Unit 1 studying English

Unit1StudyingEnglishCollegeEnglish-ListeningandSpeakingCourseCulturalInformationInEnglishlanguagespeakingcountries,peopleusuallyuseformallanguageinofficialsituations.Itisusedinbusinessandbetweenpeopleofdifferentages.Forexample,ayoungerpersonspeakingtoanolderpersonshoulduseformallanguage.Ontheotherhand,informallanguageisusuallyusedincasualsituations.Informallanguageisusedinsocialsituationsandamongpeopleofthesameagegroup.RelatedBodyLanguageMeetingnewpeopleisanimportantsocialactivity.Inadditiontousingsomeofthephrasesyouhavepracticedinthisunit,shakinghandsandlookingthepersonyouaremeetingintheeye(eyecontact)areoftenessentialnon-verbalskillsyouneedwheneveryoumeetsomeoneinEnglish.Hereishowtoshakehandsappropriately:•Holdtheotherperson’shandfirmly.•Thepalmofyourhandshouldcoverthepalmofthehandofthepersonyouareshakinghandswith,notjustthefingertips.•Lookthepersonintheeyeandsmilewhenyoushakehands.•Menusuallyshakehandswhentheyareintroducedtoothermen.Itisthewomen’schoicewhetherornottoshakehandswhenintroducedtoaman,andthemanshouldwaitforthewomantoofferherhand.Ifsheoffersherhand,shakeit.Amongprofessionalwomenitisbecomingmoreandmorecommontoshakehands.greetingsspokenformalinformalunspoken1.GreetingsUnspokengreetingshigh-fivefist-bumphugsalutehandkissHi!/Hi,there!/Hello!/Hey!What’sup/new?Howisitgoing?Howareyoudoing?Howiseverything?What'sgoingon?GreetingsformeetingagainLongtimenosee!好久不见了。Well,lookwho’shere!嗨，瞧谁来了！Whatbringsyouheretoday？今天什么风把你吹来啦？Hellothere,whatacoincidence!你好，真巧啊！Hi,buddy!Goodtoseeyouhere!你好，老兄！很高兴在这儿见到你！Goodday,mate.（澳大利亚流行用语）你好,伙计。Haven’trunintoyouforages.好久不见了。Haven'tseenyouforages.好久不见了。Smallworld,isn’tit?又见面了。Howdoyoudo?Nicetomeetyou.It’sgood//Glad/Pleasedtoseeyou.Goodmorning/afternoon/evening.FormalgreetingsRepliestogreetingsPrettygood!Notbad!Notsogood!Nothingspecial!Sameasalways!Couldn’tbebetter!RepliestogreetingsVerywell,thankyou.Fine,thanks.Andyou?Fine,thanks.Andyourself?Great!Whataboutyou?Fine!Howarethingswithyou?QuizHerewehavesomegreetings,youaresupposedtojudgethesituationsinwhichtheyareused.How’severything?(forfriends)What’snew?(forfriends)Howareyou?(forfriends,butnotsofamiliar)Nicetomeetyou.(forthefirsttime)Nicetoseeyouagain.（metbefore,butnotfamiliar)Howhaveyoubeen?(haven'tmetforsometime)Hey!(foroldfriends)Howdoyoudo!(forstrangers)Youbadboy!(fornaughtyboy)2.HowtomakeintroductionsVideocliprelatedtointroductionInformalJack，doyouknowMr.CarlMond?杰克，你认识卡尔.蒙德先生吗？Mary，haveyoumetNathanMalcolm?玛丽，你见过内森.马尔科姆吗？Mr.Lynd,IwantyoutomeetMr.NaomiService,directorofCambexResearchInstitute.林德先生，我希望你见见培克斯研究所所长内奥米.塞维斯先生。Oh,Hob,I’dlikeyoutomeetSheilaRhoda,afamousfilmstarinHollywood.哦，霍伯，我想你见见好莱坞著名影星希拉.罗达。ThisisNicholasNimitz,managerofD.C.Company.这位是尼古拉斯.尼米兹，公司经理。InformalMeetmybrotherWalker.见见我的兄弟沃克吧。Look，here’sJohn!John-Tom,Tom-John.瞧，约翰来了！约翰，这是汤姆；汤姆，这是约翰。Oh，here’sDavid.David,meetJohn.哦，大卫来了。大卫，来见见约翰。Ohlook,Wendy’shere.Wendy,comeandmeetWhitman.哦瞧，温迪来了。温迪，来见见惠特曼。FormalAllowmetointroduceMrs.JennySampson,ChairmanofWorldWildLife.允许我介绍世界野生动物协会主席，詹妮.桑普森太太。I’dliketointroduceourdirectorMr.SidneyCarson.我愿向诸位介绍我们的主任西德尼.卡森先生。I’mhonoredtopresentMs.SusanKing,whowillgiveusalectureonhistory.我很荣幸地向诸位介绍苏珊.金女士，她将会给我们做一次历史讲座。FormalI’mverypleasedtopresentMr.RobertCarlson,whowilltalkwithustodayaboutworldeconomy.我很高兴向诸位介绍罗伯特.卡尔森先生，他今天将同我们谈世界经济问题。ItiswithgreatpleasurethatIintroducetoyouMr.StanleyYoung,AssistantManagerofGeneralElectric.我很高兴向诸位介绍通用电器公司副经理，斯坦利.杨先生。FormalPleaseletmeintroducePresidentoftheSino-AmericanFriendshipAssociation,Mr.JohnGrant.请允许我介绍中美友好协会主席.约翰.格兰特先生。MayIintroduce/presentMr.EdgarThompson，ChairmanoftheCarnegieFoundation?请允许我介绍一下卡内基基金会主席,埃德加.汤普森先生。PerhapsIcouldintroduceMr.LakeKirby,afamousprofessorfromWashingtonUniversity?请允许我介绍华盛顿大学著名教授莱克.柯尔比先生。IntroducingYourName●Mynameis…Itmeans…●Callme…●Everyonecallsme…IntroducingHometown●Ilivein…●Iamfrom…●Iwasbornin…andlivedin…untilImovedto…whenIwas…●Myhometownis…GeneralIntroduction●MayIintroducemyself?●CouldIsayafewwordsaboutmyself?●Allowmetosayabitaboutmyself.3.HowtomakeselfintroductionsIntroducingYourStudies●IamasophomoreatTsinghuaUniversity.●Imajorin…●Mymajoris…●IstudyatTsinghuaUniversityinBeijing.IntroducingFamily●Iammarriedandhavetwochildren.●Myfamilymembersare…●Ihaveoneolderbrotherandtwoyoungersisters.IntroducingHobbies●Myhobbyislisteningtorockmusic.●Iusuallygotothemoviesonweekends.●Ienjoyworkwiththemusicon.ExamplesofIntroductionHello,everybody.Myname’sLiuMin,I’mfromBeijing.It’sreallyafantasticplace,peoplethereareveryfriendlyandhelpful.There’realsosomeplacesofinterestsinmyhometown,Iloveitandhopethatyoucanvisititsomeday.IwasgraduatedfromCuiWeiMiddleSchool,it'salsoaniceschool.There’re3peopleinmyfamily,youknow,myparentsandI.Weloveeachotherandliveahappylife.Iusuallyplayballgamesinmysparetime,andIthinkI’mgoodatbasketball.Mydreamistoplayabasketballgamewithmyidol--Kobeoneday.So,yousee,I’mreallyaneasygoingboy.That’sall,thankyou.NowIwillintroducemyselfbriefly,Iam18yearsold,IwasborninHeilongjiangprovince,northeastofChina,andIamnowafreshmanatWUST.MymajorisEnglish,andIwillreceivemybachelor