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OralEnglishTest

ABrochureofOralEnglish

forEnglishBeginners

EditedbyXiangBoyang

March21,2006

Lecture1GreetingsandIntroductions

Introduction

Whenyoufirstmeetaforeigner（Westerner）,youshouldintroduceyourselforbeintroducedbythethirdpersonwhoknowsbothofyou.

Whiledoingself-introduction,donotusetitles（Mr.,Dr.,etc.）beforeyournamebutjustgiveyourfamilynameandgivenname.Whenyouareintroducingsomeoneelseyou’dbettergivehisfullnametogetherwithhisappropriatetitle（s）.Besidesthis,therearesomeotherWesternsocialconventionsconcerningintroduction,thoughtheyarenotstrictlyobservednowadays:

amanisintroducedtoawoman,theyoungtotheold,andthejuniortothesenior.

Ineverydaylife,andtheacquaintancesorcolleaguesmeet,greetingsarealwaysexchanged.Differentcultures,however,havedifferentwaysofgreetings.Asfarasthewesterncultureisconcerned,situation,status,age,socialpositionandtherelationofbothpartiesdecidethewayonegreetstheotherformallyorinformally.Forinstance,oneuses“Goodmorning,Mr.Stockel”togreetapresidentofaschool,andjustsimple“Hello,Linda”or“Hi,Jim”tohiscolleagueorfriend.

BesurethatsuchChinesesetexpressionsofgreetingas“Haveyoueatenyet?

”and“Whereareyougoing?

”shouldbeavoidedinthesituationofgreetingaWesterner,fortheWesternerwillbemostlikelytointerpretthemliterallyastheformerimplyingthat“Ifyouhaven’t,I’dliketotreatyou.”andthelatterasanoffencewhichmakeshimthinkthatyouaretoonosy.

Words,expressionsandpatterns

1.Mr./Mrs./Ms./Miss/Prof.

2.Chairman,president

3.Fullnameeg.

WilliamMakepeaceThackeray

givenmiddlesurname

firstnamenamefamily

Christianlastname

4.MayIintroducemyself?

5.Pleaseallowmetointroducemyself.

6.MayIintroducemyfriendDavidThompsontoyou,Mr.Brown?

7.PleaseallowmetointroduceMr.White.

8.I’dlikeyoutomeetMr.White.

9.I’dliketointroduceyoutoMr.Brown.

10.HaveyoumetmyAmericanfriendMr.White?

11.Idon’tthinkyouhavemetMr.White,David?

12.Howdoyoudo?

13.Pleasedtomeetyou.

14.Nicetomeetyou.

15.Gladtoknow.

16.It’sapleasuretomeetyou.

17.（I’m）Gladtoknowyou,Mr.Johnson.

18.Goodmorning（afternoon,evening）,Mr.Hopkins.Howareyou?

19.Morning,Linda.

20.Hello,David.

21.Hi,Bob.Howareyou?

22.Howareyoudoing?

23.How’severythinggoing?

24.Verywell,thankyou.Howareyou?

25.Fine,thanks.

26.Justfine,thankyou.Andyou?

27.Prettywell,thanks.

28.Nottoobad,thankyou.Howaboutyou?

29.Good./Great.

30.（I’m）Gladtohavemetyou.

31.（Itwas）Nicemeetingyou.

32.Hopewe’llmeetagainsometime.

33.Hopewe’llseeeachotheragainsometime.

34.Nicetalkingtoyou.

35.Seeyoulater.

36.Haveaniceday!

Goodbye!

Sampledialogues

（AmonologueSelf-introduction）

Goodmorning,ladiesandgentlemen.Firstofall,pleaseallowmetointroducemyself.I’mLiYingmingfromHuangshicity,Hubeiprovince.I’mtomeetaforeignguestfromtheUnitedStatesofAmericaattheairport.He’sgoingtoworkinDayeSteelFactoryaboutayearortwo.I’mhisliaisonpersonbutwe’venevermet.Ihavetofindhimoutinalargecrowdofpassengers.Oh,that’stheplane.Imustgorightnow.Thankyou.Goodbye!

（Attheairport）

（L=LiYingming,C=CharlesHopkins）

L:

Excuseme,butareyouMr.HopkinsfromtheUnitedStatesofAmerica?

C:

Yes,I’mCharlesHopkins.

L:

I’mLiYingmingfromHuangshicity,HubeiProvince.Howdoyoudo?

Verypleasedtomeetyou.

C:

Howdoyoudo?

Pleasedtomeetyoutoo.

L:

WelcometoChina!

Andwelcometoourfactory!

C:

Thankyouverymuch.It’sverykindofyoutocomeandmeetmeattheairport.

L:

Thepleasureismine.

（Inthefactory,theymeetWeiLingling）

L:

Hi,Lingling.Fancymeetingyouhere!

It’sbeenagessincewelastsaweachother.

W:

Oh,hi.Ifitisn’tYingming.Nicetoseeyouagain.How’severythinggoing?

L:

Fine,thanks.Andyou?

W:

Nottoobad.

L:

Oh,Lingling,I’dlikeyoutomeetMr.Hopkins.He’llstayinourfactoryforsometime.Mr.Hopkins,thisisMissWeiLingling,mycolleague.

W

:

Howdoyoudo?

C

W:

Pleasedtomeetyou.HowlongareyougoingtostayinChina,Mr.Hopkins?

C:

PleasecallmeCharles.Well,I’mgoingtostayhereaboutayearortwo,Ithink.

L:

CharleshasbeeninvitedtohelptheworkersinourfactorywiththeirEnglish.

W:

Great.That’swonderful.I’mlearningEnglishmyself.MayIjoinyou?

C:

You’remostwelcome.YourEnglishisverygood.

W:

Thankyou.AndIdohopeyou’llhaveaverypleasantstayinChina.

C:

Yes,Iwill.

W:

Well,Yingming,Ihavetobeoffnow.Nicemeetingyou,Mr.Hopkins.Ihopewe’llmeetagainsometime.Goodbye!

L

:

Goodbye!

C

Practice

1.Makeaself-introduction.

2.Makeathird-personintroduction.

3.Greetapersonyoumeetthefirsttime.

Lecture2TalkingAbouttheWeather

Introduction

Weatherisaverycommontopicthatstartsaconversationbetweenforeigners,nomatterwhethertheyknoweachotherornot.AsforEnglishbeginners,alittleknowledgeaboutweatherisnecessary.Solet’sfirstlearnsomewords,expressionsandpatternsofweather.

Words,expressionsandpatterns

1.warmcloudyfreezingcoolwet

beautifulfinehumidwonderfulsunny

windyterriblenicefoggygrey

stormydarkcolddampmisty

miserablefrostydrysultryhot

2.Itisabeautifulsunnyday.

3.Thereisn’tacloudinthesky.

4.Atfouro’clock,wehadtogobackbecauseitstartedtorain.

5.It’sstarting/beginningtorain/snow/getcloudy/togettorain/togetdark/warm/windy/hot/foggy/cool……

6.What’stheweatherliketoday?

7.It’sfine/cool/cloudy/rainy……

8.Thesky’sbluetoday.

9.It’sverywindyinMarchinHuangshi.

10.It’sgoingtobealittlecloudytomorrow.

11.It’shotandhumidintherainyseason.

12.TheweatherinHuangshiismuchwarmerthanthatinBeijing.

13.What’sthetemperaturetoday?

It’sabout25degreesCentigradethisafternoon.

14.There’sacoolbreezethisevening.

15.Thedaysaregettinghotter.

16.It’llprobablyclearupthisafternoon.

17.It’sgoingtobeastormtomorrow.

Practice

YouareanewcomerinHuangshi.TalkabouttheweatherinHuangshibycomparingitwiththeweatherinShanghai,yourhometown.

Lecture3Talkingonthephone

Introduction

Ifyouhavenevertalkedoverthephonetoaforeigner,youaremostlikelytobenervousatfirstwhileyouaredoingit,andyoudonotknowhowtobegin,whattosayandhowtoendatelephoneconversation.Butonceyouhavelearnedtheropes,youwon’tfeelnervousanymore.

Whenyou’rethroughandyou’reanswered,youshouldfirstofallsay“Hello”,giveyournameandthenaskifyoucouldspeaktoso-and-so.Iftheotherpersonanswers“Speaking”,or“So-and-sospeaking”,thatmeans“I’mtheverypersonyouwishtospeakto.”Afteryou’vefinishedwhatyouintendedtoconvey,youcanendthistalkbysaying“Goodbye!

”It’srudeandimpolitetohangupthereceiverwithoutsayingittotheforeigneryouhavejusttelephoned.

Words,expressionsandpatterns

telephonetelephoneoperator（tele）phonenumber

tomakea（phone）calltosb.togivesb.aringtoringsb.up

tocallsb.uptotelephonesb.tocallsb.back

toreach/contactsb.byphonetoanswerthephone

toleave/takeamessagetoleavewordwithsb.

exchangeextensioncallerreceiver

phoneboothpayphone（publicphone）collectcall

messagethetelephonedirectorytheDirectoryEnquiries

onthephone

Hello.MayIspeaktoMr.White,please?

Hello.I’dliketospeaktoMissThackeray,please.

Hello.CanIspeaktoMary,please?

Hello.MayIhaveawordwithTom,please?

Hello.IsCharlesthere,please?

ThisisJohnspeaking.Johnspeaking.Speaking.

MayIaskwho’scalling?

Holdon,please.I’llfindoutifheisin.

Justamoment.I’llfindoutifsheisathome.I’mafraidsheisout.

I’mafraidheisnothereatthemoment.He’sonthephone.

Hangonamoment.CouldIleave/takeamessage?

Couldyoupleasetakeamessage?

Wouldyouleaveamessage?

Wouldyoulikemetotakeamessage?

MayItakeamessageforyou?

Holdtheline.Hangon.I’llgetit.

Sampledialogues

（L=LiHua,O=operator）

L:

HuaxinHotelReceptionDesk?

O:

Yes.CanIhelpyou?

L:

Yes.I’dliketospeaktoCharlesHopkins,please.

O:

Hisextensionnumber,please?

L:

Oh,I’msorryI’mnotsure.Buthisroomnumberis604.

O:

Onemoment,please.I’llconnectyou.

I’msorry,butthelineisengaged,sir.Willyouhold?

（Afewminuteslater.）

Mr.Hopkins’lineisavailablenow.I’llswitchyouover.

L:

Thankyou.

（L=LiHua,C=Charles）

C:

604.

L:

Hello.MayIspeaktoCharlesHopkins,please?

C:

Charlesspeaking.MayIaskwho’scalling?

L:

Hi,Charles.LiHuahere.Howareyou?

C:

Oh,hi,LiHua.Ididn’trecognizeyourvoice.I’mjustfine,thankyou.Andyou?

L:

Fine,too.Now,Charles,I’mringingtotellyouthatthereisaChineseFolkMusicconcertintheMusicHalltomorrowevening.Wouldyouliketogo?

C:

Oh,wonderful!

I’dloveverymuchto.Whenexactly,LiHua?

L:

Eighto’clock.I’llcomeandpickyouupatabout7:

30.Isthatallright?

C:

OK.I’llbereadybythen.

L:

Verywell.That’ssettled.Seeyouthen.Goodbye!

C:

Bye!

（Thenextday,L=LiHua,R=receptionist）

R:

HuaxinHotelReceptionDesk.CanIhelpyou?

L:

Yes.I’dliketospeaktoCharlesHopkinsinRoom604,please.

R:

I’mafraidMr.Hopkinsisnotinatthemoment.HeleftwordwithaDeskthatshouldanyonering,askhimtoleaveamessageattheDeskifpossible.Orwouldyouratherringhimupagainlater?

L:

Um…AnywhereIcanreachhimbyphone?

R:

I’mafraidnot.Hedidn’ttellwherehe’sgone.