PE 1 week 2 http mcu edu tw ssmith facmeet

PE 1 week 2 http: //mcu. edu. tw/~ssmith/facmeet /extraprogs. pdf

歡迎各位同學來報名! • 小老師活動 (peer tutoring) • 說明會 (orientation) Taipei, 12 -1 CC 303 1212: 40 F 613: 9/28 (Fri) 9/27 (Thu) E 202: 10/5 (Fri) E 703, 12: 15 -1 • 加強班 (tutorial program) • 說明會 (orientation) • 愛閱俱樂部 (reading enrichment program): CC 403 12: 05 -12: 45 10/3 (Wed) 9/28 (Fri) 10/9 (Tue) 10/2 (Tue) 大會議室, 12: 10 -1 CC 405 12: 10 -1 10/2 (Tue) 10/3 (Wed) 10/11 (Thu) 10/12 (Fri)

Easy Quiz 1. What does “PE” stand for? 2. Write the Chinese and English names of 3 special English programs 3. Write the English name of this university 4. Write the English name of your lab teacher 5. Simon Smith is our c______ teacher. 6. The assistant (a) c____ (b) l____ has to (c) t____ (d) a____ every week.

English names • You can choose an English name • If you don’t want an English name – just use your Chinese name – for example 葛亮 Geliang or 志玲 Zhiming • Write your English name or Chinese name • Plus Chinese family name – Geliang Zhu or Zhiming Lin – Jason Wang or Emma Ouyang

Get into groups of 5 • • OK or strange? Matthew Jam Jo-an Sky Blue Charlie Guanting Chen June July Yi-ting Sorry Christine Sunny Owen May Smith Julie Milk Rain Laugh April Eating Mavis

Email addresses • Consider using – your mcu. edu. tw email address – A gmail. com address (very powerful) • Use your name – – harrywang@yahoo. com. tw lisa. lin. 123@gmail. com lai_xiao_ming@hotmail. com hotgirltaipei@yahoo. com • Don’t use silly names – hotgirltaipei@yahoo. com – coolguy@hinet. net

Email basics • To: – Who are you writing to? • Cc: – “Carbon copy” • Bcc: – “Blind carbon copy” • Subject – What are you writing about? • Greeting – Dear John, – Dear Dr. Jones: • Email contents – What do you want to say? • Closing – Sincerely, Jane – Best wishes, John Wang

Dear professor yuan I am a student from malaysia. Right now, I m taking your practical english one. I love english very much. I hope to improve my english reading listening speaking and writing by studying at ming chuan university. This is my first class at ming chuan university. Teacher is nice but I dont really know my classmates. I still need some time to get to know them well. So far everything is ok. Thank you for your reading Have a nice weekend Yue Ying Hwang

Homework: Email Basics • Go to http: //mcu. edu. tw/~ssmith/pe 1 writing/email intro. pdf • Read it carefully • Do “Email task 1”

Where is it? • Excuse me, do you know where the clinic is? • Look… we’re here now, and the clinic is here. • Oh right, thanks very much!

Where is it? • Excuse me, do you know where the copy center is? • It’s in F building. • Oh right. Ummm…. Where’s F building? • It’s over/up/down there.

Where can I…? • • Hi, I’m _____ are you John? No, my name’s _____. Oh sorry, my mistake. That’s OK. Hey, do you know where I can get a hot dog? • You can get one on the coffee terrace. • Where’s that on this map? • There, just below the bus.

Where can I…? • Hi, I’m _____ are you John? • No, my name’s _____. • Oh sorry, my mistake. • That’s OK. Hey, do you know where I can ____? • You can get one ____. • Where’s that on this map? • There, just ___. • • • Get a hot dog Make a photocopy See a doctor Get some spaghetti Take out some cash Buy a lunch box Borrow a textbook Buy a drink