Spoken English Sybil Wang March. 1 st, 2014

Language Learning Language Learning

Warm-up Enjoya Chinese poem

Warm-up 大江东去，浪淘尽，千古风流人物。故 垒西边，人道是，三国周郎赤壁。乱石穿 空，惊涛拍岸，卷起千堆雪。江山如画， 一时多少豪杰。 遥想公瑾当年，小乔初嫁了，雄姿英发。 羽扇纶巾，谈笑间，樯橹灰飞烟灭。故国 神游，多情应笑我，早生华发。人生如梦， 一尊还酹江月。

Pre-class Reading Reading aloud part Reading aloud part

No matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You’re going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You’ve got to train for it and work for it and learn for it. And this isn’t just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. The future of America depends on you. What you’re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future. 4/50

Background iformation Language learning I. Background Information Answer a question. What are essential in learning language, especially foreign language?

Background information 1.Listening skill---dictation 2.Speaking skill---reading aloud 3.Writing skill--- reciting 4.Translating skill---translating

Useful expression Languages & Countries Chinese/Mandarin ---China /PRC English---England, America, Australia, Canada French---France, Canada Italian---Italy Korean---Korea German---Germany Spanish---Spain Russian---Russia bilingual trilingual

Useful expression Dialects in China Cantonese 广东话 Hakka 客家话 Character 汉字 Accent 口音 He speaks mandarin with a strong Cantonese accent.

Useful expression mother tongue native language the second language I am Beijing native. I am a local. Beijing native in New York.

Useful expression The fluency of a language be proficient/professional in English have a good command of English speak perfect/fluent English know nothing about English speak a little English speak broken English My English still needs work.

Useful expression  How well do you know English?  How long have you been learning English?  How long ago did you start learning English? letter word phrase sentence paragraph passage

Useful expression Everyone makes mistakes when they are learning to speak. So please speak out and don’t be afraid of losing face.

Sharpening Numbers 100 a hundred 1,000 a thousand 10,000 ten thousand 100,000 a hundred thousand 1,000,000 a million 10,000,000 ten million 100,000,000 a hundred million 1,000,000,000 a billion 1,,000,000,000,000 a trillion

Sharpening Numbers 1 ） 1865 年读作 eighteen sixty-five 1998 年读作 nineteen ninety-eight 2 ） 1900 年读作 nineteen hundred 1800 年读作 eighteen hundred 3 ）第三个数字为 “ 零 ” （其他数字不是 “ 零 ” ）的年份的 读法例如： 1809 年读作 eighteen O nine 1701 年 读作： seventeen O one 或 seventeen hundred and one

Sharpening Numbers 4 ）关于千年的一些读法。 2000 年读作 two thousand 2008 年读作 two thousand and eight （或 twenty O eight ） 1008 年读作 one thousand and eight （或 ten O eigh ） 另外，还有一些非四位数的年份，它们有两种读法： 一种是按照基数词的方法来读，另一种是一个一个数 字来读。例如： 531BC 读作 five three one BC （或 five hundred and thirty-one BC ）

Sharpening Numbers 1,234,456 12,345,678, 123,345,678,910 10,000,001 6,123,456, B.C

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