Greetings 問候
BasicGreetings.
- Three first-meeting lines: My name is ... / What is your name? / Nice to meet you.
- Always answer with too: Nice to meet you too.
- Ask Where do you live? and answer I live in ...
文體小知識：Hello, good morning.
§Text Passage
1Amy: Good morning, Ben! How are you?
2Ben: Good morning, Amy! I am fine, thank you. How about you?
3Amy: I am fine too. Look! We have a new classmate today.
4Ben: Hello! My name is Ben. What is your name?
5Ken: Hello, Ben. My name is Ken. Nice to meet you.
6Ben: Nice to meet you too. Welcome to our class!
7Amy: Hi, Ken! Where do you live?
8Ken: I live in Sha Tin, near the big park. I walk to school with my mother every morning.
9Amy: Miss Lee is our teacher. She is very kind.
10Ken: I am happy to meet you all. You are all so kind to me.
11Ben: Let us be good friends. See you at recess!
12Amy: Goodbye, boys! See you tomorrow!
13Ken: Thank you! I like this school very much.
14Amy: You are welcome. Let us go to the classroom together.
§Sentence-by-sentence translation Sentence-by-sentence translation
Amy: Good morning, Ben! How are you?
Amy：Ben，早安！你好嗎？
Ben: Good morning, Amy! I am fine, thank you. How about you?
Ben：Amy，早安！我很好，謝謝。你呢？
Amy: I am fine too. Look! We have a new classmate today.
Amy：我都很好。看！今日我們有新同學。
Ben: Hello! My name is Ben. What is your name?
Ben：你好！我叫 Ben，你叫什麼名字？
Ken: Hello, Ben. My name is Ken. Nice to meet you.
Ken：你好，Ben，我叫 Ken，好高興認識你。
Ben: Nice to meet you too. Welcome to our class!
Ben：我都好高興認識你，歡迎加入我們班！
Amy: Hi, Ken! Where do you live?
Amy：嗨，Ken！你住在哪裡？
Ken: I live in Sha Tin, near the big park. I walk to school with my mother every morning.
我住在沙田，大公園附近。我每日早上都同媽媽一起走路上學。
Amy: Miss Lee is our teacher. She is very kind.
Amy：李老師是我們的班主任，他人很好。
Ken: I am happy to meet you all. You are all so kind to me.
Ken：很開心認識大家，你們每個人都對我這麼好。
Ben: Let us be good friends. See you at recess!
Ben：我們做個好朋友，課間見！
Amy: Goodbye, boys! See you tomorrow!
Amy：兩位拜拜，明天見！
Ken: Thank you! I like this school very much.
Ken：謝謝！我好喜歡這所學校。
Amy: You are welcome. Let us go to the classroom together.
Amy：不必客氣，我們一起去課室。
1Summary 重點摘要
Greetings.
2Vocabulary cards Vocabulary
Hello.
Good morning.
Goodbye.
Listen.
Follow.
Instruction.
Speak.
Repeat.
3Step by step Steps
- Meeting someone newThree must-have lines for a first meeting: Hello! My name is Ben. What is your name? The new pupil answers My name is Ken, and you add Nice to meet you. Tip: questions end with a question mark; names are proper nouns and keep their capital anywhere in the line.
- Nice to meet you pairsA says Nice to meet you; B must answer Nice to meet you too — the too completes the pair. This is a fixed exchange, said once each at a first meeting, and the politeness is done. Tip: too always sits at the end; Nice meeting you is a goodbye version, so master meet you + too first.
- Welcome the new pupilWelcome to our class! welcomes the new pupil — Welcome to + place. Then introduce the teacher: Miss Lee is our teacher. She is very kind. Use is + the role, then an adjective to add colour. Tip: the name after Miss or Mr takes a capital; for more than one teacher, say teachers and switch to are.
- Ask where they liveWhere do you live? asks the place; answer I live in Sha Tin — live in + the area. The question is built with do, which goes with you; with he or she, ask Where does he live? Tip: use in before an area like Sha Tin; use at for a street address, as in I live at 25 Peace Road.
- Invite friendshipLet us be good friends offers friendship — let us is the full form of let's, and the verb after it stays in the base form: be. See you at recess! sets the meeting time with at + a time point. Tip: never write let us to be; See you can take a time or a place — See you tomorrow, See you at school.
- Thanks and repliesThank you! I like this school very much. — thank first, then say what you like; like... very much shows strong feeling. The reply is You are welcome, and the two form a fixed polite pair. Tip: like is followed straight by the noun this school, and very much sits at the end, never before like.
- Role-playRole-play in threes: greet, exchange names, ask where the new pupil lives, invite friendship, then say goodbye. Take turns being the new pupil while the other two do the welcoming. Look at your partner and speak clearly. Tip: a dialogue is question and answer — one person does not run on; say Pardon? to ask for a repeat.
5Worked example Example
A welcome dialogue: from hello to friends in six steps.
- Greet: Hello! My name is Amy. What is your name? Name yourself, then ask back.
- Reply: My name is Ken. Nice to meet you. The new pupil gives his name and returns the greeting.
- Welcome: Welcome to our class! Welcome to + place shows a warm arrival.
- Ask: Where do you live? — I live in Sha Tin. in comes before the area.
- Invite: Let us be good friends. See you at recess! The verb after let us stays base.
- Close: Thank you! — You are welcome. A thanks and its reply work as a pair.
- Answer: Hello, my name is Amy. What is your name? → Nice to meet you too. Welcome to our class! Where do you live? → I live in Sha Tin. Let us be good friends!
6Common mistakes Mistakes
7Quick check Quick check
Q1What is the new pupil's name?
Q2Where does Ken live?
Q3How does Ken come to school?
Q4How do we answer Nice to meet you?
Q5What do they plan to do at recess?
8Recap Recap
- Three first-meeting lines: My name is ... / What is your name? / Nice to meet you.
- Always answer with too: Nice to meet you too.
- Ask Where do you live? and answer I live in ...
- Say Let us be good friends.
- You are welcome replies to thanks.