Step one Introduction 1.Warm-up questions: Give the students the following topics to discuss and then ask them to answer these questions (1)What kind of feeling do you have when you are praised?How do you feel when you are blamed? (2) Doyou often praise people or criticize them? (3) How do Chinese usually do with praise? ("It's nothing.""Don't mention it."Or other words to conceal our actual happy feelings in order to show our modesty.) 2.Background Information (I)Tip A tip is a small gift of money for service,usually in addition to payment due Originally,it was used to insure prompt service or to speed service.But nowadays,it is a common practice for most American and European hotels and restaurants to add a service charge of about 10%to 20%to their bills,and many guests feel impelled to tip above this.On the other hand,many waiters and waitresses depend largely on tips for their livelihood. (2)William Shakespeare William Shakespeare (1564-1616)was an English playwright and poet. recognized in much of the world as the greatest of all dramatists. His famous plays:Romeo and Juliet,Much Ado About Nothing,A Midsummer Night's Dream,The Merchant of Venice,Hamlet,Macbeth. (③)Mark Twain Mark Twain(1835-1910)is the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens,a great American writer and humorist.His The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1885)is the story of the title character,known as Huck,a boy who flees his father by rafting down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave.im.Step one Introduction 1. Warm-up questions: Give the students the following topics to discuss and then ask them to answer these questions. (1) What kind of feeling do you have when you are praised? How do you feel when you are blamed? (2) Do you often praise people or criticize them? (3) How do Chinese usually do with praise? (“It’s nothing.” “ Don’t mention it.” Or other words to conceal our actual happy feelings in order to show our modesty.) 2. Background Information (1) Tip A tip is a small gift of money for service, usually in addition to payment due. Originally, it was used to insure prompt service or to speed service. But nowadays, it is a common practice for most American and European hotels and restaurants to add a service charge of about 10% to 20% to their bills, and many guests feel impelled to tip above this. On the other hand, many waiters and waitresses depend largely on tips for their livelihood. (2) William Shakespeare William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English playwright and poet, recognized in much of the world as the greatest of all dramatists. His famous plays: Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Macbeth. (3) Mark Twain Mark Twain (1835-1910) is the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, a great American writer and humorist. His The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) is the story of the title character, known as Huck, a boy who flees his father by rafting down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave, Jim