1. How to Say Thank You Roy Hoffman, US writer
Roy Hoffman is the author of Almost Family, winner of the Lillian Smith Award for fiction, and Back Home: Journeys Through Mobile. A native of Mobile, Alabama, he worked in New York City for twenty years as a journalist, speechwriter, editor, and teacher, before returning South as writer-in-residence at the Mobile Register, where he is now on staff. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, Oxford American and other publications.
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Roy Hoffman, US writer

2. OUTLINE How to Say Thank You Text Type Main Ideas Text Pattern
Language Points
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3. 1. How to Say Thank You How many ways are mentioned? A thank-you note
A thank-you phone
A thank-you card/postcard
A thank-you gift
A verbal “thank you”
A thank-you meal
A thank-you visit
表达谢意的方式方法 感谢信 贺卡 电话 邮件 宴请 信笺
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Any other ways?
A mail, a hand, …

4. 2. Text Type Narration Description Exposition Argumentation
记叙文 a movie
描述文 a picture
说明文 a lecture
议论文 a debate
Functions: To inform, explain, clarify, define or instruct.
Classifications: What-, how-, why-
Organizations: General-specific, problem-solution, cause-effect, etc
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What are the functions, kinds and usual organizations of expository writing?

5. 3. Main Ideas
Summarize each paragraph or look for the topic sentence or key words.
When …, many of us fall mute.
Sometimes the spoken word is not enough.
A thank-you note as a way of gratitude
Tips for writing a thank-you note
Be careful in choosing a thank-you card.
概括段落大意 找出主题句关键词

6. 3. Main Ideas
Summarize each paragraph or look for the topic sentence or key words.
A thank-you gift is best with a signature.
Thank-you gifts should never be too lavish.
Send a thank-you gift to your employer
Say thank you to your employees
It’s an act we need more of.
概括段落大意 找出主题句关键词

7. 4. Text Pattern Sequence / time 顺序、时间 Space/spatial 空间
Compare-contrast
Advantage-dis.
Cause-effect
Problem-solution
Topical （G-S）
顺序、时间 空间
比较-对比 利弊 因果
问题-解决
话题（总分）
文章结构模式 组织结构

8. 4. Text Pattern Intro-situation mute How to Say Thank You times intro
note
note
tips
body
card
card
sign
General gifts
文章结构思路图示
price
gift
boss
Business gifts
staff
Coda: appeal
need

9. 5. Language Points Words and expressions
Fall mute, amnesia, receipt, prickle, cram into, a touch of gratitude, sentiment, terse, prompt, resign myself to, adorn them with, gourmet, …
Sentences
Curiously, though, when … many of us fall mute.
…they adorn them with baskets of flowers …
It is an act we need more of --- one that help …
单词语法 短语句型 语言点
no resign oneself to being defeated 不甘心于失败
He is more of a fool than I thought. (他比我想像的更笨) All I need is a little more of you. The amount of false information on the Internet becomes more of a problem everyday.
Maybe We Should Make It More of a Game.
Your questions?