Greeting cards

1. Unit 1 Greeting cards and notes

2. Daily English To see a world in a grain of sand. And a heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palm of your hand. And eternity in an hour.

3. 译文：从一粒沙子看到一个世界，从一朵野花看到一个天堂。把握在你手心里的就是无限，永恒也就消融于一个时辰。译文：从一粒沙子看到一个世界，从一朵野花看到一个天堂。把握在你手心里的就是无限，永恒也就消融于一个时辰。

4. There is a history in all men’s lives. ——Shakespeare 译文：每个人的生命都是一部历史。 ——莎士比亚

5. The First Part: Pre-reading

6. Have you ever given greeting cards? Who do • you give them to? When do you give these • people the greeting cards? • 2. Do you ever receive greeting cards? Who are • they from?

7. The Second Part: Reading

8. Look at these greeting cards and tell your classmates what the writer of each card wants to express.

9. Marriage Card:

10. Birthday Card:

11. New Year Card:

12. Mid-Autumn Festival card :

13. Answers these two questions: 1. What kind of greeting cards do people often write? 2. Who do you usually give cards to? How often do you give cards to others and for what reasons？

14. 生日贺卡

15. The Third Part: Comprehension

16. Grammar: • The use of “May” • model verb (有可能但不确定)也许 • E.g. He may have missed his train. • E.g. That may or may not be true. • E.g. There is a range of programs on the market • which may be described as design aids.

17. (2) (转折前所述情况属实)也许，可能 E.g. He may be a good father but he’s a terrible husband. (3) (征求同意或表示允许)可以 E.g. May I come in? E.g. You may come in if you wish. E.g. You look lovely, if I may say so. E.g. May I ask why you took that decision? E.g. If I may just add one thing…

18. (4) (表示愿望)但愿 E.g. May you success! E.g. May you have a happy life! E.g. Business has been thriving in the past year. Long may it continue to do so. (5) be that as it may尽管如此 E.g. I know that he has tried hard; be that as it may, his work is just not good enough.

19. 2. The –ing form of the verb 动词- ing形式可用作动名词和现在分词。动名词由动词 +ing 构成，具有动词和名词的性质，在句中起名词作用，可作主语，宾语，表语和定语。现在分词有一般时和完成时，在句中可作定语，表语，状语和补语。

20. Example: (1) Playing with fire is dangerous.(作主语) (2) My job is teaching English.(作表语) (3) He is fond of playing football.(作宾语) (4) On hearing the bad news, she couldn't help crying.

21. 3. The imperative form of the verb (1)含有第二人称主语的祈使句 E.g. Make hay while the sun shines. E.g. Have a nice/wonderful day! (2)含有第一，三人称主语的祈使句 E.g. Let’s put this theory into practice. E.g. Let’s don’t do what is wrong.

22. (3) 祈使句中的被动语态 E.g. Don’t let your key be lost. E.g. Let the package be opened at once. (4) No+名词或动名词+其他 E.g. No smoking! E.g. No scribbling on the wall! (5) 祈使句的特殊表达 adv.+ with 介词短语 E.g. Off with your clothes!

23. none + of 介词短语 E.g. None of your nonsense! 名词或代词+ 副词 E.g. Hands up! E.g. Gun down! no + 名词或动名词+ 其他 E.g. No admittance except on business! E.g. No scribbling on the wall!

24. 4. The structure of greeting cards • A greeting card includes five parts: solution, title, body, ending, signature. • Solution is how the sender calls the receiver. • Such as “To…” or “Dear/My dear…” • (2) Title is the main purpose of writing a greeting • card. People always write it with big • markedness words. And title is the theme of • information that the greeting cards convey.

25. (3) The body is the subject part of the greeting card. Since the greeting card is generally short, one or two sentences is enough. (4) Ending is formed by some compliment words written by the writer. Ending commonly used is as follows: Best wishes. With best wishes. All the best/All our love/Love.

26. (5) Signature is to form the receiver who writes the greeting card. This section must be not omitted, otherwise people don’t know whom the greeting is from .

27. Example: To Kevin Congratulations! You’re a talented person with a lot to offer. I am sure your new job will be a huge success. Best wishes. King solution title + body ending signature

28. The Forth Part : Language Points

29. New Words: • achievement n.成就，成绩 • E.g. It was a remarkable achievement for such a • young player. • 2. adventure n.冒险，奇遇 • adventurous adj.有冒险精神的， 富有创造性的 • a sense of adventure冒险精神 • E.g. When you’re a child, life is one big adventure.

30. 3. ahead adv.在将来，在前面 go ahead开始做，着手干 ahead of 在…前面，领先 E.g. The party was planned weeks ahead. 4. statement .陈述句，叙述 5. anniversary n.周年纪念 E.g. To celebrate the wedding anniversary. 6. congratulation n.祝贺，恭喜 E.g. Congratulations on your exam result!

31. 7. apology n.道歉 apologize v.道歉 apologize to sb for sth 谢罪 make an apology致歉 E.g. She made her apologies and left early. E.g. We should like to offer our apologies for the delay to your flight today. E.g. You owe him an apology for what you said. apologize for sth 为…道歉

32. 8. assess v.评价，评定 assess sb / sth评价，评定（质量） assess sth at sth 估算，核定数量 E.g. They have assessed the amount of compensation to be paid. 9. cupboard n.橱柜 10. ending n.结尾 E.g. His stories usually have a happy ending. 11. happiness n.快乐，幸福 happy adj.感到快乐的，快乐的

33. 12. loss n.损失，丧失 lost adj. (1)迷路的，迷失的 (2)不知所措，困惑 (3)得不到的，无法再造 be lost in sth 全神贯注，沉浸于 get lost 迷路 E.g. We always get lost in London. 13. wedding n.婚礼 E.g. She looked beautiful on her wedding day.

34. 14. organization n. 组织，机构 organize v.组织，筹划，照顾，管理 organized adj.有组织的，有安排的 E.g. I’m sure you don’t need me to organize you. 15. sympathy n.同情 have sympathy on sb 同情某人 E.g. I wish he’d show me a little more sympathy.

35. sickness n.生病 • sick adj. 生病的，对…厌倦的 • E.g. Her mother was very sick. sick of doing sth 厌倦 • E.g. I’m sick of the way you’ve treated me. • 17. relationship n.亲戚 relationship between A and B 关联 E.g. This comment bore no relationship to the • subject to background noise.

36. responsibility n.责任 a sense of responsibility责任感 • E.g. She feels a strong sense of responsibility • towards her employees. • responsible adj. 有责任，负责 • be responsible for 有责任 • E.g. Mike is responsible for designing the entire • project. • E.g. He is mentally ill and can’t be held • responsible for his action.

37. 19. remind v.提醒 E.g. Can someone remind me what I should do next? remind sb of sth 使想起，提醒 E.g. You remind me of your father when you say that. 20. sincerely adv.真诚的 sincerely yours (用于正式信函)

38. The Fifth Part : Writing

39. Reading Mr. and Mrs. Brown have three children: Mike, Tina and Liz. They all lead busy lives so they leave notes for each other on the fridge in the kitchen. They all put the time at the beginning of the note so that they know when the message was written. At the end of the day, Mr. Brown takes off the old notes. Read the notes that were on the fridge at 9pm.

40. 6:30 pm Don Bill phoned. Ring him back. Gone to supermarket. Back soon. 7:30 am Tina Can you please take my jacket to the drycleaner’s on the way to work? Lisa Dad

41. 4:00 pm Liz It’s not my turn to take Mitzy out. Got to much homework. Do it yourself when you get home. 9:00 pm They were in the kitchen this morning. Smelt terrible so out them outside back door. Mike Tina

42. Application For Leave Dear Mr. Chen, I’m sorry to tell you that I won’t be in school. This morning I had a headache. After taking my temperature，my mother found that I had a high fever. She took me to see a doctor. The doctor advised me to stay in bed for two days. Now I’m writing to ask for two day’s sick leave. Yours Kevin

43. Notes Jan 7th Dear Miss Li, I need to go to American to visit my uncle. Now it 's nearly the Chinese new year, so my uncle want my family go to American and celebrate the New Year with him. David

44. Other Notes Passing on a message 3:15pm, Friday Dear Liu Ying, Our monitor has just rung me, saying that our sports meet will have to be put off till next Monday because of bad weather. He wants you to pass on the information to the other students in your group. Sellina

45. Writing Exercise Writing a birthday card for your best friend. Express your best wishes and the friendship between you and him or her.

46. Dear Rose, It's joy to know you, wishing the nicest things always for you, not only today, but all the year through. Happy Birthday! Love from Angela

47. The Sixth Part : Extension

48. New Year Wishes • I wish you health…So you may enjoy each day in comfort. • 2. I wish you the love of friends and family… • and peace within your heart. • 3. I wish you the beauty of nature… • 4. That you may enjoy the work of God. • 5. I wish you wisdom to choose priorities… • for the things that really matter in life.

49. 6. I wish you generosity so you may share… all good things that come to you. 7. I wish you happiness and joy… And blessing for the New Year. 8. I wish you the best of everything… That you so well deserve. Happy New Year My Friend!!

50. My Wish For You… I look to the New Year and my wish for you; Peace within your heart love from family and friends … Faith to guide your way, hope to make it through each day… Sunshineto light the day. Heavenly Stars to wish upon Rainbows to let you know there is a tomorrow…