Unit 1Unit 1 GREETING AND GREETING AND INTRODUCING PEOPLEINTRODUCING PEOPLE

“GreetingGreeting”means a word or gesture of welcome or salutation

“IntroducingIntroducing”to make somebody known formally to somebody else by giving the person`s name or by giving each person`s name to the other.

Objective: To learn the different ways of greeting and introducing people.

Warm up exercise: A greeting between the teacher and the students.

Section 1 Talking Face to Section 1 Talking Face to FaceFace

Data Bank:

A. Greetings B. Response to greetings

How do you do? How do you do?

Hello.How are you? Fine, thank you.

How are things with you? Quite well. And you?

How are you doing? The usual. How about you?

How is everything? So-so. And what about you?

You are doing all right? Pretty good.

How it goes? Not too bad.

How is life, Mary? Nothing particular.

Excuse me. Are you Kenny? Yes, Kenny Brown.

Nice to meet you, John? Glad to know you.

C.Self-introduction

* Please allow me to introduce myself.

I`m Helen Waters. Please call me Helen.

* Let me introduce myself.

I`m Li Ming from Shunde Polytechnic.

* Hello, may I introduce myself?

My name is Li Hong, manager of the company.

* I`d like to introduce myself first.

I`m Douglas, but everyone calls me Doug.

Section 2 Being All EarsSection 2 Being All Ears

Difficult Words:

Dialogue 1

overseas further be on-line e-mail address Dialogue 2

on behalf of guesthouse colleague convenient

Passage

first impression handshake sales clerk programmer

Software name inexperienced

Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp EyeSection 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye

Passage onePassage one

The Way Americans Greet （美国人的致意方式）

Key words:

1. greet [gri:t] v. say word of welcome to

eg. He greeted her by saying ‘Good morning’.

2. relationship n. the condition or fact of being related;

eg. The teacher has a very good relationship with her students.

3. wave [weiv] v. to move freely back and forth

eg. She waved a fan before her face.

4. leave [li:v] v. to go out of or away from

eg. I left my book on the bus.

5.impression n. 印象 , 感想 , 盖印 , 压痕

I have the impression that we have met once before.

我隐约记得我们以前曾经见过面

6.prefer vt. 更喜欢 , 宁愿

I prefer coffee to tea.

我喜欢咖啡胜于茶

7.call n. 喊声 , 叫声 , 命令 , 号召 , 访问 , 叫牌 , 通话 , 必要

v. 呼叫 , 召集 , 称呼 , 认为 , 命名 , 打电话

He called me at nine.

他九点钟打电话给我

8.acquaint vt. 使熟知 , 通知

Let me acquaint you with my family.

请让你认识一下我的家人

Passage Analysis:Passage Analysis:

Para 1: Americans greet each other informally.Para 1: Americans greet each other informally.

Para 2: American introductions are usually Para 2: American introductions are usually simple. simple.

Para 3: Americans sometimes ask personal Para 3: Americans sometimes ask personal questionsquestions

Important Sentence Patterns in P1:

1. ~(sb) often do ~ with ~~

2.Similarly,~~~. adv. 同样地 , 类似于

3.Speaking of ~, ~(sb) have/has got to do ~

4. To ~(sb) , ~ is the most ~~

5. ~ will do ~

6.In ~(sp), ~ be usually ~

7. ~ prefer(s) ~ to ~

8. Such ~ may be too ~ to ~.

Passage Two A Little About MeImportant Words:

1.move n. 移动 , 迁居 , 步骤 One careless move loses the whole game.

" 一着不慎 , 满盘皆输。

vt. 移动 , 感动 , 鼓动 Who has moved my book?

谁动我的书了？

vi. 移动 , 离开 , 运行 , 迁移 , 搬家 We're going to move next week.

我们打算下周搬家。

2.gentle adj. 温和的 , 文雅的

I enjoy the gentle breeze so much.

3.stubborn adj. 顽固的 , 固执的 , 坚定的 , 坚决的 , 难应付的 , 难处理的

The boy is as stubborn as a mule.

4.organize vt. 组织 , 使有机化 , 给予生机

vi. 组织起来

The Students` Union will organize a party on the New Year` Day.

5.pack vt. 包装 , 捆扎 , 塞满 , 压紧 , 挑选

Have you packed the clothes into the trunk?

6.control v. 控制

This child lacks parental control.

7.panic adj. 极度恐慌 ( 的 )

There is always danger of a panic when a cinema is on fire.

Section 4 Trying Your HandSample:

Binhai Electronics Instrument Company Ltd.

Wu Hua

Senior Engineer

Address: No.9,Wanda Street, Binhai city, P.C.:116000

Fax:0411-3630278 Email:wh@pub.bhei.net.cn

Tel: 0411-3630254 Mobile:13052766609

Information: Address 地址 Fax 传真 E-mail Address 电邮 P.C.( Post code) 邮编 Tel.(Telephone) 电话 Mobile phone 手机

Sentence Writing (Grammar)Sentence Writing (Grammar)

Basic Sentence Structure (workbook P12)