文档介绍：College English: Listening and Speaking Course 1
Unit 8: Employment
Part A
Part B
Part C
Part D
Unit 8: Employment
Employment
Communicative Function :
Expressing Apologies
Listening Strategy :
Identifying Years
PART
A
Unit 8: Employment
Pre-listening Task
Listening Task
Text : A Steady Job
Speaking Tasks
B
PART
Unit 8: Employment
Additional Listening :
Mark Hill
C
PART
Unit 8: Employment
Home Listening ( 1 ) :
Laid off
Home Listening ( 2 ) :
Dreaming about Future
PART
D
Unit 8: Employment
Part A
Communicative Function
Expressing Apologies
We make apologies for various reasons, such as being late, causing inconvenience, dialing the wrong number, rendering bad service, etc. This part focuses on expressing apologies.
Part A
Listen to the dialogues and write down the reasons why an apology is made
in each case
1. Q: Why did the man say sorry?
2. Q: Why did Linda say sorry?
3. Q: Why did John apologize to Ms. Jones?
4. Q: Why did Mr. Baker say sorry?
Because he dialed the wrong number.
Because she was late for work, she overslept.
Because he didn’t notify her earlier about quitting.
Because he couldn’t hire the woman.
Part A
--Mr. Power’s office.
--Could I speak to Steve?
--Steve? Nobody by that name works here. You’ve dialed the wrong number.
--I’m sorry.
--That’s all right.
Q: Why did the man say sorry?
Dialogue 1
Because he dialed the wrong number.
Part A
--I’m sorry I was late for work, Mr. Smith, but I overslept.
--e, Linda?
--My alarm clock didn’t work this morning.
-- Well, it’s OK this time. But it’s disturbing the rest of your colleagues, you know.
--Yes, I know. I won’t let it happen again, I’m sorry.
--That’s all right.
Q: Why did Linda say sorry?
Dialogue 2
Because she was late for work, she overslept.