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Unit One InvitationI. Aims and RequirementsAfter learning this unit, students should grasp:1. Read and understand the meaning of invitation cards and letters2. How to write invitation cards and letters and remember the patterns of invitation cards and letters3. How to invite people to party or dinner, and how to accept and decline invitations4. The customs of inviting people in different countries5. Important words，phrases and language points in the passage. II. Introduction: In our daily life, we need to invite the others to dinner or take part in all kinds of parties, so we should know about the western custom about invitation. Foreign custom is much stricter than Chinese custom in the matter of replying to invitations. When you receive an invitation you should answer it immediately, saying definitely whether you are able to accept it or not.If the invitation is given by word of mouth, in conversation or at a chance meeting, you should answer at once whether you can come or not. If you cannot give an answer at that time, you may say May I let you know this evening or some such words. By studying this unit, we will know about how to invite the others, how to accept or decline the invitation, and how to write invitation cards/letters. Section Talking Face to Face The topic area of Talking Face to face in this unit is “to inform and talk about invitations”. The focus therefore on the pattern are making and accepting invitations for different social activities and recreations properly.Invitation Cards and LettersRead and translate the invitation cards and letters. The Chinese version of the samples.Sample 1为了庆祝女儿18岁生日， 王先生和夫人特邀请您参加3月6日,星期六晚8时在诺丁汉市比斯坦镇索尔兹伯里街74号举行的生日晚会宴。Sample 2亲爱的史密斯先生：特邀请您参加11月17日星期五举行的登长城活动。 大巴7点种开车。欢迎携带亲朋好友一起参加。如您能和我们一起参加此次难得的旅行，我们将感到十分荣幸。彼得.常Follow the Samples According to the two invitation cards, ask students to make two dialogues, then study the two dialogues “Inviting Friends to a Party” and “Declining an Invitation”, at last let students sum up the way how to make invitation dialogues.Section Maintaining a Sharp EyePassage 1 Are You Really Being Invited?1. Information Related to the Reading Passage: The customs of inviting friends vary from country to country. Generally speaking, on formal occasions, the invitation is usually made well in advance. But as for some informal cases, the invitation is usually made orally. To either of these two invitations, the person being invited should give a clear reply whether the invitation is accepted or not. 2. Warming-up Questions: (1) Have you ever been invited to a party?(2) Do you know how to refuse an invitation?3. Explanation of Difficult Sentences 1).( Para 1)You are not required to commit yourself until you know what the invitation if for.Analysis: Pay attention to the sentence pattern notuntil, which means not before a particular time or event.Translation: 在你尚未弄清出邀请的具体内容前，你没有必要答应一定参加。Examples: Dont leave until I tell you. He didnt have a girlfriend until he was thirty.2).( Para 1)For example, if you say that youre free and the invitation turns to be something youd hate to do , then you will be in a position to take back your acceptance or invent an excuse later.Analysis: (1)You had hate to do is a relative clause used to modify something. (2)Be in a position can take either an infinitive clause or an of-V-ing phrase, thus be in a position of having to take back. can be also rewritten as be in a position to take backTranslation: 比如说，如果你说有空，而邀请参加的却是你不想做的事情（到你已经去过10次的景点旅游，那么你就可以回绝邀请，或者以后再编一个借口）Example: If you list a few priorities, then you will be in a position to do things in the right order of priority 3).(Para 3) In many instances it is the inviter who pays.Analysis: This emphatic sentence takes the structure of “it is who/that.”Translation: 在许多情况下，应由邀请人付帐单。 Examples: It was he who broke the window. It is a meeting that they will have tomorrow.4).(Para 3).it may be more of a suggestion than an invitation.Analysis: Pay attention to the pattern: it is more of than 与其说 不如说 Translation: 这样说更像是建议而不是邀请。 Examples: She is more of a musician than a poet. He is more of a composer than a singer.4. Important words and phrases1.commit: v. entrust, make oneself responsible 使承担（保证），使作出保证；把交托给eg: (1) I think I can come tonight but I wont commit myself till I know for sure. (2) He has committed himself to support his brothers children.2. turn out to be: prove to be 原来是eg: (1) She turned out to be a friend of my sister. (2) The job turned out to be harder than we thought.3. invent: v. discover and create something new 发明，设计，编造eg: (1) I didnt invent the story. Everything I told you is true.(2) The first safety razor was invented by this company in 1903?4. appropriate: a. proper, suitable 合适的，恰当的eg: (1) This isnt an appropriate occasion to discuss finance. (2) I didnt think his comments were very appropriate at the time.5. instance: n. certain situation, circumstance or occasion, case or example 情形，情况，事例eg: (1) In the local industry, for instance, 5 000 jobs are being lost.(2) There have been several recent instances of planes taking off without adequate safety checks.6. casual: a. informal, not very serious 随便的，随意的，非正式的eg: (1) The new law is intended to deter the casual user of drugs.(2) For some people casual clothes mean a shapeless T-shirt and old jeans.?7. explicit: a. clear, definite 清楚的，直率的eg: (1) She was very explicit about what she thought was wrong with the plans.(2) Sheila shouldnt get lost because I gave her very explicit directions how to get there.8. drop: v. fall down, give up, lower 滴，落，下降，变弱，中断eg: (1) The book dropped form the shelf.(2)I dont want to talk about it any more lets drop the matter.9. refuse: v not to do what one has asked 拒绝refusal n 拒绝eg: (1) She refused to believe what I said. (2) I was surprised at his refusal to help me. Section Trying Your HandApplied writing 1. Read the following two samples of invitation letter and then reply to it and learn to write your own.Chinese Version of the Samples:Sample 1: 亲爱的希金斯先生： 很荣幸能邀请您参加我们的年会。今年，会议将于7月24日到28日在布莱顿市的Metropole宾馆举行。随信寄去会议的详尽日程，食宿安排和活动计划。去年您给我们做了题为“高科技采购”的颇为生动的发言。如果您能考虑就此问题给我们作最新发展的报告，我们将不胜感激。如能尽快确认您出席会议，不胜感激。P马修斯会议组织人谨启2002年5月25日Sample 2: 亲爱的马修斯先生： 鉴于你5月25日的来信，我很高兴地告诉你我将出席今年7月的年会。如果你能给我寄来更为详细的会议日程，我将非常感激。遗憾的是，我不能对去年的发言做最新补充。工作繁忙使我没有时间做准备。无论如何，我期待再次参加会议。 此致敬礼 J 希金斯采购部经理2002年6月1日2. Translate the following invitation letter into Chinese , using the Data Bank in the work-book for reference.亲爱的布尔先生： 很荣幸邀请您参加我们的年会。今年的会议将于8月20日到24日在诺丁汉大学举行。随信寄去会议的详细内容，住宿安排及业务活动计划。去年您做了题为“学术标准及展望”的非常有趣的报告。如果您这次能就此专题的最新发展给我们做一发言，我们将非常感激。如果您能在您方便的时候尽快通知我们您能否出席此次会议，我们将不胜感激。 您忠诚的 菲力浦.卢伏特（会议组织者） 2002年6月24日3. Write a reply to the above letter. Your reply should include the following.Dear Mr.Luford, Thank you for your letter of 24 June and I am pleased to confirm my participation in this years conference in August. I would be grateful if you could send me further details about the program. Unfortunately, I will not be able to give an update on last times talk. I am afraid that pressure of work will not allow time to prepare a talk. However, I look forward to attending the conference again. Yours sincerely, H.Bool 4. Translate the following message into English, referring to the Data Bank in the workbook for reference.I wish I could attend your graduation party. I know it will be lots of fun. Unfortunately my parents have already invited several of our relatives over for a reunion. I wonder if you could come on Saturday evening so you can tell me all about the party.Writing Knowledge 1. General form of formal imitation lettersLetterhead (companys name of sender)Inside name and address (name and address of receiver)Date (date/month/year or month/date/year)Salutation (Dear xx)BodyComplimentary close (eg, Yours faithfully, Yours truly, Yours sincerely )Signature When write invitation cards and letters, we should follow the fixed form strictly, express the meaning as politely as possible, and try to use some simple and short sentences to save the time of senders and receivers. Useful sentences for Writing Making invitationsWe should be delighted if you could join us. I hope you will let me know that you can come.We would appreciate it if you could confirm your participation at your earliest convenience.Accepting the invitationI am glad to come and look forward to seeing you again.Very many thanks for your invitation to dinner on 16th February.Decline an invitationThanks so much for thinking of me.Hoping all the same to see you soon.It was very kind of you to invite me, but I am afraid that I will not be able to come. Grammar: Word Order in a Dependent Clause 从句的语序 在写英语复合句时，除了需要注意照应主句与从句的时态，人称，连接词等之外，还应特别注意从句部分的语序。英语中从句经常用疑问词引导，如what, who 等，但与疑问词引导的简单句不同，从句不使用疑问语序，而使用陈述句语序。即主语在前，谓语在后的顺序排列。1. 常用来引导从句的疑问词有what, when, where, who, whether, how 等，这些疑问词一般仍保留原有的疑问含义。eg: She wanted to know when my brother had visited Paris.How he plays the trick is a secret.2. Whether 可以引导主语从句，if 不能引导主语从句，但是两者都能引导宾语从句，引导宾语从句时，两者都表示“是否“，但是if后面不能加or not.eg: Whether he will accept the job is difficult to say.Whether you like it or not has nothing to do with me.3. 疑问词一般可以用来引导主语从句，宾语从句和表语从句。写作时要注意语序。eg： Why he didnt accept our invitation still puzzles me.I dont mind whether he comes or not.4. When, where 等如用来引导状语从句或定语从句，它们不再是疑问词，也不具有疑问含义，语序为陈述语序。eg： When she visited the famous museum in Paris, she met my father.She still remember the day when she met my brother in Paris.New Practical English (Book II)Unit 1 Invitation Unit1-1 Talking face to face InvitationTeaching ObjectiveTask1 Know some oral expressions about invitation and useful expressions in the sample dialogues.Task2 Recite the words and expressions. Use them to accept or decline an invitation. Task3 Make clear the western custom about invitation.Teaching Time: 2 periodsKey Points 1. Words And Phrases: congratulation , alright , bring , super, alert , coach , convenient , suppose nothing special , think of , dragaway , celebrate ones birthday , call at / on , be along , my pleasure , look forward to 2. Expressions about invitation : Id like to invite you to( V/ sth.) to have dinner./ dinner/ our party / my birthday party / the conference. Why dont you come and join us for disco ? How would you like to join us?How about / What about + Ving ( going to see a film this evening/ going shopping on this weekend.) Are you doing anything special on Friday, Mr. Smith? Would it be alright if I ? That would be fine / super. Yeah. Why not? Ill be delighted to go. (e.g. How about? Its very kind of you to invite me. Thank you for your invitation / for inviting me. Id like / love to, thank you. How nice of you! Many thanks. That sounds fine, but Im afraid I cant because but I dont think I can manage it. Im sorry I cant , but thank you all the same. Could you make it another time, perhaps next Sunday. Teaching Procedure 本单元重点是用英语进行口头邀请、同意或拒绝邀请等，训练是主要形式。朗读、对话及情景表演为主要教学方法，借助多媒体教学手段培养学生用英语进行口头邀请及回复等的基本应用能力。 1. Get ready for the task. 2. Sentence patterns about invitations : a. Conclude the sentence patterns about invitations and lead a reading.b. The Ss read the patterns ( read together or group work ) and try to learn them by heart . 3. Learn the dialogues on P2. a. Play the dialogues for the Ss to read and try to find the answers to the questions given; b. Play the tape again and conclude the patterns appeared in the dialogues bydoing some related exercises .c. The difficulties of the dialogues. d. The Ss listen to the tape again and try to follow it.4. Oral practice. ( Practice orally according to the contents given.) 5. Exercises (P4. Ex.1; Ex.3) 6. Conclusion ( words and expressions learnt today ) 7. AssignmentTeaching materialsI.Get ready for the dialogues:In our work or daily life , we usually need to invite people to all kinds of parties. So we have to know how to invite people in western countries and the western custom about invitation. The custom of inviting friends vary from country to country . Generally speaking, on formal occasions, the written invitation is usually made in advance. But as for some informal cases, the invitation is usually made orally. To either of these two invitations, the person being invited should give a clear reply whether the invitation is accepted or not. Then how to invite people face to face? What sentence patterns do we usually use ? Thats what we have to learn today.II. Sentence patterns about invitations: Id like to invite you to dinner / have dinner. to our party / my birthday party/ the conference.How about / What about + V-ing Why dont you come and join us for disco ? How would you like to join us? Its very kind of you to invite me.Thank you for your invitation / for inviting me. Id like / love to , thank you . How nice of you ! Many thanks. That sounds fine, but Im afraid I cant because but I dont think I can manage it. Im sorry I cant , but thank you all the same. Could you make it another time, perhaps next Sunday？III. Dialogues （P2 )A. Questions about the dialogues (P2 ）Dialogue 1: Q1: Who is the person invited, Mr. Wang or Mr. William? Mr. WilliamQ2: Why does Mr. Wang invite him to dinner party? to celebrate his daughters birthday.Q3: When will the party begin? about eight oclock, tomorrow evening.Dialogue 2: Q1: Who is the inviter and who is the person invited? Mr. Chang is the inviter And Mr. Smith is the person invitedQ2: Where does Mr. Chang invite Mr. Smith to go? to the Great Wall .Q3: Why does Mr. Smith decline the invitation? because Mr. Johnson has promised to call on some friends at the embassy . . B. Listening to the tape again and fill in the blanks according to the dialogues: 1. Are you doing anything special tomorrow? Id like to invite you to have a dinner party.2. How would you like to join us ? (= Why dont you come and join us ?)3. Would it be alright if I brought somebody with me?4. Thank you very much for inviting me. Ill be along (到达= arrive ) at eight. 5. That would be super. (= That would be fine.)6. What did you have in mind? (= What did you think of? / whats your idea?)7. I have promised to call on some friends at the embassy. 8. Ill be delighted to go. 9. I wonder if you could make it some other time if it is convenient? 10. I do like , but I dont think I can. C. The difficulties of the dialogues (P2 )1. drag away . 把拉开/拖走e.g. The broken car was dragged away. The policemen dragged the thief away.Drag yourself away from television for a change . = Lets do some other things instead of watching TV.2. How would you like to join us ? = Will you join us for dinner? = Why dont you come and join us? join ( sb./ organization ) join the Party / Army / the League join in ( activities )e.g. Ill persuade him to join our club. He never joined in the sports of the boys. The two houses join each other. Where do the two rivers join (会合;相遇)? 3. brought bring (v) e.g. Its raining. Take an umbrella with you. Bring my book here when you come next time Would you please fetch the letter for me? They are carrying the desks and chairs into the new classroom.4. decline vt.婉拒;谢绝+to-v vi/ n .下降;减少e.g. She declined their invitation. She declined to have lunch with her friend, saying that she wasnt feeling well. Unemployment declined to 4 percent last month. There is a decline in real wages. 5. anything special anything 是不定代词, 修饰不定代词的形容词必须后置。 类似的词还有: something, nothing, somebody, anybody, nobody e.g. Theres nothing interesting in the film. Ive something important to tell you.We smelt something strange. 6. call on (sb.)/ call at (place) = visit7. I need to alert you that = I must remind you of 我得提醒你的是8. supposee.g. I suppose (= guess) he is still in town. 我想他还在城里。Youre not supposed to take the books out of the room. 这些书不能拿出屋去.D. Oral Practice：( 对话中所出现的有关邀请及回复的句子,要求用下列句子和前面所学的常见表达进行情景训练。）1. Make dialogues according to the contents given 情景： 情景： D. Exercises : ( P4. Ex. 1, 3 )IV. Conclusion: Today we have learnt how to invite people in English orally and how to give responses to an invitation. The following expressions 、words and phrases are important for us . You must try to learn them by heart. * Words and Phrases : nothing special，drag away , look forward to , be along , call on / at , bring / take / fetch / carry , coach , be supposed to do , embassy (大使馆） * Expressions about invitation V. Assignment: 1. Writing practice: P4. Ex. 2 2. Review what we have learnt today and try to learn some words and expressions by heart. 3. Prepare for the writing : How to write an invitation card / letter. Unit1-2 Practical Writing Invitation Cards and Invitation LettersTeaching Objective: Task 1: Make clear the format of an invitation card or an invitation letter.Task 2: Use the correct format and useful expressions to write invitation cards or letters. Task 3: To be able to read invitation letters and the related information.Teaching Time: 2-3 periodsTeaching Procedure 在学习了怎样用英语进行口头邀请的基础上，通过书上的两个范例(P1)引导学生进行请柬和邀请函的书写，其重点应放在格式及常见表达上。1. Revision : a. Let the Ss read the dialogues together. b. The teacher gives the Ss some Chinese and the Ss put them into English orally.II. Learn how to write an invitation card / letter. 1). Get ready for the task. 2). How to write invitation cards: a. Let the Ss read the first sample on page one and check the students understanding by asking the related questions.b. The Ss conclude the format and characters of the invitation card according to Sample1. c. practical writing. d. Patterns of accepting or declining an invitation.3) How to write invitation Letters : a. Tell the students that an invitation can also be sent by a letter besides the card. b. The format and the general expressions. c. The Ss read Sample2 and try to put them into Chinese. d. Give the Ss some useful expressions about invitation letters. e. Rewrite the invitation card above . ( Put it into a invitation letter. ) f. Practical writing. 4) Do some related exercises: P15. Ex.2: a. Give the Ss some related words to learn. b. The teacher asks the Ss some questions to check their understanding about the letter. c. The Ss put the letter into Chinese. P16. Ex.4.III. Assignments: 1) P15. Ex. 3 2) Ha
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