Unit2淮安中学高一英语组FormalFormalandandinformalEnglishinformalEnglishDoyoustillrememberthefollowingproverbs?•Iamallears.•Don’tbeawetblanket.Havesomefun!•Icantellyouthat.Thatisno-brainer!•Don’tpullmyleg!listeningcarefully.boring.Havesomefun!somethingeasytounderstand!jokewithme!FormalEnglishFormalEnglishInformalEnglishInformalEnglishcommonincommoninwheretofindwheretofindoccasionsoccasionsdailyconversationsdailyconversationsspeakingspeakingwritingwritinginbothwrittenandinbothwrittenandspokenEnglishspokenEnglishataconferenceataconferencewhenwhenplayingsportsplayingsportswhentalkingtoclosefriendswhentalkingtoclosefriendsintheUSAintheUSAatpartiesoffriendsatpartiesoffriendswritingbusinessletterswritingbusinessletters•CanthesesentencesbeusedinformalEnglish?Howaboutalettertothepresident?bitethedust.Thispenjustbitethedust.kickthebucketJohnkickedthebucketlastmonth.passawaydiedieGuessthemeaning•Nowadays,youngAmericansliketouseinformalEnglishfreely:•Gene:Jeetyet?•Tim:No,ju?•Gene:Skoeet!RegularEnglish:•Gene:Didyoueatyet?•Tim:No,didyou?•Gene:Let'sgoeat!•Comparethetwoletters.Whichoneismoreformal?PingAnInsuranceCompanyofChina12MinhuaRoadChongqing,400013ChinaJune3,2000Mr.S.Hakka,YashimaLifeInsuranceCompany,YoTsuiChome,Tokyo,JapanDearMr.Hakka,Afriendofmine,Mr.WangLi,wouldverymuchliketomeetyou.HeisastudentofEconomicsatShanchengUniversity,andplanstoentertheinsurancebusinessinafewmonths’time.Asyouarewellestablishedininsurance,IwouldveryappreciateitifyoucouldfindtimetoseeMr.Wang,ortogivehimanintroducetiontosomeoneonyourstaff.Thankyou.Yourssincerely,XuJieXuJiePublicRelationsDepartmentPingAnInsuranceCompanyofChina•DearMr.J.White,•ItgivesusgreatpleasuretointroduceMr.ZhangHaiofJialinggroup,withwhomwehavedonebusinessformanyyears.Mr.ZhangwillbevisitingBritaininthenearfuturetoextendtheirinternationalmarketandweshouldconsideritapersonalfavourifyouwouldgivehimthebenefitofyouradviceandexperience.•Yourssincerely,•HuangYongPingAnInsuranceCompanyofChina12MinhuaRoadChongqing,400013ChinaJune3,2000Mr.S.Hakka,YashimaLifeInsuranceCompany,YoTsuiChome,Tokyo,JapanDearMr.Hakka,Afriendofmine,Mr.WangLi,wouldverymuchliketomeetyou.HeisastudentofEconomicsatShanchengUniversity,andplanstoentertheinsurancebusinessinafewmonths’time.Asyouarewellestablishedininsurance,IwouldveryappreciateitifyoucouldfindtimetoseeMr.Wang,ortogivehimanintroducetiontosomeoneonyourstaff.Thankyou.Yourssincerely,XuJieXuJiePublicRelationsDepartmentPingAnInsuranceCompanyofChinaWealsohavesomeformal/informalwordsandphrasesforyou!FormalEnglishInformalEnglishalargeamount/numberofarrangechilddiscardIregrettoinformyou…immediatelyinadditionalotofsortoutkidthrowawayI’msorrytosay…rightawayplusHope…stopbuyanswerhaveawordwiththinkaboutitFormalEnglishInformalEnglishItismyhope…preventpurchasereplyspeaktotakemyconcernsintoconsideration•DearMrSmith,•Iwanttohaveawordwithyouabouttheconditionoftheplayground.I’msorrytosaythatpeopledonotthrowawaytheirrubbishproperly.Yesterdaya6-year-oldkidfellandcuthishandonabrokenbottle.Theboywastakentohospitalrightaway.Plus,thebeautifulviewoftheparkisspoiled.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------speaktoIregrettoinformyoudiscardchildimmediately.Inaddition,•Ibelievedthattherearealotofactionsyoucouldtaketosolvethisproblem.Forexample,youshouldbuyadditionallitterbinsandsortoutsecuritytostoppeoplelittering.•Hopethatyouwillthinkaboutit.•Ilookforwardtoyouranswer.•Yourssincerely,•JerryBroker------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------alargenumberofpurchasearrangepreventItismyhopetakemyconcernsintoconsideration.replySupposeyouaregoingtobeginyourround-the-worldtravel,andround-the-worldtravel,andwhatshouldyouknowaboutthewhatshouldyouknowaboutthecountriesduringyourjourney?countriesduringyourjourney?•Canyoupointoutwhichcountrytheflagsbelongto?Whichlanguageisspokeninthatcountry?BrazilAustraliaSaudiArabiaMexicoItalySwitzerlandIndiaSingaporeTheMapoftheWorld
