口语interest and boredom.ppt

Lecture 2 Asking about interests1. What are your interests?2. What is your chief interest?3. Are you interested in music?4. Are you a music fan?5. Do you find…very interesting?6. Do … interest you?7. Are … your major interest?8. Are you keen on… at all?9. Do … appeal to you at all? Expressing interests1. My interest is …(films)2. My major interest is…3. I’m a fan of …4. I have a passion for…5. I find … fascinating/interesting Showing boredom1. How boring!2. It’s awfully tedious.3. I don’t find the music very exciting, actually.4. I am bored to tears.5. The music sounds/seems rather boring.6. I’m rather bored by the singing.7. I’m fed up with the singing.8. I’m not at all keen on the music.9. I cannot work up much enthusiasm for the music.10.I find it difficult to be enthusiastic about the music.11. Honestly, I can’t say I’m all that interested in the music. Challenge to Speak Practice 1: Talk with your partner about the following activities. Express interest on sports/volley ball/football. Practice 2: Talk with your partner about the following activities. Express boredom on opera/theatre/acting/singing. Practice 3: Role play—Your friend asks you if you are interested in Peking Opera. Express your boredom/interest in it frankly. Practice 4:Make up open-ended dialogue based on the topic: Talk with your friends about your interests. What is your major interest? How strongly do you feel about it? Some of the things that interest your friend may be boring to you. Express your feelings tactfully. I insist… I stick to… Stick to it. I adhere to… I won’t… I shan’t (shall not)… I am determined to… We persevere in/at/with… I urge you to… I encourage you to… You should … I really think you should … Don’t you think we’d better get going? Don’t you think we’d better get started? Hurry up. Quickly Come on. Let’s go Get a move on. Get moving. I’m afraid you’ll have to move quickly. Step on it. Challenge to Speak Practice 1: Make dialogue with your partner