Dialogue:Describing Things

Describing Things

What colors do you like?
I like blue, purple, and green, How about you?
I prefer bright colors, such as yellow, orange and red.
My art teacher doesn’t let us use black, white, brown or gray.
What size T-shirt do you wear, small or large?
Large! Don’t you see I am tall and fat?
—Is your room a big one or a small one?
—A big one.
Who is the tallest person in your family?
My elder brother is the tallest one. My younger brother is the smallest.
What is the tallest sculpture in the world?
Maybe it is the Sphinx in Egypt or the Statue of Liberty. I don’t really know.
—How many pencils do you have in your pencil box?
—I have a lot.
—Would you like some orange juice?
—A little bit, please.
To your left, you can see all the way down to the sea.
When you know the answer, put your right hand up.

Dialogue:Numbers, Seasons and Months

Numbers, Seasons and Months

I can count: one, two, three, four, five …
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten…
Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen …
Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty…
Twenty-one, twenty-two… thirty-three, thirty-four… forty-five, forty-six…
Fifty… sixty… seventy… eighty… ninety… ninety-nine.
One hundred… one thousand… ten thousand… one hundred thousand…
One million… ten million… one hundred million… one billion.
There are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter.
There are seven days in a week.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
There are twelve months in a year.
January, February, March, April, May, June,
July, August, September, October, November, December.
Today is Friday, May 4, 2001.

Dialogue:Greetings

Greetings

Hello, how are you today?
I am fine, thank you. And you?
How are your mother, father, brother and sister?
They are very well, thanks.
This is my teacher, Mr. John Smith.
I am pleased to meet you, Mr. Smith.
What’s your friend’s name?
His name is Bill.
Hi! I am Mrs. Brown’s husband.
Who are you? Are you a doctor?
No, I am not a doctor. I am a student.
My name is Kelly. I come from Taipei.
Good morning… Good afternoon… Good evening…
Goodbye, see you next week!
Good night, see you tomorrow morning!

Dialogue:Alphabet and Phonetic Signs

Alphabet and Phonetic Signs

A–a, B–b, C–c, D–d, E–e, F–f, G–g,
H–h, I–i, J–j, K–k, L–l, M–m, N–n, O–o, P–p,
Q–q, R–r, S–s, T–t, U–u, V–v,
W–w, X–x, Y–y, Z–z.
A [æ] apple candy, B [b] book bamboo, C [k] car cat,
D [d] desk dog, E [e] egg desk, F [f] father flower,
G [g] garden glass, H [h] hand horse, I [I] rabbit pig,
J [dʒ] jacket juice, K [k] kitchen king, L [l] leaf lion,
M [m] milk mother, N [n] name newspaper, O [ɒ] box clock,
P [p] page pencil, Q [kw] queen question, R [r] rice rain,
S [s] school snow, T [t] teacher telephone, U [u:] blue true,
V [v] valley vegetable, W [w] walk woman, X [ks] box six,
Y [j] year yellow, Z [z] zero zoo.
Happy, happy, so happy, I can say the ABC’s.
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