2. Unit 2 Language Period 3 word power

3. ① An informal letter: Dear Mr. Lee, I that I can not come to the dinner you and Mrs. Lee are giving next Saturday for your brother because of a previous engagement that evening. am so sorry

4. I do appreciate your asking me and hope that I will have the opportunity to meet your brother on some other occasion in the near future.

5. ② To judge which is the better expression: 1. (To a professor you first meet) □ ----- Hi,Bob.Fancy meeting you here. □ ----- Good morning,Mr.Mosley.How are you? ( Too familiar and informal. )

6. 2.(To a close friend) □ ----- Mr.Wells,would you be kind enough to pass me the salt? □ ----- Could you possibly pass me the salt? □ ----- Pass me the salt, Jack.

7. ③ Read the following sentence and find which part you think is informal. I am sorry to say that a lot of your answers to those questions in your homework are not precise, so you must think about them.

8. Formal and informal English Formal EnglishInformal English a large amount/number of a lot of arrangesort out childkid discardthrow away I regret to inform you… I’m sorry to say… immediatelyright away in additionplus

9. It is my hope…Hope… preventstop purchasebuy replyanswer speak tohave a word with take my concerns into consideration think about it

10. Answers: Dear Mr Smith, I want to speak to you about the condition of the playground. I regret to inform you that people do not discard their rubbish properly. They leave rubbish on the ground instead of using the bins. Yeaterday a 6-year-old child fell and cut his hand on a broken bottle.

11. The boy was taken to hospital immediately. In addition, the beautiful view of the park is spoiled. I believe that there are a large number of actions you chould take to solve this problem. For example, you should purchase additional litter bins and arrange security to prevent people from littering.

12. It is my hope that you will take my concerns into consideration. I look forward to your reply. Yours sincerely, Jerry Broker

13. A map of the world

14. Use the following diagram CountryOfficial language(s) AustraliaEnglish BengalBengali CanadaEnglish,French Chinese EgyptArabic FranceFrench

15. GermanyGerman IndiaEnglish,Hindi IrelandEnglish,Irish ItalyItalian MexicoSpanish New ZealandEnglish,Maori PortugalPortuguese

16. RussiaRussian Saudi ArabiaArabic SingaporeEnglish,Chinese, Malay,Tamil SpainSpanish SwitzerlandFrench,German, Italian UkEnglish USAEnglish

17. flagcountryOfficial language Egypt Arabic FranceFrench MexicoSpanish CanadaEnglish,French GermanyGerman IrelandIrish,English UkEnglish RussiaRussian

18. CountryOfficial language(s) People Capital AustraliaEnglishAustralianCanberra GreeceGreek Athens SpainSpanish Madrid EgyptArabicEgyptianCairo RussiaRussian Moscow FranceFrench Paris MexicoSpanishMexicanMexico City JapanJapanese Tokyo ItalyItalian Rome

19. The listening answers on page 98 :(Parts A and B ) 1. radio TV 2. news programmes teaching programmes films 3. newspapers books 4. a learner’s dictionary 5. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 6. coloured clear everyday similar

20. Homework: 1. Go over what we learned in this period. 2. Preview the next lesson 3. To get more information about UN,according to the website given to you. http:/www.un.org/english http:/www.un.org/aboutun/index.ht ml