Welcome!
Oral English (A1)
My sister works downtown我妹妹在市区工作
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How do you come to school?
→I come to school by school bus/car.校车/汽车
→I take the bus to school.
How does he/she come to work?
→He/She drives to work.
→He/She walks to work.
He comes to work on foot/by bike.
take the bus 乘公交 by bus
take the subway乘地铁 by subway
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take the train 乘火车
by train
take the airplane 乘飞机
by airplane/plane
ride a bike骑自行车
by bike
ride a motorcycle 骑摩托车 by motorcycle
take a taxi/cab 打的
by taxi
• suburb 郊区 downtown 市区
• colleague 同事
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Conversation对话
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Ashley: Nice car, Jason! Is it yours?
Jason: No, it's my colleague's. She drives to work.
Ashley: Are your jobs here in the suburbs?
Jason: No, it's downtown.
Ashley: I live near my company. So I go to
work by bike. What about you?
Jason: I usually take the school bus to Sias.
The bus stops near my house. It's convenient.
Ashley: That's cool.
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How long have you been studying English?
• A: How long have you been studying English?
• B: Almost 10 years./ I've been studying English for 13
years.
• A: How long have you been in Sias?
• B: I've been in Sias for 7 years.
• A: How often do you go swimming? 频率
• B: I go swimming once a week.
• twice a week 一周两次 three times a week一周三
次 every other week 隔一周
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What time do you get up?
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A: What time do you get up?
B: I get up at noon./I get up at ten o'clock.
A: What time does he have lunch?
B: He has lunch at one o'clock.
A: Do you get up early?
B: No, I get up late.
A: Does he have lunch at noon?
B: No, he eats lunch at one o'clock.
A: Do they drive to work?
B: Yes, they drive to work every day.
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What's your schedule like?
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A:What 's your schedule like?
B:I starts work at 8 o'clock. So I get up at 6:30.
After breakfast, I walk to school.
A: When does your work end?
B: My work ends at 5:30 pm. After work, I play
basketball with my friends.
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What are you doing?
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Steve: Hi, Dave.
Dave: What are you doing, Steve?
Steve: I'm cooking.
Dave: Wow, cool. Can you cook?
Steve: Yeah, frankly speaking, this is one of my
hobbies/favorites.
• Dave: Sounds great. What are you cooking/making
now? It's 11:30(eleven thirty) in the morning. I'm
really hungry.
• Steve: Pizza. Now I'm getting hungry. Let's eat!
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What time is it?
• Angela: What time is it now? Are you still sleeping?
• David: Don't bother/bug me. I'm in a sweet dream.
• Angela: It's 9 o'clock a.m. You are almost one hour
late for work. You told me you would have an
important meeting today. Do you forget it?
• David: Oh, my gosh. Why don't you wake me up?
• I'm late.
• Angela: Come on, my dear. I've been waking you up
since 6:30
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What' up?怎么了
• What's wrong with you?/What's up?
• What's the matter?/What's the trouble?/What's the
problem?
• What happened?/What's happening?
• What's going on (here)?
• Are you OK?
• Is there anything wrong with you?
• What a bummer./That's bummer./Bummer./That's
too bad(awful). 真倒霉，真糟糕。
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Conversation
• A: Hey, you look unhappy.What's up?
• B: I'm feeling very sad about my work.
• A: What happened to your work. I thought
everything went on well with it.
• B: You know, I have a new boss now. He set up a lot
of new regulations/rules upon his coming. And also,
a few colleagues have been promoted, exculding me.
• A: Oh, what a bummer./Bummer./That's too bad. But
don't worry, you should work hard from now on. I
think your new boss will reward you for your
diligence and devotion to your work.
• B: Yeah, I hope so. All right, I won't be late or even
absent from now on.
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Giving advice/Making suggestions提建议
• A: How about doing....?/What about doing/sth....?
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Why not do.....?/Why don't you do.....?
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If I were you, I would do sth.......
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The best way to handle that is to do......
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What if you try to do........?
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You should/could.........
• B: Thanks. That's a good idea./ Good idea.
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That's fantasic./Sounds great(good/fantastic)
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I think I will try that.
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I understand,but I'm afraid it won’t work.
•3/17/2016 Really? Do you think that will work.
• A：What a lovely day today.
• B: Yeah, it seems the real spring is approaching.
• A: The harsh long winter has finally gone. I can
breathe the fresh air .
• B: Why not have a picnic this weekend?
• A: Nice idea./That's fantastic. /Good idea.
• B: How about riding bikes to the suburb?
• A: Sounds great. Ok, it's a deal. 一言为定We have to
make a specific plan about the picnic.
• B: Absolutely. Wait for your phone call. See ya.
• A: Byebye.
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Thank you
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