1. The First English Lesson in the College
1. Mutual greetings in English, e.g. Hello, Freshmen! Nice to meet you!
2. Mutual introduction to each other in English, e.g. My name is Tom, etc.

2. The First English Lesson in the College
3. The purpose of learning For the future use, e.g. traveling in foreign countries For the professional promotion in the future, e.g. finding a good job after graduation.

3. The First English Lesson in the College
4. The importance of English: 2 small examples are given to show that.

4. The First English Lesson in the College
5. The contrast between English and Chinese
Chinese: imitative, flexible, meaning first, form second
English: creative, inflexible, form goes before meaning

5. The First English Lesson in the College
6. How to learn English: five numbers are given as follows to show how English should be learnt.

6. The First English Lesson in the College
Letters (the Alphabet)
A a [ei] B b [bi:] C c [si:] D d [di:] E e [i:] F f [ef] G g [dʒi:] H h [eit∫] I i [ai] J j [dʒei] K k [kei] L l [el] M m [em] N n [en] O o [əu] P p [pi:]
Q q [kju:] R r [ɑ:] S s [es] T t [ti:]
U u [ju:] V v [vi:] W w [′d ʌblju:]
X x [eks] Y y [wai] Z z [zi:][zed]

7. The First English Lesson in the College
Phonetics (20 Vowels and 28 Consonants)
/ɑ:/ /ɔ:/ /ə :/ /i:/ /u:/
/ʌ/ /ɔ/ /ə/ /i/ /u/ /e/ /æ/
/ei/ /ai/ /ɔi/ /iə/ /eə/ /uə/ /əu/ /au/

8. /p/ /t/ /k/ /f/ /θ/ /s/
/b/ /d/ /g/ /v/ /ð/ /z/
/ʃ/ /h/ /ts/ /tʃ/ /tr/
/ʒ/ /r/ /dz/ /dʒ/ /dr/
/m/ /n/ /ŋ/ /j/ /w/ /ǀ/

9. The First English Lesson in the College
parts of speech 名词 noun 动词verb
形容词adjective 副词 adverb
代词pronoun 数词numeral
介词 preposition 冠词 article
连词 conjunction 感叹词 interjection

10. The First English Lesson in the College
Sentence Elements
主语 subject 谓语predicate
宾语 object 表语predicative
定语attribute 状语adverbial
补足语complement

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Sentence Patterns 1. 主语+谓语（不及物动词）（SV型） The rain stopped. They are talking. 2. 主语+谓语（及物动词）+宾语（SVO型） Children often sing this song. My mother is watching TV.

12. 3. 主语+连系动词+表语（SVP型） The book is new. Betty looked very tired. 4
3. 主语+连系动词+表语（SVP型） The book is new. Betty looked very tired. 4. 主语+谓语（及物动词）+间接宾语+直接宾语（SVID型） I’ll give him a new watch. She showed me all her pictures. He told me a story yesterday. He told me he would leave China for Japan the next month.

13. 5. 主语+谓语（及物动词）+宾语+补足语（SVOC型） We often heard them laugh
5. 主语+谓语（及物动词）+宾语+补足语（SVOC型） We often heard them laugh. John told me to do that again. Analyze and then translate the following sentence: What he told me just now is that he was born in 1985 in Shanghai China and moved to New York with his parents when he was 15.