Campus Interactive English Speaking

Author: Qian Jin
Publisher: Dalian University of Technology Press
Publication Date: 2004-08-01
Features: From primary school to university, I have been learning English for quite a few years. But why do the English sentences I speak always revolve around a few fixed phrases? Why does a simple meaning become less "natural" when expressed in English? From primary school to university, I have been learning English for quite a few years, but why do the English sentences I speak always revolve around a few fixed phrases? Why does a simple meaning become less "natural" when expressed in English? This is not because we lack vocabulary, but because we are influenced by our mother tongue and tend to use "big words" to express ourselves. However, the daily vocabulary used by people in English-speaking countries is only about 2,000 to 3,000 words, and many of them don’t even recognize the "big words" that appear in TOEFL and GRE exams. But these 2,000 to 3,000 words can "come alive" in their mouths, so when we hear them speak English, we often realize: "！" For example: If asked to express the meaning of "I don’t care" in English, many people would say: "I don’t care about it." But very few would say: "I’m easy." And even fewer people would understand that this means the same thing. From primary school to university, I have been learning English for quite a few years, but why do the English sentences I speak always revolve around a few fixed phrases? Why does a simple meaning become less "natural" when expressed in English? This is not because we lack vocabulary, but because we are influenced by our mother tongue and tend to use "big words" to express ourselves. However, the daily vocabulary used by people in English-speaking countries is only about 2,000 to 3,000 words, and many of them don’t even recognize the "big words" that appear in TOEFL and GRE exams. But these 2,000 to 3,000 words can "come alive" in their mouths, so when we hear them speak English, we often realize: "！" For example: If asked to express the meaning of "I don’t care" in English, many people would say: "I don’t care about it." But very few would say: "I’m easy." And even fewer people would understand that this means the same thing. The key point of this book is to express thoughts in simple language, and it combines various aspects of campus life to create familiar scenarios for students. In this way, students can apply what they have learned and create their own living contexts at any time, just like speaking Chinese, to solve practical problems in life.