Unit Two Saying Thanks or Sorry Expanding Training 主讲人：王建红

Unit Goals: What You Should Learn to Do 1. Express thanks and ask for forgiveness 2. Write and reply to: a thank-you note a gift card a congratulation message What You Should Know About 1. Feeling thankful and sorry is part of your culture 2. Being serious when saying sorry

Listening & Speaking Listening & Speaking Expanding Training Dialogue Rehearsal Our contents:

Speak and Complete Imagine you are writing your term paper. You've just received a very useful reference book as a gift from Professor Smith. You meet him and express your thanks. Read aloud the following dialogue with your partner by putting in the missing words. （ P.27 ） You: Good morning, Prof. Smith. 1 ____________ for the book you sent me. It is 2 ____________ to my term paper. Smith: 3 _______________ it is helpful to you. You: Yes, it's indeed a very good reference book. I don't know how I shall express 4 __________________________. Smith: It's 5 ____________________. You: And I'm 6 ___________ for all the help and encouragement you've given me. Smith: I'm happy to be 7 _____________. Please don't hesitate to let me know whenever you need me. You: I will, Professor Smith. You are so 8 ________. Unit | Two kind Thank you very helpful I'm glad / happy my gratitude / thanks to you nothing / my pleasure very grateful of any help Back

Speak and Communicate Imagine you are Sue, and your partner is Ken. Your English teacher, Linda has been in hospital. Now she is fully recovered and will leave the hospital today. You want to meet her there. You ask your friend Ken to give you a lift. Fill in the blanks according to the clues in the brackets. Then act it out with your partner. （ P.27 ） Sue: 1 ( 打招呼 ) ______________! Could you give me a lift? Ken: Hi, Sue. 2 ( 表示歉意 ) ______________, but I don't have a car right now. Sue: Oh, 3 ( 表示遗憾 ) ______________! I want to go to the Central Hospital. Ken: Why? Are you sick? Sue: No, I'm all right. My English teacher Linda is there. She has just recovered and is to leave the hospital today. Ken: 4 ( 表示理解 ) ____________! Why not take a bunch of flowers with you? Sue: 5 ( 感谢他想得周到 ) _________________________________________. I have already prepared some flowers fresh from my mother's garden. That's very thoughtful / considerate of you Hello, Ken I'm terribly sorry that's too bad I see

Speak and Communicate Imagine you are Sue, and your partner is Ken. Your English teacher, Linda has been in hospital. Now she is fully recovered and will leave the hospital today. You want to meet her there. You ask your friend Ken to give you a lift. Fill in the blanks according to the clues in the brackets. Then act it out with your partner. Ken: Well, well. 6 ( 感叹这样做很好 ) __________________! Sue: But, 7 ( 表示遗憾 ) ______________! I can't see Linda right now: no car and no driver. Ken: Wrong. You have a good driver here. I could borrow my dad's car and take you there. Sue: 8 ( 表示惊喜 ) ______________? That's great! It's 9 ( 感谢他的好心 ) ______________, Ken. Ken: Don't mention it. 10 ( 表示心甘情愿 ) ______________. It's my pleasure That's wonderful what a pity Really very kind of you Back

Warm-up Gift cards / notes and congratulation cards / letters are very useful for expressing thanks and good wishes on some social occasions. It is also important for us to learn how to reply to them properly.

Studying Gift and Congratulation Cards Study and Imitate Read the following cards carefully and try to use the information to practice short dialogues.

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Apology letters An apology letter is written to apologize for having done something wrong or failing to do something. Apology letters are usually brief and direct to the point. Of course, they should sound sincere and polite.

Translate the following letter of apology into Chinese.P.34 尊敬的怀特夫人： 我刚刚从儿子那里得知这个糟糕的消息：我家的狗爬进您家的后 院把花坛弄坏了。此刻我先生正在把围栏加高，使狗不能再爬过围 栏。我希望能在您方便的时候同您谈一谈有关赔偿损坏的花草之事， 尽管我知道损失是难以挽回的，我也无法弥补您为侍弄这些花草所 付出的时间和精力。对此，我只能向您致以最诚挚的歉意。 您真诚的 玛莉 · 格林 （玛莉 · 格林） Back

Information Related to the Reading Passage Important Traditional Festivals in China 春节： Spring Festival (the 1st day of the 1st lunar month) 除夕： New Year's Eve (the day before the Spring Festival) 元宵节： Lantern Festival (the 15th of the 1st lunar month) 清明节： Qingming / Tomb-Sweeping Festival (April 4th or 5th) 端午节： Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th of the 5th lunar month) 七夕节： Qixi Festival (the 7th day of the 7th month of the lunar month, somewhat equivalent to Valentine's Day in English) 中秋节： Mid-Autumn Festival (the 15th of the 8th lunar month) 重阳节： Double-Ninth Day (the 9th of the 9th lunar month)

Important Traditional Festivals in Western Countries 圣诞节： Christmas (the 25th of December) 平安夜： Christmas Eve (the 24th of December) 情人节： Valentine's Day (14th of February) 愚人节： Fool's Day (the 1st of April) 复活节： Easter (the 1st Sunday after a full moon on or after 21st of March) 感恩节： Thanksgiving Day (the 4th Thursday of November) 万圣节： Halloween / All Saints' Day (31st of October) Back

Extensive Reading How Can You Say “Sorry” and Really Mean It? Admit you are were wrong Acknowledge the damage done Accept the consequences Ask for forgiveness Change behavior

Read and Judge Are the following statements true or false according to the passage? Write T / F accordingly. P.42 1) Many people think just saying “I'm sorry” is enough for an apology. 2) People need to take a few important steps to make a truly heartfelt apology effective. 3) The first and most important step is to admit that you have done everything wrong. 4) To say you are sorry and admit wrongdoing may make the injured party believe you. 5) The second important step is to accept complete responsibility for what both parties did. 6) You should be specific when you acknowledge the injury you have caused the other person(s).

Read and Judge 7) Share your part of responsibility with the other party to make it fair. 8) Don't try to look for the other persons' faults in the problem. 9) Forgetting doesn't mean forgiveness. That is something that few people can truly do. 10) Forgiveness means giving up the right to hurt back or hold it over others. 11) Only when words are given with action could they be meaningful. 12) Once trust is broken between people, it could never get repaired. Back

Video Watching ＆ Performance Enjoy the Video Act out their own dialogues to express thanks, congratulations and asking for forgiveness.

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Summary Key points in Units 1 ＆ 2: 1. Greetings and Introduction. 2. Expressing Thanks and Congratulations. 3.Making Apologies and Asking for Forgiveness. 4.Applied Writing: Business Cards, A Thank-you Note, Gift Cards, A Congratulation Message.

Homework Go over the expressions & dialogues in Unit 2.

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