Unit-2-Invitations-and-Announcements

Unit2InvitationsandAnnouncementsINVITATIONSUsingEnglish,describewhataninvitationis.WhensomeoneAsksyouTodosomethingWiththem.WhenyouAskanotherpersonTodosomethingWithyou.4partsofinvitations•1.whoaskswho•2.nameoftheactivity•3.meetingtime•4.meetingplace春天的花，秋天的果没有梦想的日子怎么过或许在一次次挫折中你曾茫然过在一次次风雨中你曾迷失过或许你的人生被社会的浪潮冲荡的浮浮沉沉起起落落于是你对这个社会越看越复杂对自己越看越陌生你终于发现曾经的梦想已走得太远太远它还会回来么就像冬天过后春天重返它还会飞翔么就像秋归春来的燕子翅膀你是多么渴望就像分手的恋人梦想再携手无需空虚，无需无聊落寞无需绝望消沉千万不要把你纯净美好最初的梦想丢掉让梦想飞翔在心里永远珍藏那份青春的美好和积极向上让梦想飞翔在心里永远保留那份执着的追求和热烈激越的愿望马活驰骋人活梦想坚持梦想让梦想飞翔迎上风雨奋力振翼让梦想成真只有让梦想飞翔你的人生才会精彩绝伦才会有人为你由衷的鼓掌编辑点评：看了这篇诗歌，突然想起这句话：“生活不止眼前的苟且还有诗和远方的。”诗和远方有我们的梦想。不错，不论在何时何境，梦想总是能够充裕人的灵魂。在人生的旅途中，我们或多或少informalactivity(indailylifeoccasions)Oralinvitationsformaloccasion(party,conference,etc)Extendinganinvitation----makinganoralinvitationE.g.①Comeandjoinusforanicechatting?②Couldyoucometoameetingatschoolhall3p.m.thisafternoon?③Wouldyoubeabletocometomygraduationceremony?④MayIinviteyoutoseeafilm?⑤Iwouldliketoinviteyoutogofishingtonight.⑥Iwouldifyouwouldcaretogoshoppingwithme?⑦Howaboutgoingtohavedinner?(Identifytheinformalonesandformalones.)Replyingtoaninvitation----givingareplytoanoralinvitationAccepttheinvitationOralreplyDeclinetheinvitationE.g.①Thanks,thatwouldbegreat.\I’dloveto.\Soundsgreat.\②Yes,thankyou.it’sverykindofyoutoinviteme.③Thankyou,butI’mafraidIhavetogotoameetingthen.④IwillifIcan.⑤I’dloveto,butyouseemybossistakingmeoutfortheday.⑥That’s\it’skindofyoutoinviteme,butI’mnotsureifIcan.CouldIletyouknowsometimelater?(Identifythedeclineonesandpayattentiontotheusage.)(between2friends)A:Wannacomeoverforaquickmealtonight?B:Tonight'snogood.I’dlovetobutIhaveadate.CanIcometomorrow?A:OK.Noproblem.Enjoyyourevening!B:Youtoo.PhoneCall(invitingtheson’steacherover)Pat:Mr.Brown,myhusband/wifeandIwerejustwonderingifyouwouldliketocomeoverfordinnerthisevening.Brown:Oh,I’mafraidIcan’t.Ihaveanotherappointmenttonight.Pat:Oh,that'stoobad.Well,maybenexttimethen.Brown:Yeah!Thankyouforasking.Enjoyyourevening!PhoneCallBeginninganannouncement•Ladiesandgentlemen,•Boysandgirls,•MayIhaveyourattention,please?•Attention,please.•Yourattention,please.Ihaveanannouncementtomake.I’vegotsomethingtosay.I’dliketotellyouthat…Endinganannouncement•Thankyouforyourattention.•That’sall,thankyou.HOMEWORK•ReadPartC(pg13)andPartD(pg14)•Write1invitationdialog.-theinvitationwillbeaccepted.-theinvitationwillberejected/refused/declined/saidnoto.ReadtheStoryonpage13andtalkabouttheanswertothequestionsonp.14inyourgroup.p.13Vocabularydinner:themainmealoftheday,usuallyeateninevening(NA)晚餐neighbor:apersonwholivesnearyou,oftenthehousebesideyours邻居decided:tochoosetodosomething,ormakeupyourmindaboutsomething决定champagne:expensiveFrenchwinecontainingalotofbubbles香槟酒Vocabularyarrived:tocometotheplacewhereyouwantedtobe来到6:30sharp:exactlyhalfpastsix.notbefore.notaftersurprised:tosuddenlyfeelamazed,astonished惊奇guests:peoplewhomyouhaveinvitedtoyourhome客人Vocabularyapron:wornovertheclothes.protectionwhencooking围裙kitchen:theplaceofthehousewherethecookingisdone厨房awkward:afeelingofembarrassmentordiscomfort尴尬shoulder:atthetopofthearms,joiningthearmstothebody肩膀Vocabulary“Iwouldn’thavemissedthisforanything.”handed:togivesomethingtoanotherperson,passwiththehandsimmediately:withoutdelay,instantly立刻fragrant:sweet-smelling香refilled:tofillagainVocabularynoticed:topayattentiontoortakenoticeof注意introduced:tohelpsomeoneknowanotherperson介绍friendly:kind,helpful,easilyfindsfriends友好reachedout:toputoutthehandsandarms伸出手Vocabularyhastily:quickly很快elbow:thebendinthearm胳膊肘loadedwith:aspacecontainslargeamountsofsomething一桌子的饭enjoyed:toexperiencejoyorhappiness欣赏seemedstrange:confusedbysomething糊涂CulturalBackground•WhentheWesternerswishtoinvitepeopletodinner,itisnecessarytoextendtheinvitationaweekorsoinadvance.Itwouldbeconsideredinappropriatetogivealastminutecalltoinvitesomebodyovertodinner.•Theinvitationmaybegivendirectlyoroverthephone.•Forformalinvitationaletteroraninvitationcardissent.InthiscasethereceivershouldreplytoconfirmwhetherhecancomeornotHOMEWORK•PreviewUnit3