第 7 期教师口语培训第 3 讲 Experiencing English ( level 0-2)

1. 第7期教师口语培训第3讲 Experiencing English ( level 0-2) BTVU Chaoyang Branch Apr., 2010

2. Topic • Personal Information • Meeting Guests • Saying goodbye

3. Main objects • Learn to describe People • Learn to introduce a friend

4. Ask for Personal Information • How old are you? • May I have your name? • Could I have your address? • Where are you from? • What do you do? • What does he look like?

5. Talk about personal information • I’m in my early/late thirties. • My address is 12, Garden Street, Beijing. The zip code is 100001. • My e-mail address is Qianghong@sina.com. • I come from Chengdu. • I’m an English teacher in No. 2 primary school. • He has a lovely round face with big bright eyes. His hair is curly.

6. Vocabulary • Apply for 申请,请求得到 Eg: I didn’t get the job that I had applied for. He is applying for a master’s degree. • 填表: fill out the form, fill in the form • As soon as possible 尽快 Eg: Please hand in your paper as soon as possible.

7. Group Work • Task : Getting to know each other • Exchange some personal information • such as ：Name，age/ date of birth， hometown，department， major，hobby, school name， telephone number， address, etc.

8. Describe people • What … look like? • He/She seems/appears + adj. • He/She has + adj. + hairs/face/nose/mouth/eyes • His/Her hairs/face/nose/mouse/eyes is (are) + adj. • Age: He/She looks to be in his/her early thirties/ mid forties/late fifties … • Color of clothes, dresses… He/She is in red dress/ black suit … He/She dresses casually/wears casual clothes. His/Her suit /dress is in fashion/style.

9. Height: tall, short, average height… 7. Weight/figure: slim, slender, good-shaped, average height, heavy, strong, overweight, underweight, athletic… 8. Personality: good/bad/ill tempered, gentle, easy-going, inward, out-going, open-minded, sociable, reserved, generous, friendly, talkative, interesting, cheerful, aggressive…

10. Vocabulary词汇 描述人的外貌的词汇 • short/ tall /thin/average height /slim/quite big/ overweight /too fat /one metre seventy • Good-looking, ordinary-looking, handsome, beautiful, pretty , graceful Eg: He is tall and thin. She is very slim. She is overweight.

11. Vocabulary词汇 描述头部的词汇 • Eyes: bright blue/brown /clear black eyes • hair :black/brown/dark black/grey/short/long/ curly/wavy/straight hair Eg: long black hair medium straight hair short wavy/curly hair

12. Vocabulary词汇 描述人的性格的形容词 A 褒义词 • kind/humor/interesting/funny/friendly/nice/ confident/self-confident/outgoing /easy-going/intelligent/bright/clever/smart/ • quiet/calm /optimistic/ introvert • patient/ sociable/ brave/diligent/hard-working/careful/active/reliable/ generous B 贬义词： • unkind / stupid/ foolish/ talkative /serious/ bad temper /shy/timid/ moody/ impolite / workaholic / aggressive/ pessimistic/ Eg: He is in bad/good temper. I am in good/bad mood.

13. Sentence Pattern • 描述人的外貌和性格的句型 a. What does he look like? (询问外貌) -- He’s tall/short/one meters seventy/slim/quite big/average height -- He’s got long/short/fair/dark curly /wavy/straight hair. -- He wears glasses. -- He is wearing a pair of glasses -- He is strong but a little shy. -- He’s tall, handsome, athletic, attractive… -- She is charming/ good-looking/beautiful/ smart -- He looks like a film star.

14. Sentence Pattern b. What’s he like? (询问性格) -- He’s kind/ shy/ funny / friendly / quiet / intelligent / stupid / talkative/confident / nice/outgoing/serious. -- He’s kind/strict/ patient to his staff.

15. Describe what a friend looks like and his or her personality Sample • I have a lot of friends, and Tom is one of them. • Tom is good-looking. He has bright blue eyes and short curly hair. He is tall and athletic . • He is a friendly man who never bicker with others, so he is very popular, too. • Tom is so conversable that any of my colleagues wants to make friends with him. I like him very much.

16. Meeting Guests • It’s nice to have you here. • It’s very kind of you to come and meet here. • What a coincidence! • Welcome to Beijing. • I haven’t seen you for ages. • Here is my business card. • Did you have a pleasant journey? • How is everything going with you? • How long will you be staying this time? • It’s very kind of you to come and meet me here.

17. Could you introduce your best friend? Sample • My best friend is Kate. • She is a primary school teacher. She has a third grade class this year, with childrenwho are eight or nine years old. • She teaches maths and Chinese. • She gives them a lot of work, but she tries to teach them good study habits. • Shealso makes her lessons interesting.

18. Kate usually gets to school at 7:00 am. an hour before classes begin. She usesthe extra time to prepare for her lessons. • Sometimes students and their parents come toschool early for conferences with Kate. • This is one of the few occasions when Kate canmeet with her students' parents, because most of them work when their children are inschool. • After class, Kate corrects the students' homework and prepares for thenext day. • She usually doesn't get away from the school until nearly 4:30 in the afternoon. • She has a long day.

19. My Good friend • Zhang Fang , one of my good friends, is 26 years old. If you see a girl go together with me, who is not tall and is simply dressed, that must be Zhang Fang . • Zhang Fang pays a lot of attention to her work and study. She works very hard. She teaches Chinese and math.

20. My Good friend • Her students love her very much. We study English at BTVU Chaoyang Branch together . I am not good at English. If I have some trouble learning English, she will help me. She is always kind to everyone around her. • Zhang Fang is also interested in music and sports. She can play the violin. • Badminton is her favourite sport. At weekends we often play badminton together. • I enjoy our friendship very much.

21. Saying Goodbye • When should we arrive at the airport? • Have you got everything ready for the trip? • I’d like to see you off at the station. • I’d like to thank you for all you’ve done for me. • I’ll contact you when I get back. • So long. /See you later./Good-bye. • Have a nice day. • Have a good trip. • Take care. • I hope we can meet again some day. • Hope you’ll visit China again soon.