【正文】 r details about the meeting or visit.*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 Expressions1. 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 mitment 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:An Informal Letter of Acceptance June 24, 2004Dear 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 ing, too. Thanks for the invitation.Best, WuJi Step 2 Homework assignment1. Do exercise 2. Preview the new lesson Sixth PeriodContent： Unit 2 Improve Your Reading Skills.Introduce the Basic reading skillsGuessing the Meaning of Unknown Words in Context (2) 利用上下文中的同義詞、反義詞、上義詞和下義詞關(guān)系，或利用上下文中的舉例、解釋、描述、定義等猜測生詞的詞義。請看下面的例句： 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”兩種截然不同的狀況作一對比，你就能猜出smug的大致的詞義：young — old, healthy — sick, smug — desperate(絕望的)。 同樣，要猜測下面句子中passionate的詞義，你可以利用上文中的do not despair：Similarly, not everyone is the enthusiastic type that falls in love with their work. However, do not despair, there are ways to bee more passionate. 再看下面的句子： The initial training period, the first six weeks, is the hardest. 借助于對“the first six weeks”的理解，我們可以猜測出initial的詞義：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) 邪惡行為B) 優(yōu)點(diǎn)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) 誠實(shí)的人 B) 驕傲的人 C) 偽君子 D) 自滿的人(3) He tried to smile because the mood of the party was not somber but happy.A) 快樂的 B) 輕松的 C) 幸福的 D) 憂郁的(4)Testing results showed that he had the ability of a 14yearold schoolboy! Yet, some scientists were still suspicious. They formed a group to retest Hans.A) 肯定的 B) 懷疑的 C) 興奮的 D) 激動的(5)The room had bee strangely quiet. I was amazed at how closely my family was listening, despite the occasional grunt to the contrary.A) 寧靜 B) 嘟噥聲 C) 喧鬧聲 D) 歡慶Suggested answer: A C D B B 16