Live Your Life in English

1. Live Your Life in English Teacher : Grace March 15, 2010

2. Unit 1 : Tea • Supermarket, convenience store, shopping mall • Quite (adv.)=rather, very, pretty • Quiet (adj.): keep quiet in class • Popular=beloved, well-liked, favorite • Mainly=mostly • Pack (打包) wrap (包裝)

3. Grammar • 現在進行式=be + ving (現在分詞) We are studying English now. • 現在被動式= be + pp (過去分詞) Money is loved by everyone. English is spoken by us. • Some + 物質名詞 Some tea, some bread, some water • Happen to 碰巧 I happened to meet Joe this morning.

4. Expression • Where can I get something to eat? • I don’t have any particular type of car I’m looking for. • How do you get to my house? • Take your pick, you’ll find them in the shelf. • I want to buy 4 packs of tea, one each with different brand.

5. Questions • Which do you like to drink, tea or coffee? • Where can you buy some tea? • What type of tea is quite popular in the supermarket? • Do you have any particular type of tea you are looking for? • How does flower tea pack? • What does he finally decide to buy?

6. Answer • I prefer tea to coffee. • I can buy some tea in the supermarket. (convenience store, shopping mall). • Lipton is quite popular in this supermarket. • I can accept any particular type of tea, but oolong (tea) is my favorite. • Flower tea usually comes with tea bags. • He wants to buy 4 packs, one each with different brand.

7. Food Hamburger Sandwich Omelet 蛋餅 Hot dog Pancake薄烤餅 Bread Toast Waffle 鬆餅 Bage 貝果 Apple pie Unit 2 : Breakfast3 meals: breakfast lunch supper (dinner)

8. Cola Milk shake Black tea Green tea Coffee Milk Juice Bubble milk tea Beverages

9. Bacon Sausage Chicken Ham Tuna Fish Cheese Butter Lettuce Onion Tomato Cucumber Syrup 糖漿 Jam Jelly Shallot 青蔥 Ingredients

10. How do you like your egg? • Egg yolk, egg white • Poached egg • Fried egg • Scrambled egg • Sunny-side up • Soft-boiled • Hard-boiled

11. Expressions • Could you pass me ……? • Here you are. • Would you like …..? • Sure. I’ll have….. • How would you like your egg? • I think I”ll have a soft-boiled one. • Let’s take a walk for a change. • Good choice.

12. Question 1. What does Rose enjoy at Mary’s shop? 2. What kind of food does she choose? 3. How does she like her egg? 4. How many pieces of toast does she want? 5. What does she think of coffee for breakfast?

13. Answer • Rose enjoys her breakfast at Mary’s shop. • She chooses cornflakes. • She likes her egg soft-boiled. • She wants two slices of toast. • (She thinks) Breakfast isn’t breakfast without coffee.

14. Expressions (1~2 breakfast) • Sleep like a log • Have an appetite like a bear • Make yourself at home • Help yourself • It’s kind of you to help me. • It’s important for me to know the truth. • Here’s your coffee. • May I have …..?

15. Grammar (一) • How + adj How beautiful you are﹗ • What + n. What a lovely girl she is ﹗ • Piping hot Wow ﹗It’s piping hot today. • Freezing cold: I feel freezing cold presently • A loaf of bread, a slice of meat

16. Grammar (二) • We are just ___ for class. (in time on time) • I’ll have coffee ____sugar and cream. (with without) • It’s just right ____ you. (in front of in back of) • How silly ___ me！ (of for to)

17. Listening practice • What kind of ___ would you like? • We have ___ for breakfast. • How would you like your ____ ? • Would you like _____? • Could you pass me ____? • I wear a new tie ______.

18. Taking a Break • Far farther farthest • Far further furthest • Ordinary : everyday, usual, common • Take a break = take a rest • Would you care for…? =Would you like….? • There’s a little shop down (up) the road.

19. Grammar • I can’t go ____ further. (some any) • An Irish coffee ___ you. (to for on) • Not ___ this time of the day. (at in) • She is thirsty ___ power. (for to in) • It’s just ___ the corner. (at on in)

20. Waiting for a Table • Reserve (V) = keep, hold, book • Available = unoccupied • Close to = around, beside • Seats next to/by the window • Seats on the terrace • I’d like a table for five. • Husband and wife are a couple.

21. Ordering • I spend (time) on + Ving =It takes me (time) to + V… • Look…over 瀏覽 翻閱 • Take one’s time 慢慢來 不急 • Start with 開始 • Main course (entrée) 主菜 • Menu菜單

22. How would you like your steak? • How would you like done?(你的牛排要幾分熟?) =How would you like that cooked? • Rare 一~三分熟 • Medium-rare 三~四分熟 • Medium 五分熟 • Medium-well 六~七分熟 • Well-done 八~全熟

23. Expressions (一) • May I take your order? =Are you going to order now? =Are you ready to order at this moment? • What would you suggest? =Do you have any suggestions? =Do you have any recommendations? • What is the special of the day? =What’s is today’s special? • What are the specials?

24. Expressions (二) • I used to look over the headlines in the morning. • There are 10 dishes in the feast. • I’d like to start with the chicken. • What is your house specialty? • What is our main course today? • What would you like for dessert?

25. Food (一) • Meat beef (牛肉) chicken (雞肉) mutton (羊肉) pork (豬肉) lamb (小羊肉) veal (小牛肉) • Vegetable broccoli (青菜花) carrot (紅蘿蔔) potato (馬鈴薯) cauliflower (花椰菜) spinach (菠菜)

26. Food (二) • Seafood fish(魚): cod(鱈魚) salmon (鮭魚) trout (鱒魚) sea bass (鱸魚) sole (比目魚) prawn/shrimp (蝦子)(prawn英式英語，shrimp美式英語) scallop (扇貝 干貝) mussel (貽貝 淡菜) crab (螃蟹) lobster (龍蝦)

27. 1~8 Check, please • Waiter (waitress) 服務生 • Restroom (bathroom) 洗手間 • Altogether = totally, wholly 全部 • Come to 總共 • Change (pocket money, allowance) 零用錢 • On your right-hand side 在你的右手邊 =On your right

28. Expression • Keep the change • By the way • At the end • On the right

29. More information • Bill (greenback)紙鈔 • Coin 硬幣 • Dollar (buck) 元 • Half-dollar 五角硬幣 • Dime 十分硬幣 • Nickle 五分錢鎳幣 • Quarter 二十五分硬幣 • Penny 一分錢硬幣

30. Check, please. =Could I have the bill? =Could I have the check? =I’d like the check, please? How much does it come to? =How much is it? Keep the change. Separate checks, please. Go Dutch. All together. The bill came to…. That’ll be …… Your total (amount) is….. Expression

31. Number • One, two,…. • First, second,…. • Hundred • Thousand • Million • Billion

32. How much do you have? • 45元= forty-five dollars • 25.38元=twenty-five thirty-eight dollars • 130元= one hundred and thirty dollars • 4,860元= four thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars • 57,365元= fifty-seven thousand three hundred and sixty-five dollars • 3,887,595元= three million eight hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred and ninety-five dollars

33. Knife (刀子) Spoon (湯匙) Fork (叉子) Butter knife(奶油抹刀) Water glass(水杯) Red wine glass(紅酒杯) Bread plate(麵包盤) Service/dinner plate (餐盤) Soup bowl (湯碗) Napkin (餐巾紙) Chopsticks (筷子) Tableware

34. Cooking • Bake 烤 • Fry 煎、炒 • Deep-fry 油炸 • Grill 在架上烤 • Marinate 醃 • Stew 燉 • Simmer 溫火慢煮 • Steam 蒸

35. A bag of potatoes(袋) A box of chocolates(盒) A bouquet of roses(束) A can of soup(罐) A carton of grapes(箱) A dozen of eggs(打) A loaf of bread(條) A gallon of water(加侖) A liter of wine(公升) Three ounces of beef(盎司) One pound of meat(磅) A quart of milk(夸脫)

36. Wine tasting • Color 觀察色澤 • Swirl 搖晃酒杯 • Smell 聞酒 • Taste 品嚐 • Savor 回味

37. Unit 3 : Looking Good • Formal dress (正式服裝) • Business attire (半正式服裝) • Business casual (商務休閒服) • Casual clothes (休閒服) • Costume (戲服) • Icing on the cake (錦上添花) John got a promotion and a raise at the same time, it is really an icing on the cake.

38. Attractive Charming Chubby Cute Pretty Good-looking Handsome Fat Heavy Overweight Short (Tall) Slender Slim (Thin) Beautiful (Ugly) Figure

39. Clothing • Men’s wear : suit, shirt, necktie, pants (trousers), belt, shoes, socks. • Women’s wear: dress, blouse, skirt, ring, necklace, bracelet, high heels, stockings.

40. Material • Cotton • Wool • Nylon • Polyester • Leather • Silk

41. Try on Clothes • Pick out • To be made of • To be made from • Try on • Dressing room (fitting room) • How does it fit? • I’ll take it = I’ll buy it.

42. Useful expressions • Come back to see us • To have … on special • Is this color you have in mind? • It isn’t the right size. • Let me have a look • The price tag says…. • What size do you wear?

43. Test one • Write 2 kinds of food 1. seafood 2. vegetables 3. meat. • How to say those money? 1. 65 元 2. 130元 3. 739元 4. 1340元 5. 21765元