Spoken English II Fujian Normal University Travel and Tourism Spoken English II Fujian Normal University

“e” and “i” Pronunciation Long vowels fēēt  “bi-zi” 鼻子 bīke  “bai-se” 白色 Short vowels pĕn  “men” 门 sĭt  no pinyin equal whēēl whīle wĭll wĕll bēēt bīte bĭt bĕt rid red wrist rest lid led knit net pin pen fill fell lift left bliss bless

Tongue Twister 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?

Adjectives to Describe Places Food Downtown/ Countryside Weather Transportation Houses/ Buildings Roads Restaurants/ hotels People

Adjectives to Describe Places Food Downtown/ Countryside Weather Transportation tasty hot delicious spicy bland interesting noisy quiet (un)attractive clean polluted crowded hot/cold warm humid/dry cloudy sunny rainy snowy cheap expensive (in)convenient (un)comfortable dirty Houses/ Buildings Roads Restaurants/ hotels People pretty ugly small tall wide narrow in good condition in poor condition busy (in)expensive (un)friendly (un)helpful welcoming

Talking about Places Pick a well known city in China. Write it down. Do not show your classmates Write a list of words describing the food, weather and places to visit in this city. Stand up, find a partner and share the description of your city. Your partner must guess the city in three tries. You have 30 seconds to discuss. Change partners after 30 seconds.

Tourist Trail Activity: Teacher will name a country. In pairs, the next players must name a famous site in this country and then name another country. In pairs, the next students must name a famous site in this next country and then name another country.

Phrasal Verbs To go on holiday especially because you need a rest is to get over go off get away To show your ticket and get your seat at the airport is to check out check off check in 3. When the aircraft leaves the ground it takes off takes over takes in

Phrasal Verbs To go on holiday especially because you need a rest is to get away “After January exams, I can’t wait to get away to Bangkok for Spring Festival” To show your ticket, give your baggage to be loaded and get your seat at the airport is to check in “You need to check in at Gate 4 to catch the flight to Xian” When the aircraft leaves the ground it takes off “The plane takes off at 1:50pm from Athens”

Phrasal Verbs 4. To start on a journey is to set in set by set off 5. The time a train, bus or plane arrives is when it gets away gets in gets over To stay somewhere for length of time when you are on a long journey is to stop by stop over stop on

Phrasal Verbs 4. To start on a journey is to set off “ I will set off on the Asian part of the tour next weekend” 5. The time a train, bus or plane arrives is when it gets in “Tell me what time his plane gets in so I can pick him up” To stay somewhere for length of time when you are on a long journey is to stop over  “On the way to Rome, we have a 4 day stop over in London”

Mid Term Exam Duration: 3-4 minute speech (may be read, does not need to be memorized) Topic: 1. Something interesting or enjoyable that you did together with your family as a child. (For example, it could be a memory from a holiday celebration, a family trip, or something that happened at home.) 2. Something you learned from the experience (about your family, yourself or about the world) Assignment: ORAL and WRITTEN , which should be performed and submitted December 11. Schedule: See posted schedule for assigned speech times at shaolinenglish.wikispaces.com

Story Telling Basic Structure: Introduction: Attention getter preview Main Points: chronological order of story Conclusion: review moral of the story thanks

Introduction 1. Attention-Getters (must be related to your subject) * state an interesting or startling fact * ask a question * tell a joke * recite a quotation * refer to a recent event * refer to a historic event * say something about the importance of the subject * define your subject 2. Preview (state your subject & main points in a few words

Main Points organize in chronological order organize according to spatial location organize by problem and solution organize by some natural pattern

Conclusion 1. Summarize the main points “In conclusion...” “In a few words...” “As I’ve said...” “In summary...” “So first..., second..., and finally...” 2. Use a clincher (a memorable sentence or two) quotation say something about the importance of your subject say something about your subject in the future call the audience to some kind of action “So the moral of the story is…” 3. Say “thank you” (Don’t say “the end”!)

Evaluation Pronunciation Fluency (rate, intonation) Vocabulary- uniqueness, depth, effort Basic Grammar (past/ present/ future, article use (a/the), he/she) Duration (>3min, <4min)