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Date: May 23, 2005
Level: Harder (Try the easier lesson.) Downloads: Word Doc | PDF Doc | Listening Audio: (1:29 - 175.4 KB - 16kbps) THE ARTICLEThe Chinese government has banned restaurants from serving sushi and sashimi on the bodies of naked women. The Beijing Times reports that authorities issued the ban because the practice represented an insult to people’s “moral quality” and might encourage the development of an unsavory commercial culture. China’s Department of Commerce stated the practice was a violation of common decency as well as being unhygienic and an infringement of women’s rights. The ban also extends to the use of nude models in stores to promote business goods. The new law is reportedly in response to complaints from residents in the city of Kunming, in southwest China. Citizens were offended that a restaurant served sushi on nude female university students. The restaurant had built up a large clientele: it charged $120 per meal and required reservations three days in advance. The owner and head chef claims he was promoting the traditional Japanese art of nyotaimori, which uses a woman’s naked body as a serving platter. There are no reports of whether nantaimori, eating from men’s bodies, is included in the recent ban. 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. COMMON DECENCY: What other practices involving the exposing of a woman’s (or man’s) body (in part or whole) do you think should be banned? 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 binned / banned restaurants from serving sushi and sashimi on the bodies of naked women. The “Beijing Times” reports that authorities / authorization issued the ban because the practice / attempt represented an insult to people’s “moral quality” and might discourage / encourage the development of an unsavory / unsalted commercial culture. China’s Department of Commerce stated the practice was a violation of common / popular decency as well as being unhygienic and an infringement / inflammation of women’s rights. The ban also extends / extremes to the use of nude models in stores to promote business goods. The new law is reportedly / reporting in response to compliance / complaints from residents in the city of Kunming, in southwest China. Citizens were offended / offensive that a restaurant served sushi on nude female university students. The restaurant had constructed / built up a large client / clientele: it charged $120 per meal and required reservations three days in advance / future. The owner and head chef claims he was promoting / prompting the traditional Japanese art of “nyotaimori”, which uses a woman’s naked body as a serving platter. There are no reports of whether “nantaimori”, eating from men’s bodies, is included in the recent / resent ban. AFTER READING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘moral’ and ‘quality’.
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 and morality.
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 have been banned. 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 “moral well being” of your country. In pairs / groups, create a set of guidelines governing nakedness or semi-nakedness in public. Make rules that govern the following areas:
Show your guidelines to your classmates. Compare who has the strictest rules LANGUAGE“UN-”: In the text you will find the words “unhygienic” and “unsavory”, 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 has banned restaurants The new law is _________ __ ________ __ complaints from residents in the city of Kunming, in southwest China. 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. COMMON DECENCY: Write a list of the things (at least five) that you think are wrong with the “moral quality” of your society. Explain what needs to be done to improve the state of affairs of all items on your list. Show your lists to your classmates in the next lesson. Compare how you view your own cultures. 4. LETTER: Write a letter to the Chinese Department of Commerce. Explain what you think about its recent 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 restaurants from serving sushi and sashimi on the bodies of naked women. The “Beijing Times” reports that authorities issued the ban because the practice represented an insult to people’s “moral quality” and might encourage the development of an unsavory commercial culture. China’s Department of Commerce stated the practice was a violation of common decency as well as being unhygienic and an infringement of women’s rights. The ban also extends to the use of nude models in stores to promote business goods. The new law is reportedly in response to complaints from residents in the city of Kunming, in southwest China. Citizens were offended that a restaurant served sushi on nude female university students. The restaurant had built up a large clientele: it charged $120 per meal and required reservations three days in advance. The owner and head chef claims he was promoting the traditional Japanese art of nyotaimori, which uses a woman’s naked body as a serving platter. There are no reports of whether “nantaimori”, eating from men’s bodies, is included in the recent ban. LANGUAGE:
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