General English:8

Unit1 Planning a night out

You're going to arrange a night out to a musicacl event with a friend.

Vocabulary

sibling 兄弟姐妹

DJ

The DJ played some great songs last night.

orchestra

She plays the flute in the school orchestra.


artist

They have many artists performing tonight.

acoustic

Acoustic guitars have a great,soft sound.

Live

He's more excited singing at a live concert.

band

He went to watch the live band.

show
The show featured dancing animals.

venue
instrumental

I prefer instrumental music.

hall
The concert tool place in a huge hall.

The Spiral Elephants are my favorite rock band.They're from England.

The Vinyl Horse Music Hall is the best venue for music in the city.

She sings on most of the songs,but there's one instrumental.She just plays the piano.

I don't like electric guitar.I much prefer acoustic music.

I love going to concerts.In my opinion,live music is the best.

The orchestra played classical music by Beethoven and Brahms.

Persuading

Persuading friends to do something.

There are serveral ways to persuade someone to do something.You can use expressions like these to directly persuade or convince.

Come on!

You'll have a great time.

It'll be good for you to get out.

For a special occasion,like a birthday or a promotion at work,you could say:

Let's go out and celebrate.

You can give details that make the proposal seem more attractive.

You love this kind of music.

This is a special acoustic performance,just for the fans.

We can get tickest online right now.

The venus is just five minutes away.

If persuasion doesn't work,you can try criticism.Be careful-this might not always be taken well.

Don't be lazy.You need to get out of the house.

Responding

Use expressions like these to respond when someone tries to persuade you:

Fine.You've convinced me.

No,but thanks for inviting me.

Modes of address

Sometimes we can infer the closeness of a relationship by the level of formality with which people address one another.

For instance,close friends or family members may communicate informally and may also use criticism to get a recation from

the person they are addressing.

It'll do you good to get out.


Come on,you've been staying home all day!

I'm tired of making up excuses for you.Go and see them!

Alternatively,if our relationship with someone is less close,then the resister we use may be more foraml.
We may also phrase our suggestions as questions,rather than instructing or criticizing.

Perhaps a break wil do you good?

It seems you've been working really hard.Why not go out?

We're going out for dinner,if you'd like to join us?