Dr. Janet Sio 邵婉瑜 IELTS Preparatory Course: Listening and Spoken English Fujian Normal University Tourism Manufactured Landscapes

Tongue Twister Review Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers, Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Then where are the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked?

“a”,“o” and “u” Pronunciation Long vowels fāke  “fei-ji” 飞机 nōte  “bo-cai” 菠菜 clūe  “lu” 路 Short vowels hăt  no equal pinyin hŏt  no equal pinyin bŭn  “men” 门 ratrotrut batboughtbut packetpocketpuck (g)nat ( 蝇 )knotnut capcopcup bagbog ( 沼泽 )bug

Tongue Twister Betty Botter bought a bit of bitter butter Which made her batter bitter But a bit of better butter Makes better batter So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter Making her bitter batter better. FNU LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT

Kinds of Places to Visit Historical district Mountains Beach Business district Parks Universities Pedestrian street Restaurants Lakes (conservation areas) museums Libraries Playgrounds Amusement parks Churches Pubs, coffee bars, bars Forests Botanical gardens Art gallery/art district Science centers Sports stadiums

Name That Place A hospitalA poor housing areaAn orphanage A TV studio A hot spring ( 温泉 ) A government office A karaoke barA high schoolA pedestrian street A museumAn art galleryAn ancient site A botanical gardenA universityA department store A templeA farmA conservation area A sports stadiumA tea houseA hotel An airportA bankA mountain

Guided Tours You are a group of tour guides. You need to plan an itinerary for a group of foreign guests. They are coming to your city for 3 days. From the list, select 8 places that the delegation should go and see. Put your choices in order of importance and explain why to the class.

Homework A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (an image can communicate complex ideas more easily than words) Try to describe ONE of the photos by Canadian photographer, Ed Burtynsky, as fully as possible. Think about the language you would use to describe: (1) Objects and people, (2) actions (what is currently happening and what is going to happen), (3) the atmosphere or environment

Movie Trailer By: Ed Burtynsky, Industrial photographer

Nickel Tailings #34 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Oil Fields, California, USA

Tire disposal, California

Steel Plant, Shanghai, China mercury

Coal Hills, China

Ship Breaking Yard Chittagong, Bangladesh

Quarry, Vermont, USA

Factories, Zhangzhou, China

Compacted Oil Drums, Hamilton, Canada

Dam #6, Three Gorges Dam, China

Video: Interpretation Exercise The Hour: Ed Burtynsky The photographer says, “ There is no simple right or wrong. It needs a whole new way of thinking.” “ An environmentalist will look at it one way, an industrialist will look at it another way….There’s these readings that people can enter into it (the photo) and that there are multiple readings. It’s not necessarily just to be read one way.” What are your opinions, ideas or thoughts about these photos? How do you interpret these photos?

Homework: Brainstorm Name as many different types of pollution as you can think of

Next Major Project: Travel Date: April 27 Part 1 : Topic: Travel- Describe your latest interesting trip. In our dialogue, you will be asked the following questions: When did you go? Where did you go? Describe what you saw. Whom did you go with? What things did you do? Part 2: I will ask you 3 questions about your hometown. Use the sentence patterns provided to answer the questions. Part 3: I will give you a Toronto map and you will try to give directions.