1、Section Section Section Section 1) Giving Thanks to People A: Thank you for the happy time. B: Its nice to have you with us. A: I shall never forget this weekend . B: Me, too. It was / has been so pleasant.2) Congratulating People on Winning a Prize A: Congratulations on winning the first prize ! B:
2、 Thank you very much. A: We all feel very proud of you. B: Thanks. Lets go and have a drink.1 Work in pairs. Practice the following mini-talks about expressing thanks and other feelings.weekendCongratulating winningprize proud Window on Key Words周末祝贺赢得；奖自豪的3) Expressing Thanks for Others Help A: Pro
3、fessor Smith, thank you very much for your advice on my paper! B: Its my pleasure to be of some help. A: I could never be so successful without your help. B: I always know that you can do well.4) Making Apologies to Others A: Im so sorry for being late again. B: Never mind, but its a lesson for you
4、to learn. A: Please forgive me one more time. B: Oh, just see it doesnt happen again, will you?5) Expressing Regret A: Im sorry I didnt send the e-mail yesterday. B: Forget it. Thats OK. A: I wish I could make up for it. B: I dont think its your fault .advice successful Apologies forgiveRegrete-mail
5、faultWindow on Key Words建议成功的道歉原谅遗憾，后悔电子邮件错误BackBack2 Work in pairs and act out the tasks by following the above mini-talks.3 Gift cards / notes and congratulation cards / letters are very useful for expressing thanks and good wishes on some social occasions. It is also important for us to learn how
6、 to reply to them properly. Read the following cards carefully and try to use the information to practice short dialogues.Back4 Read the following sample dialogues and try to perform your own tasks.Back5 Imagine you are writing your term paper. Youve just received a very useful reference book as a g
7、ift from Professor Smith. You meet him and express your thanks. Read aloud the following dialogue with your partner by putting in the missing words. You: Good morning, Prof. Smith. 1 _ for the book you sent me. It is 2 _ to my term paper.Smith: 3 _ it is helpful to you. You: Yes, its indeed a very g
8、ood reference book. I dont know how I shall express 4 _.Smith: Its 5 _. You: And Im 6 _ for all the help and encouragement youve given me.Smith: Im happy to be 7 _. Please dont hesitate to let me know whenever you need me. You: I will, Professor Smith. You are so 8 _.kindThank youvery helpfulIm glad
9、 / happymy gratitude / thanks to younothing / my pleasurevery gratefulof any helpBack6 Imagine you are Sue, and your partner is Ken. Your English teacher, Linda has been in hospital. Now she is fully recovered and will leave the hospital today. You want to meet her there. You ask your friend Ken to
10、give you a lift. Fill in the blanks according to the clues in the brackets. Then act it out with your partner.Sue: 1 (打招呼) _! Could you give me a lift?Ken: Hi, Sue. 2 (表示歉意) _, but I dont have a car right now.Sue: Oh, 3 (表示遗憾) _! I want to go to the Central Hospital.Ken: Why? Are you sick?Sue: No, I
11、m all right. My English teacher Linda is there. She has just recovered and is to leave the hospital today.Ken: 4 (表示理解) _! Why not take a bunch of flowers with you?Sue: 5 (感谢他想得周到) _. I have already prepared some flowers fresh from my mothers garden.Thats very thoughtful / considerate of youHello, K
12、enIm terribly sorrythats too badI see6 Imagine you are Sue, and your partner is Ken. Your English teacher, Linda has been in hospital. Now she is fully recovered and will leave the hospital today. You want to meet her there. You ask your friend Ken to give you a lift. Fill in the blanks according to
13、 the clues in the brackets. Then act it out with your partner.Ken: Well, well. 6 (感叹这样做很好) _!Sue: But, 7 (表示遗憾) _! I cant see Linda right now: no car and no driver.Ken: Wrong. You have a good driver here. I could borrow my dads car and take you there.Sue: 8 (表示惊喜) _? Thats great! Its 9 (感谢他的好心) _, K
14、en.Ken: Dont mention it. 10 (表示心甘情愿) _.Its my pleasureThats wonderfulwhat a pityReallyvery kind of youBack1 Listen to 10 sentences for workplace communication cross-referenced with their Chinese translations.Im very grateful to them for their 1) 我非常感谢他们对我的悉心相助。 kind help.2) We are much obliged to yo
15、u 2) 我们十分感谢你们的热情好客。 for your hospitality.3) Thank you ever so much. I do 3) 太谢谢了。我真是非常珍惜你的友谊。 appreciate your friendship. 5) Not at all. I feel happy I could do 5) 不用谢。能助你一臂之力我感到很高兴。 something for you. 4) My sister is so thankful to you for 4) 我妹妹非常感谢你送给她漂亮的提包。 the beautiful bagWindow on Key Wordsgr
16、ateful 心怀感激的 obliged 感激的 appreciate 珍惜，看重terribly 非常地，极度地 pardon 原谅，谅解6) You are welcome. Its truly my 6) 不客气。这其实是我的荣幸。 pleasure / honor. 7) Im terribly sorry. Please pardon 7) 十分抱歉，请你原谅。 me . 8) Its all my fault. I apologize for all 8) 都是我的错，我为我所做的一切道歉。 that Ive done. 9) This is such wonderful news
17、! 9) 这是多么好的消息啊，祝贺你！ Congratulations! 10) Congratulations! I feel so proud of 10) 恭喜恭喜，我真为你感到自豪。 you. Back2 Listen to the following sentences for workplace communication in Column A and match each one with its Chinese version in Column B.Column AColumn B5) Not at all. I feel happy that I could e. 你别客
18、气。这其实是我的荣幸。 do this for you. 2) Im much obliged to you for your b. 我为那件事感到十分抱歉，请原谅我吧。 heart-warming encouragement. 4) My parents are so thankful to you d. 我万分感谢你的热情鼓励。 for your kind invitation.1) The student feels so grateful to the a. 恭喜恭喜，我真为你高兴。 teacher for her patient help. 3) Thank you very muc
19、h indeed. I do c. 太谢谢了。我真是非常珍惜你的理解。 appreciate your understanding.Column AColumn BColumn AColumn B6) You are truly welcome. The pleasure is f. 都是我的错，我为我的粗心大意道歉。 mine.7) I feel so sorry for that. Please excuse g. 太好了！祝贺你！ me.8) Its my fault. I apologize for being so h. 我父母非常感谢你的盛情邀请。 careless.10) Con
20、gratulations! I feel so happy for j. 不用谢。能帮你干这件事我感到很高兴。 you.Key:1-i, 2-d, 3-c, 4-h, 5-j, 6-e, 7-b, 8-f, 9-g, 10-a9) Thats great! Congratulations! i. 这位学生非常感谢老师对他的耐心 帮助。BackColumn AColumn B3 Listen to 6 sentences for workplace communication and choose their right responses.1) A) Welcome! B) Forget it
21、. C) My pleasure. D) Never mind.2) A) It isnt worth much. B) Im glad you like it. C) You are welcome. D) Dont mention it.3) A) Dont mention it. B) I dont care. C) Its my fault. D) Forget it.4) A) I owe it to your help. B) What a surprise! C) It cant be true! D) Good luck!5) A) It serves you right! B
22、) Never mind. C) You are wrong. D) Not at all.6) A) Its my pleasure. B) Its quite serious. C) The same to you. D) The joy is mine.1. I feel so grateful for your kindness.2. What a lovely present! I like it so much!3. Sorry, I didnt mean to hurt you.4. Congratulations! We all feel so proud of you!5.
23、I apologize for the terrible mistake.6. Im much obliged to you for your help.Back Andy and Donna are good friends. Donna is recovering from a 1 bike, car, bus accident and she still feels rather 2 sick, weak, sad now. Andy comes to see Donna. Donna gives her heart-felt thanks to Andy for sending her
24、 a 3 gift, thank-you, get-well card the day before. She thinks that Andy is very 4 careful, thoughtful, helpful . She also expresses her love for the beautiful flowersAndy has brought her. These flowers are from Andys 5 nieces, fathers, sisters garden. They are so fresh and look so nice. Donna keeps
25、 them right on the 6 desk, counter, table beside her bed. When its time to say goodbye, Andy asks Donna to 7 take a rest, take care, take leave .4 Listen to a dialogue and decode the message by finding out the correct choices in the brackets according to what you have heard. bike, car, bussick, weak
26、, sad gift,thank-you, get-well careful, thoughtful, helpfulnieces, fathers, sisters desk, counter, table take a rest, take care, take leave Andy: Hi, Donna. You are up! Are you all right now?Donna: Not quite yet. Im still feeling rather weak. Andy: Sorry to hear that. Do be more careful in riding ne
27、xt time.Donna: Yeah, I have learned a lesson. Andy, it was very thoughtful of you to send me the get-well card yesterday. Andy: Well, I just hope you can recover soon.Donna: Thank you. And Id also like to thank you for these beautiful flowers. Andy: They are fresh from my sisters garden.Donna: No wo
28、nder they look so nice! Ive put them right on the table beside the bed. Andy: Im glad you like them. Oh, dear! Ive got to go now. Take care, Donna.Donna: I will, Andy. And I do appreciate all youve done for me.Back5 Now listen to a short speech / talk and fill up the blanks according to what you hav
29、e heard. The words in brackets will give you some hints. Good morning, 1 _ (who?) ! My name is Louisa Wood. I come from 2 _ (which country?) , and Im a 3 _ (what?) . My hobby is listening to pop music. Im already 4 _ (how many?) years old, but I still choose to learn English in this class. So I can
30、manage to talk with foreigners when we travel 5 _ (where?) . Of course, I also want to help 6 _ (whom?) with their English homework. Oh, 7 _ (how many?) purpose is to be able to sing pop songs in 8 _ (what language?). I have 9 _ (how many?) CDs and Ill bring them here 10 _ (for what?)!everyone Italy
31、 housewifethirty-fiveabroadmy childrenOne moreEnglishto share with youa dozenBack6 Listen to the speech / talk again and complete the information in Column A with the right choices in Column B.Back1 Read the following two samples of a thank-you note and a congratulation card and learn to write your
32、own.Back2 Translate the following thank-you note into Chinese, using the data bank in the Workbook for reference.Write and Create3 Write an English congratulation card according to the information given in Chinese.4 Translate the following letter of apology into Chinese.BackBack5 Choose the correct
33、answers to fill in the blanks, referring to the Workbook for reference.1) This is _ Xinghai Park, and Mr. Chen is _ director of _ park. A) X / a / a B) a / a / the C) the / X / the D) X / the (X) / the2) His plane is due at 10 in Paris. Look, _ plane is in now at _ airport. A) a / the B) the / the C
34、) the / an D) a / an3) Jenny is _ university student, and she is _ honest girl. A) a / an B) an / a C) the / a D) an / the4) Lets give the patient _ hand. _ ambulance is waiting for us outside _ school. A) a / The / the B) a / The / an C) the / A / an D) the / A / the5) Is this _ apple tree? No, it
35、is _ orange tree. A) an / the B) the / the C) an / an D) the / anBack6 Correct the errors in the following sentences.On the Sunday morning I usually do housework at the home.2) My friend comes from a north of country.3) Mary is the good player of the two.4) The hospital bought a X-ray machine a day
36、before yesterday.5) A hour is the short time to spend in an university library.On Sunday morning, I usually do some housework at home.My friend comes from the north of the country.Mary is the better player of the two.The hospital bought an X-ray machine the day before yesterday.An hour is a short ti
37、me to spend in a university library.6) In a fact, it was a most exciting game of an year.7) There is a exciting pop music concert on the TV.8) These football stars are the very popular in whole country.9) In United States, people attach much importance to words on a thank-you card.10) We are going t
38、o play the tennis in an afternoon.In fact, it was the most exciting game of the year.There is an exciting pop music concert on TV.These football stars are very popular in the whole country.In the United States, people attach much importance to the words on a thank-you card.We are going to play tenni
39、s in the afternoon.Back7 Translate the following sentences into English.I have a set of VCD on English learning. It is very helpful to me.Xiao Li has handed in a job application letter to a travel agency.She likes fruit juice, but the juice in this glass is too sweet.She is the only girl who enjoys
40、playing the piano in the department.This is a used (second-hand) car, but it is in very good condition.我有一套关于英语学习的光盘，对我很有帮助。我有一套关于英语学习的光盘，对我很有帮助。2) 2) 小李向一家旅行社递交了求职申请。小李向一家旅行社递交了求职申请。3) 3) 她喜欢喝果汁，但是这只杯子里的果汁太甜了。她喜欢喝果汁，但是这只杯子里的果汁太甜了。4) 4) 她是系里唯一一位喜欢弹钢琴的女孩子。她是系里唯一一位喜欢弹钢琴的女孩子。5) 5) 这是一部二手车，但是它的车况很好。这是一部
41、二手车，但是它的车况很好。Back8 Write a short passage of about 100 words to tell a story or about an event related to the picture given below. Some useful words and phrases have been provided here to help you. You may start the passage with “Tomorrow will be Thanksgiving Day. Sally is going to .” Tomorrow will b
42、e Thanksgiving Day. Sally is going to thank her dentist, Mr. Milton.Mr. Milton is always very kind and helpful to Sally whenever she goes to him for an aching tooth. A few days ago, Sally broke Mr. Miltons coffee pot by accident. She felt very sorry for her carelessness. So she has bought a new coff
43、ee pot for him. The new pot looks very beautiful. Sally believes that Mr. Milton will like it. Sally has put the coffee pot into a small box. She is now wrapping the box with a lovely ribbon. She will also attach a thank-you note to the gift. She is sure that Mr. Milton will be very happy to accept
44、her gift.Key:Back春节： Spring Festival (the 1st day of the 1st lunar month)除夕： New Years Eve (the day before the Spring Festival)元宵节： Lantern Festival (the 15th of the 1st lunar month)清明节： Qingming / Tomb-Sweeping Festival (April 4th or 5th)端午节： Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th of the 5th lunar month)七夕节
45、： Qixi Festival (the 7th day of the 7th month of the lunar month, somewhat equivalent to Valentines Day in English)中秋节： Mid-Autumn Festival (the 15th of the 8th lunar month)重阳节： Double-Ninth Day (the 9th of the 9th lunar month)圣诞节： Christmas (the 25th of December)平安夜： Christmas Eve (the 24th of Dece
46、mber)情人节： Valentines Day (14th of February)愚人节： Fools Day (the 1st of April)复活节： Easter (the 1st Sunday after a full moon on or after 21st of March)感恩节： Thanksgiving Day (the 4th Thursday of November)万圣节： Halloween / All Saints Day (31st of October)Back November in the United States brings the holid
47、ay of Thanksgiving, and therefore its in November that we tend to think of a way in which we could show our thanks to volunteers. Here are some of the ways posted online to thank volunteers who come to offer help. Potlucks for Staff and Volunteers I like to hold potlucks at the office and invite vol
48、unteers to make them feel like part of the team. The volunteers are asked to bring a big appetite. (Posted on 29 March, 2010 by Nazia Hossain) Giving Thanks at Thanksgiving This year I sent out Thanksgiving cards to the volunteers. Its a great way to show our thanks toward the end of the year, and t
49、his makes our volunteers know were grateful to them for what theyve done in the busy year. (Posted on 14 February, 2008 by Traci Lato) Hats Off to Volunteers Our library volunteers received various baskets of goodies, boxes of chocolates, flowers and plants, etc. The staff wore hats all week and tip
50、ped them toward the volunteers as we saw them. The volunteers here seemed to appreciate the silent effort to recognize them. (Posted on 25 April, 2005 by Aimee Hepler) Afternoon at the Movies During National Volunteer Week we recognized our volunteers by taking them to the movies. We had our recogni
