1. Unit8 Invitation Lesson One Are you free this afternoon? Made by Lidi 2012,4

2. Teaching aims 1 Be able to repeat and spell the new words correctly. 2 Be able to master the usage of words. 3 Be able to master the example sentences

3. Words 1 picnic n. 野餐 go for a picnic eg. Would you like to go for a picnic? 2 problem n. no problem eg.—Can you give me a hand? --- No problem. give sb. a hand 帮某人忙 3 honor n. an honor the honor of Could we have the honor of your presence at the meeting? 4 presence n. 出席 adj. present be present atbe present at Your presence is requested at our wedding.

4. 5 pity n. 遗憾 It’s a pity that + 从句 What a pity! 6 party n. 聚会 We are having a garden party next Sunday. 7 invite vt. invite sb. to do sth. n. invitation We would like to invite you to be present at our party. 8 accept vt. 接受 receive v. 接收 He gave her some advice and she accepted it. 9 refuse v. 拒绝 She refused his proposal of marriage. 10 wonder v. 想知道 wander v. 徘徊 I wonder if you’d like to see a film with me.

5. Exercise 1 Task One Listen and repeat. 2 Task2 Listen and tick. invite/accept wonder/ honor Party/pity presence/present Problem/pity refuse/picnic

6. Sentence patterns Are you free? ---- Yes, I’d love to. Would you like/love to…? --- No, I’m afraid I can’t. Will/Won’t you…? --- Sorry, I can’t. But thanks anyway. Shall we…? ---Yes, I will. ---We had better not.

7. Exercise 1 Listen and fill in the blanks 听录音并填空 Dialogue 1 A: I ________ if you’d like to dance with me. B: Yes, I’d like to. Dialogue2 A: Shall we have the ______ of your __________ at the meeting? B: Sorry, I can’t. But thanks anyway. Dialogue3 A: Will you come to our _____? B: Yes, I will. wonder honor presence party

8. Exercise Match and speak 1 Sorry, I’m late. a No, I am not. 2 Would you like to b You’d better not next time. take a talk with me? 3 Are you free to c Yes, I will. our meeting? 4 Will you come to d Yes, I’d love to. our meeting?

9. Practice Role Play ： Role A: You are Jack. Ask Mary to come over for dinner with you. Role B: You are Mary. Accept Jack’s invitation and than him.

10. Sum-up 1 Words 2 Sentence patterns

11. Homework 1 Read and recite the new words, example sentences and sentence patterns. 2 Finish Task5. 3 Preview Lesson2

12. Thank you