1.RomeWasn'tBuiltinaDayp.1.
Englishisaninternationallanguage.Therefore,itisnecessary(/importantforustolearnit.It(/learningEnglishcanberewardingorjust(/onlyawasteoftime.It'suptoyou.Itdependsonhowyoustudyit.Herearesometipsabout(/onlearningEnglish.
First,don'tbeafraidtomake(/ofmakingmistakes.Youwilllearn(somethingfromthem(themistakesthatyoumake.Second,youmustnotbeshy.Bethick-skinnedandspeakup!Finally,youmustbepatient.Remember,"Romewasn'tbuiltinaday."
Well,RomedoesnotrefertothecityofRomeonly,itreferstotheRomanempire,thatisthegreatcountrythatRomebuiltmorethan2000yearsago.Itwasagreatempireandofcourseyoucannotbuildanythinggoodorgreatinjustashorttime.theRomanEmpire[ˈɛmˌpaɪr]罗马帝国
Empire--thiswordisspellede-m-p-i-r-e.Now,Ihavethisquestion:inwhatsituationwillyouusethisexpression"Romewasn'tbuiltinaday"?Pleasegiveusanexample.
Well,let'ssaythatyourfriendwantstolearnhowtodosomething,liketypingorswimming,andatfirst,yourfriendfeelsalittlediscouraged,becauseitisnoteasytolearnanewskill,butyoutellhim:Hey,comeon.Romewasn'tbuiltinaday.Wewanttoencourageourfriendswiththissaying.
Yourfriendislearninghowtotype.Heisalittlebitdiscouraged.Wecanencourageourfriendswiththissaying.谚语
WesaythatEnglishisaninternationallanguage,becauseEnglishisspokenaroundtheworld.Ofcourse,therearemorespeakersofMandarinthanofEnglish,butEnglishisspokenbymorepeopleinmorecountriesthanMandarinis,so,whenyoutravelordobusinessorstudyoverseas,youcanalwaysfindEnglishspeakers,andEnglishTVprogramsandEnglishnewspapers.
Inotherwords,Englishisauniversal/aninternationallanguage,thatiswhyweshouldlearnit.Mandarin普通话，国语BrucespeaksbeautifulMandarin.[ˈmændərɪn]foullanguage下流话
Yourstayhereisjust(oronlyawasteoftime.
rewardinga.有（获）益的；值得做的，划算的．
Teachingisaveryrewardingprofession.教书是一种很有价值的职业．
Exerciseisveryrewardingforourhealth.Itpays(/isrewardingtoexerciseItisuptoyou.随你吧
Well,ifPeterasksme:doyouwanttogotoarestaurantfirstorseeamoviefirsttonight?Imightsay:it'suptoyou.
Dowegotothemoviesfirstorshallwegotoarestaurantfirst?It'suptoyou.butIknowthetrueanswer.Heenjoyseatingmorethananything,let'sgototherestaurantfirst.
Inourstudio[ˈstudioʊ],wehavegotasmallstudiooverhereandwehaveonlytwopeoplehere,that'sBruceandme,butBruceismuchtoobig,wehavelittleroomlefthere.byfitsandstartsadv.间歇地,断断续续地,一阵一阵地IfyoulearnEnglishbyfitsandstarts,you’llgetnowhere.
Mybrotherstudiedaccountingbyfitsandstarts,sohefailed.Ifyougivemeatip,I’llgivesometipsonhowtolearnEnglish.
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ifyouareinarestaurant,andyouleavealittlemoneyforthewaiter,wesaythatisatip小费.ButthenPetersaidI'llgiveyousometipsaboutlearningEnglish.--someadviceaboutlearningEnglish.建议adviceun.
tip①n.小费②n.建议，提示，技巧
givesb.tipson/aboutsth=givesb.advice(onsth.n.给某人关于某事的建议③vt.给小费Mr.Bruce,beforeleaving,don'tforgettotipme.
④vt.建议tipsomebodyonsomething(HetippedmeonhowtolearingEnglishafraid两种用法：afraidtomake(/ofmaking即+不定式或+of+动名词I’mafraidtotalktohim.I’mafraidoftalkingtohim.adviceun.agoodpieceofadvice不说:agoodadvice
Well,youhavetospeakorwritealanguagetoreallylearnit.ifyoumakeamistakewhilespeaking,usuallythelistenerwillunderstandyouanyway,becauseusuallyyourmistakeisjustagrammarmistakeormaybeavocabularymistake,butusuallyweunderstandyou.Butifwedon'tunderstandyou,wewillask:whatdoyoumean?Andthenyoucantryagain.Onlybymakingmistakescanwelearnsth.Childrenareoftenshyaroundstrangers.
Well,thisisoftenthecase,butthereissomesituationinwhichadultsareshy.Forexample,eachtimeBruceiswithmeheisshy.--That'snotshy,Peter,that'sembarrassed.embarrassed
