Unit 5

Unit 5 Good manners

Grammar

Revision Translate the following sentences. 1. 在那里，什么是符合习俗的问候方式？ 2. 英国人在家也很有礼貌。 3. 我肯定这些对我们很有益处。 4. 他们会足够有耐心地等你挪开。 What’s the proper way to greet people there? British people are very polite at home as well. I’m sure these are helpful to us. They will be polite enough to wait till you move.

Answer the following questions. What does Eddie say to Hobo before he mentions the good manners? What’ll British people do if you’re in their way? You’re old enough to learn about manners. If you’re in their way, British people will be polite enough to wait till you move.

Can you find the similarity between the two sentences? What is it? You’re old enough to learn about manners. If you’re in their way, British people will be polite enough to wait till you move. to be + adjective + enough + to-infinitive

e.g. You are old enough to learn about manners. A Using enough to We can use the verb to be + adjective + enough + to-infinitive to describe a person’s personality and abilities. e.g. You are old enough to learn about manners. If you are in their way, British people will be polite enough to wait till you move.

Suzy’s friends Suzy wants to tell her parents what she thinks about her friends. Help her make sentences using “to be + adjective + enough + to-infinitive”. 1. his friends / kind/ any time/ help Daniel ______________________ ___________________ is kind enough to help his friends any time.

2. listen/ patient/ when others speak/ carefully Millie ______________________ _________________________ 3. around her/ careful/ small changes/ notice Sandy _______________________ ______________________ is patient enough to listen carefully when others speak. is careful enough to notice small changes around her.

4. generous/ with others/ her things/ share Kitty ___________________________ ________________ 5. queue/ polite / in public Simon _____________________________ 6. make everyone laugh/ funny/ after class Amy _____________________________ _______________ is generous enough to share her things with others. is polite enough to queue in public. is funny enough to make everyone laugh after class.

British people are too polite to shout loudly in public. B Using too … to … We can use the verb to be + too + adjective + to-infinitive to express a negative result. e.g. British people are very polite. They do not shout loudly in public. British people are too polite to shout loudly in public.

e.g. British people are very polite. They will not push past you. British people are too polite to push past you.

Sometimes we need to add for someone before the to-infinitive. e.g. The UK is very far away. Jenny cannot go there on her own. The UK is too far away for Jenny to go there on her own.

After the radio show The radio show is over. Millie wants to write about that day in her diary. Help her rewrite the sentences with “to be + too + adjective + to-infinitive”. 1. Suzy was very shy. She did not join the discussion. Suzy was too shy to join the discussion.

2. Simon was very excited. He did not express himself clearly. 3. Peter was slow. He could not write down all the main points. Simon was too excited to express himself clearly. Peter was too slow to write down all the main points.

4. Amy was careless. She did not take her hat with her when she left. 5. Kitty was very busy with her dancing lessons. She did not listen to the radio. Amy was too careless to take her hat with her when she left. Kitty was too busy with her dancing lessons to listen to the radio.

Work out the rules! 1. sb. + adj.+ enough to do sth. 某人足够……做某事 2. sb. + be too +adj. + to do sth. 某人太……而不能做某事。 _____ + be too +adj. + _______ to do. sth. for sb.

Language points 1. She did not join the discussion. discussion n. 讨论 e.g. In their discussion, I was in favor of Mr. Li. 在他们的争论中，我支持李先生。

2. He did not express himself clearly. express v. 表达 e.g. The writer expresses his love for his motherland in his novels. 作者在小说中表达出他对祖国的爱。

3. Jenny cannot go there on her own. on one’s own 某人自己；独立地 e.g. I was able to finish the job on my own. 我能独自地把工作做完。 After graduation, he lives on his own.  毕业后他就独立生活了。

4. Kitty was very busy with her dancing lessons. be busy with 忙于做某事 e.g. They pretended to be busy with preparation for the exam. 他们装着忙于备考的样子。

Exercises Ⅰ. 翻译下列句子。 1. 他够上学年龄了。 2. 她真慷慨，为我们买了这多礼物。 3. 这个盒子太重，小男孩搬不动。 4. 昨天他太兴奋了，都不能清楚表达自己了。 He is old enough to go to school. She is generous enough to buy us so many presents. The box is too heavy for the little boy to carry. He was too excited to express himself clearly.

5. 这男孩年龄太小，不能照顾自己。 6. 他们太慢了，赶不上这辆公交车了。 This boy is too young to look after himself. They are too slow to catch the bus.

Ⅱ. 用左栏的形容词和右栏的词组完成句子。 interesting fast generous hard-working to be the first of his class to make me laugh to share his things with others to get good marks 1. Is Mike generous? Yes. He is ________ enough __________ ________________. to share his things with others generous

2. Is that story interesting? Yes. It is __________ enough __________ _____. 3. Is he good at swimming? Yes. He is ___ enough ______________ _______. 4. Is Alice very hard-working? Yes. She is ____________ enough ______ ___________. to make me laugh interesting to be the first of his class fast to get good marks hard-working

1. Review the two sentence structures and make at least five more sentences with each of them. 2. Prepare for the next lesson.