Unit One

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Unit One

• Greetings
• Introductions

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Self-introduction
Full Name Gong Ying Surname/Family Name
Gong First/Given Name Ying Hometown Minhou,
Fujian Academic Major English literature Hobby
Reading novels, going shopping, traveling
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To make introductions

• Self-introduction
• How to begin with your self-introduction?
• Allow me to introduce myself to you.
• Its my great honor to be here to introduce
  myself.

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Common expressions

• I come from/am from/My hometown is
• I like my hometown because
• I lived there foryears.
• This is my time to Xian.
• My major is / I am majoring in ..,
• In my spare time, I like/love/am interested in
  doing sth.

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• Its time to show yourself!

Please make a self-introduction to your
classmates
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To greet people

• The first times meeting
• How do you do?
• Nice to see you.
• Its a pleasure to meet.
• Pleased to meet you.
• Its good to know you.
• Im glad to know you.

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• Between Acquaintances
• Hello. Hi.
• How are you?
• How are you doing?
• Hows it going?
• Whats new?
• Whats new with you?

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Formal or Informal

• talking to your teacher for the
• first time.
• speaking to your classmates.
• speaking with a boss or manager at work.
• speaking to an older adult.

F I F F
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• To introduce someone to others
• Formal-between strangers or business partners
• May I introduce to you?
• Id like to introduce to you.
• Hes. (background information)

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• Informal- between friends
• Id like you to meet my classmate, .
• This is .

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• Talk about your experience of studying English to
  your group members

Present your experience of studying English to
the class
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• freshman
• sophomore
• junior
• senior

Bachelor degree Master degree Doctor degree
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• National University of Singapore

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NameYang Weiping SchoolPeking
University MajorChemistry Reasons for studying
English like to listen to English programs,
enjoys English Pop songs Time already spent in
studying English started learning English
several years ago Favorite activity
listening Difficulty speaking
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Name Virginia Wang School NUS Major library
science Reasons for studying English to get a
good job, one has to be fluent in English. Time
already spent in studying English started
learning English in high school. Favorite
activity reading Difficultywriting
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Assignments

• Make two short conversations about greetings and
  introduction
• formal and informal