PE8 week1

Taiwan travel

How was your vacation?

• Did you have a good time at Chinese New Year?• Did you do anything special?• Did you go anywhere interesting?• Did you get any red envelopes?• If so, how much did you get?• What will you do with the money?• How many times did you use|read|speak|listen t

o English?• Did you talk to a foreigner over the vacation?

Currency conversion: talking to a foreigner

• To convert between currencies, we can use http://www.xe.com/ucc/– 1 US dollar = NT$32.915– 1 euro = NT$43.39– 1 pound = NT$64.0395

– 1 Australian dollar = NT$25.7924 • How much is a cup of coffee in Taiwan?• Oh, I guess about a hundred NT.• And what would that be in US dollars?• Let me think… about three dollars

Currency conversion

1 US dollar = NT$32.9151 euro = NT$43.391 pound = NT$64.0395 1 Australian dollar = NT$25.7

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• How much is __ in Taiwan?

• Oh, I guess about __ NT.• And what would that be in

__?• Let me think… about __ I

guess.

• Scooter• Small apartment• Pack of cigarettes• Movie ticket• Bus ticket from __ to __• Plane ticket from __ to __• Liter of gas• Cross-town MRT trip• Also, in informal speech

– For US$ you can say “bucks”, for UK£ you can say “quid”

– So NT$600 is about “Ten quid” or “Twenty bucks”

A visitor to Taiwan

• Hey John, guess what, my penpal’s coming to Taiwan for a week

• That’s great! Are you going to take her on a trip?

• Yes, I was thinking of taking her to the hot springs at Chihpen.

• That’s a good idea. Or why not take her on the little train to Alishan.

• Well, maybe we’ll have time to do both!

Travel in Taiwan

• Hey ___, guess what, my ___’s coming to Taiwan for ___

• That’s great! Are you going to take ___ on a trip?

• Yes, I was thinking of taking her ___ at ___.

• That’s a good idea. Or why not take her on ___ to ___.

• Well, maybe we’ll have time to do both!

Travel in Taiwan

• Hey ___, guess what, ___

• That’s great! ___• Yes, I was thinking of

___• That’s a good idea. Or

___.• Well, maybe we’ll hav

e time to do both!

What places would you take a friend to see?

• Listen to the dialogue• Where would Chen take his Western

friend?• Discuss in groups of six

– What is your favorite tourist place in Taiwan? What makes you say that?

– Not many tourists come to Taiwan. Why? What could the government do to attract more tourists?

A business associate is coming to visit

• Ring-ring, ring-ring• 喂 ?• Hello, is that Vicky Chen?• Yes it is. Who’s calling?• It’s Tadao Nakimura from Sony in Tokyo.• Nakimura-san! It’s great to hear from you again! What can I do for you?• Well, I’ll be visiting Taiwan this year, and was hoping for some advice.• What time of year will you be coming?• I'll be coming in early February, and staying for 3 or 4 days.• Well, you will need some warm clothes. And avoid Chinese New Year: it’s a

family time, and everywhere is either very crowded or closed. • I see, thanks.• And what plans do you have while in Taiwan?• I want to go shopping for Taiwanese products, and I love spicy food.• Well, you can find many local products at the Rao He nightmarket. And for s

picy food I would recommend a Sichuan restaurant, Kiki on Guangfu S Rd

A business associate is coming to visit

• Ring-ring, ring-ring• 喂 ?• Hello, is that […]?• Yes it is. Who’s calling?• It’s […] from […].• […]! It’s great to hear from you again! What can I do for you?• Well, I’ll be visiting Taiwan this year, and was hoping for some advice.• What time of year will you be coming?• I'll be coming in […], and staying for […].• [talk about what they should bring to Taiwan]• I see, thanks.• And what plans do you have while in Taiwan?• I want to […].• [Give some advice…]