molly: how's it going?
gordon: same old same old (so, so).
molly: what are we going to learn today?
gordon: this time we will learn about paul mccartney from the beatles, saying more than no, a practice dialog, and some business english. our guests can also test their understanding of what they have read in an interactive activity. then we will learn the english song yesterday.
莫利：怎么樣了？
戈登：老樣子。
莫利：今天我們將學(xué)些什么呢？
戈登：這次我們會了解披頭士樂隊中的歌手兼貝斯手mccartney，學(xué)習(xí)更多表示"no"的用法，一段對話練習(xí)，和一些商務(wù)英語。你還可以與朋友一起，用我們的小測驗，看一看學(xué)到了多少。然后，我們將學(xué)一首英文歌：yesterday。
new words 生詞
1) disgusting (惡心的，丑陋的): (adj) bad, ugly or harmful
the dead dog was disgusting.
那條死狗讓人惡心。
2) respect（尊敬，景仰): (v) look up to, give face to, listen to
i respect my teacher because she is extremely intelligent.
我很尊敬我的老師，因為她非常聰明智慧。
3) offer （給，提供): (v) give to, hand over to
chinese people always offer their guests some tea.
中國人總是給客人敬茶。
4) second-hand smoke （間接吸煙): smoke from your cigarette that affects others who don't smoke
second-hand smoke gets in my eyes and makes me smell bad.
別人吸煙的時候煙味進(jìn)入我的眼睛，讓我身上的氣味很難聞。
5) quit（放棄): (v) give up, break up, say bye to
i want to quit my girl friend.
我想離開我的女朋友。
lesson: 課文
what is rude, and what is polite is different in every culture. each lesson we will discuss some things that many chinese do that can be considered rude, or not polite in the western business and social world. we will give you advice on you what not to say or do. remember, don't be a rude dude!
什么是粗魯，什么是禮貌在每種文化里是不同的。每篇課文我們要討論許多中國人做的事情，這些事情可能被西方商業(yè)界或者西方社會認(rèn)為是粗魯?shù)?，或者是不禮貌的。我們會給你一些建議，（告訴你）什么不應(yīng)該說或做。記住，不要做粗魯?shù)娜恕?br />
1) never say "my english is poor," or "i can't speak english." in the west, people are a little proud of what they learned. plus, if you say you can't speak english, they will walk away. (note: most westerners can only speak one or two languages, so they respect people like you who try to learn a new language.)
gordon: same old same old (so, so).
molly: what are we going to learn today?
gordon: this time we will learn about paul mccartney from the beatles, saying more than no, a practice dialog, and some business english. our guests can also test their understanding of what they have read in an interactive activity. then we will learn the english song yesterday.
莫利：怎么樣了？
戈登：老樣子。
莫利：今天我們將學(xué)些什么呢？
戈登：這次我們會了解披頭士樂隊中的歌手兼貝斯手mccartney，學(xué)習(xí)更多表示"no"的用法，一段對話練習(xí)，和一些商務(wù)英語。你還可以與朋友一起，用我們的小測驗，看一看學(xué)到了多少。然后，我們將學(xué)一首英文歌：yesterday。
new words 生詞
1) disgusting (惡心的，丑陋的): (adj) bad, ugly or harmful
the dead dog was disgusting.
那條死狗讓人惡心。
2) respect（尊敬，景仰): (v) look up to, give face to, listen to
i respect my teacher because she is extremely intelligent.
我很尊敬我的老師，因為她非常聰明智慧。
3) offer （給，提供): (v) give to, hand over to
chinese people always offer their guests some tea.
中國人總是給客人敬茶。
4) second-hand smoke （間接吸煙): smoke from your cigarette that affects others who don't smoke
second-hand smoke gets in my eyes and makes me smell bad.
別人吸煙的時候煙味進(jìn)入我的眼睛，讓我身上的氣味很難聞。
5) quit（放棄): (v) give up, break up, say bye to
i want to quit my girl friend.
我想離開我的女朋友。
lesson: 課文
what is rude, and what is polite is different in every culture. each lesson we will discuss some things that many chinese do that can be considered rude, or not polite in the western business and social world. we will give you advice on you what not to say or do. remember, don't be a rude dude!
什么是粗魯，什么是禮貌在每種文化里是不同的。每篇課文我們要討論許多中國人做的事情，這些事情可能被西方商業(yè)界或者西方社會認(rèn)為是粗魯?shù)?，或者是不禮貌的。我們會給你一些建議，（告訴你）什么不應(yīng)該說或做。記住，不要做粗魯?shù)娜恕?br />
1) never say "my english is poor," or "i can't speak english." in the west, people are a little proud of what they learned. plus, if you say you can't speak english, they will walk away. (note: most westerners can only speak one or two languages, so they respect people like you who try to learn a new language.)
