Greeting and Introducing People

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Unit 1

• Greeting and Introducing People

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Teaching Goals 1. Let students make clear
what they should learn in this term.2. Offer
them some suggestions to crack oral English.3.
Master the fixed pattern of writing business
cards and some useful patterns and expressions
for greeting, introducing and talking leave of
people.

• Key Points
• Patterns appropriate for giving information
  concerning the name, title, address and personal
  data in business cards.

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Talking Face to Face

• Sample One

• J Excuse me, are you Mr. Li Tiegang?  
• L Yes, I am.  
• J How do you do, Mr. Li? Im Jack Green
  from Zhonghua Technical School.
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• L Nice to meet you, Mr. Green. Welcome to
  our company.
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• J Thank you. Here is my business card.  
• L Thanks. This is mine.  

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Sample 2

•  L Hi, long time no see, Dick. Do you still
  remember me?
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• D Oh, its you, Professor Lu. So glad to see
  you again.
• How are you?  
• L Very well, thank you. How is your project?  
• D Its going fine. Im here to present the
  project report.  
• L Good. Im also here for the conference.  
• D Really? Its a small world.  

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Act Out

• A Hello, Susan. How nice to meet you here!  
• B Hi, Wang. What a nice surprise! What brings
  you here?  
• A Im here on vacation (??). And you?  
• B Im teaching Spanish in a language school
  here.
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• Task Show your surprise for an unexpected
  meeting (????) with an old friend.  
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Data Bank

• A.Greetings
• hi! How do you do?
• Hello, you must be Jack from America.
• How are you?
• Hello. How are things with you?
• How are you doing?
• How is everything?
• You are doing all right?
• How it goes?
• How is life, John?
• Excuse me. Are you Kitty?

• B. Responses to greetings  
• How do you do?  
• Fine, just fine.
• Fine, thank you.  
• Quite well. And you?  
• The usual. How about you?  
• So-so. And what about you?  
• Nothing particular.  
• Not too bad.  
• Nice to meet you.  
• Very happy to see you.  

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Data Bank

• C. Self-Introduction
• Im Helen Waters. Please call me Helen.  
• Please allow me to introduce myself.
• Let me introduce myself.
• Hello, may I introduce myself?
• Im Douglas, but everyone calls me Doug.  
• Im glad to know you, Mr. Smith.
• Pleased to meet you here.
• Nice meeting you, too.
• The pleasure is mine. Here is my card.  
• Here is my e-mail address. Please keep in touch.
   

• D. Taking leave  

Bye. / Bye-bye. Im leaving, Mr. Smith. Please do
take care.   Id better go now. Lets stay in
touch.   Ive got to run.   I must be off now.
So long.   See you. Ill call you later.   Ive
really got to go now.   Good night.   Have a nice
day/trip.   See you later! Dont forget to give
me a call. Enjoy yourself.  
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Passage I

• The Way Americans Greet

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Greeting

• The simplest thing to say is "Good morning,"
  "Good afternoon'" or "good evening." This
  greeting is given to one whom you know only
  slightly, or to any one you are passing quickly.
  "How are you" is usually used when you are not in
  such a hurry. No answer is expected other than "
  Fine, thank you." "hello " is the commonest form
  of greeting between good friends. 

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Text-related Information

• When to Shake Hands
• It is customary to shake hands when you
  first meet someone. And usually friends shake
  hands when they meet after not having seen each
  other for some time. However it is not necessary
  to shake hands.

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Difficult Sentences

• 1. The Way Americans Greet  ????????  

• in which is mitted after the way
• in ... way means (to do something)
• by means of a certain method.  

• Example
• I think the way she runs her bookshop is worth
  studying.  

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2. Speaking of ... time, Ive got to run.
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• a present participle clause used as an
  adverbial of cause/time.
• It means when it comes to time, Im reminded
  of
• Example
• Speaking of books, I should have returned the
  ones I borrowed last month.  

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However, American introductions are usually
rather simple.  ??,?????????????

• a conjunct to denote a contrast of this
  sentence to the previous one.
• It means ??,?? in Chinese.

Example Money is important. However, you cannot
buy happiness with money.
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But Americans do sometimes ask such questions.
  ???????????????????   Do is used here to
emphasize the following verb. It means ??,
??? Example Most people hate the cold
weather, but some people do enjoy themselves in
winter.  
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Important Words

• greet v. say words of welcome to, express ones
  
• feelings on receiving sb. ??,??,???  
• FOR EXAMPLE
• It is important for the students to learn
  how to
• greet people in English.  
• The American professor greets his students
• with Morning!

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Important Words

• relationship n. particular connection or
  relation instance of being related ??,??  
• FOR EXAMPLE
• 1.He is making efforts to develop a lasting
  relationship with Lizzy
• 2. The teacher has a very good relationship With
  her students.

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Important Words

• wave v. move ones hand to and fro, up and down
  (to give a greeting or say goodbye) ????,??  
• FOR EXAMPLE
• 1. When Jane waved goodbye to her Chinese
  friends,
• 2. she could hardly hold back her tears.  
• The policeman waved him nearer.  

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Important Words

• leave v. go away from fail or neglect to
  take/bring sth. ??,????,??  
• FOR EXAMPLE
• 1. The beautiful city has left a deep impression
  upon our mind.  
• 2. He is going to leave for Australia next week.
   
• 3. Im sorry. I have left my umbrella in your
  car.  

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Important Words

• impression n. effect produced on the mind or
  feelings ??  
• FOR EXAMPLE
• 1. The teacher has made a deep impression
  upon
• my mind with his devotion to teaching.
• 2. Whats your first impression upon him?
• 3. His speech made a strong impression upon
• the audience.
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Important Words

• prefer v. like better, would rather do
  ???,??  
• FOR EXAMPLE
• 1. I prefer to have the meeting in the
  morning rather than in the afternoon.  
• 2. Which do you prefer, tea or coffee?
• 3. Many people prefer cycling to driving.  

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Important Words

• call v. n. address, name, ring sb. up ?,???  
• FOR EXAMPLE
• 1.He is so tall that many of his friends call
  him Sky.  
• 2.This tropical fruit is called coconut.  
• 3.Please give me a call if you need my help.  

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Important Words

• acquaint v. make familiar with, get to know,
  reveal to sb. ??,??  
• FOR EXAMPLE
• I have become acquainted with my new duties.
  
• You should try to acquaint him with the facts of
  the case.

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Read and Think

• Answer the following questions according to the
  text.  
• 1. What does an informal greeting really mean to
  Americans?  
• 2. Why dont most Americans like using titles in
  introductions?  
• 3. What do your American friends want to show
  when they address you with your first name?
• 4. Why do Americans ask you some personal
  questions?  

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Read and Translate

• Translate the following sentences into English
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Key

• 1. It is our impression that an English gentleman
  often takes an umbrella with him.
• 2. To the students, the introduction to the
  cultural background is the best part of the book.
• 3. When we talk with a foreign lady, in most
  cases we should not ask such personal questions
  as her age.  
• 4. Many young people prefer pop songs to old
  songs. They think pop singers are very cool.
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• 5. This beautiful and clean city has left a deep
  impression upon foreign tourists.  

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Thank you