Unit 5
Can you come to my party? Section B
Period 2
Hi Henry,
Thank you for your invitation. I’m sorry I can’t visit you this week. I am really busy. This evening I’m going to my cousin’s birthday party. And
tomorrow, I have to go to the dentist. (Yuck! ) On Wednesday, I have tennis training with the school team.
3a Read the e-mail massage.
Then complete Sonia’s calendar below.
And I have to study for my chemistry test on Thursday. On Friday evening, I’m going to the movies with some friends. Can you come to the movies with us on Friday?
Write soon.
Sonia Sunday Monday Tuesday
Wednesday cousin’s birthday party tennis
training dentist Thursday
Friday
Saturday go to the movies study for chemistry test
1. Thanks for asking.
谢谢你的邀请。
for是个介词不能直接跟动词 “ask”，所以动词变为动名词的形式 “asking”
起到名词作用。 Explanation Thanks for your photos.
(photos为名词) Thanks for helping me.
(helping为动名词) 如果说：谢谢你邀请我去做什么事情。 我们可说：Thank you for your
invitation to visit next week.
thank you for sth. or doing sth.
(因……而表示感谢) e.g. Thank you for your help.
Thank you for inviting me. 2. invite / invitation
(1) I’d like to invite you to my party.
(2) I didn’t get the invitation to the
party. I have a really busy week.
我这个星期实在是忙。
really 副词,真正地,实在地,在这儿修饰形容词busy。
a really busy week
十分繁忙的一周 4. with 介词 “和……” , and 并列连词“和……”
Jack, with his three children, is coming to China.(主语是Jack,所以系动词用is。)
Jack and his three children are coming to China.
(主语是复数形式所以系动词用are。) I’m going to the movies with some friends.
我计划这一周和朋友去看电影。 5. on Friday evening, in the evening
(1) I often do my homework in the evening.
(2) I go to piano lesson on Friday evening.
(在某一天的上、下午、晚上用on)
3b Fill in the blanks
Subject: Party
From: Tony Hi Henry,
Thanks a lot for the invitation. I’m sorry I can’t visit next week.
On Monday, I have to _______________. On Tuesday, I’m _________________with my friends. On Wednesday, I have to _____________my dad.
go to the doctor going to the movies go fishing with On Thursday, I’m studying for _____________. And on
Friday, ________________ on vacation with
__________. Please call
me after the vacation. Tony an English test I’m going to Xi’an my parents Joya invites you to her daughter’s birthday party this weekend, but you… Thank you for your invitation. I am sorry I can’t go to your daughter’s birthday party this weekend. I am really busy. Because… On…, I’m…; on…, I have to… You should say… 3c Write an e-mail message to a
friend. Say why you can’t visit next week.