Post on 15-Jan-2016
How to Say Thank You
Roy Hoffman, US writer
OUTLINE
1. How to Say Thank You
2. Text Type
3. Main Ideas
4. Text Pattern
5. Language Points
1. How to Say Thank You
A thank-you note A thank-you phone A thank-you card/postcard A thank-you gift A verbal “thank you” A thank-you meal A thank-you visit
How many ways are mentioned?
A mail, a hand, …
Any other ways?
2. Text Type
Narration
Description
Exposition
Argumentation
记叙文 a movie描述文 a picture说明文 a lecture议论文 a debate
What are the functions, kinds and usual organizations of expository writing?
3. Main Ideas
1.When …, many of us fall mute.
2.Sometimes the spoken word is not
enough.
3.A thank-you note as a way of
gratitude
4.Tips for writing a thank-you note
5.Be careful in choosing a thank-you
card.
Summarize each paragraph or look for the topic sentence or key words.
3. Main Ideas
6.A thank-you gift is best with a signature.
7.Thank-you gifts should never be too
lavish.
8.Send a thank-you gift to your employer
9.Say thank you to your employees
10. It’s an act we need more of.
Summarize each paragraph or look for the topic sentence or key words.
4. Text Pattern
Sequence / timeSpace/spatialCompare-contras
tAdvantage-dis.Cause-effectProblem-solutionTopical ( G-S )
顺序、时间空间比较 - 对比利弊因果问题 - 解决话题(总分)
4. Text Pattern
mute
times
price
sign
note
tips
card
boss
staff
need
note
General
gifts
Business gifts
card
gift
intro
Intro-situation
Coda: appeal
body
Ho
w to
Say T
han
k Yo
u
5. Language Points
Fall mute, amnesia, receipt, prickle, cram into, a touch of gratitude, sentiment, terse, prompt, resign myself to, adorn them with, gourmet, …
Words and expressions
Curiously, though, when … many of us fall mute.
…they adorn them with baskets of flowers …
It is an act we need more of --- one that help …
Sentences
Your questions?