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1 Main Topic 2: Business Interactions Lesson 21: Expressing Appreciation (20-25 minutes) Today, you will: 1. Learn useful vocabulary related to EXPRESSING APPRECIATION. VOCABULARY Exercise 1: What s the meaning? (5-6 minutes) Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the choices that follow. Then practice using the words in your own sentences. 1. How do you show your gratitude ( 感謝の気持ち ) to a helpful colleague? a. thankfulness b. admiration c. respect d. reverence 2. The company values ( 評価する ) all employees hard work. a. give direction b. give insight c. give importance d. give duty 3. I gave her my sincere ( 心からの ) congratulations when she got promoted. a. warm b. honest c. consistent d. heartfelt 4. That employee became famous for her commendable ( 立派な ) work. a. worthy of praise b. worthy of attention c. worthy of compensation d. worthy of a raise Page 1

2 5. Jack never fails to brighten his coworkers day by giving compliments ( 賞賛の言葉 ). a. average comments b. positive comments c. important comments d. huge comments Exercise 2: What s the word? (5-7 minutes) Read the following dialog with your tutor and try to use context clues to fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. You can find the missing word from the pool of words at the bottom. Mrs. Black congratulates her teammate, Ms. Davis for being the model employee of the year. Mrs. Black: Congratulations Ms. Davis! I ve heard you were chosen as the model employee of the year. Ms. Davis: Thanks a lot Mrs. Black. I really wasn t expecting that. I think our team should be (1) as well. We all worked so hard. Mrs. Black: I don t think so. We all worked hard but your effort was really (2). Our last major project was successful because of you. Ms. Davis: Oh thank you so much! Hmmm, but I honestly think everyone made a big (3) to the project. Mrs. Black: Well I guess you re right. (pauses) By the way, I think they ll give you a (4) in a wooden frame, so you could hang it on your wall for all the employees to see. And one more thing have you received your cash bonus? Ms. Davis: Hmmm not yet. Should I expect that? Mrs. Black: Of course you should! That s their (5) of gratitude for your hard work. It s the company s way of saying Thank you and Keep it up. Ms. Davis: Wow! That s great! I would definitely treat you guys to lunch once I get it! Page 2

3 Choices: a. contribution ( 貢献 ) b. recognized ( 表彰される ) c. certificate ( 表彰状 ) d. token ( 証 ) e. admirable ( 称賛に値する ) f. dedication ( 献身 ) I. GRAMMAR REVIEW: Topic: Coordinating Conjunctions (5-6 minutes) ( 等位接続詞 ) Coordinating conjunctions join parts of sentences (words, phrases, or clauses) that are grammatically equal or similar. These parts should be equal in importance and structure. ( 等位接続詞は単語や区節など文章中で文法的に等しいあるいは似通った働きをする要素を接続しますこれらの要素の重要性は等しく同一の構造をしています ) Examples: Joined Words ( 単語の接続 ) Joined Phrases ( 句の接続 ) Joined Clauses ( 節の接続 ) I like [writing] and [reading]. ( 私は [ 書くこと ] と [ 読むこと ] が好きです ) She would either go [to the mall] or [to the gym]. ( 彼女は [ 商店街へ ] あるいは[ スポーツクラブへ ] 行くでしょう ) [Jerry likes to work overtime] but [Jessica likes to go home early]. ([ ジェリーは残業をするのが好きです ] が [ ジェシカは早く帰宅するのを好みます ]) In these sentences, the two elements inside the bars [] are equal in importance and structure so they are joined together by coordinating conjunctions. ( 上の文では括弧 [] の中の要素の重要性は等しく同一の構造をしているので等位接続詞によって接続されていると言えます ) Page 3

4 Remember: There are seven coordinating conjunctions. You may want to use the following acronym to recognize and remember them: F A N B O Y S ( 等位接続詞には 7 種類あります頭字語を取って FANBOYS と覚えるとよいかもしれません ) For introduces reason for the preceding clause (for は前に出てくる節の理由を説明します ) And joins together two or more similar ideas (and は類似する考え方を接続します ) Nor completes the pair neither-nor (nor は neither-nor の組み合わせを締めくくります ) But joins together opposite ideas (but は相反する考え方を接続します ) Or joins together two or more alternative ideas (or は 2 つの代案を接続します ) Yet almost similar to but, joins contrasting ideas together (yet はほとんど but と等しい働きをし対照的な考え方を接続します ) So shows that the second idea is the result of the first (so は 2 番目の考え方は一番目の考え方の結果であることを示します ) Comprehension Check: What kinds of words, phrases or clauses can be joined by coordinating conjunctions? How can you use the other coordinating conjunctions aside from those given as examples? ( 等位接続詞を用いてどのような単語や句節を接続することができますか? 例に挙げられているものの他にどのように等位接続詞を用いることができますか?) Page 4

5 Exercise 1: Incomplete Sentences (5-6 minutes) Choose the word or phrase that would best complete the following sentences. 1. She was given a certificate a cash bonus. a. so b. and c. but d. yet 2. She did great her boss did not recognize her efforts. a. nor b. for c. so d. yet 3. The project was very successful the team went out to celebrate. a. so b. and c. for d. but 4. The company announced the best employees they didn t give them any cash rewards. a. or b. nor c. so d. but 5. She is neither the best employee the worst. In other words, she is an average employee. a. yet b. nor c. or d. so Page 5

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