Unit 2 Wish you were here Skills building 3: writing an e-mail 南航附中高一英语教研组 徐业村 刘妹

Lead-in: What is an e-mail? How do we write an e-mail?

Points to note: 1. type in the e-mail address of the person you are writing to and the subject of your e-mail 2. don’t have to type in your e-mail address 3. greet the person ( Dear …) 4. start the e-mail ( Hello …) 5. type your first name at the end 6. use contractions( I’m fine )

Ways of ending an informal e-mail: All the best Best regards Lots of love Love Love from Regards Take care Yours

Date: 25 June From: connie@net.net To: ellen@com.com Subject:Singapore How are you? Have you finished your exams yet? Hello Ellen! I’m in Singapore! I only arrived here two days ago but I’ve already seen a lot of interesting things. Yesterday, we went to Orchard Road to go shopping and then we went to the Night Safari. It’s a zoo that’s open at night, and you can get very close to the animals! Tomorrow, we’re going to Sentosa. It’s an island south of Singapore --you can travel there in a cable car. I hear there is a lot to see and do there! Sorry I don’t Have much time to write. I’ll call you when I get back. See you soon! Love, Connie 2 1 — 4 — 3 — 6 — 5

Step 3: E-mailing your father Write an –mail to your father, tell your father about your holiday destination. Where? When? What activities? What ..see…? The duration? The cost?

Possible examples Sample 1 Dear Dad, I’ve looked at several possible places where we can go on holiday and checked Mum’s schedule. We think we should go to Shandong Province because none of us have ever been there before . If we go, we’ll have an active holiday climbing Mount Taishan. Even though there will not be any river cruises, Mum can explore famous lakes and springs in Ji’nan. We can also visit Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius. I think she’d like this.

We can travel in Mary, between the 1st and 7th We can travel in Mary, between the 1st and 7th. The trip lasts 4 days and 3 nights. It costs only 1,200 yuan per person, so Mum will be pleased with that. I think this trip sounds very exciting and it sounds just like what you and Mum want. Let me know if I should book it. Bye for now. Love (student’s own name)

Sample 2 Dear Dad, I’ve looked at several possible places where we can go on holiday and checked Mum’s schedule. We think we should go to South Island in New Zealand because none of us has ever been there before. If we go there, we can have an active holiday. We can trek through the bush and walk along the beach. And we can go on a river cruise. This is what Mum wants to do. Also we can have a traditional Maori dinner there.

We can travel in May, between the 1st and the 7th We can travel in May, between the 1st and the 7th.The trip lasts 5 days and 4 nights. It costs 7,000 yuan per person. But Mum only wants to spend 3,000 yuan for each. Anyhow, I think this trip sounds very exciting and is just like what you and Mum want! Let me know if I should book it. Love (student’s own name)

Homework: Write an e-mail to your friend