新编实用英语综合教程1 第2 单元 Unit 2 (1) Giving Thanks and Expressing Regret Teaching purposes: 1. Ss learn how to express thanks and pleasure on receiving a gift or help. 2. Ss learn how to congratulate and respond to congratulations. 3. Ss learn how to express regrets and ask for forgiveness 4. Ss learn how to use articles Teaching procedures: I．Talking Face to Face II．Being All Ears III. Grammar IV．Assignment I. Talking face to face 1. Talking about gift. Although gift giving is a common practice in Western countries, it is also becoming more popular among the younger generation in China. ① Did you receive any gifts in your life? What are they? ② Do you usually put a gift card in the present? 2. Giving and Replying to Gift/Congratulation Cards 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 to reply to them properly. Now let's read the following cards carefully and try to use the information to practice short dialogues. ① Read and translate the Thank-you Note, Congratulation Card ② Useful words, phrases and sentences ⑴ We send them to you with love. ⑵ Take care of oneself ⑶ Recovery = a return to good health , a strong condition ⑷ Thoughtful = pay attention to the feelings of other people ⑸ Thank you ever so much. ⑹ Congratulations on sth ⑺ Outstanding = much better than most others / excellent ⑻ Branch = a part of a large organization ⑼ Deserve = to have earned by one’s actions Deserve will / ill of ⑽ Gratitude = the state or feeling of being grateful / thankfulness Gratitude to / for sth. ⑾ Look forward to doing something: expec...
