Day day up.ppt

1、,Words of wisdom,Learning English What problems Do we meet,Most of us learn English only by doing English writing work.However, though we get high scores in English test,we cant communicate with an English-speaker well because of lacking practice in listening and speaking.,First: lack of listening a

2、nd speaking practice,Second:tone of voice,Example:How beautiful you are!,Suggestions:1.show right feelings in your voice 2.pay attention to Rising tone and falling tone 3. appropriate speaking speed,Third:use the wrong words,Backgroud:two good friends(a Chinese and an American ) go on a sightseeing

3、tour together Mike:How do you like the tour? Lily:Its great! I never see so Beautiful views . Mike:I bet you must be hungry now. Here you are. Lily:Oh,thank you.How considerable you are!,Do you know why?,Considerable:尺寸大,“How considerable you are!”means”You are fat.”,Right word:considerate,Be care t

4、o use the words,So using the right words is definitly important.Like Chinese,there are many similar English words too.If we use the wrong words ,we may be trapped in a very awkward situation.,Forth:misunderstanding,Scene 1:The professor tap on his desk and shout: “Young man,Order!” The entire class

5、yell:”Beer!” reason: order：秩序，点菜，订单 Its a funny situation.Because of the different ways to understand the same word,they made a big laugh in the class.But sometimes misunderstanding can rusult to terrible ending.,Fifth:Chinese-English,I think all of the Chinese students will come up against such pro

6、blem like Chinese-English .Maybe we can understand each other,but most foreigners will be confused by such kind of expression.,Examples:Chinese-English,.萝卜青菜，各有所爱。 wrong: Some prefer radish but others prefer cabbage。 right:Tastes differ。 他一向嘴硬，从不认错。 wrong: He has always got a hard mouth and never ad

7、mit a fault。 right: He never says uncle。 you me you me 彼此彼此We two who and who？”咱俩谁跟谁啊？ If you want money, I have no. If you want life, I have one.”要钱没有,要命一条,Let me show you something interesting in English!,Special English,English alliteration beauty (头韵美） Example:It was a splendid population-for al

8、l the slow,sleepy,sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home. （这是一批卓越能干的人民-因为所有那些行动迟缓、头脑愚钝、睡眼惺忪、呆如树懒的人都呆在家乡了） English idioms(习语） burn ones boats 破釜沉舟 meet ones Waterloo 一败涂地 Your name will be mud.你将为人们所讨厌 work hand in glove密切合作 a stand-in 替人赴约 a Horse laugh 表示不信任的嘲笑 a red letter day 大喜的日子,Do you know ho

9、w to express these in English?,Breafast 烧饼 油条 水饺 蒸饺 Rise 稀饭 白饭 Noodles 馄饨面 刀削面 米粉 麻辣面 Soup 蛋花汤 酸辣汤 肉羹汤,Breafast 烧饼 Clay oven rolls 油条 Fried bread stick 水饺 Boiled dumplings 蒸饺 Steamed dumplings Rise 稀饭 Rice porridge 白饭 Plain white rice Noodles 馄饨面 Wonton and noodles 刀削面Sliced noodles 米粉 Rice noodles

10、麻辣面 Spicy hot nodles Soup 蛋花汤 Egg and vegetable soup 酸辣汤 Sweet and sour soup 肉羹汤 Pork thick soup,Learning all of these,I think English is really interesting .,How about Chinese?,Chinese is getting popular,How foreigners learn Chinese,China is getting stronger and stronger. And many foreigners are studying Chinese. Hard,hard and hard!,Conclusion,No matter what kind of languages we a