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Life is full of fun!. Just enjoy it. III. Expressing Certainty and Possibility. Communicative Function Part B, Unit 12, Book 2; P130. Dialogue 1. the Internet to have doubt about… http: www .xjtu.edu Tim Berners-Lee working at M.I.T. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Life is full of fun! Just enjoy it.
III. Expressing Certainty and Possibility Communicative Function Part B, Unit 12, Book 2; P130
Dialogue 1 • the Internet • to have doubt about… • http: www.xjtu.edu • Tim Berners-Lee • working at M.I.T. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Inventor of the Internet's World Wide Web From the thousands of interconnected threads of the Internet, he wove the World Wide Web and created a mass medium for the 21st Century.
Is your sister interested in the Internet? I’ve no doubt about that. Do you know who invented the World Wide Web? I’ve no idea. Are you sure? Absolutely certain.
Dialogue 2 Do you think it will be much better than the old ones? Absolutely sure. And will it be any lighter? Probably.
More Expressions P128-129
Choose one of the topics and Make a Dialogue Pair Work: Expressing Certainty and Possibility; P131
Listening for signal words The ability to identify signal words can help us follow the thread of the speaker’s thought. Signal words like but, however, yet, on the contrary, because, therefore,as a result add a comment that contrasts with what has just been said or to signal what they are about to say is the result of their previous remarks. So signal words in listening will prepare us for what is going to happen.
What friendship means to Americans? Book one, Page 40
Words and phrases: • mistake sth. for sth. • acquaintances • physical attraction • date • intimate • interpersonal relationship
Difficult sentence So they would rather talk about the weather than encounter a lapse in conversation.
Nice to meet you! Hello ! However, don’t mistake friendliness for friendship. Friendliness friendship
Would you like to have dinner with me? Doe he like me and want to be my boyfriend? But don’t mistake friendliness for physical attraction.
What are the signal words you have heard? • however • But • because • even if • in short
New words and phrases: landscape/scenery: 风景 intelligent raw materials import precision product: 精细产品 craftsmanship: 手艺,工艺 minute: very small in size or amount