《新编实用英语二》unit1 reading

Talking Face to Face,Unit1,制作：马洪涛,Samples,W: Hello, William. What are you doing tomorrow evening? m: Tomorrow evening? Nothing special, I was thinking of watching TV. W: 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? m: Great. That would be super. Congratulations! W: Thank you. How about eight oclock? Is that OK?,Inviting Friends to a Party,Sample 1,m: Oh yes, fine. Would it be alright if I brought somebody with me? W: Yes, of course. m: OK. Fine. Do you want me to bring something to drink? Red wine or white? W: Um, white wine, if you feel you must bring something. But its not necessary. m: Ill do that. Well, indeed, thank you very much for inviting me. W: My pleasure. m: Ill be along at eight. Looking forward to it. W: Yeah, see you then.,Inviting Friends to a Party,Sample 1,Click here to listen,C: Are you doing anything special on Friday, Mr. Smith? S: Yes, Mr. Johnson and I have promised to call on some friends at the embassy. C: Oh, what a pity! S: What did you have in mind? C: We were thinking of asking you and Mr. Johnson to go to the Great Wall.,Declining an Invitation,Sample 2,Sample 2,S: Id love to and Im sure Mr. Johnson would, too. I wonder if we could make it some other time if it is convenient? C: What about Saturday? But I need to alert you that the coach will leave quite early at 7 oclock. S: 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. C: That would be fine.,Task One,Here is a group of short dialogues. Follow the examples to make more conversations with your partner.,A: Lets go swimming today. B: Good idea. Where do you want to go? A: Oh, Ive no idea yet. How about going to the downtown pool? B: Okay. Thats fine with me. Task: Suggest going skiing with your friend.,Task Two,A: What are you doing on Saturday night? B: Im not sure. Why? A: Well, I was thinking of going to a movie with you this weekend. B: Sounds great. Task: Invite your friend to go to a concert on Friday evening.,Task Three,A: What are you going to do this weekend, Jenny? Got any plans? B: Want to see a movie? “Ghost” is on at the Marina. A: Yeah, why not? The early show or the late show? B: Lets go to the late show, and we could do something afterward. Maybe go dancing or hear some music. Task: Invite your friend to go to the early show of the movie “My Fair Lady”.,Task Four,A: Would you like to go roller skating this Saturday afternoon? B: Saturday afternoon? Im afraid I wont be able to. Ive got to help my parents clean up the yard. A: Maybe some other time then. B: That would be nice. We should try and do something together soon. Task: Decline your friends invitation to go dancing next Friday afternoon.,Task Five,A: Well, thank goodness. Its Friday, Jean? B: Yes, it was a long week, Ken. A: Say, I was wondering if you would like to go out to dinner tonight. Id like to take you somewhere really special. B: Oh, thanks, but . maybe some other time. Ive got so much work to do. Ill be working at the office late tonight. Task: Decline your friends invitation to go out to dinner.,Exercise 1,Exercise 2,Exercise 3,Put in Use,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 out the blanks.,Y: 1 _, Bill? B: Im not sure. Why? Y: Well, 2 _ if you would like to go to a concert with me? B: Tonight? 3 _. But I really have to stay in and 4 _.,Exercise 1,Y: Thats too bad. B: It is. Going to a concert sounds like a lot more fun than writing a term paper. Y: Oh, maybe 5 _. We should try and do something together soon. B: 6 _. Lets talk about it together later. Y: OK. See you later.,Exercise 1,Imagine you are a friend of Jennifers. Tomorrow is your birthday. You are inviting her to come to your birthday party. Fill in the blanks according to the Chinese version provided.,Exercise 2,You: Jennifer, 1 _? (你明天晚上有什么特别的事吗?) Jennifer: No, nothing special.,are you doing anything special tomorrow evening,Exercise 2,You: 2 _? (我想请你参加我的生日聚会。你愿意来吗？) Jennifer: Yes, Id love to.,Id like to invite you to come to my birthday party. Would you like to join us,Exercise 2,You: 3 _? (好的,你在七点钟来好吗?) Jennifer: Oh, yes, fine. Do you want me to bring something to drink? Orange juice or lemonade?,Good. Will you come at 7:00,Exercise 2,You: 4 _. (如果你一定要带什么的话,就带柠檬汁吧。) Jennifer: Ill do that. Thank you very much for inviting me.,Lemonade if you must bring something,Exercise 2,What are you going to do this weekend,Y: 1 (问对方