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Unit 3
Exercises
Watching
Part 1
I.
Decide whether the
following statements are true (T) or false
(F).
1.
_____f__
The church members in a small village called
Richerenches in Provence, France are
praying for good weather.
2.
____f___ All
of France's black truffles are transported through
the market in this village.
3.
_____t__ If you want to buy or sell
truffles, you have to come to this village.
4.
____f___ In summer, the small village's
pace speeds up considerably.
5.
_____t__ The trade of truffles is very
lucrative.
II.
Watch again
. Fill in the
blanks with the information you have learned in
this part.
1.
In
Richerenches,
truffles
are
sometimes
called
diomends__
_______________________
”
.
2.
The
name
Richerenches
means
earth___________________
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appropriate
for
this village.
3.
Provence
generally
brings
to
mind
summer
holidays,
lazy
afternoons,
and
____ancient
customes___________.
4.
Many
of
the
region's
farmers
also
work
as
_______truffle
hunters__________________________.
5.
One small bag of truffles
is worth _______
hundreds__________________________ of U.S.
dollars.
III.
Oral
work.
Work
with
a
partner.
Imagine
one
of
you
is
a
resident
in
the
small
village
of
Richerenches
in
France
and
the
other
is
a
tourist
from
China.
Make
a
dialogue
based
on
the
following questions.
1.
What is Richerenches
famous for?
2.
How much do truffles cost?
3.
What is the best season
to buy and sell truffles?
4.
What do the farmers do to make extra
money?
Part 2
I.
Answer the following
questions.
1.
How
is truffle business conducted? It is a cash
business and under table
2.
Who would pay for truffles? The brokers
3.
What are the best
truffles? Deep black with white veins
4.
Why are fewer good
truffles available these days? The woods have
disappeared today
II.
Watch
again
.
Fill
in
the
blanks
with
the
given
words
and
then
translate
the
phrases
into
Chinese.
take
taxes
decreasing
luxury
under
desperate
production
major
1.
________under______ the
table
2.
pay
_______taxes____________
3.
expensive ________luxury______
4.
_______decreasing_____
supply
5.
a very good
_____production________
6.
one ____major__________ reason
7.
____take_______care of
8.
be
_______desperate_______ for
III.
Oral
work.
Work with a partner. Imagine one
of you is a truffle broker, and the other is a
customer. Make a dialogue to bargain in
a transaction. Your bargain can focus on the
price, quality,
quantity, or any other
factors.
Useful expressions
be of high quality / expensive luxury /
export to other countries / decreasing supply /
increasing
demand.
The supply is inadequate to meet the
demand.
How much do you want for this?
Lower the price and I'll consider.
Can you give me a discount on this?
It's a deal.
Part 3
I. Fill in the blanks
with the information you have learned in this
part.
Questions
Answers
1.
What
are
the
reasons
for
the
lower
Now
only
______places_______________
production of truffles today?
remain that allow truffle growth.
What requirements should a
dog meet to search
The
dog
has
to
_________pay
for truffles?
attention_________,
and
he
has
to
___________love his master_____. You
can do
all
the
training
you
want,
but
the
dog
has
to
want
to
_____please
his
master_____________.
II.
Watch
again.
Choose
the
right
statements
about
the
truffle
hunter's
dog,
Jade,
according to what you
have learned in this part.
A.
The dog is a trained
sniffer dog.
B.
She has a
very sensitive nose.
C.
She
failed to find enough truffles that day.
D.
She has the capacity to
fulfill the requirements of a sniffer dog.
E.
She found some truffles
and got a treat for her efforts.
F.
She has listened to the truffle hunters
prayers.
III.
Watch again. Fill in the blanks with
the missing words or phrases.
1.
Provence
is
a
farm
region
where
farmers
grow
lavender,
and
grapes
for
the
____famous
wines__________.
2.
Truffle
hunter
Joel
Barthelemy
looks
for
places
where
truffles
grow
__with
the
help
of_________________
his yellow lab, Jade.
3.
All
dogs
have
sensitive
noses,
but
sniffer
dogs
noses
are
exceptional.
However,
there
are
other
factors __involved_____________.
4.
Jade seems to have the
___capacity________ for both of the requirements
of a sniffer dog.
5.
As the
two hunters continue their search for truffles, it
seems that, for today at least, there's
no truffle ___shortage____________
here.
IV
.
Oral work
. Imagine you are a
truffle hunter who has a difficult decision to
make. You are
thinking about quitting
because the number of truffles is declining and
your job has become harder.
On a
separate piece of paper, make a list of positive
(pros) and negative (cons) points of hunting
and selling truffles. Then share your
lists in a small group of three or four.
Follow-up
I.
Watch
the
entire
video
.
Work
in
groups
of
three
or
four.
One
person
is
a
tour
guide
in
Provence and he/she
answers the tourists questions.
Possible questions
1.
What is Provence famous
for?
2.
What are
truffles
？
3.
How can we buy truffles of high
quality?
4.
How are truffles
produced?
5.
How do the
farmers search for truffles?
II.
Listen and
repeat
. You are going to hear five
sentences selected from the video. Repeat each
sentence after it is spoken twice. Then
write the sentences.
1. _______________
__________________________________________________
______.
2._________________
__________________________________________________
_____.
3.______
__________________________________________________
________________.
4. ______
__________________________________________________
_______________.
5. _______
__________________________________________________
______________.
III.
Project. Work in groups of four to
design a one-minute TV advertisement for
Richerenches
truffles. Use the
following table and expressions to help you.
TV advertisement for Richerenches
truffles
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