Travel and Tourism

Spoken English II

Fujian Normal University

“e” and “i” PronunciationLong vowels

fēēt “bi-zi” 鼻子bīke “bai-se” 白色

Short vowels

pĕn “men” 门sĭt no pinyin equal

whēēl whīle wĭll wĕllbēēt bīte bĭt bĕt

rid red wrist restlid led knit netpin pen fill felllift left bliss bless

Tongue Twister

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers, Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

Then where are the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked?

Adjectives to Describe PlacesFood Downtown/

CountrysideWeather Transportation

Houses/Buildings

Roads Restaurants/hotels

People

Adjectives to Describe PlacesFood Downtown/

CountrysideWeather Transportation

tastyhotdeliciousspicyblandinteresting

noisyquiet(un)attractivecleanpollutedcrowded

hot/coldwarmhumid/drycloudysunnyrainysnowy

cheapexpensive(in)convenient(un)comfortablecleandirty

Houses/Buildings

Roads Restaurants/hotels

People

prettyuglysmalltall

widenarrowin good conditionin poor conditionbusy

(in)expensivecleandirty

(un)friendly(un)helpfulwelcoming

Talking about Places

1. Pick a well known city in China. Write it down. Do not show your classmates

2. Write a list of words describing the food, weather and places to visit in this city.

3. Stand up, find a partner and share the description of your city.

4. Your partner must guess the city in three tries. You have 30 seconds to discuss.

5. Change partners after 30 seconds.

Tourist Trail

Activity: Teacher will name a country.

In pairs, the next players must name a famous site in this country and then name another country.

In pairs, the next students must name a famous site in this next country and then name another country.

Phrasal Verbs1. To go on holiday especially because you need a rest is to

a. get over

b. go off

c. get away

2. To show your ticket and get your seat at the airport is to

a. check out

b. check off

c. check in

3. When the aircraft leaves the ground it

a. takes off

b. takes over

c. takes in

Phrasal Verbs1. To go on holiday especially because you need a rest is to

c. get away

“After January exams, I can’t wait to get away to Bangkok for Spring Festival”

2. To show your ticket, give your baggage to be loaded and get your seat at the airport is to

c. check in

“You need to check in at Gate 4 to catch the flight to Xian”

c. When the aircraft leaves the ground it

1. takes off

“The plane takes off at 1:50pm from Athens”

Phrasal Verbs4. To start on a journey is to

a. set in

b. set by

c. set off

5. The time a train, bus or plane arrives is when it

a. gets away

b. gets in

c. gets over

6.To stay somewhere for length of time when you are on a long journey is to

a. stop by

b. stop over

c. stop on

Phrasal Verbs4. To start on a journey is to

c. set off

“ I will set off on the Asian part of the tour next weekend”

5. The time a train, bus or plane arrives is when it

b. gets in

“Tell me what time his plane gets in so I can pick him up”

•To stay somewhere for length of time when you are on a long journey is to

– stop over 

“On the way to Rome, we have a 4 day stop over in London”

Mid Term ExamDuration: 3-4 minute speech (may be read, does not need to

be memorized)

Topic: 1. Something interesting or enjoyable that you did together with your family as a child. (For example, it could be a memory from a holiday celebration, a family trip, or something that happened at home.)

2. Something you learned from the experience (about your family, yourself or about the world)

Assignment: ORAL and WRITTEN , which should be performed and submitted December 11.

Schedule: See posted schedule for assigned speech times at shaolinenglish.wikispaces.com

Story Telling

Basic Structure:• Introduction: Attention getter

preview

• Main Points: chronological order of story

• Conclusion: review

moral of the story

thanks

Introduction1. Attention-Getters (must be related to your subject)

* state an interesting or startling fact

* ask a question

* tell a joke

* recite a quotation

* refer to a recent event

* refer to a historic event

* say something about the importance of the subject

* define your subject

2. Preview (state your subject & main points in a few words

Main Points

• organize in chronological order

• organize according to spatial location

• organize by problem and solution

• organize by some natural pattern

Conclusion1. Summarize the main points

“In conclusion...”

“In a few words...”

“As I’ve said...”

“In summary...”

“So first..., second..., and finally...”

2. Use a clincher (a memorable sentence or two)

quotation

say something about the importance of your subject

say something about your subject in the future

call the audience to some kind of action

“So the moral of the story is…”

3. Say “thank you” (Don’t say “the end”!)

Evaluation

• Pronunciation

• Fluency (rate, intonation)

• Vocabulary- uniqueness, depth, effort

• Basic Grammar (past/ present/ future, article use (a/the), he/she)

• Duration (>3min, <4min)