на тему

Trade Cultural Peculiarities. Idioms.

1. Complete the idioms in the sentences below with the words in the box:

1) Small talk is one way to break the ice when meeting someone for the first time.

2) I was thrown in at the deep _____________ when my company sent me to run the German office. I was only given two days' notice to get everything ready.

3) We don't see eye to ______________  with our US parent company about punctuality. We have very different ideas about what being 'on time' means. It's a question of culture.

4)I got into hot ______________ with my boss for wearing casual clothes to the meeting with the potential Japanese customers.

5) I really put my ____________ in it when I met our Spanish partner. Because I was nervous, I said 'Who are you?' rather than 'How are you?'.

6)I get on like a house on ___________ with our Polish agent; we like the same things and have the same sense of humour.

7)When I visited China for the first time, I was like a fish out of ______. Everything was so different, and I couldn't read any of the signs!

8) My first meeting with our overseas clients was a real ________-opener. I hadn't seen that style of negotiation before.

2. Consider the context of each idiom in Exercise 1 and decide which have:

a) a positive meaning                       b) a negative meaning.

3. Match the idioms in Exercise 1(1-8) to the correct meanings (a-h)

a) given a difficult job to do without preparation

b) quickly have a friendly relationship with someone

c) feel uncomfortable in an unfamiliar situation

d) sayar do something without thinking carefully, so that you embarrass or upset someone

e) disagree with someone

f) an experience where you learn something surprising or something you did not know before

g) make someone you have just met less nervous and more willing to talk

h) get into trouble

4. Put the words in the correct order to make idioms.

1) to / on / a / fire / get / house / like / on

2) to / in / one's / foot / it / put

3) to / ice / the / break

5. Use the correct form of the idioms from Exercise 4 to complete the

sentences.

1 I ___________at the party when I asked for a glass of wine. It was soft drinks only!

2 In some countries, talking about the weather for a minute or two is a way to _______________.

3 My new manager has a great sense of humour, and we really _______.

Hometask:

6. Put the words the correct order to make idioms.

  1) to/ water/ into/ hot/ get

  2) to/ opener/ real/ a/ be/ eye-

  3) to/ out/ fish/ feel/ water/ a/ of/ Like

7. Use an idiom from Exercise 6 in the correct form to complete the sentences.

   1) That business trip to China _________________ for me. That’s when I began to understand the culture.

   2) Don’t be late for the departmental meeting, or you ______________ with the boss.

   3) I really ______________________ at the reception. Very few people spoke English, and those who did, didn’t have much to say.

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