Unit2LanguagePeriod3wordpowerFormalorinformalEnglish---IntroductionLadiesandgentlemen,mayIhaveyourattention,please
HerecomesMr
Goodevening,it’sagreathonortohaveDr
Sun,please
Hello,Jim,thisisMr
Mary,meetmyfriendXiaoLi
Allowmetointroducemywifetoyou
FFiiFFormalandinformalEnglishMostEnglishthatyoulearncanbeusedinmanysituations,butyouwillalsohearorseelanguagethatisformalorinformal
FormalEnglishismorecommoninwritingthaninspeaking
Forexample,itisfoundinnotices,announcementsandbusinessletters;butyouwillalsohearexamplesinspokenEnglish
InformalEnglishismorecommoninspeakingthaninwriting
Itisusuallyspokenwithfamilyandfriends
TherearemanysituationsineverydaylifewhereinformalEnglishisallowed,evenpreferred,forexample,whileplayingsportsormeetingfriendsataparty
FormalandinformalEnglishFormal