In Canada and the United States, people enjoy entertaining(请客) at home. They often invites friends for a meal, a party or just for coffee and conversation.
Here are the kinds of things people say when they invite someone to their homes: “Would you like to come over for dinner this Saturday night?” “Hey, we’re having a party on Friday. Can you come?”
To answer an invitation, either say thank you and accept or say you are sorry and give an excuse. “Thanks, I’d love to. What time would you like me to come?” or “ Oh, sorry. I’ve tickets for a movie.”
Sometimes, however, people in the west use expressions(语句) that sound like invitation but which are not real invitation. For example, “Please come over for a drink sometime.” “Why not get together for a party sometime?” or “Why don’t you come over and see us sometime soon?” They are really polite ways of ending a conversation. They are not real invitations because they don’t mention(提到、涉及) a certain time or date. They just show that the person is trying to be friendly. To answer expressions like this, people just say, “Sure, that would be great!” or “OK! Thanks.”
So next time when you hear what sounds like an invitation, listen carefully. Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly?
【小题1】Why do Canadians and Americans often invite friends for meals at home?

二、选择适当的句子完成对话

A: 1 Could you help me, please?

B: 2 What can I do for you?

A: Look! I’ve dug a hole. Please hold the stick while I knock it in.

B: 0K! Is it straight?

A: 3

B: What shall we do next?

A: Put the tree in the hole now.

B: OK. I’ve done that.

A: Right! 4 I’ll fill in the hole with earth.

B: Good! That’s done! 5

A: Thank you! I’ll go and get some water from the river near here.

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A．What would you want to do ?

B．Hold the tree straight.

C．Now let me tie the tree to the stick.

D．More or less.

E．I want to plant this apple tree.

F．With pleasure.

G．There are twenty more trees to be planted.

根据对话内容，从方框中所给的七个选项中选出五个句子补全对话，使对话完整、通顺。

A：___1___

B：Yes，please．I need to see my friend．___2___ I have a map，but it's in Chinese．And I only speak English．How can I get there?

A：Don't worry．Let me look at your map．OK，first walk along Long Street．Turn left at the first crossing．Next go through Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue．___3___Then go down Center Street and the hospital is on your left．

B：How far is it from here?

A：It's about 2 kilometers．

B：___4___

A：It takes about twenty minutes to walk．

B：OK，thank you so much!

A：___5___