内容正文:
北师大必修
第三册
Unit 7
Writing Workshop
A Formal Email
教学目
Lead-in
Do you know what a formal and informal email is? What are the basic differences between them?
Formal:
Written to a professor, colleague, boss, etc.
Must always be professional
Accurate grammar, punctuation, and spelling necessary
Informal:
Written to friends and family
Accuracy and grammar(spelling and punctuation)are not important
You can make up your own rules
Formal VS. Informal
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To learn the structure and some polite language of a formal email by reading an email
To write a formal email to ask for more information
学习目标
目标一:To learn the structure and some polite language of a formal email by reading an email
Activity 1: Read the email and then answer the questions.
1. Why does Liu Ze write this email?
2. How does Liu Ze address the receiver of the email?
3. What information does Liu Ze want to know?
4. Is the style of the email formal or informal? Can you find some examples?
Answers
1. Liu Ze writes this email to ask for information about entering a film in the festival.
2. Liu Ze addresses the receiver of the email as Dear Sir / Madam.
3. Liu Ze wants to know:
About the films for the festival.
If they accept sport documentaries.
More information about how to apply for the festival.
If groups and individuals can enter.
If they can enter their film to another film festival at the same time.
What the prizes are.
If there are prizes for different age groups and for different types of films.
4. The style is formal. Reasons could include:
Vocabulary used
Address of the receiver
Salutation
Activity 2: Read the email again. Identify its structure and useful language. Complete the table.
The structure Useful language
Para. 1 Stating the purpose of your writing and introducing yourself I am writing to ask for information about...
I am...
Para. 2
Para. 3
Querying the films for the festival
Salutation
I would like to ask... Do you...?
Could you tell me...? I wonder if...? Can we...? A