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Where are you from?

作者: 日期: 04/23/2010 没有评论

Language covered

  • say we and other people country
  • name of country
  • using pronoun I, you, he, she

Key structures

  1. Where are you from? I am from China. I come from China.
  2. Where is he from? He is from China. He comes from China.
  3. Where do you come from?
  4. Where does he come from?

New vocabulary

country adjective & person
China

Japan

India

Mexico

Holland/Netherlands

Mongolia

United Kingdom

The States

 Chinese

Japanese

Indian

Mexican

Netherlandish

Mongol

English

American

Europe, Africa, Oceania

PS.

  1. 参考 http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/world-countries-nationality.htm

I have been living in Beijing for five years.

I have been doing something for sometime.

Meeting People

作者: 日期: 03/25/2010 没有评论

Movie Script

MARI: Excuse me, Jim, is that your book? #/Pardon me/ is another way of saying /excuse me/..
MARI:打扰一下, Jim,那是你的书吗？
JIM: Oh, yes it is. Thank you!
JIM:噢，是的。谢谢你！
MARI: Is that a travel book?
MARI:那是一本旅行书吗？
JIM: Yes, actually, it’s from Korea. #Where is the book from?
JIM:对，的确如此，是在韩国买的。
MARI: Oh, really? I like Seoul a lot! #What cities do you like?
MARI:噢，是吗？我很喜欢首尔！
JIM: You know, my wife’s from Seoul.
JIM:你知道吗，我太太就来自首尔。
MARI: Yeah, I heard that. By the way, do you know June?
MARI:是，我听说过。顺便问一下，你认识June吗？
JIM: June… uh, no, I don’t think so.
JIM: June…呃，我想我不认识。
MARI: She’s from Korea, too.
MARI: 她也来自韩国。
JIM: Is that right? Where is she from in Korea?
JIM:是吗？她来自韩国哪里？
MARI: I don’t know, but she’s not from the capital. #The /capital/ of the U.S. is Washington D.C. What’s the /capital/ of your country?
MARI:我不知道，但她不是来自首都。

Topics

  • saying where you are from
  • naming countries and cities
  • counting to 100
  • practicing the verb ‘to be’

Vocabulary

verbs be, come, count, do, live
nouns America, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Sweden, city, country, Toronto, London, Paris, Sydney, New York, Moscow, Berlin

Grammar

The question word ‘where’.

  • Where are you from?
  • Where do you live?

The verb ‘to be’.

  • I’m from the US.
  • We’re from France.

The prepositions ‘in’ and ‘from’.

  • Are you from Brazil?
  • London is in England.

Learning

I’m from + country / city.

I live in + country / city.

-Hi, I’m Robert. What’s your name?
-I’m Mark.
-Where are you from?
-I’m from Paris, France. Where are you from?
-I’m from London, England, but I live in New York.

What’s your phone number?

Hi, I’m Bo Lin. I’m from China. I live in Shanghai.
This is Hans. Hans is from Germany. He lives in Berlin.
I’m Anna and this is Victor. We are from Mexico. We live in Mexico City.
This is Olga. She is from Russia. She lives in Moscow.
This is Adon and Ria. They are from Indonesia. They live in Jakarta.

Hi, my name is Mark. I am 26 years old. I am from America. I live in New York.