Unit 6 Good manners

Word Study

Teaching aims:

1. To consolidate the words and useful expressions learnt in this unit.

2. To help the students use the key words and phrases with proficiently.

Key and difficult points:

To make the students know the usage of the key words and phrases.

Teaching procedures:

1. introduce

TS: You asked him to introduce you to the man.

v. ------ to make persons known by name to one another

I. introduce sb. to sb.

(1) I want to introduce my friend Jane (to you).

(2) Let me introduce my teacher to you.

II. introduce oneself to sb.

(1) May I introduce myself to you.

(2) Mr. Li introduced himself to us.

III. introduce sb. to sth.

(1) My classmates introduced me to the pleasure on the Internet.

(2) He introduced me to football.

IV. introduce sth (in/into sth)

(1) It is necessary to introduce advanced technology.

(2) Computers were introduced into some schools for teaching.

n. ------ introduction

(1) make an introduction

(2) When I had the first lecture, I made an introduction.

2 apologize (Bre apologise)

TS: What does Bill say to apologize for taking the bike without telling Cliff?

v. ------ to make excuse for or regretful acknowledgment of a fault or offense

for sth.

apologize for doing sth.

for what clause

(1) He apologized for his mistake.

(2) I apologized to her for stepping on her foot.

(3) You should apologize to the teacher for being late.

(4) Please allow me to apologize for what I have done.

n. ------ apology make an apology to sb. for sth.

(1) I made an apology to him for my fault.

3. forgive (forgave; forgiven)

TS: Forgive me. I’m very sorry.

vt. ------ to excuse for a fault or an offense; pardon

(1) Please forgive me -- I didn't mean to be rude.

(2) They forgave his mistake.

(3) You’re forgiven.

(4) My advice is that it's best to forgive and forget.

4. manners

manners (plural) polite ways of behaving in social situation禮貌；禮節

(1) She has such good manners.

(2) Some people have no manners.

(3) It is bad manners to talk with a full mouth.

manner (singular)

I. a way of doing something (= way)

(1) Tom has a strange manner of deciding things.

(2) “You should do your math homework in this manner.” Miss Zhang said.

(3) Why are you talking in such a strange manner?

II. a way of acting 舉止或行為

(1) He had an absent-minded manner.

(2) He had a rather cold and unfriendly manner.

(3) As soon as the salesman realized that we weren’t going to buy anything, his whole manner changed.

5. mean

TS: Having good table manners means knowing when to drink a toast.

v. ------ to express or represent (an idea, thought, fact, etc)

I. 意思

(1) What does this word mean?

(2) What do you mean by that remark?

(3) I mean that they are good at singing and dancing.

(4) Love means never having to say you’re sorry.

II. mean to do sth.(打算做) & mean doing sth.(意味著)

(1) I meant to call on you, but I was too busy yesterday.

(2) I didn’t mean to interrupt your meal.

(3) What you’ve done means helping us a lot.

n. ------ meaning

(1) Please tell us the meaning of this word.

n. ------ means by means of 用, 以, 通過

(1) He does well in exam by means of cheating.

6. behave n. ------ behavior

TS: When to drink a toast and how to behave at a table.

I. act, bear oneself

(1) He always behaves well in class.

(2) She behaves more like a friend than a mother.

II. conduct oneself well, do what is right

(1) Children, please behave (yourselves).

(2) They got warning to behave.

III. machine works well

(1) How is your new car behaving?

7. start with (= begin with)

TS: Dinner starts with a small dish.

I. 以…開始

(1) Our group had five members to start with.

(2) Knowledge starts with practice.

(3) Let’s start our lesson with new words.

II. 首先、第一點

(1) We are not going on holiday this year, to start with we haven’t enough money and then there is still a lot we need to do on the house.

(2) I can’t come, to start with my car is being repaired, but I have also got another meeting that day.

8. raise

TS: When drinking to someone’s health, we raise our glasses.

vt. ------ to move to a higher position; elevate抬高；舉起；增加

(1) He raised his arms above his head.

(2) I will not raise a hand against you.

(3) He raised his eyes from newspaper when she came in.

(4) The workers forced their boss to raise their salaries.

raise & rise

(1) The sun rises in the east.

(2) He rose from the chair and went out of the room.

(3) When he has question to ask, he’ll raise his hand.

(4) Please raise your voice, I cannot hear you clearly.

9. mix

TS: Rice should not be mixed with other food.

vt. ------ of different things, people bring or come together and combine 混合

(1) Oil and water do not mix.

(2) I mixed milk, coffee and sugar together.

II. mix sth. with sth. 把… 與… 混在一起

(1) We should mix business with pleasure.

III. mix sb. sth. = mix sth. for sb. 為某人調制

(1) She mixed me a white coffee.

(2) His wife mixed a hot drink for him.

IV. mix up弄錯; 弄亂

(1) It's common to mix him up with his brother; they're twin brothers.

(2) Don't mix up those papers.

(3) If you mix up those data we shan't find the one we need quickly.

n. ------ mixture

(1) Air is a mixture of gases.

10. serve

TS: It is a custom in China to have some tea or other drinks before the meal is served.

I. serve sb (with sth) 將(飯菜)端上桌

(1) Have all the guests been served with food and drink?

(2) Four waiters served lunch for us.

II. 供職,服役

(1) He has served as a naval officer during the war.

(2) He has served his country well.

III. serve (sb) as sth. 為某人工作,(尤指)當用人

(1) He served as a gardener driver.

(2) He has served his master for many years.

11. impression

TS: Knowing them will help you make a good impression.

I. 印象

(1) The speech made me a strong/deep impression on the House.

(2) What were your first impressions of London?

v. ------ impress

給予強烈影響，使留深刻印象，使銘記

have a strong influence on, fix deeply (on the mind, memory)

(1) His words are strongly impressed on my memory.

(2) The book did not impress me at all.

(3) He impressed me unfavorably.

(4) She impressed me with her long hair.

12. advice

TS: For drinking during the dinner, the best advice is never to drink too much.

I. follow/take one’s advice

II. some/much/ a piece of, three pieces of advice

III. Can you give us some advices on how to improve our English?

v. ------ advise

I. advise sb to do sth

II. advise doing

III. advise that sb (should) do

(1) I advise you to get up early.

(2) I advise getting up early.

(3) I advised that you (should) get up early.

1. Jack advised ____ early.

A. leaving B. to leave C. left D. leave

2. We advised Lucy _____ a rest.

A. to have B. having C. have D. had

3. I advise that he _____ hard.

A. studied B. studies C. study D. has studied

4. We advised that he _____ basketball.

A. not play B. didn’t play

C. hadn’t play D. doesn’t play