,Unit | One,Invitation Etiquette,Unit Goals: What You Should Learn to Do 1. Make an oral invitation to: invite people to join daily activities invite people to formal occasions 2. Make a written invitation (write an invitation card or a letter) for: personal invitation official occasions 3. Give a reply to: an oral invitation a written invitation What You Should Know About 1. Invitation culture: Western and Chinese 2. Word order in a subordinate clause,Contents,Section I Talking Face to Face,Imitating Mini-talks,Speak and Recite,Speak and Perform,Study and Imitate,Imitate and Perform,Acting out the Tasks,Studying Invitation Cards and Letters,Following Sample Dialogues,Putting Language to Use,Speak and Complete,Speak and Communicate,Speak and Translate,1) Inviting friends to a party Sally: Hello, William. Whatre you going to do tomorrow evening? William: Tomorrow evening? Nothing special. Sally: Im inviting a few friends to my daughters birthday party. How would you like to join us? William: Great. That would be super. Congratulations! 2) Inviting friends to a dinner Mary: Wed love to have you over for dinner Saturday. Robert: Oh, thank you. What time should I come? Mary: How about eight oclock? Robert: OK. Thank you for inviting me.,SECTION I Talking Face to Face,Imitating Mini-talks,Speak and Recite,1 Work in pairs. Look at the picture and recite the following mini-talks for making invitations and giving responses.,Back,Unit | One,3) Inviting friends to a movie Paul: Whatre you doing on Saturday night? Molly: Im not sure. Why? Paul: Well, I was thinking of asking you to go to a movie with me this weekend. Molly: Oh, why not? 4) Declining an invitation to go roller-skating Mike: Would you like to go roller-skating with me this Saturday afternoon? Sarah: Saturday afternoon? Im afraid I wont be able to. Mike: What about Sunday afternoon? Sarah: That would be nice. 5) Declining an invitation to go out to dinner Steve: Well, thank goodness its Friday, Jean. Cindy: Yes, it was a long week, Ken. Steve: Would you like to go out to dinner tonight? Id like to take you somewhere really special. Cindy: Oh, thanks, but . maybe some other time. Im very busy tonight.,Window on Key Words,好极了 祝贺 滑旱冰,Back,Speak and Perform,Acting out the Tasks,2 Work in pairs and act out the tasks by following the above mini-talks.,1 Task: Suggest going skiing with your friend.,2 Task: Invite your friend to go to a concert on Friday evening.,3 Task: Invite your friend to go to the early show of the movie “My Fair Lady”.,4 Task: Decline your friends invitation to go dancing next Friday afternoon.,5 Task: Decline your friends invitation to go out to dinner.,Back, Refer to the Data Bank in the Workbook for more relevant expressions.,Studying Invitation Cards and Letters,Study and Imitate,3 Invitation cards are often used for inviting people. Now lets read the following invitation cards and letters and try to use the information in them in your face-to- face talks.,Back,Back,1) Inviting Friends to a Party Wang: Hello, William. What are you doing tomorrow evening? William: Tomorrow evening? Nothing special, I was thinking of watching TV. Wang: Drag yourself away from television for a change. Im having a few friends to have a dinner party tomorrow to celebrate my daughters birthday. How would you like to join us? William: Great. That would be super. Congratulations! Wang: Thank you. How about eight oclock? Is that OK? William: Oh yes, fine. Would it be alright if I brought somebody with me? Wang: Yes, of course. William: OK. Fine. Do you want me to bring something to drink? Red wine or white? Wang: Um, white wine, if you feel you must bring something. But its not necessary. William: Ill do that. Well, indeed, thank you very much for inviting me. Wang: My pleasure. William: Ill be along at eight. Looking forward to it. Wang: Yeah, see you then.,Following Sample Dialogues,Imitate and Perform,4 Read the following sample dialogues and try to perform your own tasks.,Back,Unit | One,2) Declining an Invitation Chang: Are you doing anything special on Friday, Mr. Smith? Smith: Yes, Mr. Johnson and I have promised to call on some friends at the embassy. Chang: Oh, what a pity! Smith: What did you have in mind? Chang: We were thinking of asking you and Mr. Johnson to go to the Great Wall. Smith: Id love to and Im sure Mr. Johnson would, too. I wonder if we could make it some other time if it is convenient. Chang: What about Saturday? But I need to alert you that the coach will leave quite early at 7 oclock. Smith: Ill ask Mr. Johnson if he has any plans, but I think itll be all right. Suppose I give you a ring this afternoon and let you know. Chang: That would be fine.,Back,Putting Language to Use,Speak and Complete,5 Imagine you are inviting your friend Bill to a concert tonight, but he happens to have to finish a term paper. Complete the following conversation with him by filling in the blanks