Part 8 – Patricia Pereira分析和总结总结.docx

Part 8 –Patricia Pereira m8 This programme was first broadcast in 2003. This is not an accurate word-for-word transcript of the programme. ANNOUNCER: Its time for English Makeover from BBC World Service. In this series, learners of English from around the world tell us their language problems. And theres advice for them and you, from experienced teacher of English, Karen Adams. Clip: Karen Adams Hi, I’m Karen Adams and I’m an English language teacher and teacher trainer. The English Makeover learners will be telling me about their problems and well…I’ll see what I can do to help. ANNOUNCER: In todays English Makeover, Karen will be advising Patricia Pereira from Portugal. Patricia works in a top hair dressing salon just outside London, and she works as a colour technician– she specialises in colouring peoples hair. Presenter Vicki Sullivan went to meet Patricia at work in the salon. She started by asking Patricia how long she had been learning English. Talk about English . BBC Learning English Page 2 of 5 Clip: Vicki interviews Patricia about her English language skills PATRICIA: Three years and a half. I didn’t speak any English before, so I came here, I came to work in Toni and Guy and I learned here really. VICKI: So you didnt speak any English back in Portugal? PATRICIA: I could understand things like ‘Hello’, ‘I don’t understand’ or something like that, but not really a conversation like I’m doing now. VICKI: What do you do day to day? What’s a typical day for you? PATRICIA: Uh, come to work, do my clients. Go back home. VICKI: What kind of things do you do while you are at work? PATRICIA: Uh, really, colour peoples hair, clients, and do some consultations on daytime, people who are not sure about their colours and what they want, and thats it really. VICKI: How hard was it for you when you first came here to use English all day long in your work? PATRICIA: It was quite hard. I couldn’t really understand what they said but then I started to click, like. VICKI: