Hi, folks. Here's a letter for you. You're joking. You bet I do.
Conversation 1
Notes:
Hi, folks: an informal way of greeting a group of people
Part 1 Communicative Activities
Conversation 1
Read and study the conversation. Which short sentences will be useful in everyday informal conversation? Underline them and then compare them with your classmates.
words: house, home, and apartment
Listening 2 1.What is their traditional house like?
Listening 2
2.Draw a picture in the box below that fits the couple’s description.
Listening 2
3.What is the function of the wall in front of the gate according to the local tradition?
Listening 2
4.Discuss the differences between three words: house, home, and apartment
Listening 1
Listening 1
Now, two students Tom and Barry are shown around by the house manager. Listen and name the different parts of the apartment.
Listening 1
Corner, you introduce yourself to your foreign teacher, and introduce your best friend to him.
Listening 1
Work in pairs and try to name the different parts in the following floor plan of a student’s apartment
Talking about privacy and individualism
Talking about buying and selling houses
How to introduce?
Introduction
You may introduce yourself like this: -Good morning, Mrs. Black, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jane. -Let me introduce myself. My name is Mary Brown. -I don't believe we've met. I'm Li Zheng. -Glad to meet you. I'm Catharine Black. -It's Catharine, but please call me Kate. -Hi. I'm John. I'm a new comer.
What is your apartment like? Describe it on the blackboard.
Listening 2
Listen and complete the task 1.What is their traditional house like? 2.Draw a picture in the box below that fits
sort out: to select from others; to arrange (the letter), to put into good order
You’re joking: a colloquial expression to show one’s doubt
return address: the sender’s address printed/written in the top left corner of an envelope.
Listening 1
Answer the following questions:
Where are the facilities located in this apartment?
If they want to save power, what should they do about the thermostat?
The three words are often confusing. e.g. Please come to my home for a dinner. (In fact the speaker and his family are living in an apartment in the city.) Therefore, it is more appropriate to say in this case “Please come to my apartment for a dinner.” A house is a building in which people live, usually the people belonging to one family. Someone's home is the house or flat where one lives. Home is most often used to refer to the social unit formed by a family living together. An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building. (mainly AM; in BRIT, use flat)
Unit Two American Homes and Traditional Chinese Homes
Learning Objectives
Talking about introducing people and places
Talking about housing and layout of rooms/houses
6. He will be away from __h_o_m__e____ for two weeks.
a place one usually lives as his residence
7. He works or studies at ____h_o_m__e_______.
at the place where he lives, works or studies comfortably
3. The American student went to see Lili’s parents’ __h_o_u_s__e___ in the village.
She is to see what the residence is like in the village.
4. They have a second __h__o_m__e___ on the lake.
the couple’s description. 3.What is the function of the wall in front of
the gate according to the local tradition? 4.Discuss the differences between three
2. Would you like to come to my ___h_o_u__s_e__ for a dinner? We live in the block just next to the train station.
a physical location for eating, not a place for the guest to live as home
Common Answers:
Nice to meet you, Jane. How do you do, Mrs. Brown? Pleased to meet you. Hello! Glad to meet you. It's nice to meet you. It's a pleasure to know you. Hi!
You bet…: an emphatic way of saying “certainly”.
Conversation 1
Return address
Conversation 1
Cultural Information
financial aid :money given or lent to students at college or university to pay for their education(经济资助）
You may introduce people like this:
-May I introduce you to Mrs. White, my English teacher? Mrs. White, this is Mrs. Brown.
-I'd like you to meet Jane. -This is Liu, the manager of our department. -Meet my friend Bai Mei. -Hi, John, this is Jane. Jane, this is John.