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SPEAKINGSPEAKING

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A. EXPRESSING GRATITUDE AND RESPONDING TO

THANKS

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I. PRE-SPEAKING

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EXPRESSIONS TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE

Thank you very/so much for…Thank you for…Thank a lot for…Thanks Thanks a million.Many thanks to you.I’m very much obliged to you for…I’m very/so grateful for…I really appreciate..I can’t thank you enough for…It is extremely good of you…It’s very kind of you for…That was very nice of you. Thank you

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EXPRESSING THANKS FOR A FAILED ATTEMPT

Thank for trying help.

I appreciate your help, anyway.

Thank you very much for your efforts.

Thanks, anyway.

Thanks a lot for trying, at least.

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EXPRESSIONS TO RESPOND TO THANKS

You’re welcome.

You’re most/very/quite/entirely welcome.

It’s my pleasure. Never mind. Not at all.

Don’t mention it. Don’t worry about it. Forget it.

Delighted I was able to help.

It was the least I can do.

You would have done the same in my position.

It was nothing. What are friends for?

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WHEN TO THANKThe most common situations that require thanks:

For a gift

For a favor

For an offer of help

For a compliment and a wish of success

For an invitation

When leaving a party or social gathering

For services, such as being waited on in a store or restaurant

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Thank for a gift

The person receiving the gift usually says:An expression of thanks;A compliment on the gift itself and a question

relating to the gift (its origin, use, maker..)Ex:Janice: Oh, thank you! I just love roses! Are they

from your garden?Jack: it’s beautiful! Thank you very much. I’ve

always wanted a picture from Japan. Did you get it in Osaka?

Mike: Oh, thank you. But you really didn’t have to.

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Thanking for a favor

A offers to help

B accepts help and thanks A

A asks B for a favor

B agrees to do the favor

A thanks BCan I help you with this document?

Yeah, that’s great. It’s very

kind of you.

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Thank for offer of help

Always thank someone who offers to help, whether you accept or refuse. When you refuse, say something like this:

No, thank you.No, but thank for your offer.Thank you, but I’ll manage OK by myself.Ex: Nick: do you need help moving this week?Joe: Thanks, I’ve already got four other boys! But

thanks for offering.

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Thanking for compliments and wishes of success

That’s a very nice dress

Oh,

thanks.

it's fro

m

my

mother

Good luck on your exam

tomorrow, my dear.

Thanks, daddy. I’ll need

it.

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Thanking for invitationThank for other person invitation, whether you

accept it or not.

Can you come over lunch on

Saturday?Oh, I’d love to, but

I’ve got a dentist’s

appointment at

11:30. Thanks

anyway for the

invitation

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Thanking when leaving a party

Mr. And Mrs. Downes: Thank you so much for the lovely evening. We had such a good time.

Mr. Hill: You’re quite Welcome. Thank you for coming. I’d been looking

forward to seeing you for

a long time.

MR. HILL

MR AND MRS.

DOWNES

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Thank for other servicesIn a store:

Clerk: there you are. Thank you.

Customer: (taking the package) Thank you.

In a restaurant:

Waiter: Are you ready to order?

Customer: Yes, I’ll have…

Waiter: Thank you. (Waiter puts down the drinks).

Customer: Thank you.

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II. WHILE-SPEAKINGWork with your partner to express gratitude and

respond to thanks. You may use the suggested expressions above and the situations below.

Situation 1: S1: A representative of the villagers express their thanks

to the volunteers’ building a new house for the poor. S2:A representative of the volunteers respond to thanks.Situation 2:S1: A representative of the local people express their

gratitude to the volunteers for their preparing food for the homeless.

S2: A representative of the volunteers respond to thanks

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Situation 3: S1: A representative of the parents express their sincere

thanks to the teachers for their teaching a literacy class.

S2: A representative of the teachers responds to thanks.Situation 4:A is going to move and needs a lot of help. A talks to a

friend B before class that day. A B1.Greets B 1.greets A, asks about A’s family

2.Thanks B and give 2. agrees to do or refuses (givesinformation, asks B to an excuse), wishes A well.do a favor

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3. Thanks B, makes 3.replies to preclosing

arrangements/thanks B,

express regret,

gives preclosing

4.Says good-bye 4.says good-bye

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Situation 5:

You ask X to baby-sit for you while you go to the doctor. X either agrees to do or refuses to and give reason. Thank X.

Situation 6:

Your boss invite you to a formal dinner party. Whether you accept or not, thank him for the invitation.

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POST-SPEAKING

Work in groups and make conversation using expressions which you have learned.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

HAVE A GOOD TIME