宜兴市屺亭中学九年级英语 9A《Unit 1 Star signs》Period 8 Study skills课件.pptVIP

Unit 1 Study skills Formal and informal language * Dialogue Make up a dialogue about your prediction of next month. You can add your own ideas. A: You look unhappy today. What’s wrong with you? B: My bike has been stolen. A: Never mind. The Chinese horoscope says that around middle of the month things will be better. B: Really?  … * informal language informal greetings informal endings slang words or expressions jokes or try to be funny abbreviations contractions * Slang words ( 俚语） are very informal phrases commonly used in speech, Especially between people from the same particular （独特 的）social group, for example, teenagers, criminals and soldiers, or between people who work together. They are not considered suitable for formal contexts （文章）. What? * Abbreviations ( 缩写词） Abbreviations use only the first letters of a name or phrase, or leave out letters to shorten a word, e.g. UK, Dr. Contractions ( 缩约形式） Contractions are short forms of words when apostrophe (省略符号) replace letters, e.g. we’ll, she’s, can’t. * We should use formal greetings. We should use formal endings. We should not use slang words or expressions. We should not use jokes or try to be funny. We should not use abbreviations. We should not use contractions. How to express formally? * formal language informal language Who? unfamiliar people teachers boss friends parents * have a big mouth Mon Hello! Lots of love BC Good morning. all wet we’ll Dec he’d Yours truly How are you? catch some Zs can’t Cheers Simon has much more hare than his uncle. Greetings? Endings? Slang? Jokes ? Abbreviations ? Contractions ? * Greetings: Endings: Slang: Jokes: Abbreviations: Contractions: Hello! Good morning. How are you? L