Unit 5 Can you come to my party

Unit 5 Can you come to my party?

• Can you come to my party? • Can Kate play tennis with them? • Can she attend the basketball game? • Can Tom go to the concert?

• Can you come to my party? Sure, I’d love to. • Can you go to the movies? Great, I’d love to. • Can she go to the basketball game? Of course, she likes basketball very much.

• Can you come to my party? I am sorry. I have to help my mother. • Can you go to the movies? I’m sorry. I have to study for a test. • Can she go to the basketball game? No, she can’t. She has to go to the doctor.

• Can you come to my party? I am sorry. I am helping my mother. • Can you go to the movies? I’m sorry. I am studying for a test. • Can she go to the basketball game? No, she can’t. She is going to the doctor.

Focus attention on the picture! • What can you see in the picture? • The bubble shows the person’s thought !! • Match the words with the pictures!

Keys!!!! • 1 b • 3 d • 5 a 2 c 4 e

Let’s move to activity 1 b!! • • Names : Tim, Ted, Kay, Anna & Wilson. Listen to the recorder!! 1 st time, just listen! 2 nd time, listen again & write the name of the person next to his or her picture!

Keys!!!!! a. Kay c. Ted e. Anna b. Tim d. Wilson Do you get them right?

Culture notes!!!!! • In the western world, people like to have all kinds of parties corresponding to various festivals. • Usually, a lot of people get together in the parties and the westerners consider parties great chances to make friends.

Culture notes!!!!!!! • In the United States, it is polite to accept or decline an invitation the first time it was offered. • That means, give a definite answer at that time. • Also Americans usually give a reason when they have to say no to an invitation.

Your time to practise!~! • Read the conversation between A, B, C&D. • Reasons? ? • Things you want to invite others • to do together? ?

• Pairwork!!!! • You have one minute for preparation, think about the things you want to invite others to do and the reasons you can use to decline invitations.

• Note down the numbers of students who accept your invitation &the reasons they give when they decline your invitation. • Invite the same student once at most!

Homework!! • Suppose I have written an e-mail to invite you to have dinner with me on Saturday evening. • Write me an e-mail to decline my invitation. • Try to talk about obligations and future actions in your e-mail as reasons. • About 40~60 words. • My e-mail address: breakliang@163. com You can refer to the e-mail on Page 29 as sample.

Thank you for listening!

Your time to practise!~! --------Activity 1 c • Read the conversation between A, B, C&D. • Now form a group of 4! • One of you is A, and you invite other 3 students to your party. • The other three students accept or decline the invitation. • If you decline, remember to give a You may use any reason you like. reason.

Listen: “can” or “can’t” • • 1 Jeff can/can’t come to the party. 2 Mary can/can’t come to the party. 3 May can/can’t come to the party. 4 Claudia can/can’t come to the party. • 5 Paul can/can’t come to the party.

• As we have heard, Jeff, May & Claudia can’t go to the party. • Now I want you to listen again, this time, please tell me the reasons why each can’t go to the party. • A To help his/her mother May • B To play soccer • C To go to guitar lesson • D To go to movies Claudia • E To visit his/her aunt. Jeff!!

• Dear class, What are you doing on Saturday evening? Can you come to KFC and have dinner with me at 6: 30 pm? I really hope that we can have a good time together. Write soon. Javier Burgos