外国老师The Foreign Teacher

New words

• 对话duìhuà — dialogue, conversation
• 生词shēngcí — new word
• 读音dúyīn — pronunciation
• 黑板hēibǎn — blackboard
• 例子lìzi — example

The story

校长：同学们！从今天起，每个星期四下午都有英语对话课！Everyone, from today on, every Thursday afternoon we'll have an English conversation class!

校长：这是我们的外国老师，大卫老师！他来自美国。This is our foreign teacher, Mr David! He comes from America.

校长：他汉语说得很流利，也很喜欢东方文化！His Chinese is very fluent, and he loves Eastern culture too!

乐乐：大卫？他是我的邻居！David? He's my neighbour!

学生：大卫老师，您很热吗？今天才二十五度，很凉快啊！Mr David, are you hot? It's only twenty-five degrees today, nice and cool!

大卫：不是温度的问题……是我太紧张了。It's not the temperature... I'm just too nervous.

大卫：同学们好！我很高兴来教……十年级。Hello, everyone! I'm very happy to teach... Year Ten.

学生：大卫老师，是四年级！不是十年级！Mr David, it's Year FOUR! Not Year Ten!

Opening the lesson…