新编实用英语综合教程2 Unit 1 Invitation Etiquette教案Word文件下载.docx

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Invitationculture:

westernandChinese

Wordorderinasubordinateclause

Requirements:

Afterlearningthisunit,studentsshouldgrasp:

1.Readandunderstandthemeaningofinvitationcardsandletters

2.Howtowriteinvitationcardsandlettersandrememberthepatternsofinvitationcardsandletters

3.Howtoinvitepeopletopartyordinner,andhowtoacceptanddeclineinvitations

4.Thecustomsofinvitingpeopleindifferentcountries

5.Importantwords,phrasesandlanguagepointsinthepassage

Inourdailylife,weneedtoinviteotherstodinnerortakepartinallkindsofparties,soweshouldknowaboutwesterncustomaboutinvitation.

ForeigncustomismuchstricterthanChinesecustominthematterofreplyingtoinvitations.Whenyoureceiveaninvitationyoushouldanswerisimmediately,sayingdefinitelywhetheryouareabletoacceptitornot.

Iftheinvitationisgivenbywordofmouth,inconversationoratachancemeeting,youshouldansweratoncewhetheryoucancomeornot.Ifyoucannotgiveanansweratthattime,youmaysay“MayIletyouknowthisevening”orsomesuchwords.

Bystudyingthisunit,wewillknowabouthowtoinvitetheothers,howtoacceptordeclinetheinvitation,andhowtowriteinvitationcards/letters.

SectionITalkingFacetoFace

1.ImitatingMini-Talks

2.ActingouttheTasks

3.StudyingEmailInformationontheInternet

4.FollowingSampleDialogues

5.PuttingLanguagetoUse

SectionIIBeingAllEars

1.LearningSentencesforWorkplaceCommunication

2.HandlingaDialogue

3.UnderstandingaShortSpeech/Talk

SectionIIITryingyourHand

1.PracticingAppliedWriting

2.WritingSentencesandReviewingGrammar

SectionIVMaintainingaSharpEye

Passage1:

InformationRelatedtotheReadingPassage

Whetheritistoawedding,adinnerparty,showerorgalaevent,aninvitationcomeswithsomeimportantobligations.Here’saquickguidetokeepyouontheguestlist.

1.R.S.V.P

FromtheFrench“Ré

pondez,s’ilvousplait”,itmeans“Pleasereply.”Thislittlecodehasbeenaroundforalongtimeandit’sdefinitelytellingyouthatyourhostswanttoknowifyouareattending.Replypromptly,withinadayortwoofreceivinganinvitation.

2.HowdoIrespond?

Replyinthemannerindicatedontheinvitation.

R.S.V.Pandnoresponsecard:

ahandwrittenresponsetothehostatthereturnaddressontheenvelope.

ResponseCard:

fillinandreplybythedateindicatedandreturnintheenclosedenvelope.

R.S.V.Pwithphonenumber:

telephoneandmakesuretospeakinperson—answeringmachinescanbeunreliable.

R.S.V.Pwithe-mail:

youmayacceptordeclineelectronically.

Regretsonly:

replyonlyifyoucannotattend.Ifyourhostdoesn’thearfromyou,heisexpectingyou!

Noreplyrequested?

Unusual,butitisalwayspolitetoletsomeoneknowyourintentions.Aphonecallwouldbesufficient.

3.Isthatyourfinalanswer?

Changinga“yes”toa“no”isonlyacceptableonaccountof:

illnessorinjury,adeathinthefamilyoranunavoidableprofessionalorbusinessconflict.Callyourhostsimmediately.

Cancelingbecauseyouhavea“better”offerisasurefirewaytogetdroppedfromALLtheguestlists.

Beinga“noshow”isunacceptable.

Changinga“no”toa“yes”isOKonlyifitwillnotupsetthehosts’arrangements.

4.“MayIbring…?

”

Don’tevenask!

Aninvitationisextendedtothepeoplethehostswanttoinvite—andnooneelse.

…adate.Someinvitationsindicatethatyoumayinviteaguestordate（Mr.JohnEvansandGuest）andwhenyoureply,youshouldindicatewhetheryouarebringingsomeone,andconveytheirname.

…mychildren.Iftheywereinvited,theinvitationwouldhavesaidso.

…myhouseguest.It’sbesttodeclinetheinvitation,statingthereason.Thisgivesyourhosttheoptiontoextendtheinvitationtoyourguests,ornot.

5.Say“ThankYou.”

Makesuretothankyourhostsbeforeyouleave,andthenagainbyphone

ornotethenextday.

TextBusinessInvitation

Acaseofmistakenidentity!

Don’tworry,we’vebeenassuredthatthismysterywillbe

solvedintimeforour

HolidayOfficeParty

We’releavingtheinvestigationtothosewhodoitbest.

Let’sgetawayfromallthosecomputers,papersandmessandcome

toourofficepartyinyourbestsuitordress.

ComejoinusandToasttheSeason

Thursday,December9th20105:

00P.M.

TheColumbiaHouse–PenthouseFloor485JeffersonPlaza

Leonard,Barley,Travis,BaileyandSmith

RegretsonlytoDianne248-8522

Itwouldbeacrimetomissourpartyornotbeontime

485JeffersonPlaza

Businessinvitationscanbeinformalorformal.Althoughinvitationsareusuallysentthroughthemail,informalinvitationssuchase-mailandphoneinvitationsarebecomingmoreacceptable.

InvitationTiming

Formostformaloccasions,it’sbesttoinvitegueststhreeorfourweeksinadvance.Ifyouchoosetoinviteyourguestsbyphone,remindthemagaininwritingtwoweeksbeforethegathering.Hereareafewguidelinesforyourinformation:

●Sixtoeightmonthsbeforeanimportantseminartowhichout-of-townexecutivesareinvited.

●Fourweeksbeforeaneveningreception.

●Twotofourweeksbeforeacocktailparty.

InvitationFormat

Formalbusinessinvitationsaremostcommonlyprintedonwhiteoroff-whitehigh-qualitypaper.Acompanycanuseanycolorofpaperitdesires,aslongasitupholdsandpromotesthecompany’simage.

Withpreprintedinvitations,yousimplyfillintheblankstotellwhat,where,andwhenthepartywillbeandwhoisgivingit.It’salsoacceptabletoincludeanRSVPnotationandyourphonenumberoraddressontheinvitationformoreaccurateplanning.

RespondingtoanInvitation

EitherusetheaddressorphonenumberprintedinthelowerleftcorneroftheinvitationorreturntheRSVPcardsentwiththeinvitation.Ifa“Pleasereplyby”agivendateisincludedintheinvitation,bepoliteenoughtoreplybythatdate.Ifthewords“Regretsonly”areprintedinthelowerleftcorneroftheinvitation,youneedonlytoinformthehostifyouwillnotbeabletoattend.Ifyourhostdoesnothearfromyou,youareexpectedtoattend.

Neverasktobringaguestunlesstheinvitationstates“Mr.LouisWinthorpandGuest.”Mostlikely,thehostwillhaveonlyenoughfoodanddrinksforthenumberofpeopleheinvites.Showingupwithanuninvitedfriendcouldturnouttobeanembarrassingsituationforeveryone.

LanguagePoints

1ExplanationofDifficultSentences

1.（Para.1）Althoughinvitationsareusuallysentthroughthemail,informalinvitationssuchase-mailsandphoneinvitationsarebecomingmoreacceptable.Analysis:

suchasmeans“ofthesamekind,like”andshouldbefollowedbynounsornounphrases.

Translation:

虽然邀请函通常通过信函方式发出，但目前像电子邮件、电话邀请

等非正式邀请越来越被普遍使用。

Example:

Ourdiscussionswereallaboutissuessuchaseducationand

climatechange.

2.（Para.4）It’salsoacceptabletoincludeanRSVPnotationandyourphonenumberoraddressontheinvitationformoreaccurateplanning.

Analysis:

It’salsoacceptabletodo…means“It’salsogoodenoughtobereceivedtodo…”

如果为了使计划更加周密，也可以在邀请函中加上请回复的字样，以及电话号码或联系地址。

3.（Para.5）Ifa“Pleasereplyby”agivendateisincludedintheinvitation,bepoliteenoughtoreplybythatdate.

Analysis:

If…isaconditionalclausefollowedbyanimperativesentence

如果邀请函中包括“请于某日之前回复”的字样，则需要在规定日期前回复。

Ifyouchoosetoinviteyourguestsbyphone,remindthemagaininwritingtwoweeksbeforethegathering.

It’sacceptabletoplaytricksonyourfriendsonApril1st.

4.（Para.6）Neverasktobringaguestunlesstheinvitationstates“Mr.LouisWinthorpandGuest.”

Never…unless…is“doublenegative”,whichmeans“Youcanbringaguestiftheinvitationstates…”

如若邀请函上没有说明“邀请某某先生和朋友”，不要向邀请方要

求带同伴。

Somepeopleareneverhappyunlesstheyareinthelimelightshowingoff.

2ImportantWords

1.inadvance

beforeintime提前

e.g.

CanIsignupforthiscourseinadvance?

QualityBuildingsusuallyhireitstemporaryworkerswellinadvanceastheneedarises.

2.seminar

n.asmallclassofusuallyadvancedstudentsmeetingtostudysomesubjectwithateacher讨论会，研讨班

e.g.

HeI’mverysorryaboutnotsettingtheseminarontime.

Thereisacomputernetworkseminartomorrowafternoon.

3.uphold

v.tosupport,preventfrombeingweakenedortakenaway

支持，赞成

Iwanttoloveasakindoffaithtouphold.

Allstaffupholdintegrity-basedqualityfirstprinciple.

4.image

n.theopinionpeoplehaveofaperson,organization,productetc.形象

Thehotelindustryisworkinghardonimprovingitsimage.

Thepartyhastoprojecttherightimage.

5.given

a.fixedforapurposeandstatedassuch给定的，特定的

Theworkmustbedonewithinthegiventime.

Atanygiventime,thestatusoftechnicalprogressisrelativelyinflexible.

6.likely

ad.probably可能

I’dverylikelyhavedonethesamethinginyoursituation.

Aslikelyasnot（veryprobably）,themeetingwilltakeplaceinthevillagepub.

Passage2:

InformationRelatedtotheReadingPassage

Thisisaninformalinvitationletterbetweenfriends.Thetoneofthisletteriscasual.Thelanguageisnotsoformal.Thiskindofinformalinvitation