How to write a letter in English

The writing on an envelope:Wendy. Clinton

No 55, Lennon Street

New York City, U.S.A

Wang Qun

No 50, Dongfang Road Songgang

Shenzhen City,

Guangdong Province

China

Chapter Two

I. New words :1 、标题2 、副标题 / 小标题3 、类似的 / 相似的4 、迅速获得成功的人5 、商业 / 贸易 / 公司 / 商

店6 、制服7 、受欢迎的 / 流行的8 、经理 / 管理人9 、责任重大的 / 负责任

的 可靠的 / 可信赖的（指

人）10 、会计师 / 会计员

titlesubtitlesimilarWhiz-kidbusinessuniform

popular

manager

responsible

accountant

11 、讨论

12 、（商店）顾客 / 主顾 （法律）委托人 / 当事人

13 、失败（ V ）

14 、出席15. 协助 / 援助

discuss discussion(n.)

client

fail failure (n.)

attendassist

-- Which of the things do you ---?--a . do every day

---b. do once or twice a week ----c. never do

»clean my teeth» go to school»watch television» play table tennis» use the telephone» eat fish»ride a motor bike» play the piano»play computer games

go skateboarding

surf the Internet

What do you usually do on weekends?

I usually do my homework.

What does he do on weekends?

He often watches TV.

What do you do on weekends?

I sometimes play football.

He always plays football.

I hardly ever go to KFC.

She never goes to KFC.

More Oral practiceHow often do you do these activities? Make

conversations with your partner.

Clean your teeth

Every day

A: How often do you clean your teeth?

B: Every day.

exercise

three times a week

A: How often do you exercise?B: Three times a week.

Play computer games

once a week

A: How often do you surf the Internet?B: Once a week.

How often does he play football?

He plays football three times a week.

How often do they go to the beach?

They go to the beach once a month.

Interview

How often do you…?• read English books

• sing English songs

• watch English programs

• listen to English tapes

• join the English corner

• chat with foreigner

频度副词

100% alwaysusuallyoften

sometimes once a week/ a month/ a year

three times week/ a month/ a yearoccasionally

seldomalmost never

hardly0% never

Let’s move on to part B

Reading

Match the activities of Wendy

Activities How often

discuss the business once a week

make phone calls to the clients

achieve A grades sometimes

fail an exam never

have violin lessons every morning

usually

A day in the life of whiz-kid Wendy

Time Activities

6:00 a.m.

7:30 a.m.

8:00 a.m.

12:30a.m.

4:15 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

gets up , washes, puts on…, has break- fast, discusses the business, works on..

goes to school, makes phone calls to…

starts school, enjoys seeing…, achieves

has lunch with…, then returns to ….

attends a club, assists…, plays basketball. has violin lessons, goes home, finishes her homeworkhas dinner, discusses.., continues working, goes to bed

Some details about Wendy

Wendy is really a ______, because she is still at school but she ______her own business two years ago. Wendy ______ computer ______.

Her parents and brother _______ in her business. Wendy’s driver _______ her to school

every morning. Sometimes she _____ phone calls to her ______ on the way to school . She _______ her homework before ______. She

______ to bed at about _______.

Whiz-kid started

writes gameswork

takes makes

clients finishesdinner goes

2 a.m

Key phrases:

get up (rise from the bed)

get on (the bus// ship // plane)

get off (the bus// ship // plane)

get to sp. =arrive in (at )// reach sp.

get away (ask sb. go away)

get in (have a harvest)

起床

上车 // 船 // 飞机下车 // 船 // 飞机

抵达某处

走开 // 滚开

收割（庄稼）

school uniform

be popular with

over half a million

be responsible for

discuss the business

make phone calls

on our way to school

achieve A grades

校服

受欢迎

超过五十万

对 --- 负责

讨论生意

打电话

在我们上学的路上

取得 A 的成绩

collect me from school

attend a club

ask sb. to assist ...

have a violin lessons

have dinner with my parents

go to bed

来校接我

上俱乐部

要求某某帮忙

上小提琴课

和父母共进晚餐

I. Reading comprehension:1. Wendy is one of the top students in Shanghai

because____. A. she often gets A grades B. she owns her

car C. she has her own business D. all the above2. Wendy has a driver to drive her to school

because____. A. she can’t drive B. she is too young to

drive C. she is afraid to drive it D. she has much

money

D

B

3. Wendy usually gets A grades because_____. A. she knows the answers very well B. she is good at exams C. she works hard at her lessons D. the exams are very difficult

4.Wendy seldom goes to bed until 2o’clock at night because____. A. she doesn’t need too much sleep B.she is very busy with her job C. she has much homework to do D. she likes watching TV plays very late

B

C

Language points:1. Whiz-kid : n. (person who becomes successful very quickly) The new manager is a real whiz-kid. 新经理是一个平步青云的人。2. Similar adj. ( alike) be similar to 与 --- 相类似 Your bag is similar to his.= Your bag and his one look alike.

3. Popular adj. ( many people like them) be popular with sb. 受人欢迎的 / 喜爱的 The teacher is popular with her students. 这位老师很受她的学生的欢迎。

4. responsible adj. 5. be responsible for 承担 -------- 责任 All pilots are responsible for the passengers’ safety. 凡是飞行员均应对他的乘客的安全负责。5. fail V. (be unsuccessful in sth.) 在 ---- 中失败 / 不及格 n. failure 失败 / 失败者 If you don’t work hard , you may fail . 不努力就有可能失败。

6 attend 出席 ( 演讲 / 会议 / 讲座等） take part in 参加 （某项活动 / 工作 / 运动等） join 加入 （某个组织 / 党派 / 社会团体）Eg: My uncle joined the army in 1998. I didn’t take part in the sports meet last year. I attended the meeting just now.

7. Continue 继续做某事 （ go on doing sth.) continue to do / doing sth.How can you continue working/ to work in such a bad day?

1. join =become a member of “ 加入某一组织，党派或社会团体，从而成为其中成员。如果后面接人，则表示和某人作伴或同时参加某一活动。e.g. My brother joined the army after he graduated from high school. Will you join us in the discussion?2. join in 多指参加活动，如竞赛，娱乐，谈话等，其后只能接表示活动的名词。 e.g. My mother joined in the conversation. I joined in the game the first time.3. take part in 指参加（参与）某项工作，活动，运动或事件，并在其中起一定的作用。e.g. The Swiss did not take part in the two World Wars.

1. When did you _______ the League?2. Thousands of players _________ the 2000 Olympic Games.3. May I _______ the game?4. ______ our club!.5. Will you _____ us in a walk?6. I ________ their walk?7. Are you going to ____________ their discussion?8. Did you _______ yesterday’s meeting?9. When will you ______ the lecture?10. He is going to _______ school in England.11. We _______ her wedding last year.

join took part in

join inJoin

join usjoin in

take part inattend

attendattend

attended

8. assist v. ( help) assist sb.with/ in sth 帮助某人做某事

He assisted me in preparing the report.

= He helped me to prepare the report.

9. Put on ---- 强调穿的动作 wear ---- 强调穿的状态 be in----- 后加颜色， 表示穿某种颜色的衣服

she is wearing a pair of glasses. You’d better put on your coat when you go out. She is always in red.

1. put on“ 穿上，戴上”，强调动作。它是“ 动词 + 副词”型短语，当其宾语为人称代词宾格时，必须放在中间。 e.g. He put on his sweater and went out. Your sweater is on your bed. Put it on , please.2. wear 强调“穿，戴”的状态， 意为“穿着，戴着” e.g. Wear warm clothes when you go out at night. She’s wearing a whit skirt today.3. dress “ 给…穿衣服”其后必须接表示人的名词或 代词作宾语 . e.g. Mrs Read dresses her daughter every morning. The boy is too young to dress himself.

4. in 也指“穿 , 戴”的状态 , 但它是一个介词 , 通常后面跟表示颜色或衣物的名词 . 在句中常用作定语 ,状语或表语 .e.g. Who is the young woman in red? Is the girl in the white skirt your cousin?Exercises:1. Our teacher always _______ a pair of thick glasses.2. Please _______ your new coat. It’s cold outside.3. Come to school _______ your old clothes tomorrow.4. Could you ________ the child for me?

wearsput on

indress

10. success n. successful // successfully 成功 // 成功的 // 成功地 He completed the work successfully. 他成功地完成了这项工作。 The sports meeting is a great success. = The sports meeting is very successful . 这次运动会开得非常成功。11.several adv. (a few) 好几， 一些 several times // books // friends // people12. enough adv. // n. // adj. (as many// much as necessary) He is old enough to go to school. Sidney is not old enough to drive her car. We have enough time to do the job. Thank you ! I have had enough.

I. Multiple Choice:

1. She is a top student,so she is ___ late for class.

A. seldom B. always C. often D. usually

2. It’s raining hard but the workers _____ doing their work there.

A. continues B. continued C. continue D. continuing

3. Many people ____ the young couple’s party last weekend.

A. joined B. took part in C. attended D. joined in

A

B

C

4. Ten of us ___ the Youth League ( 共青团 )last term. A. took part in B. joined C. attended D. joined in 5. My father is always ____ business. A. for B. at C. in D. on 6. The book is very ____ mine. They look the same. A. similar to B. familiar with C. likes D. look like 7. Yao Ming is very _____ all the Chinese. A. similar to B. famous as C. popular with D. familiar to

D

A

D

B

8. Peter is a ___boy.He often ____A grades in the exams. A.success; get B. succeed; achieve C. successful; gains D. successfully; achieves9. Tom is very kind.He often ___ us with our homework. A. assist B. help C. assisted D. helps 10. Who is responsible ___ the computer in our class? A. about B. for C. with D. in 11. Her mother works ____ an ___ in the company. A. as; client B. on; accountant C. as; architect D. for; manager

C

D

B

C

12. Who ___ to pass the exam? Any help? A. fail B. failed C. failure D. failing 13. We usually have a ___ in class. It’s very ___. A. discuss; interesting B. discussion;

interested C. discussion; funny D. discuss; great fun14. ---Can you give me some ____ on how to learn

English well? ---Certainly. A. advise B. advices C. advises D. advice15. My father likes ____ newspaper ___ dinner.A. seeing; at B. watching; for C. reading;at D.

looking; on

B

C

D

C

16.---How __do you write to your parents?-- Once a month.

A. long B. far C. soon D. often 17. I’m going to stay here for _____. A. some time B. sometimes C. some times D.

sometime18.Tell you the truth. I have been to HK ____.• some time B. sometimes C. some times D.

sometime19. Hope we’ll meet ____ in the future!• some time B. sometimes C. some times D.

sometime20.There is a ___ factory near our school. A. shoes’ B. shoe C. shoes D. shoe’s

D

A

C

D

B

II. Explain the following sentences in English:

1.The brothers look very similar.

2. Wendy started a family business two years ago.

3. We sell over half a million games.

4. I’m not old enough to drive.

5. I sometimes make phone calls to my client.

The brothers are very alike.

Wendy opened up a family business two years ago.

We sell more than half a million games.

I am too young to drive.

Occasionally I phones to my client.

6.I enjoy seeing my school friends.

7. I usually achieve A grades.

8. I never fail my exams.

10.My driver always takes me home after school.

11. We discuss our business at dinner.

12. I continue working on my games.

I’m very happy to see my school friends.

I often get A grades.

I always pass my exams successfully.

I always go back home in my car.when school is over.

We talk about our business when we have dinner.

I go on working on my games.

　

I.Present Simple Tense ( 一般现在时）：

一、定义：

一般现在时表示包括现在时间在内的经常重复发生的 动作或存在的状况。

二、构成：

一般现在时中谓语动词使用原形，当主语是第三人称单数时，使用第三人称单数形式。

注意： be 动词在一般现在时中的形式是 am, is, are.

三、用法：

1. 表示经常发生的动作、存在的状态或日常习惯。常与 every day, often, always, sometimes 等时间状语连用：

eg. I go to Britain every year.

My brother is a student.

2. 表示主语的性格、能力、特征等：

eg. The students of TV universities like English very much.

My brother works hard at college. My daughter sings very well.

3. 表示客观事实或普遍真理：

eg. The sun always rises in the east.

Two and two is four.

4. 在故事和叙事中，为了把情景描写得栩栩如生，使形象 生动活泼，有时可以用一般现在时来叙述情节：

eg. It is around 11 in the evening. I’m ready to go to bed. Suddenly there is a knock at the door. I open the door, but there is nobody there…

动词加 -s 后的读音

1. 在清辅音后， 发清辅音 /s/ e.g. works likes dips2. 在浊辅音和元音后， 发浊辅音 /z/ e.g. drives cleans plays3. 在 /s/ /z/ / / /t / /d / 后， 发 /iz/ e.g. rises wishes teaches4. 在 /t/ /d/ 后，发 /ts/ /dz/ e.g. fits sets needs

Grammar

Homework:

• 1.Please describe your life.

• ( 请简要描述你每天的日常生活及学习生活，注意使用频率副词）

• 2.Make a survey: How often do your classmates exercise? What food do they like or eat?

Task

Improve English Study

Report: The good habit

for English study

• Read English every day.• Join the English corner once

or twice a week. • …