1. Unit 3 Task Writing a letter of apology

2. When writing a letter of apology, you need to include the following: your address the date an opening the purpose of the letter should be given in the first sentence. an explanation a closing phrase (to apologize again) your name and signature

3. Address of Beijing Sunshine Secondary School Sunshine Town Beijing 100000 10 June Date Tan Yi Name of 88 Sunny Street Sunshine Town Beijing 100000 Address of Dear Tan Yi, Greeting …………………………………………………… Yours sincerely, Closing Sun Ting Name of the sender the sender the receiver

4. Below is a sample letter of apology. Read the letter carefully and work in pairs to underline some sentence patterns which we may find useful when we write the letter ourselves.

5. Dear Mr. Singh, I am writing to apologize for any misunderstandings that occurred when I showed you around Beijing the other day. I felt rather strange when you would not shake hands with me. I did not realize that there are some taboos in different countries and cultures. After reading a magazine article, I know that people from India do not shake hands with their left hands. I should not have held out my left hand to you. And I now know you do not eat beef because of your religion. I would like to give you my apology for... Please accept my sincere apology for...

6. I feel very sorry for not having known these taboos earlier. I hope you can forgive me for all these misunderstandings. I hope our next meeting will be happier. Yours sincerely, …... I am awfully/terribly sorry for what I have done.I feel badly sorry about it and want youto know what happened.Please allow me to say s orry again.Once again, I’m sorry for any misu nderstanding caused.

7. sentence patterns used in a letter of apology 1. I would like to give you my apology for... 2. Please accept my sincere apology for... 3. I am awfully/terribly sorry for what I have done. 4.I feel badly sorry about it and want you to kn ow what happened. 5. Please allow me to say sorry again. 6. Once again, I’m sorry for any misunderstand ing caused. …

8. Practice Please write a letter of apology to Mr Takashi or Mr Hudson in 10 minutes.

9. Language Points 1. 预定一顿盛宴 2. 占据 3. 分发 4. 浏览 5. 阻挡 6. 握手 7. 相关的人 8. 与 …… 互动 9. 与 …… 接触 10. 带 …… 参观 order a real feast take up give out go through hold up shake hands the person concerned interact with be in contact with show…..around

10. Translation 1. He seemed to give out a lot of business cards and got a bit upset when my classmate did not go through the proper procedure and just put it in his pocket without looking at it. (Page 42 Para.2) 2.However, showing visitors around is a great way to improve our English and hopefully we can do it again next year. (Page 42 Para.3 )

11. 3. The breaking of a taboo is usually upsetting or embarrassing for the person concerned and the people around him or her. (Page 43 Para.1) 4. While these different forms of greetings and customs might seem strange to you, remember that what you consider normal probably seems equally strange to others. (Page 44 Para. 3)

12. Homework Paper 16 阅读理解 ABC