Test-related information (1) TENNIS A game for two people baseline or two pairs of people who foot fa linesman use rackets to hit a small soft ball backwards andEs ashp et cord judge Arf/ forwards over a net net judge AmE left service right service court doubles sideling singles
Text-related information (1) TENNIS A game for two people or two pairs of people who use rackets to hit a small soft ball backwards and forwards over a net
Pre-Reading Activities Intensive Study Difficult sentences Key words, phrases usages Related information
Pre-Reading Activities Intensive Study • Difficult sentences • Key words, phrases & usages • Related information
Intensive Stud Conversational Ballgames by Nancy Masterson sakamoto 1 After I was married and had lived in Japan for a while, my Japanese gradually improved to the point where I could take part in simple conversations with my husband, his friends, and Tamily, And I began to notice that often, when I joined in, the others would look startled. and the conversation would come to a halt. After this happened several times, it became clear to me that I was doing something wrong. But for a long time, I didn't know what it was
Intensive Study Conversational Ballgames by Nancy Mansterson Sakamoto 1 After I was married and had lived in Japan for a while, my Japanese gradually improved to the point where I could take part in simple conversations with my husband, his friends, and family. And I began to notice that often, when I joined in, the others would look startled, and the conversation would come to a halt. After this happened several times, it became clear to me that I was doing something wrong. But for a long time, I didn't know what it was
Intensive Stud 2 Finally after listening carefully to many Japanese conversations, I discovered what my problem was. Even though I as spea king Japanese, I was handling the conversation in a Western way 3 Japanese-style conversations develop quite differently from western-style conversations. And the difference isn't only in the languages. I realized that just as I kept trying to hold western- style conversations even when I was spea king Japanese, so were my English students trying to hold Japanese style conversations even when they were speaking English. We were unconsciously playing entirely different conversational ballgames
Intensive Study 2 Finally, after listening carefully to many Japanese conversations, I discovered what my problem was. Even though I was speaking Japanese, I was handling the conversation in a Western way. 3 Japanese-style conversations develop quite differently from western-style conversations. And the difference isn't only in the languages. I realized that just as I kept trying to hold westernstyle conversations even when I was speaking Japanese, so were my English students trying to hold Japanese style conversations even when they were speaking English. We were unconsciously playing entirely different conversational ballgames
Intensive Stud 4A western-style conversation between two people is like a game of tennis, If I introduce a topic, a conversational ball expeet you to hit it back. If you agree with me, I don't expect you simply to agree and do nothing more. I expect you to add something- a reason for agreeing, another example, or a remark to carry the idea further. But I don't expect you always to agree. I am just as happy if you question me, or challenge me, or completely disagree with me. Whether you agree or disagree, your response will return the ball to me
Intensive Study 4 A western-style conversation between two people is like a game of tennis. If I introduce a topic, a conversational ball, I expect you to hit it back. If you agree with me, I don't expect you simply to agree and do nothing more. I expect you to add something — a reason for agreeing, another example, or a remark to carry the idea further. But I don't expect you always to agree. I am just as happy if you question me, or challenge me, or completely disagree with me. Whether you agree or disagree, your response will return the ball to me