ThegeneralideaofthisperiodInthisperiodwe’lldealwithwordsandexpressionsrelatedtolanguageandenlargestudents’vocabularybydistinguishingformalEnglishfrominformalEnglishandbylearningcountriesandtheirlanguages
•①Aninformalletter:•Iamsosorrytosaythatalotofyouranswerstothosequestionsinyourhomeworkarenotprecise,soyoumustthinkaboutthem
•②Tojudgewhichisthebetterexpression:•1
(Toaprofessoryoufirstmeet)–-----Hi,Bob
Fancymeetingyouhere
(Toofamiliarandinformal
)•-----Goodmorning,Mr
Mosley
(Toaclosefriend)–-----Mr
Wells,wouldyoubekindenoughtopassmethesalt
(Thereisnoneedtobesoformal
)–-----Couldyoupossiblypassmethesalt
(Thereisnoneedtobesoformal
)–-----Passmethesalt,Jack
FormalEnglishInformalEnglishalargeamount/numberofarrangechilddiscardIregrettoinformyou…immediatelyinadditionalotofsortoutkidthrowaw