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Date: May 23, 2005
Level: Easier (Try the harder lesson.) Downloads: Word Doc | PDF Doc | Listening Audio: (1:27 - 172 KB - 16kbps) THE ARTICLEThe Chinese government has banned a sushi restaurant from serving fish dishes on the bodies of naked women. The restaurant, in southwest China, employed female university students to lie unclothed on its food counter. The chef placed sushi and sashimi on their bare bodies. China’s Department of Commerce stated this practice was indecent, unhygienic and insulting to women. It was also worried that a business trend might start. A spokesperson said: “We wish to discourage other businesses from using nudity to sell their products.” The restaurant owner is furious with the new law. He said all of his customers are sophisticated people of both sexes. He also said that not a single diner has ever complained about the “naked sushi platters”. However, local residents disapproved of the restaurant. They said it attracted “strange” men to their neighborhood. WARM-UPS1. HEADLINE: In pairs / groups, make your own news report from the words “naked”, “sushi” and “China”. Develop the story, complete with characters and facts, and tell it to another partner / group. Decide whose story is the best, funniest, strangest, most probable, etc. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. For more conversation, change topics and partners frequently. 3. SUSHI: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with sushi. Share your words with your partner / group and talk about them. 4. “NAKED SUSHI” OPINIONS: In pairs / groups, decide which of these opinion you agree with. Discuss how much truth there is in each one.
5. NUDITY: Which items from this list would you ban and why?
BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGWHICH WORD? Circle the word that is correct from the pairs in italics. “Naked sushi” banned in ChinaThe Chinese government has banned / burned a sushi restaurant from serving fish dishes on the bodies of naked women. The restaurant, in southwest China, employed / rented female university students to lie unclothed on its food counter. The chef placed sushi and sashimi on their bare / bear bodies. China’s Department of Commerce stated this try / practice was indecent, unhygienic / hygienic and insulting to women. It was also worried that a business trend might start. A spokesperson said: “We wish to encourage / discourage other businesses from using nudity to sell their products.” The restaurant owner is fury / furious with the new law. He said all of his customers are sophisticated people of both sexes. He also said that not a single diner / dinner has ever complained about the “naked sushi platters”. However, local residents / residence disapproved of the restaurant. They said it attracted “strange” men to their neighboring / neighborhood. AFTER READING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘fish’ and ‘dish’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. WHICH WORD?: In pairs / groups, compare and talk about your answers to this exercise. After you agree, check your answers against the text. What is the connection between the words in italics? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. STUDENT NUDITY SURVEY: In pairs / groups write down questions about nudity in public places.
6. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall exactly how these were used in the text:
DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
AFTER DISCUSSION: Join another partner / group and tell them what you talked about.
SPEAKING 1ROLE PLAY: This role play is to discuss whether or not the “naked sushi” restaurant should be allowed to continue. Team up with classmates who have been assigned the same role to develop your roles and discuss ideas and “strategies” before the role play begins. Introduce yourself to the other role players before the role play begins.
Change roles and repeat the role play. Comment in groups about the differences between the two role plays. SPEAKING 2PUBLIC NUDITY: You are in charge of the “social education” of the people in your country. In pairs / groups, make rules that control the following areas:
Show your guidelines to your classmates. Compare who has the strictest rules LANGUAGE“UN-”: In the text you will find the word “unhygienic”, which means “unclean”. Match these other words prefixed by “un” with their correct meanings.
Try to make one question for each of the “un-“ words and ask your questions to your partner(s). LISTENINGListen and fill in the spaces. “Naked sushi” banned in ChinaThe Chinese government ____ ______ __ sushi restaurant from serving fish dishes on the bodies of naked women. The restaurant, in southwest China, employed female university students __ ____ __________ on its food counter. The chef placed sushi and sashimi on their bare bodies. China’s Department of Commerce stated this practice ____ ________, unhygienic and insulting to women. It was also worried that a _________ _____ might start. A spokesperson said: “We wish to discourage other businesses from _____ _______ to sell their products.” The restaurant owner __ _______ ____ the new law. He said all of his customers are sophisticated people of both sexes. He also said ____ ____ __ ______ diner has ever complained about the “naked sushi platters”. However, local residents ____________ ___ the restaurant. They said it attracted “strange” men to their neighborhood. HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find information on sushi. Share your findings with your class in the next lesson. 3. SOCIETY PROBLEMS: Write a list of the things (at least five) that you think are wrong with your society. Explain what is necessary to correct these wrongs. Show your lists to your classmates in the next lesson. Compare what you think is wrong with your own cultures. 4. LETTER: Write a letter to the Chinese Department of Commerce. Explain what you think about its decision to ban the “naked sushi” restaurant. Show your letter to your classmates in the next lesson. Compare the things you wrote about. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
WHICH WORD? “Naked sushi” banned in ChinaThe Chinese government has banned a sushi restaurant from serving fish dishes on the bodies of naked women. The restaurant, in southwest China, employed female university students to lie unclothed on its food counter. The chef placed sushi and sashimi on their bare bodies. China’s Department of Commerce stated this practice was indecent, unhygienic and insulting to women. It was also worried that a business trend might start. A spokesperson said: “We wish to discourage other businesses from using nudity to sell their products.” The restaurant owner is furious with the new law. He said all of his customers are sophisticated people of both sexes. He also said that not a single diner has ever complained about the “naked sushi platters”. However, local residents disapproved of the restaurant. They said it attracted “strange” men to their neighborhood. LANGUAGE:
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