UNIT I

An Excursion to Bogor Botanic Garden All right, everybody, Ill tell you about this great place. On Friday 16 March we went to Bogor Botanic Garden. We went there by bus and we arrived at that famous garden at 10 oclock. Arriving at the garden, we were divided into two groups. Group A followed Mrs. Nina and Group B followed Mr. Ahmad. I was in group A. Well, first we went to the odd tropical plants and Mrs. Nina read us some of the information. Then, we looked at all the lovely plants. After that, we went to a little spot near the Raffles cemetery and had morning tea. Next, we did some sketching and then we met group B at the information center to have our lunch. Soon, it was time for us to go to the orchid section while Group B did some research on flowers. UhmA lady led us to the orchid section. Then, she explained about many kinds of orchid. Next, we had a look at the Indonesian orchid. Wow, we saw many kinds of Indonesian orchids. They were all beautiful. Later, we took a look at the American, European and Asian orchids section. It was interesting. Soon after we had finished our observations, we went back outside and met group B. Then, we got on the bus and returned to school. We really enjoyed the trip to Bogor Botanic Garden.

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Ways to say it: Greetings and leave-taking Look again at the text about An excursion to Bogor Botanic Garden. Pay attention to the first sentence (i.e. All right, everybody, Ill tell you about this great place.) You can use this first sentence to open a conversation before you share your past experience to others. However, you can also use greeting to open a conversation and use leavetaking for closing. Formal Greeting Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Good morning, sir. Informal greeting Hi, Lizzy! Morning, Jim! Hello. Initial greetings How are you? Hows it going? How are you doing? Hows life?

Responding to initial greetings Very well, thank you and how are you? Im good/okay/alright. Very well, thank you. Oh, pretty good. Not too bad, thanks. Fine, thanks. Excellent. Pre-closing OK then Ive got to go now. So, Ill see you next week. I think Id better be going now. Well, its time for me to leave. I think its already late at night. I must be going home.

Closing/leave-taking Good bye. Bye-Bye; Bye; Bye now; See you. Take care. See you later ---- Fine. See you soon ----- OK. See you tonight ----- All right. Good night.

Ways to say it: Expressing feelings Expressing happiness Oh, Im so happy. I cant say how pleased I am. I had a splendid time there. What a marvelous place Ive ever seen. Its an outstanding adventure. Its an interesting experience. Its a sensational trip. Great! Exciting! Fantastic! Super! Terrific! Smashing! Hey, thats terrific/great!

Expressing boredom I think it was a boring holiday. It sounds boring. Its totally/awfully boring. Im rather bored. How boring! I dont think the trip was very interesting. Im fed up with it. Its totally boring. The film was awfully boring. How boring! How unexciting! Im fed up with all your grumbling! Dull. Not interesting. Expressing disappointment Thats very disappointing. I must say Im really disappointed. Its a great disappointment. Thats too bad. Oh no! Thats too bad Thats a real shame/pity. Its a real shame. Bad luck!

Ways to say it: Asking if someone remembers or not Formal expressions I wonder if you remember . You remember ...., dont you? You havent forgotten ...., have you? Dont you remember ....? Do you happen to remember it now? Ways to respond Let me think, yes, I remember. I remember especially the scenery. Ill never forget that. Ill always remember. I can remember it clearly. Informal expressions Remember the old house we used to live in? Remember that? Im sorry, I dont remember.

Ways to respond Hold on. Yes, got it! I know . Its coming back to me now.

Response if you forget Sorry, Ive completely forgotten. Im afraid I forget. I really cant remember. Im afraid I have no memory of him. Err, let me think. No, its gone. Sorry, it slipped off my mind.