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*Ask for more information if you need to.
*Express your appreciation again at the end of the letter.
How to decline a letter of invitation:
Useful Expressions
1. How to start your letter:
Thank you for your invitation to speak at _________. I sincerely appreciate your inviting me to___________ .
I appreciate your invitation to participate next month in____________ .
I would like to express my appreciation for your asking me to speak at the ____________.
2. How to tell the recipient that you can’t accept his/her invitation:
Unfortunately, I have been scheduled to ___________ on the same day.
Although I think the day would be most worthwhile, I have a previous commitment and thus cannot attend the conference at this time.
Unfortunately, since I will be visiting ___________ during the meeting and cannot break away even for a day, regretfully I have to decline the invitation.
Unfortunately, I shall be out of town on December 7th and will not, therefore, be able to attend the banquet you are holding. 3. How to end your letter:
*If you have other meetings in the future that will feature the same subject, I would be glad to speak, my schedule permitting.
*We wish you good luck with your ______________ and thank you for thinking of us. Tips
*Thank the recipient for inviting you.
*Tell the recipient why you are not able to accept the invitation.
*If you feel like it, tell the recipient that you would be glad to have another opportunity.
*Express good will and thank the recipient again for the invitation. Step 4 Ask Ss to do exercise and then check answer. Answers:
Write a reply to the invitation in Exercise 12, Unit 1. Suggested Answer:
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An Informal Letter of Acceptance
June 24, 2004 Dear Wang Jun, After graduation is a great time to have a party. Being at your house is always lots of fun. My boyfriend, Tom, will be coming, too. Thanks for the invitation. Best, WuJi
Step 2 Homework assignment 1. Do exercise
2. Preview the new lesson
Sixth Period
Content： Unit 2 Improve Your Reading Skills.
Introduce the Basic reading skills--Guessing the Meaning of Unknown Words in Context (2)
利用上下文中的同义词、反义词、上义词和下义词关系，或利用上下文中的举例、解释、描述、定义等猜测生词的词义。请看下面的例句：
I had been young, healthy, and smug. She had been old, sick, and desperate. Wishing with all my heart that I had acted like a human being rather than a robot, I was saddened to realize how fragile a hold we have on our better instincts.
如果你把“I”和“She”两种截然不同的状况作一对比，你就能猜出smug的大致的词义：young — old, healthy — sick, smug — desperate(绝望的)。
同样，要猜测下面句子中passionate的词义，你可以利用上文中的do not despair：
Similarly, not everyone is the enthusiastic type that falls in love with
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their work. However, do not despair, there are ways to become more passionate.
再看下面的句子：
The initial training period, the first six weeks, is the hardest.
借助于对“the first six weeks”的理解，我们可以猜测出initial的词义：initial = first; happening at the beginning。
Step 6 Give the Ss some time to do exercise and then check answers.
Choose the right answer by guessing the meaning of each of the underlined words.
(1)They have the best of what makes us human and, as one observer put it, none of our vices.
A) 邪恶行为B) 优点C) 智慧 D) 能力
(2) “And finally,” I finished, “I like animals because they’re not hypocrites. They don’t say one thing and do another. They are, as I’ve said, honest…”
A) 诚实的人 B) 骄傲的人 C) 伪君子 D) 自满的人
(3) He tried to smile because the mood of the party was not somber but happy.
A) 快乐的 B) 轻松的 C) 幸福的 D) 忧郁的
(4)Testing results showed that he had the ability of a 14-year-old schoolboy! Yet, some scientists were still suspicious. They formed a group to retest Hans.
A) 肯定的 B) 怀疑的 C) 兴奋的 D) 激动的
(5)The room had become strangely quiet. I was amazed at how closely my family was listening, despite the occasional grunt to the contrary. A) 宁静 B) 嘟哝声 C) 喧闹声 D) 欢庆 Suggested answer: A C D B B
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