EVERYDAY ENGLISH FROM AUSTRALIA Series 1

TING ANH THNG DNG AUSTRALIA Lot 1

Bi 7: finding the way (hi thm ng)


Part 1 - THE DIALOGUES (i thoi)

Mt ngi n ng tn l Geoff, ang i tm ca hng bn bng nhc v da ht mt ph c
tn l Angel Place, Sydney. Geoff hi ng ba ngi. Bi i thoi c chia lm hai on.

Dialogue 1:

GEOFF:
Excuse me
1st PERSON: Yes?
GEOFF:
Can you please tell me where Angel Place is, please?
1st PERSON: Sorry, I'm afraid I don't know.
GEOFF: Excuse me. Do you know where Angel Place is?
2nd PERSON: Umm Sorry, I don't.
GEOFF: Excuse me.
3rd PERSON: Mmm?
GEOFF: Can you tell me how to get to Angel Place?
3rd PERSON: Angel Place? I'm not sure no, sorry.
GEOFF: OK. Thanks.


Dialogue 2:

Cui cng, ngi th t ch ng cho Geoff.

GEOFF: Excuse me. I'm looking for Angel Place. Can you help me?
4TH PERSON: Yes, I can. Let me seeYes. It's off George Street.
GEOFF: And where's George street?


4TH PERSON: Oh, so you're new to Sydney, then?
GEOFF: Yes. I'm from Albury.
4TH PERSON: Well, it's the first on the right. And Angel Place is in the second
block, next to the bank.
GEOFF:
I'm with you. Thanks.
4TH PERSON: That's OK.


Part 2 - VOCABULARY (t vng)

A Friendship Store
[ 'frendip st: ]
Ca hng Hu ngh
get out at
[ 'get_'aut_t ]
xung xe on
I'm looking for Angel Place
[ aim 'luki fr_'eindl 'pleis ]
Ti ang tm ng ti Angel Placce
Can you tell me how to get to Angel Place?
[ kn ju: 'tel mi: 'hau t'get tu:_'eindl 'pleis]
Bn lm n ch dm ti ng ti Angel
Place?
It's off George Street
[ its_f 'd:d stri:t ]
N ct ngang ph George
It's in Road
[ its_in'rud ]
N ng
It's the first/next (street) on the right/left
[ its e 'f:st/nekst (stri:t)_n 'rait/left ]
N ph th nht/k ti v pha tay
phi/tri.
In the second block
[ in e 'seknd 'blk ]
dy ph th hai
Next to the bank
[ 'neks(t) t e 'bk ]
Ngay cnh ngn hng


You're new to Sydney, then?
[ j: 'nju:t'sidni: en ]
Bn l ngi mi ti Sydney ?

Part 3 - LESSON (bi hc)

Mt s cch hi ng thng dng v cc cu tr li.

Questions Answers (you don't know)
Excuse me, can you tell me where Angel
Place is?
Sorry, I'm afraid I don't know.
Do you know where Angel Place is? Sorry, I don't.
Can you tell me how to get to Angel Place? I'm not sure no, sorry (I can't).

Questions Answers (you do know)
I'm looking for Angel Place. Can you help
me?
Yes I can. It's off George Street.
And where's George Street? It's the first on the right.

Bn cn thu ht s ch ca ngi l trc khi hi ng bng 'Excuse me'. Cc bn ch
nn ni 'Sorry', bi v t ny ch dng xin li ai v vic g, ch khng dng thu ht s
ch ca ngi khc.
Xin cc bn lu ti trt t ca t trong hai cu hi u, bi v trt t ca cu hi ny khc
hn trt t ca cu hi c bt u bng i t nghi vn 'Where is Angel Place?' Th
nhng khi cc bn t mt mnh trc i t nghi vn 'Where' th th t ca cu hi s
chuyn thnh:

Can you tell me where Angel Place is?

ng t is c chuyn xung phn cui ca cu hi. Sau y l mt s v d khc:

Can you tell me where she is?
Do you know where he works?
Do you know why they are laughing?



Chng ta xem li cu hi:

And where is George Street?

Xin cc bn lu , khng nn hi cu ny ngay u tin, khi bn hi thm ng, v cch hi
ny khng c lch s. Thng thng khi hi ng, cc bn nn dng nhng mu cu
ngh lch s, nh:

Can you tell me?

Cc bn ch , trong cu tr li cui cng, t street khng c nhc li.
Sau y l nhng thnh ng thng dng m trong i thoi (conversation devices):

Let me see.
[ 'let mi:'si ]
Thnh ng ny c dng khi bn mun c mt
cht thi gian ngh cu tr li.
Hy ch ti mt cht.
I'm with you.
[ aim 'wi ju: ]
Ti hiu bn (ti s lm nh bn ni.)
That's it.
[ ts_'it ]
Ngi n ng c th tr li:
That's right.
ng vy.
I think I've got it.
[ ai'ik_aiv 'gt_it ]
Mt thnh ng quen thuc
Ti hiu.
I don't get it.
Ti khng hiu.


Part 4 - PRONUNCIATION (cch pht m)

Tr ng t 'can' thng ch c nhn m v c l [ kn ] trong cc cu tr li ngn.
Cn trong cc trng hp khc c l [kn]



Can you help me?
[ kn ju: help mi: ]
Yes, I can
[ jes_ai kn ]

Trong cu hi 'Can you tell me how to get to Angel Place?' c hai im chng ta cn ch :
Nhp iu ca cu hi c nh du bng nhng du nhn m. Cc bn luyn c
cu hi ny bng cch g nhp khi c.
S khc nhau ca cch c t 'to': [ t ] v [ tu:]. Chng ta c l [tu:] khi t i sau n
c bt u bng mt nguyn m, v m ca hai nguyn m s ni vi nhau bng
m /W/. Cc bn luyn c hai cu sau:

To Angel Place
[ tu:_(w) 'eindl pleis ]
Two o'clock
[ tu_(w)_'klk ]


Part 5 - THE EXERCISE (bi tp)

Cc bn nhn bn di y ri tr li cc cu hi.


QUESTIONS:

Bn ang ng y
Bank
Music
Shop
Angel Place
Star Cinema
My office
KING St.
P
I
T
T
S
t
.
G
E
O
R
G
E
S
t
.


Where's the music shop? It's in Street.
And where's Street? It's the .. street the ..
Where's Angel Place? The music shop's .. the block
.. the . It's .. the bank.
It's off . Street.


Xin xem li gii cui Bi 8


END OF LESSON 7


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