《英语口语生存手册》生活英语提高版Unit 16

Unit 16: Learning languages

Dialogues :learning French

Unit 16 Track 1 Homework

P=Paula J=Jenny

J: What homework do you have?

P: French,I have to translate a song into English, Can you help me with it?

J: I'll try but I don't speak French

P:Don't you?

J:No.

P:But you are a teacher.

J:Yes ,but I studied Spanish in school, not French

P:All the teachers in my school can speak French.

J:Can they?

P:Yes,all English people learn some French.

J:Oh,perhaps I should go to a French class.

P:What? At my school?

J:No, an evening class for adults

P:Oh.

J:What homework do you have?

P:English

J:Oh, that's better.What do you have to do?

P:Em, here it is.

M:Look at the sentence"The young boy kicked a ball in the street", answer these questions:

What is the subject of the sentence?

What is the object of the sentence?

Can you find

A: three nouns B: a verb C: a preposition D:a definite article E:an indefinite article.

J:Right,let's look at the first question: What is the subject of the sentence?

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Track 2 The new students

A=Alon J=Jenny M=Michel D=David R=Ruth

A:Now, Mrs.Hunter,you

J:Oh,please call me Jenny

A:Oh,right.And I'm Alon. Now, You want to study French?

J:Yes, that's right.

A:Do you know much French?

J:No, I'm a complete beginner.

A:Oh, I see.

J:Is that a problem?

A:No,not at all. Do you speak any other languages?

J:Yes,Spanish.

A:How well?

J:my spoken Spanish is fluent and I understand it well. But my written Spanish is not quite so good.

A:Well, your Spanish will help you when you learn French.

J:Good

A:And Jiz is to learn a third language,then a second language.

J:Is that true?

A:Yes,definitely.Can you come to a class on Tuesday evenings?

J:Yes,

A:What about tonight? Right now?

J:Em, yes ,Ok.

A:Good, it is the beginners' class that just started.I'll take you to the classroom and all introduce you to the teacher.

J:Oh,thank you very much.and ,and that's the verb "to go"

A:Michel, I'm sorry to disturb you

M:That's all right.

A:I have a new student for you.Jenny Hunter. Jenny this is Michel.

J:Banjul, I, here, I'm Banjul.

A:Well,I'll leave you then, Jenny. You'll be fine,Michel?

M:Yes, thank you very much.

J:Now,Jenny, sit here.this is David and this is Ruth.

D/R: Banjul

R: Banjul,we are just looking at the"allay" which is the verb "to go"

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Situations Track 3 Talking about language

M:Susan, do you speak Chinese?

W:NO,no.I only speak English.but I want to learn Chinese.

M:I can teach you some Chinese.

W:That would be nice. Yes,yes ,I do.I've lived in China for five years.

M:Great ,maybe you can help me with English.

W:Sure ,what do you want to know?

M:Well, do you say " cuire au four" in English?

W:Oh, that's easy,"grilled".

M:How do you spell "grilled"?

W:G-r-i-l-l-e-d

M:And do you pronounce the "B-a-k-e-d"

W:[beikid]

M: What does "baked" mean?

W:It means cooked in the oven without adding oil or fat.

M:Do you mind if I ask you one more question?

W:Not at all

M:What's this called in English?

W:It's called a "ball".

M:Sorry, did you say "bore" or "ball" ?

W:I said "ball".

M:Thanks for your help.

W:Don't mention it.

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Vocabulary

Words to describe languages

Track 4 grammar words

Noun, adjective, adverb, pronoun, relative pronoun, preposition, conjunction, article, indefinite article, definite article, verb, auxiliary verb(情态动词）,possessive, transitive verb, in transitive verb, term, tense, pass , present, future, simple, continuous(进行时, active, passive, positive, negative, interrogative(疑问句）, imperative(祈使句), singular, plural, comparative, superlative, phrase, clause, sentence, statement, question, subject, object.

Track 5.other language relative words.

Stress, intonation, pronunciation, accent, dialect, fanatic, fanatics, fanatic transcript, phoneme , sound, spelling, vowel, paragraph, vocabulary, speaking ,listening, reading , writing, fluent, fluency, beginner, intermediate, advanced.