- There is no need to ____________ like Americans or British people, but it’s necessary for us to have a better understanding of Westerners’ way to express themselves.
- The common forms of non-verbal communication include gestures and body language._______________
- As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the whole world, a positive COVID-19 test is required to travel or return to work.
- As everybody knows, there are eight major ____________. They are Anhui, Cantonese, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Szechuan and Zhejiang cuisine.
- It could be asserted that there are more than 5,000 phrasal verbs that truly fall in English categories.________
- There are four main islands in Japan. Among them, the largest,__________, is home to Japan’s biggest cities — Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka and Nagoya.
- When the Westerners want to refuse the courtship from the other side, there is only one simple and short answer, “Nope”._______________
- The second step to reduce students’ psychological barriers, according to the course, is to have a better understanding of students’ different needs._______________
- Italy, officially the Italian Republic is a country in Southern Europe, which is located on a peninsula in the Caribbean Sea._________________
- The characteristics of slang words and their functions are mainly viewed as fun to hear and fun to use, that’s why they sound very “_______________”.
- The idiomatic expressions in English can be divided into animal-based, man-based, color-based, food-based, and fruit & vegetable-based ones.__________
- Normally, we would use “______________” to diagram the relationship among our family members, such as our grandparents, parents and siblings, etc.
- In your opinion, which statement below is right about“Keeping up with the Jones”?__________
- We can clearly see that all of the following Australian festivals are mentioned by Michael in the video except for _____________.
- The phrase “Fake it till you make it” means to pretend to be good at something, and pretend to feel confident for the initial step.___________
- When Chinese college students are eager to improve their oral English, it’s nice for them to have a good command of some basic idiomatic expressions in English.（ ）
- The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year for 2015 is not a word at all, but an emoji, which is formally named the“Face with Tears of Sadness.”（ ）
- In Western countries, especially in America, when someone is very fat, they might compare that person to a pig._________
- What is the bad effect of the test-driven teaching ?
- What’s the meaning of “Indian summer”?___________
- In 1998, Dr. Pan began to study at OSU in America. Since the campus was so big, he sometimes needed to take the school_______________ to go to the classroom from his apartment.
- Esperanto, artificial language constructed in 1887 by L.L. Zamenhof, an American oculist, and intended for use as an international second language.（ ）
- As ODO has named the “2015 Word of the Year”, the winner of it is always a word.________
- When you read or write something in English, you have enough time to consult dictionaries or other aids; but when you talk, you don’t have enough “_______________”.
- South America is a country entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.（ ）
- Denmark is a developing country with a large welfare state; In 2006 and 2007, surveys ranked Denmark as “The happiest place in the world.” _______________
- To be exact, how can offering feedback help the college students?
- Generally speaking, the idiomatic expressions can be divided into at least five broad campuses: animal-based ,body-based, color-based, food-based, and fruit & vegetable-based ones. _________
- The big challenges that our college students are bound to linguistic skills can be divided into three categories: the psychological barriers, the linguistic barriers, and the cultural barriers._______________
- The Southeast Asian country of Cambodia is a land of great natural beauty, and the MekongRiver flows southward from Laos through eastern Cambodia._______________
- Without the advances in technology that help us store, preserve, and prepare food, men and women would spend much of their time getting meals ready to eat.
- The abbreviation word “ODO” is adding a slew of words which can best reflect the ethos, mood and preoccupations of the society. _______
- Nowadays, those people who possess barrier-free communication skills in English makes up a third of the whole population in China.
- In the video, Dr. Pan sometimes felt puzzled why the foreign teachers in his office are able to speak ____________ languages at the same time
- When Chinese college students learn English in a college or university, their English level is normally not judged by their examination results._______________
- In general, the majority of Germans love ______________, which is mainly a mix of wheat and rye flour and is much darker and has a hard crust.
- Truly speaking, people both at home and abroad would describe someone to bring us bad luck as a ______ person in English.
- The most common is the “Yellow Belt”, by planting lots of trees and other green plants, we can create it across the country and provide a home for many wild life. _______________
- China is located in the eastern parts of Asia and is the world’s _______________ largest country that is entirely situated in Asia.
- Most Americans easily recognize Uncle Tom as a symbol of the USA since it has been a long standing symbol of American patriotism.（ ）
- Spain is separated from the _________________ by the Straits of Gibraltar, and this passage connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea.
- In Dr. Pan’s opinion, it’s beneficial for our college students to improve their spoken English through songs and music since music is _________________.
- If you want to improve your English speaking, you’d better learn English with English movies, because it’ll be able to help you speak real English _______________.
- In an informal way, if the native English speakers want to make sure that their words are fully understood by the other side, they would like to say: “_____________?”.
- The only reason why college students can’t speak English fluently is that they are truly short of a real English environment since Chinese is our mother tongue, but English is our foreign tongue. _______________
- The local people in Thailand would call a durian as a queen of fruit and a mangosteen as a king._________
- In the video, Michael says, ___________ are not as popular with my students because of the expense and the unhealthy nature of that food.
- North America consists of three large nations and one large island territory. They are Canada, the United States of America, Mexico and ______________.
- The question “Have you got it” is to ask ____________
- With the help of this online course, you’ll learn the methods of how to conduct prepared and impromptu speeches in order to gain confidence through private speaking.
- According to Michael in the video, daily conversation in English is almost never formal, but informal instead. _______________
- All the followings can be the starter or appetizer while eating except for _______________.
- In Dr. Pan’s opinion, there are _____________, but it’s the result of your good preparation, hard work and learning from others’ achievements.
- This online course is ______________ for the intermediate-level learners and helps our students upgrade their current oral English towards advanced level.
- According to Wikipedia, an idiom is a phrase or ______________ that has a figurative meaning, which is different from its literal meaning.
- The expression “Jesus Christ” is to express our_________.
- Hollywood, one of Hollywood’s biggest family tourist attractions. is very famous around the world as a place where movies and _______________ are made.
- An impromptu or unprepared speech means that you should be caught with your pants down. ___________
- Nowadays, less than 5% of Chinese English learners possess barrier-free communication skills in English. _________________
- As far as you know, how should we express Chinese “Hong Tang” in English?
- South Korea is located in Southern Asia and sits on the southern half of the Korean peninsula, which is surrounded by the Yellow Sea, the South Sea and Sea of Japan. _______________
- Covering about a fifth of the world’s landmass, Africa consists of over 50 states, many of which became independent in ________________ century.
- With the help of the teachers, students are able to get the information in the written materials as well as the teachers’ own knowledge of the topic.____________________
- For over 130 years, the Eiffel Tower, locally named “______________” has been a powerful and distinctive symbol of the city of Paris.
- A ____ potato indicates something or somebody is significant or important.
- In the video, the foreign teacher says that it would be nice to try to put some fun into learning process and give more opportunities to actually use it
- The reason why so many Australians don’t speak other languages is that they are so proud of their own language._______________
- That young man in one unit described his car as the “Bomb”, which means___ _.
- Obviously, about 90 percent of the Iranian people belong to the Shiite branch of Buddhism, which is the state religion. _______________
- The color-based idiom of “ _______________” refers to something extremely rare in occurrence or an event that is unlikely to occur.
- It goes without saying that the term “MOOCs” has already been the ______________ on university campuses in recent years. （ ）
- The prepared speech should contain three main sections: the introduction, the body and the clear conclusion.___________
- In Asian countries, especially in China, when we address the foreign teachers, we would like to call them “Teachers” and then add their first names.__________
- As a Chinese saying goes, “One minute’s brilliant performance on the stage takes hundred years’ practice beyond that”. which is analogues to an English saying, “Practice makes perfect”._
- According to the video, Ms. Tanya Hosking is from the United States, and English is her mother tongue.
- In the video, Dr. Pan says, Our nation desperately need a __________ level of English talent.
- The continent of Africa is the world’s second-largest continent after Europe, with a total surface area, including several surrounding islands of 30,313,000 square kilometers._______________
- North America is a continent that is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean.
- While talking with ________________, we can hear that they would express themselves with phrasal verbs from time to time.
- In China, when early autumn is still as hot as summer, we’d like to call this natural phenomenon “Qiu Laohu”, which is called “ _____________” in the USA.
- In the video, all foreign teachers think that the best way to learn is to talk, and when the students are actively participating, they’ll have a better understanding of the language._______
- If you have a good neighbor, you are a lucky person, because good neighbors may live close, and they disrespect your space and privacy.________________
- According to our foreign teachers, in addition to saying “I love you”, the native English speakers would like to say, “ _______________” in an informal sentence.
- Thailand, known formerly as Siam is located in Southeast Asia, and shares its borders with four countries: Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia.
- Each speech should be structured with three major parts: introduction, body, and memorandum. Before writing the speech, you should prepare an outline.（ ）
- Watching movies _________________ is the best way to get used to hearing different accents, different voices among men, women, and children in different movies.
- According to the Learning Tips, how can we reduce students’ psychological barriers?
- Personally speaking, I grew up in a small town and then moved to a big city, therefore I have experienced the good and better sides of both.（ ）
- Due to historical reasons, the majority of Spanish speaking countries in the world are situated in Central and _____________, and Mexico has the world’s largest Spanish speaking population.
- According to the video, what are the funny anecdotes in the USA?
- According to Edward, When he first came to China, he could only understand a few words. Even so, he would try his best to understand them. Now, he has done better in this regard. _____________
- According to the video, what is not the reason that causes college students to have a speaking barrier?
- Completed in March 1889, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France is one of the most recognizable monuments in the world and receives nearly seven millions tourists a year.（ ）
- Although there is no official state religion in the Thai constitution, there are over 35,000 ______________ in Thailand, and over 93% of the Thai people are Buddhists.
- An impromptu speech is also called a prepared speech, which is given without any preparation or advanced thought, any notes or other additional materials._______________
- The purpose of time management is to enable university students to do more and better work in less time.
- If you don’t use English from time to time, you can’t maintain your current English level, _____________ upgrade your oral English to the upper level.
- The linguists believe that learning any foreign language through songs and music will help second language learners acquire vocabulary and improve _______________, etc.
- Argentina is located on the South American continent and borders Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, and the longest border is shared between Argentina and Chile.__________
- Honestly speaking, _________ of Americans use emojis to text.
- In China, traditionally speaking, if two old friends meet somewhere after a couple of years, they might______________.
- To be exact, “Hong Cha” in Chinese can be directly translated or called “Red tea” in English.__________
- The difference in education between Western countries and China is how the teacher and students interact with each other in class._________
- As we all know, _____________, located in northwest Cambodia, is the largest religious structure or temple complex in the world by land area, measuring 162.6 hectares.
- As we all know,there is no shortcut to success, it's a long winding road which needs persistence, perseverance and a lot of hard work.（ ）
- Which word do Americans sometimes use to refer to “Sugar” while drinking coffee in our spare time?
- The term “A bad hat” can be also used as ____________.
- Most people in the world are fond of Sydney, since it’s the capital of Australia._____________
- Actually, when you’re learning a foreign language, there is always an _____________ situation that can often make students feel nervous.
- Needless to say, studying oral English well is needed the device or environment, but it is won by people’s own painstaking efforts. _
- Americans would use this term “Nouveau riche” to describe someone who earns a lot of money within a long period of time.________________
- We Easterners would like to show our personal opinions in a humble or a modest way. However, the Westerners prefer to have something to _______________.
- What are the features of Chinese food and other Asian cultures?
- In order to overcome _____________, we definitely understand the Sino-Western different ways of expressions, cultural differences, manners and customs, and so on.
- Artificial intelligence (AI) enables technical systems to perceive their environment, deal with what they perceive, solve problems and act to achieve a specific goal.
- There is an old Chinese adage: “Persistent efforts can solve any problem”. Which of the following is analogous to the above-mentioned proverb?
- When you speak English, suppose you have a slight Chinese accent, it does not matter. The most important thing is that you’re supposed to speak clearly.________________
- According to the Learning Tips, on the way of speaking English well, the big challenges that you are bound to encounter can be divided into three categories, they are psychological barriers, linguistic barriers and __________________.
- Which one below is not included in the “Word of the Year” list? _______
- Oh, my God, I can’t ____________ to Facebook or Google as well, because I’ve totally forgotten my password.
- Generally speaking, phrasal verbs are mainly used in written English and informal texts, the more formal a conversation or text, the less phrasal verbs are found or used. _________________
- Dr. Pan compares the practice of ______________ to riding a bicycle, “Once people have believed that they can’t ride a bike, they’ve never attempted to do so.”
- What’s the meaning of the gesture “Air Quotes”?
- Any language is just to follow everyone’s inclination. If most people say so, no matter is logical or not, it must be right. So, the language will become so _______________ and useful.
- Since the country is slightly larger in size than the three countries of the UK, Italy is easy to recognize on any world map, as the country is shaped like ________________.
- Russia stretches from Eastern ________________ to Northern Asia. The country thus is located both on the European and on the Asian continents.
- Canada shares ________________, which is/are the largest waterfalls of the world by water volume on the border to the USA.
- Not surprisingly, people nowadays enjoy different eating habits. Some people prefer to eat at restaurants while others prefer to prepare and eat at home.
- Edward mentions that his favorite holiday will be “Christmas Day”, because when it comes, he enjoys eating roast turkey and pumpkin pie very much. _______________
- How long should a learner spend in practicing English at least everyday?_________
- According to Edward’s explanation, we’ve got to know that the term __________ in English has a slight difference with Chinese equivalent “Haiqu Zhima”, since it doesn’t include the meaning of a bad person.
- Some people think that they can learn better by themselves than with a teacher, while another think that it is always better to have a teacher._____________________
- John has very little contact with his sister abroad, they see each other once in a _____ moon.
- There is no doubt that “________________” is the national flag of the United Kingdom and it’s also used as a part of the national flags, like Australia and New Zealand.
- How can students become more confident with English speaking?__________
- Brazil is the largest country in South Africa and the 5th largest country in the world by both land area and population.___________________
- When many speakers make the public speeches in more formal settings, they will face the common problems, including____________.
- Traditionally speaking, people in Muslim countries like to be given gifts with the left hand._______________
- To be sure, the phrase “Having a chip on my shoulders” in English means having confidence in someone. _______________
- We are aware that these folk sayings, such as “_________________” are so indispensable both in Chinese and English, and each one has a vivid story behind it.
- Japan is an archipelago or an island country on the Asian continent, reaching from the northern coast of Russia to the South East China Sea.
- Oxford Dictionaries Online (ODO) is adding a slew of words that only recently came into general usage, many driven by fast-moving trends in technology and culture.（ ）
- The psychological barriers that exist among our students are partly caused by lacking English-speaking opportunities._________________
- A good speaker is supposed to know how to use the adverbs and adjectives to signpost his ideas when he summarizes his points. _____________
- As Michael says, one of the most important cities in Australia is the capital city. However, a lot of people think Sydney is the capital of Australia. It’s not, it’s called Melbourne._________
- According to Diego, what is the main reason or obstacle to influence Chinese students not to speak English well?
- As a matter of fact, you love watching English movies, and in turn, these movies will help you upgrade your English proficiency._________________
- The defeat at __________ ended Napoleon’s rule as Emperor of the French, bringing an end to the Napoleonic era of European history.
- Although “Experience is the best teacher” is an old cliché, this proverb tells us that not every thing that is learned is contained in books.
- Last but not least, a good speaker needs to know how to briefly summarize the main_________, and provide the audience with his opinions as well.
- In Tunisia, northern South America, if people connect their thumbs and index fingers in a circle, this is an offensive gesture, which means “I will kill you.”
- The expression of “What’s up” is a very formal way to replace the traditional greeting, like “how are you”._________
- There are three ____________ in Chile: the northern desert, the temperate central zone, and the humid, but cold, southern region.
- In a traditional classroom, we are taught to greet people by saying “How are you?” or “How do you do?” , but “What's up?” or “_________________?” by the native English speakers.
- Michael says that before Christmas till the end of January, early February, many Australians take this 6-week holidays to travel ________________.
- Generally speaking, the people in Muslim countries don’t like to be given gifts by left hands.
- Alfred Nobel was born to a family in Stockholm, ______________, who was to become a famous scientist, inventor, businessman and founder of the Nobel Prizes.
- Pakistan was originally made up of East and West areas split either side of India. Then, in 1971, the area gained independence from the west and become the country of _______________.
- It’s clear that English songs and music always contain a lot of useful vocabularies, phrases and expressions that are actually usable in the real-world settings. _______________
- There is a common saying worldwide nowadays: In order to lose weight, we’d better eat breakfast like a princess, lunch like a queen, and dinner like a pauper._______________
- Obama has a famous saying, “Wars are fought with weapons, but they are won by men.”_______________
- Hans Christian Andersen, a great ______________, is very famous for such fairy tales as “The Little Mermaid”, “The Ugly Duckling” and “The Emperor’s New Clothe”, etc.
- Edward stresses, “____________ never speak the way we talk, and we never write the way we speak. This may also be one of the great difficulties in learning oral expression well.
- In brief, _____________ is always passionate about whatever your topic is, and also embraces what you’re talking about with arms wide open.
- Iran is one of the world’s ______________ of oil, and it also produces natural gas, chemicals, metals, food products, cloth, and machinery as well.
- In the desert, water is always very important. Instead of lawns, like green grass, people will just have, like a cactus or other dry area plant life there._________
- It must be noted that a verb and a particle; and a verb and a preposition co-occur, forming a single ____ unit.
- With an area of 209,331 km2, Great Britain is an island in the North Pacific Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe and is the largest European island.（ ）
- A collocation is two or more words that often go together, and these combinations just sound “wrong” to native English speakers, who use them all the time.（ ）
- In order to express our ideas properly, we should do all the followings except not ________.
- A doubting Thomas is someone who is suspicious or not convinced of the situation, and Thomas was one of the twelve main disciples of Jesus Christ. _________________
- The Lou Wailou Restaurant ______________ is famous for “West Lake Fish” cooked in vinegar, “Dongpo’s Braised Pork” and “Beggar’s Chicken” together with Dragon Well Tea.
- Attending classes will help students know how to learn, how to absorb information and then apply what they’ve learned to other situations. ________________
- The ____________ are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand, they arrived in this country between roughly 1320 and 1350.
- In class, students receive the benefit of the teacher’s knowledge, and the best teachers do more than just go over the material in than class textbook. ________________
- In each unit, foreign teachers, like Michael from Australia and Edward from America are invited to co-teach with Tanya.
- SlanSlang is a type of language consisting of words and phrases that are considered to be _______________ and it’s typically restricted to a particular context or special group of people.
- Colombia is nicknamed the “______________”, because it sits in the northwestern part of the continent where South America connects with Central and North America.
- South America is a continent of extremes, which is home to_________________, the world’s second longest river as well as the world's driest place of the Atacama Desert.
- According to the video, the college students usually use their common gestures from time to time except for ____________.
- Dr. Pan suggests that in addition to learning language itself, we have to pay much attention to that country’s local customs.__________________
- As far as the “thumbs-up” sign is concerned, this sign is equal to“Well done” or “______________” throughout Canada and America as well as in some Asian countries.
- If you ________________________, you’re already halfway through the difficulty.
- Secondary education, getting prepared for the future career, improving job position, subject matter interests and social status are the main reasons for people to attend colleges and universities.（ ）
- The country of Colombia has coastlines on two oceans: the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which is part of the Indian Ocean._____________________
- What does the sentence “it is raining cats and dogs” mean?
- For Chinese, when we feel cold or fear, sometimes our body will appear a layer of bumps, we’d like to call them “Chick bumps”, and they are called “______________” in English.
- As we all know, in China, it’s very strange for a man and a man to be touching each other in public. _______
- A foreign teacher say, “If I have a class that has non-English majors, it’s more difficult to ______________. I’ll have to call out names instead of waiting for them to raise their hands.（ ）
- Although most college students study very hard, they still _____________ understanding native English speakers, and find it difficult to effectively communicate with them.
- What do people mean when they say “Study Smarter”? Really, this means to study in a way that helps you remember more, faster, and with less effort.（ ）
- It’s George Washington’s saying: “Wars are fought with weapons, but they are won by men.”_______________
- When our students learn English in colleges, their ______________ is normally judged by their examination results; but their communication skills by the society.
- WeChat, which is used by millions of Chinese people to chat, shop, pay bills and more, is operated by Shanghai-based Tencent Holdings.（ ）
- Normally, we would like to describe the people like Bill Gates or Jack Ma as _________.
- In Michael’s view, when he says “Being creative”, he suggests our students to learn how to express themselves in a ______________ while putting some fun into learning process.
- Slang is a type of language consisting of words and phrases that are regarded as very formal and are more common in speech than writing._______________
- There are so many things that come to mind when I think of the word “teacher”, who plays such a significant role in our lives. Sometimes we chose them, other times they teach us without even know they are great masters.
- We all know that the national strategies of ______________ has been actively implemented in our country.
- In Dr. Pan’s opinion, the different seating arrangements will determine the unlike teaching style between East and West._______________
- As Dr. Pan mentions, if you want to become an effective impromptu speaker, you need to invest your efforts in your speaking bank, such as statistics, proverbs and jokes, etc.____________
- While eating in restaurants, more and more Chinese youth prefer to go Dutch, which means each person pays for their own food or drinks.
- A process of learning any language consists of output and input skills. Which following word is the part of output?
- In many______________, such as Malaysia, if you give the people a gift with the right hands, it’s very good, but they’ll feel upset if you use the left hands.
- Edward lives near California in the USA. Since his family lives in the desert, water is always very important, and they just have a cactus or other ______________ plants.
- Edward mentions, “I would say_____________ was a very exciting experience for me. I was still a young man and had never shot a gun before joining the army.”
- In America. successful applicants from high schools are usually chosen by colleges or universities on the basis of their high school records and scores on SATs, etc.______________
- Obviously, this series of online courses is designed purposefully for the intermediate-level learners of English.
- Nowadays, the______________ for our students to face is to speak English fluently and effectively with foreigners around the world.
- In the eyes of the visa officer, the applicants are expected to come to the point instead of speaking sloppily when they expressed themselves in English.___________________
- What’s the meaning of the phrase “Hit someone below the belt”?
- In English, there are some natural words that naturally fit with other words and make them sound more natural._________
- While watching English movies and hearing some interesting words or expressions, you’d better write them down._______________
- What the psychological barriers in English speaking are mind-associated problems._________________
- If you don’t use English from time to time, you can’t maintain your current English level, let alone upgrade your oral English to the upper level._______________
- The linguists both at home and abroad fully believe that learning any foreign language through songs and music will help first language learners acquire grammar, vocabulary and improve listening abilities. __________
- Entrée is usually as big as the main meal to tantalize one’s taste buds._________
- In order to effectively communicate our ideas in English, we should do all the following things except not ____________.
- In China, we normally serve all the food at the different time when we invite our guests to dinner. Yet, in America, they serve at least three courses at the different time._____________
- In most English-speaking countries, once people connect the thumb and index finger in a circle, they want to show their agreement or everything is fine, great and perfect.（ ）
- Due to the cultural differences ___________ we can clearly see the differences in addressing, greetings or even compliments between Chinese and Westerners.
- The report, “There are more than 400 million Chinese people learning English”, comes from____________.
- According to the explanation from Wikipedia, a massive open online course or _____________ is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web.
- Of course, watching movies and television can also be good for us since it can give us a broader door on the world.
- There are two official languages in Canada: English and French. English is spoken by the majority of Canadians, while French is spoken in ________________.
- There is no doubt that the psychological barriers in English speaking are heavily dependent on disease-associated problems.
- Obviously, smoking is so bad for your health, since it damages your heart and blood vessels, decreasing your risk of heart disease and stroke.
- For most students, going to college is the first time they’ve been away from home by themselves, and it’s unimportant for them to experience living on their own and to make their own decisions.（ ）
- Most Americans easily recognize Uncle Tom as a symbol of the USA since it has been a long standing symbol of American patriotism.______
- When you order takeout, either directly through the restaurant or through a third-party delivery platform, getting food delivered straight to your door is both inconvenient and unaffordable.（ ）
- South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Southern Hemisphere.（ ）
- Personally speaking, I grew up in a small town and then moved to a big city, therefore I have experienced the good and better sides of both.
- Dreams are basically reflections of what someone has been doing or thinking about before sleep, and they provide a rich language for talking about both present and future concerns.
- It’s fully believed that following your desires can leave a sense of well-being and happiness on everything you do.
- Almost half of the population of Mongolia resides in the capital, while the remaining population is nomads who travel in search of better pastures for their children.（ ）
- Vatican or Vatican City State is an independent country located within Rome, Italy.With an area of 49 hectares, it’s the smallest state in the world.（ ）
- The big challenges that you are bound to encounter can be divided into three categories, the psychological barriers, the linguistic barriers and __________________.
- What does the proverb “To learn to play the trumpet, you have to play the trumpet” mean during the process of learning English?___________
- Studying and living _______________ longer, it seems to Dr. Pan that Americans never speak the way they write and they never write the way they speak.
- In America, it’s very strange for a man and a man to be touching each other in public._______
- In America. successful applicants from high schools are usually chosen by colleges or universities on the basis of their high school records and scores on SATs, etc.______________
- Peru is the third largest country in South America, after Brazil and Argentina, and most people in this country live along the coast of the Pacific Ocean._________________
- Which of the following statement about entrée is not true?
- The linguists both at home and abroad fully believe that learning any foreign language through songs and music will help second language learners acquire grammar, vocabulary and improve listening abilities._______________
- According to the video, we are clear that English is the international language, especially when it comes to ______________.
- As the largest country in the world, Russia occupies one-tenth of all the land on Earth, and has coasts on three oceans, namely the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian.
- Truly speaking, after years of painstaking efforts, many college students have reached an intermediate level of English, but struggle to improve beyond that. _______________
- The topic of __________ with Westerners, in particular with native English speakers, is not the common ones in our daily conversations.
- As the foreign teachers’ suggest, when you deliver a speech, you’d better use your own personal experiences to show your own opinions._____________
- In which country, two guys, who walk with an arm around another’s shoulder, will be seen as a couple of “mates”? ___________
- Instead of saying “To go the WC”, many Americans would like to say “To go to the John” instead in their oral communication. _________________
- Generally speaking, at the beginning of each person’s presentation, it’s very important to greet the audience and state topic of your presentation, too._________________
- Most importantly, a good speaker needs to know how to use personal experiences or a vivid story to illustrate his or her issues or viewpoints.__________________
- Dr. Pan’s favorite festival is Spring Festival, because he can bring his grandson from Hangzhou to visit his relatives in Shenyang, ______________.
- Nowadays, most college students are only concerned with passing the test. Yet, if we give them other practical goals, they’ll be more motivated to study hard._______________
- Nowadays, when our students learn English in colleges, their English level is normally judged by their ________________.
- In brief, __________ is the most popular sport in Brazil with the national team consistently among the best in the world, winning the World Cup a record 5 times.
- Nowadays, if you go to a big restaurant either in China or the other countries, a “Lazy Mary” may be used for people to share dishes. _________________
- The best speeches will combine worldly issues with _______________ to give the listeners a whole package of ideas, and a good preparation is the first step to make a good speech.
- As a matter of fact, I fully believe that movies and television do influence our behavior, both for the better and for the worse.（ ）
- According to Michael, there is a gap between _____________and university: the former simply values writing; but the latter suddenly emphasizes speaking English.
- Clearly, “To have ____ in your pants” means to be unable to keep still.
- Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, which is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the north by the Arctic Ocean._______________
- A good impromptu speech is one that sounds well-organized and detailed and could have been prepared days in advance.____________
- When Tal mentions the importance of knowledge acquaintance, he first draws on Lao Tzu’s famous saying: “In pursuit of_______________, everyday something is acquired.”
- Needless to say, the longest river in China is the Yangtze River with over 6,300km in length, and it’s also the longest river in the world.
- . A gesture is a characteristic of nonverbal communication, including movement of our hands, faces or other parts of the body, and so on.
- The abbreviation word _________ stands for massive open online course, which is available over the Internet without charge to a very large number of people.
- In the video, Michael says that one of his students suggests him to sing the Chinese song, called “_______________”, and he practices singing it at KTV.
- Then, in terms of doing sports, we’d like to say “go fishing” or “go swimming”, but “do gymnastics” and “do exercises” instead. _______________
- In the video, the foreign teachers fully believe that it’s very important to understand the folk sayings, not only their literal meanings, but also their________________.
- Since ancient times, _______________ have been considered holy by the Hindu in India, thus many Indians won’t eat beef, which is even banned in several states!
- Learning is a strong reason why people love to travel. They want to experience something familiar and leave with known skills or knowledge.
- This series of courses, called “Learning Tips for Spoken English” covers the topics of university student’s concerns.
- To be honest, one of the reasons to cause students’ psychological barriers is due to their learning positive attitude, which might be lack of a good studying habit._______________
- In America, the phrase “ Black horse” refers to a person who harms other people or even the whole society._______________
- Pakistan is the world’s fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 227 million, and has the world’s second-largest Muslim population.（ ）
- The English language is full of different accents. So, that’s the worst thing that students have spent a lot of time on focusing on copying an American accents or British accent._____________
- There is no doubt that every speech has to be well-prepared, and the amount of preparation depends on the newness of your subject.________________
- English is the international language, especially when it comes to business._______________
- With an area of more than 44 million square kilometers, Asia has nearly _____________ of the world’s total land area and is home to more than half of Earth’s people.
- Spain occupies most of the Iberian Peninsula, stretching south from the Pyrenees Mountains to the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates Spain from Asia.（ ）
- When you are invited to make a prepared speech or attend a public speaking contest, a good quality of speech _____________ your listeners or audience something new.
- For most students, going to college is the first time they’ve been away from home by themselves, and it’s unimportant for them to experience living on their own and to make their own decisions.（ ）
- Whenever mentioning the name phrases in English, I guess the couple of commonly-used ones, like “Union Jack”, “Uncle Sam” and “________________” will come to your mind.
- When you order takeout, either directly through the restaurant or through a third-party delivery platform, getting food delivered straight to your door is both inconvenient and unaffordable.（ ）
- It’s true that the cultural gap should not be the obstacle to our proper communication with foreigners. On the contrary, it ought to be the motivation for us to explore further. __________
- When two Maoris press their noses each other, it means that they are fighting or they are angry with each other. __________
- When seen on a map, the republic of Chile looks like a long piece of narrow ribbon on the southwestern coast of North America.__________________
- The Olympic Games are normally held every ________________ to respect the ancient origins at Olympia in Greece, since the ancient Greeks loved competition of all sorts.
- Usually, slang is designed to share between friends or people you know very well. If you overuse the slang words, then it becomes ineffective and boring. _______________
- As for cultural taboos, Chinese people, especially married adult men don’t like to be given ___________, while Westerners don’t like you to ask their private questions.
- Covering an area of 312,696 km2, Poland is a country located in Central Europe and has a population of over 38 million people, and___________is the nation’s capital and largest metropolis.
- At Mount Rushmore in the USA, the heads of four American presidents are carved into the rock, they are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and _________________.
- Sport in the United Kingdom plays an important role in _______________. It’s worth noting that soccer, rugby, cricket, boxing, and golf were all invented in Britain.
- Some college students worry about their _______________ when they speak in English, in their mind, it’s a face-losing matter if they don’t speak English like native English speakers.
- This series of this online courses is to help you upgrade your current written English towards advanced level.
- Before Edward came to China, he had learned as much Chinese as he could, because he had several reasons except for one fact, he was not to learn how _____________
- When the native English speakers want someone to go with them, they would express themselves like this, “Let’s head out”.________
- Based on Dr. Pan’s point of view, for college students, the best way to learn how to use .phrasal verbs is through dialogues or _______________.
- Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe, it’s the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia. _________________
- Nowadays, more and more universities offer online degrees, or they give teachers the chance to do a significant portion of their program online.（ ）
- The true fact is that even presidents in America, like Obama also uses slang words in_______________. For example, instead of saying “Fifty”, he mentions “Fiddy” instead.
- Speaking in a monotone voice is a real communication helper. When your voice’s pitch doesn’t vary, it’s impossible for your listeners to maintain any interest in what you’re saying.（ ）
- In a traditional way, we’d like to say “Let’s go” to ask someone to go with us. However, in an informal way, the native English speakers would like to say, “_____________”.
- Dr. Pan says that his favorite English song is “Scarborough Fair”, because its melody truly tugs at his heartstring whenever he listens to this song. _______________
- Nonverbal communication is the transmission of messages or signals through a nonverbal platform, such as eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, posture, and body language.（ ）
- More precisely, the most obvious feature is that spoken English usually has to be understood immediately whereas written English can be read many times.____________________
- The sentence “She wears the pants in the family” means she cleans the room and cooks at home with her pants, not a skirt.___________
- Which English proverb is analogous to the Chinese equivalent, “Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it”?
- In Dr. Pan’s opinion, the key to studying English well is to make English-learning matters fun and enjoyable through the ________________.
- Thanks to the internet, we can slowly share photos and just chat with friends, family, and colleagues from anywhere in the world with an internet connection.__________________
- There are two kinds of combs: Fine-tooth combs and wide-tooth combs. Yet, “a fine-tooth comb” can be used as a phrase, which means “__________________”.
- When Dr. Pan studied at Oklahoma State University__________, his professor often mentioned, “It doesn’t matter to make mistakes, the matter is that you never want to try to change yourself”.
- While talking with native English speakers, we can hear that they would express themselves with phrasal verbs from time to time.________
- The city of ______________ in Saudi Arabia is the holiest city in the World of Islam, and this city is reputedly the birthplace of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.
- In our speech, we should try to choose anything political or religious, because these topics are truly controversial and very interesting.__________
- The most economical way to travel around the world is to buy a round-the-world (RTW) plane ticket through a single airline company.（ ）
- In terms of the way the food is prepared, Chinese food is designed more for chopsticks while the Western food is designed more for knife and fork._________
- Known as “Asia’s Eternal King of Pop”, Ms. Deng Lijun, commonly known as Teresa Teng, was a Taiwanese singer, actress, musician and philanthropist. （ ）
- Saudi Arabia has the second-largest amount of coal reserves in the world, and this fact has allowed it to become very wealthy.（ ）
- If the prepared speech is conducted in the classroom, the speech length is suggested to last between 5 and 6 minutes. _____________
- South Korea is a _______________, with about 70% of the land covered by hills and mountains, and standing on Nam mountain can overlook the capital city of Seoul.
- Ancient Greece formed the foundation of Western culture today, and everything from government, philosophy, science and even sports was impacted by the Ancient Greeks. _________
- Some daily-used articles can be used as ______________ in English expressions, so learning these expressions will help us speak English much easier and impressive.
- An impromptu speech is also called a prepared speech, which a speaker is given with some preparation or advanced thought._______________
- Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere, and it’s bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west._______________
- The term “A doubting Joe” from the Bible is someone who is suspicious or not convinced of the situation._____ _____
- You’ll also learn the methods of ______ in order to gain confidence through public speaking.
- Speaking English in an informal and ____________ way is more useful and practical than the formal one when having a talk with native English speakers.
- With 44 countries of which 28 are members of (the) _____________, Europe is a continent that is home to more than a quarter of the world's countries.
- One of the reasons to cause students’ psychological barriers is due to their learning positive attitudes. （ ）
- Instead of repeating “It was very cold and very dark”. we can say like this, “It was _ ___ cold and ____ dark”.
- Argentina is a vast country located in the southern part of South America, and it’s the second largest country in South America _______________.
- It doesn’t matter for our college students to make mistakes or have a strong foreign accent, the matter is___________.
- The longest river in India is the Ganges River, which begins high in the Himalaya Mountains and is a sacred body of water to Buddhists.（ ）
- Listening to music and watching TV shows from other countries will give you _____________ and more information about the language that you are learning.
- In this video, we’ve known that in addition to English, her mother tongue, Tanya Hosking is able to speak French, Spanish and _____________.
- We all know that compared with the healthy food, the _________food, is not nutritious, like fried food, pickled food and canned food, etc.
- A series of related derivative words of “Selfie” have been created, _______ is excluded.
- Generally speaking, it would be nice to just try to put some fun into the learning process and _______________.
- It’s generally assumed that daily conversation both in English and Chinese is almost never formal.__________
- In the Western world, the “discovery of oneself” is usually at a lot younger age than a Chinese student. ___________
- In recent years, how to obtain and maintain a healthy work-life balance has already become a cold topic.
- Variation in speed of spoken English is much ______________than that of written English.
- It’s more correct to say that Americans would be very cautious of giving a compliment about someone’s __________.
- It can be easily proved that people between East and West also have their ______ compliments.
- Successful applicants from high schools in America are on the basis of _________.
- What are the basic skills for foreign teachers to possess according to the video?
- In Chinese higher education, within so many years of rote _________, most students are taught to simply take what is said.
- What does Chinese type of sitting truly encourage?
- The “SAT” will determine what a kind of college or university the high school graduates are going to, no matter how many grades you have got in school.
- What is the most common greeting usage in American culture?
- If we want to successfully express ourselves in English, we need ___________.
- It is certain that the way people communicate is the way they live.
- Why did Dr. Pan just taste a little bit of baked meat and the broth when he was at Dr. Hyle’s home?
- In this unit, we’re going to ____________ the differences of Sino-Western food culture.
- For the __________ step when I assisted the consul at the Consulate, one incredible thing truly surprised me.
- What are the features of Chinese food and other Asian food, too?
- According to the video, why do many Chinese students prefer to use big fancy long words?
- According to the video, how can we overcome the cultural barriers?
- All of the applicants who were able to speak English fluently would easily get the F1 visa at the Visa Section.
- Why did Michael, the consular, refuse some applicants who could speak English fluently?
- Take Chinese dinner for example, all the followings can be used as the starter or appetizer except for ___________.
- Edward enjoys eating at Chinese restaurants in Hangzhou because some Chinese people will compliment him that he is good at eating with chopsticks.
- In the video, who has not been mentioned as a good example for a successful speech?
- Dr. Pan in the video explains, “In my own teaching, I’ve already _________ my students to watch their tapes after class.”
- If you want to become an effective impromptu speaker, you need to_________ your energies and efforts in your speaking bank.
- According to the instructors in this unit, what is the proper length for making an impromptu speech?
- According to the video, a prepared speech requires the speaker all the following except?
- So much so in fact, all the following topics are discussed among three instructors in this unit except for ______________.
- You need to invest your energies and efforts in your “Speaking bank”, such as____________.
- The useful phrases for this part, namely, how to use personal experiences or her issues or viewpoints, don’t include_____________.
- As Henry Hartman says in this unit, “Success always comes when preparation meets _____________.”
- As an old Chinese saying goes, “One minute’s brilliance on the stage takes a _______ ten years’ practice beyond that.”
- To tell you the truth, we’ll be focusing on how to use daily-used ____________in English expressions.
- We should keep in mind that the introduction should contain _____to_____ percent of the whole speech.
- Not surprisingly, music is a (n) __________habit, and our college students can take themselves wherever they go and they can listen to them over and over again.
- The reason why Dr. Pan’s female student is so crazy about the MOOCs is because she can watch the foreign lectures with the English-Chinese ___________.
- It’s more correct to say that ___________is a religious occasion.
- The term “Hit someone below the belt” means that_________
- Nowadays, many college students in China have wondered: How can we move from _________ to advanced levels in English speaking?
- Truly speaking, being human beings, our relationship with songs and music is deeply and hugely ____________.
- The key to studying English well is to make English-learning matters fun and enjoyable through the right tools and______________.
- In Michael’s perspective, you’d better express your creative ideas in the way that is clearly and ______________delivered.
- If our college students are eager to improve their spoken English, they are truly supposed to ___________the finest MOOCs from a variety of providers.
- Nowadays, without any doubt, there are tens of thousands of courses ____________on the Web for our college students to study.
- In America when kids want to go to the bathroom, teachers would ask them to do ___________or __________.
- They indeed offer us advice about how to live a better life, and also transfer some underlying ideas, principles and values of a given culture or society. Theses sayings are called _____
- According to Wikipedia, the term “Phrasal Verb” is commonly applied to _____or ____ distinct but related constructions in English.
- As a matter of fact, we would use a family tree to _________ the relationship among our family members.
- According to Wikipedia, the term “Phrasal Verb” is commonly applied to two or three distinct but related __________ in English.
- We all know that _______are often used as short expressions to describe how someone feels about a situation.
- Truly speaking, some name phrases are so closely related to the Bible, a collection of texts ___________ in Judaism and Christianity.
- Collocations are a group of ____ or even more words that usually go together. They’re often used as short expressions to describe how someone feels about a situation.
- More to the point, you should know not only the literal meaning but also the ______meaning
- How should we respond when the American bus driver says “hey, what’s up” to us?
- ODO is adding a slew of words that only recently came into general usage, many have been driven by fast-moving trends in____________________.
- A gesture is a characteristic of ______ communication in which visible body actions communicate particular message.
- Simply put, when we want to farewell with others, we’re taught in school to say “__________” in a formal way.
- Which of the following are not the common gestures that are used among our college students today?
- ODO has named the “2015 Word of the Year”, and the winner is an emoji, which is called the______________.
- It is obvious that ________language (s) have/has their/its own collocation of wise sayings.
- In our daily life, which of following term means ”Mianwu biaoqing”?
- To tell you the truth, this might make some married men feel uncomfortable, because they are no longer the______ of the family.
- Certain kinds of practice can be very helpful for ______your English speaking confidence
- The second step to reduce students’ psychological barriers, according to the course, is to have a better understanding of students’ different needs.
- It is no exaggeration to say that, to any non-native English speakers, speaking any foreign language can be easily ___________.
- There’s a widespread saying in English, it’s called “_______it till you make it”
- Because you are actually doing it, you are sooner or later turning ______into reality.
- If students only want to pass their tests and don’t care about their future language learning, then they might not speak English fluently.
- In the mind of most Chinese colleges students, it’s a face-losing matter if they don’t speak English like Americans or British people.
- Having a native English speaker’s accent or having a talk with people abroad, the former opinion is more important to Dr. Pan.
- If you have a slight Chinese accent, it dose not matter. The most important thing is that you’re speaking clearly.
- Karl Marx once said “When people are learning a foreign language，they should not ______everything into their own language.
- No one can deny that once our college students are requested to do their unfamiliar thing: speaking more in English, especially with native English speakers, they feel shy and uncomfortable.
- The only reason why college students can’t speak English fluently is that they are truly short of real English environment since Chinese is our mother tongue, and English is our foreign tongue.
- Teachers also need to reflect what a kind of teaching style should they implement in classroom and what additional elements should they exert to the current teaching method.
- It’s unnecessary for the teachers to understanding why the college students are learning a foreign language.
- In Dr. Pan’s opinion, lack of a good studying habit and an effective learning method has also caused our students’ unhappiness._
- In short, breaking through the psychological barriers truly _______our certain efforts.
- Generally put, keep your _______opened, do well now, even though you really don’t know why, go for it, and the doors will open.
- Today, this course is going to discuss how to __________ break through students’ psychological barriers in English speaking.
- One of the most urgent things that educators are supposed to do is to stimulate students’ ____________ incentive, along with the external incentive that they can implement in their own educational settings.
- To be sure, if you’re able to realize that you have this fear of speaking English, you’re already halfway through the difficulty.
- When they were high school students, they were requested to memorize new words, study English grammar, read passages and write essays day by day for not being armed with practical skills.
- When our students learn English in a college or university, their English level is normally not judged by their examination results.
- Thai people don’t like you to touch their kids’ heads, because they fully believe that there is a link between the sky and their kids’ heads.
- It’s George Washington’s saying: “Wars are fought with weapons, but they are won by men.”
- Nowadays, less than 5% of Chinese English learners possess barrier-free communication skills in English.
- When you try to become fluent in English, you are destined not to encounter any difficulties even if English is not our mother tongue.
- It is often said that “The past often ________ into perceptions about the future.”
- Truly speaking, even if English learners have memorized thousands of words and dozens of grammar rules, they can still ________upon a mysterious invisible block.
- In those days, they were fully prepared for the college entrance examination instead of being ________with practical skills, like communicating effectively in English.
- According to the course, although psychological barriers are ________, they can be just as impenetrable as more obvious barriers, such as language differences.
- The big challenges that you are bound to encounter can be divided into three categories, they are __________________.
- After watching each unit of Learning Tips for Spoken English, you’re given some questions to answer, the purpose is not to ___________.
- In the video, Michael says, many Chinese do know more than one language. They might know ___________.
- There is no doubt that fewer than ______________ Chinese are proficient English speakers.
- Needless to say, speaking English in a (n) ___________ way is more useful and practical than the formal one.
- Chinese people, especially married adult men don’t like to be given ______________hats.
- Put briefly, our college students can learn _____________from this course.
- English is the international language, especially when it comes to _________________.
- Before Edward came to China, he learned as much Chinese as he could, because he had several reasons except for one fact, he was not to learn how _____________
答案:speak English exactly
答案:T
答案:错
答案:traditional cuisines in China
答案:T
答案:Honshu
答案:T
答案:T
答案:错
答案:cool
答案:F
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