Unit One : Getting to know each other
1 break
e.g.
- My watch is broken.
- I broke my leg.
- I broke my mamo's vase.
- I'm broke. (no money)
- He just broke up with his girl friend.
- Who will first break up the ice, you guess.
- Give me a break.
2 could you please.... / (don't use "I hope")
3 Greating- At the first time/Causal
- At the first time, How do we get to know each other?
- He's gonna(going to) introduce you to his parents.
- Mom, this is Melissa.
- Nice to meet you, Mrs Johnson. /Hi /Hello
- Nice to see you too./Pleased to see you too. Please call me Sally.
- Melissa, this is my mom.
- I am Melissa. Nice to see you.
- You too/Me too
4 Greating- At the first time/Working
3 old Friends
- How are you doing?/Long time no see!/Haven't seen you for ages!/where have you been?/How have you been?
4 Classic sentence
- Good afternoon, everyone.
- Excuse me. Are you Professor Johnson?
- I'm Karl Smith. This is Mr. Dai.
- May I Have your name, please?
- Let me introduce Linda to you!/Have you met Linda?/Allow me introduce...!/I would like you to meet...!
- What do you do?
- How are you this evening?
- Hi, Jenny. What's up?
12 Are you from the U.S.?
- Are you going to Toronto. too?/Are you here for English Class, too?
- How was your flight?
- Good morning, Mr. Johnson. Did you sleep well?
- Nice talking to you.
- Have a good day!
- Keep in touch./good luck./Take care./Be good man.
- see you around.
- find somthing in common to break the ice.
T: David, we're so glad you could make it.
D: Thank you for inviting us , this is my wife ,joanna.
J: How do you do?I'v heard a lot about you.
D: How do you do?Oh, and this is my wife, Betty.
B: So happy to meet you both.Sit down , just make yourself at home.
D&J: Thank you.
J: What a lovely house!Did you make it yourself,Mrs Johnson?
B: Oh, call me Beth. Yes, I did the decorating... if you can call it that. Actually, I just tried to make it as simple as possible. I don't like a lot of frills.
J: Oh , me ,the same! That's why I think it's so beautiful!
D: Excuse me, are you Dr. Smith?
Dr: Yes I am. And you...
D: I'm David, Joanna's husband. She has to be at work late today. So she asked me to pick you up here.
Dr: So nice to meet you, David,Call me Bill. It's very nice of you to come here.
D: My pleasure.
- Thanks
- You are welcome./My pleasure./Don't mention it/At your service.
A: This is Joe's brother.Carl.
M: I'm very glad to meet you.
C: It's a pleasure to meet you.
M: How do you like Texas so far?
C: It's really different from what I expected.
M:Dont's worry. You'll get used to it in no time.
- How do you like Beijing so far.
Old Friends.
P: Julie, is that you?
J: Yes,And you're Paul, right? Paul Hill?
P: Yes, it's me. And you're Julie Ashley. How are you?
J: I'm fine. After ten years, you still look great!
P: So do you! How are you doing?
J: Not bad. Let's find a table and sit down. We have a lot to talk about.
P: Okay, Let's sit over there.
- You still look great.
- You look marvelous.
- You look perfect.
- you look different./You look unique.
- You look pale! What's wrong with you?
D:Hi,Sorry I'm late.
B:Oh, that's OK. We just got here.Donna, this is my fiance,Marry,Marry ,this is my old friend,Donna. We went to school together.
M:Hi,Donna.I'm really glad to meet you.
D:Hi,mary,I've heard a lot about you.
M: All good , I hope!
B: Donna just got back from California.
M: Really?How was it?
B: You went with your brother, didn't you?
D: Yeah. We saw a lot of California, that's for sure!
- How wat it /(How are you)
- How is your mom/How is your mom doing now?
- How was your vacation?/How is your new home?/How was your day?
5 make
- Did I make myself understood?
- make ....done
- I can make it possible.
- make it good
- make a difference
You work hard,you just keep on doing it, and you make a difference and you will finally make it.
6 时尚美语
- You, Dave!
- Hey ,man.
- Zup?(what's up?)
- Later!
- Call me!
- Nice chatting with you!
- Howdy!
- Pleasure.
-Hey, man ! What's up?
-I am good. I am just doing fine,And you?
-I am good too.
7 练习
- 身体还好吗？
- 一切都好吗？
- 最近过的怎么样？
- How are you?/How is your feeling?
- Everythin goes well?
- How is everythin going?
- I haven't seen you for ages.