Different ways to say 'zero' in English

Dear classmates,
親愛的同學

Do you still remember how to say telephone number '0' in English? We can say either 'oh' or 'zero'.
您還記得如何用英文報電話號碼中的數字「零」嗎?

For example,
例如:

A: What's your telephone/phone number?
B: My phone number is 2510-9845.

My phone number is two-five-one-oh-nine-eight-four-five.
My phone number is two-five-one-zero-nine-eight-four-five.


When there are numbers/alphabets repeated, you can use word - double/triple - to make your conversation more efficient.
如果數字/字母有重複的地方，您可以用double (兩倍的)/triple (三倍的)讓對話更加精簡有效率。


Here I find a useful website about differnet ways to say 'zero' in English (please see details from the access: http://www.iesnestoralmendros.es/libro1/index.php?section=6&page=3).
網路上看到一篇有關於講述數字0的英文用法及情境。

I also find an interesting film on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pYOZduNhtY). You can see the cultural differences when people say numbers or spell alphabets. But most importantly, do we konw how to pronounce 'Louis Vuitton' properly? See for yourselves.
在Youtube也找到一段有趣的影片。從中您可以了解不同文化的人用英語敘述數字以及拼字母。但是最重要的是，有多少人真的可以把LV的全名唸清楚呢? 您自個瞧吧!

Doris 朵瑞斯

Application form for Cambridge Language College

Dear classmates:

親愛的同學

Do you still remember the Application form we read during class? If you do have spare time, please try to complete the form.

還記得今天看過的一份申請表嗎? 如果您有時間的話，不妨試著完成此份申請書啦!

Situaton 1: You want to go to an English evening class. The staffs at Kai-Ping Culinary School ask you to fill in/ fill out the student enrollment form. See if you can complete this form.

狀況1: 假設你想要上晚上的英文課，您是否可以完成開平餐飲學校職員請您填寫的英文註冊單呢?

We will listen to the real listening text in class. Please do not worry about new vocabulary or any sentences you don't understand. Listen to the key words, and see whether you can complete the enrolment form.

下週一會在課堂上播放CD。不要讓單字以及不熟悉的句子阻礙您的聽力。試著找出關鍵字，看看您是否可以依照聽力內容完成表格喔?!

Stay tuned.

敬請期待。

Doris 朵瑞斯

Syllabus of Short-term General English Conversation Course in Kai-Ping Culinary School

Dear classmates,

親愛的同學

I firstly want to thank you for your coming and cooperation at today's class. You indeed did great jobs. As I said in our first class, the course is a 18-week short term general English conversation course. We focus on our abilities in English speaking and listening, so there will be lots of pair-/ team work during classes. I will try my best not to bore you.

首先我要感謝您們出席今天的課程以及參予課堂活動。你們真的表現很好。如同在課堂上所言，18週的課程說長不長，說短不短，所以在兩小時半的課堂上，我們會利用對話練習/小組練習來加強同學們英語聽&說的能力。 本人會盡可能不會讓您們感到無聊。

Here I upload the syllabus so that you could have a clue what topics we're going to discuss in the following weeks. However, just like I said in class, I will amend the teaching contents based on your requirements in learning English as well as the learning results. Do you still remember the first three questions I asked you to think about in the beginning of today's class?

上圖為課程表，包含接下來課程安排計畫以及討論主題。但是，課程內容以及先後順序會依照您們的需求以及學習成果些微調整。還記得剛開始上課問您(們)的3個問題嗎?

1. Why do you want to learn English? 您為什麼想要學英文?
2. How do you learn English? 回想求學階段，您是如何學英文的?
3. What do you want to learn from this short 18-week general English conversation course? 在短短18週的課程中，您想要學到什麼?

The class focuses on speaking, listening, and then a little bit writing and reading. Please do not worry about the the latters (writing and reading), because I'm sure most Taiwaneses are quite good at reading English sentences/ paragraphs/ articles. Speaking ability in daily English conversation is our major focus in the classroom. Do you remember what we learnt from today's course?

生活英語輕鬆說的課程主要著重在英語說&聽的能力，當然也會包含少數英語書寫以及閱讀。有同學很擔心自己英語的書寫以及閱讀能力，但大多數的同學們從國中起就很擅長於閱讀簡單的英文句子/段落/文章，因此，課堂會注重同學們的英語口說能力。您還記得今天的課程嗎?

1. I know how to introduce myself (first name + last name/ surname). 我知道如何介紹自己 (名字 + 姓氏)。
2. I know how to ask people's full name. 我知道如何問對方的全名。
3. I know how to ask people's phone/ telephone, cell-/mobile- phone number(s). 我知道如何問對方的電話/手機號碼。
4. I know how to ask people's nationalities. 我知道如何問對方的國籍。
5. I know how to read & fill in/ fill out simple application form. 我知道如何填寫表格。
6. I know how to say few occupation words (accountant/ manager/ housekeeper/ teacher/ student/ doctor/ nurse/ occupation therpist). 我知道一些表示英文職業的用語。
7. I also REMEMBER today's homework: complete the sentence on p.6, and check how to tell people your address in English (c.f. http://www.post.gov.tw/post/index.jsp). 我還記得今天的回家作業- 完成講義第6頁的表格，以及上郵政局網站查詢自己的英文全址。

I know some of newcomers/ auditors do not have today's complete handouts; I deeply apologize for this embarassing situation. If you want to receive any documents from today's class, please email me your 'personal information' (e.g. address, email address) so that I can send these papers to you. My email address is doris821023@yahoo.com.tw or chiaching1023@gmail.com. I will check my email boxes every day, so please don't worry I will miss any of your important emails.

今天上課有些旁聽生/新生沒有拿到講義，在此本人致上最大的歉意。如果您想要今天上課的講義(掃描/影印)，請您先傳給我您的住址/電子信箱以便郵寄/傳送。我的電子信箱是doris821023@yahoo.com.tw 或 chiaching1023@gmail.com。本人習慣每天睡前檢查信箱，請您別擔心會遺漏重要訊息。

Have great days and I look forward to seeing you next week.

祝您有個愉快的一週，期待下禮拜與您相見。

Best wishes,

祝一切平安

Doris

朵瑞斯