Unit 1 Studying English
Part A
Communicative Function
Greetings and Introductions
People greet each other when they meet. And in meeting new people it is common to introduce onelf and be introduced by others. This exerci focus on different ways to greet people and to make introductions.
Listen to the recording and complete the following conversations.
1. Bill: Hi, Mary.
Mary: Hi, Bill. How are you doing ?
Bill: Good, thanks. And you?
Mary: Just fine, Bill. I’d like you to meet my classmate,vesls Bob Smith. Bob, this is my friend, Bill Jones.
Bill: Hello, nice to meet you.
Bob: Nice to meet you, too.
2. Linda: Excu me, are you Paul Johnson from London? I'm Linda Blake from Smith and Wells.
Paul: Yes, I am Paul Johnson. How do you do, Miss Blake?
Linda: How do you do, Mr. Johnson? May I introduce Charles Green to you ? He's our sales manager.
Paul: Plead to meet you , Mr. Green.
Mr. Green: It's a pleasure to meet you .
3. Jack: Mum, I've brought one of my friends.
Mother: Ask him in, Jack.
Jack: Come and meet my family, Tom. Mum, this is Tom, my roommate.
Mother: Hello, Tom. It's good to know you.
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Tom: How do you do, Mrs. Brown?
Jack: And this is my sister, Jane.
Notes
1. Conversation 1 is more informal as it is between young friends. Conversation 2 is more formal as it is between strangers and, possibly, business partners. Conversation 3 is informal when Jack is talking to his mother but formal when Tom is addressing Jack's mother.
2. In introducing someone to others, it is customary to add a few words about that person's background. In Conversation 2, for example, Linda introduces Charles Green to Paul and adds that the former is the sales manager.
3. Smith and Wells: the name of a company
Uful Expressions
Uful Expressions for Greetings and Introductions
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Greetings
● Hello.
● How are you doing?
● How’s everything?
● What’s new?
● How’s it going?
● pascoGood morning, Jack. How are you?
● Hello, Paul. I’ve heard so much about you.
● You look great today. How are things?
● Hi. How have you been?
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● Hey, great to e you.
● Fancy meeting you here.
● Hi, I’ve been looking forward to meeting you.
● How nice to e you.
● 雅思考试报名时间It’s good to e you.
Making Introductions
● May I introduce (Mr. Wang) to you?
● I'd like to introduce (Mr. Wang) to you.
● Come and meet (Mr. Wang), our software engineer.
● This is (Mr. Wang), my cousin.
● Hello. I’m (Wang Ling) from (Beijing).
● My name is (Wang Ling).
● I’d like you to meet the president of our company, Mr Wang Ling.
● Good afternoon, I’m (Wang Ling). Very plead to meet you.
Listening Strategy
Detecting Incomplete Plosion
In connected speech when a plosive consonant like /k/, /g/, /t/, /d/, /p/, /b/ is followed by another consonant, it is not fully pronounced. This is called incomplete plosion.
Listen and read after the recording, paying attention to the letters in italics.
1. Laura is one of the top students in Grade One.
2. Ted lihoidkes to sing English pop songs
3. Listening is not a big problem for me.
4. 所得税计算方法Frank can speak six languages fluently.
5. I’d like to read novels and short stories in English.
6. Bob反省的意思’s strong local acnotifyingcent makes it difficult for us to understand him.
Part B
Pre-listening Task
Pair Work
Questions for Discussion
You are going to talk about your experience of studying English. Read the following questions and discuss them with your partner.
1. When did you start learning English? How long have you studied it?
2. Do you like English? Why or why not?
3. What do you think of studying English? Is it interesting or boring? Difficult or easy? Give reasons.
4. Which accent do you prefer, American or British?
5. What is your purpo of studying English?
Demo：
1. When did you start learning English? How long have you studied it?
I started learning English when I was 9 years old. At that time, learning English was a fun. We didn't have any modern equipment like MP3 or radios and we didn't have a good English teacher either. In class we just repeated after the teacher who spoke English with a heavy accent. As she didn't know the International Phonetic Alphabet, she even asked us to u Chine characters to mark the English sounds. Ten years has pasd since I learned to speak the first English word.
