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Good

manners
Warming up ,
listening &
speaking

Manners
make
the man. The
way
you speak and the
way you behave
lead people to
believe that you
have a good
education or not.

Picking up flowers is a bad manner.

Knocking at the door before


entering a room is a good manner.

Answering questions actively


in class is a good manner.

Jumping over the fence


is a bad manner.

Stepping on a chair with bare


foot is a bad manner.

Helping each other


is a good manner

Picture 1:
A teacher is giving a lesson to
her students when a student
comes into the classroom.

Excuse me
--- ____________.
Can I come in?
--- ____________.
Weve already started.
Sure
Im sorry
--- ____________.
I missed the bus.
Thats OK
--- ____________.
Were on page 47.

Picture2:
Two teachers are talking
together about sth. A
student comes to talk
with them.

Excuse me May I interrupt you for a moment?


--- __________.
What is it
--- __________,
Jordan?
Im sorry
--- __________,
Mr Baker. I put my homework on your desk.

Picture3:
There are a boy and a girl
with an umbrella in a
supermarket. They are in
the queue. Suddenly the
girl hurts the boy with her
umbrella.

careful
--- Hey, be
________________!
Im
--- Oh, _________________.
sorry

--- Thats all right.

Picture 4:
There are many people in an
airport or railway station.
Someone seems to get pushed
by one behind him.

--- Ouch! What


_______________________?!
are you
doing
terribly
--- Im
____________________.
sorry

How to say sorry to sb:


--- Forgive me. Im sorry.
--- I apologize to you for
--- Im sorry. I didnt mean to
..Oops. Say sorry about that.
----- Im very / terribly sorry.
--- I really have to apologize to you.
--- Im really sorry about your bike/pen/book/DVD player

How to response to somebodys apology


--- Oh, thats all
right.
--- Oh, thats
OK.
--- Oh, well, thats life.
--- Its OK.
--- No problem.
--- Thats OK. Forget it.
--- Never mind.
--- It doesnt matter.

Speaking:
Situation 1:
You are at a school party. Your friend tells you that the man
you are going to work with tomorrow has also come to the
party. You have never met the man before, but your friend
does not know. You ask him to introduce you to the man.
--- Can you ______________
introduce me to him, please?
Im sorry
met
--- ___________,
I didnt know that you hadnt _____
this is John
before. David,____________.
Hi
to meet you
--- __________,John.
Nice ___________.

Situation 2:
Many students and teachers come to the party. You
are looking for two seats to sit down with your friend,
but there are none. You see two seats, but there are
bags on them. You go over to ask the girl sitting
beside the bags.
free
--- Excuse
_______________.
me
Are these seats
______?
really sorry
--- Im
___________________.
My friend is sitting
here.
Thats all right
--- _________________.

Situation 3:
Many people are drinking at the party and there are
many glasses on the table.

You take the wrong one.

What will you say and what will you do?

--- Oh, was that your glass?

Yes
--- _______.
Im terribly sorry
mistake Can I give
--- __________________.
I took it by _________.
you another one?
That sounds / would be nice ______.
thanks
--- _________________________,

listening

Listening:
--- Hi, Cliff, Im here about returning
________ your bike.
who ______it.
took
--- So, it was you ____
friends so I thought it would be OK.
--- Yeah, were _______,
me first
--- Well, ______
listen here. I want you to ask
___________.
sorry I only _____
used it to get to school
--- Oh, Im
________.
because I was late.
next time
--- Thats OK. Just ask me ________,OK?
a bit of problem
--- Yes, well, there is ______________.
--- What is it?
really have to apologise
--- I _____________________.Its
about your bike.
--- What is it about my bike? Where is it?

really very sorry


Thats the problem. Im ________________,but
it was stolen while I was at school.
___________
Stolen Didnt you ______
lock it?
______?
locked it Heres the key. But when I
Of course I _________.
really very sorry
came back it was gone. Im _______________.
pay for it
I suppose I should __________.
guess it wasnt really
thats all right
Oh, ______________.
I ______
your fault was it?
_________,
a lot Bill. Im _______________________.
really sorry about the bike
Thanks
___________,
anyway
OK ________.
Forget it It was an old bike ________.
Thats
_________.

Listen to the tape and answer the questions.


1. What are the problems that Bill and Cliff talk about ?
1. ____________________________.
Taking the bike without asking

2. Losing
_____________
the bike

2.What does Bill say to apologize for taking the bike without telling
Cliff ?
Im sorry
oh, _________. I only used it to get to school because I was late.
3. Thats
What does
OK Cliff say ?
_________. Just ask me next time , will you ?
4. What does
Billtosay
to apologize for losing the bike ?
have
apologize
I really __________________. Its about your bike .
5. What
doesall
Cliff
say ?
Thats
right
Oh, _____________.
it wasnt really your fault, was it ?
ForgetI guess
it
OK
Thats _____. ________. It was an old bike anyway .
6. Bill took Cliffs bike without asking
him.
He also
Cliffs
I am
really
sorrylost
about
thebike.
bike He
apologize for losing it by saying ___________________________.

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