1ISBN-87281-1504 English Phrases with Cantonese Ranslations
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D UMENT RESUME 11. ED 203 689 FL 012 372- AUTHOR Trft, Cho Van TITLE English-Chinese Phrasebook with Useful Wordlist (for Cantonese Speakers). INSTITUTION (Cenier for Applied Linguistics, Washington, D.C. REPORT NO 1ISBN-87281-1504 PUB DATE May 81 NOTES 158p.: For original (Vietnamese) version, see%ED 108 .518. LANGUAGE English: Cantonese EDRS PRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. , DESCRIPTORS *Cantonese: *English: Postsecondary Education: Second Language Learning: Sino Tibetan Languages; )Vocabulary IDENTIFIERS Bilipgual Materials: *Phrasebooks ABSTRACT 4 AV English phrases with Cantonese ranslations are presented under the following headings:' coping ith the .language barrier, useful -forms ofietiguette, giving information about yourself, recognizing signs, dealing with money, dealing'with time, locating things, describing things and people, doing things, going , places, conveying information,r health, food,' clothing, housing Jobs, and schools. English-Cantone%e and Cantonese-English lists of useful Words are appended. JJB) **********44*********************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best!.th4X can be made * * .1 from the original document. ---1- * - *******************************************k*********************** IENgliih-ChiNEsg ,PIiRAs(book' .0r . e.. 7 .4 . WiTh 7\) USEFULWORMST 0 (FOR CANTONESE SpEAkERS) ti ANV#63f0q-IFI iElf-trtt*if-,1-4411- ) "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS .U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY EDUCATION IL WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF Center for EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- Applied Linguistics OUCED EXACTL.Y, AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN- ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPJE. TO THE EDUCATIONA&RESCURCES SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." EDUCATION POSITION OR POLoCV AdApTEd ANd fRANSIATEd Sy Cho 'VAN TRAM qt, ,ENTER FOR AppliEdLiNquivrics ti r. j 1 ISBN:87281-150-6 I May 1981" Copyright (9 1981 By the Center for-Applied Linsties 3520 Prpect St., N.W. Washin 20007'' Printed in the U.S.A. -11 A PREFACE: The Center for Applied Linguistics hasresponded to the urgent need created by theimmigration of thou-(./ sands of lndothinese refugees to this countryby de veloping 1 ma teria Is for use by therefugees and others working with them.It is.our hope that this 3resent work, designed specifically forChinese refugees,will contribute to'bridging thelanguage and cultural barriers, and help therefugees to take their place as new Members of Americansociety. I 111 At , % fP ° 410 3,1 Po 4 0 - R.* 4,110 vP 3 t ,f0 044 ,Agsbifit7c.4.a..A./gAgli.11-041tA,110 4: . 71k3101,,, 'EA+. /OPit. AT PrOtit , A- at*. E. 4 43: 0 e r 'ENGLISH-CHINESE PHRASEBOOK 4%, Contents Introduction vii Map of the'United States a, lx The 50 Stqtes Important Cities xil The Alphabet. xill Unit 1 Coping with the Languige Barrier 1 Unit 2 . Useful Forms of EtIqu'ette 'Unit 3 Giving Information about Yourself Unit 4 Recobnizing Signs 11 Unit 5 Converting Weights and Measures 14 Unit 6 Using Numbers .17 Unit Dealing with Money 21 Unit 8 Dealing with Time 24 Unit9. Locating Things, 27 \ Unit 10 De scribing Things and People I 30 Unit 11 Doing Things '36 a Unit 12 Going Places 43 Unit 13 Conveying Information 49 Unit 14 Health 53 , Unit 15 Food 57\b< Unit 16 Clothing r .61 Unit 17 Housing . 66 . 1 Unit 11 Jobs . 72 Unit 19 About Schools 76 \ 81 Useful WordlistEnglish Chinese ..Useful )VordlistChinese-English . 117' I k./ 4.1 it At viii -X- igl it. rttl ix 4 4 :Ei./f- '.11'11 t x 4: Al I _itik* xii 4- 5t -1-'4 .. * _ xm ;G,. ix *I- lit lik 1 =i$ - Wifl il R it lik, 4. it 3---it 4' ,^i RS ., 6. ) t * lay:I t.t iii Pt, 11. _ELit AI Ni15,1 4-*. 14. iI;%-1/4 tf It 11, -11 47. T, A it 2L 7,',/"el j, !l1 lin a. 24. 1-11 a4 A ** , 30. ... ., * + 4 V( * 36. th-' + -=.* 4. 43. - ';' + 3:- 4 i& , it 49. 1, + is7 X It* 53. * + -ELA,** 57. * 1- *X t 61. ;f,+-Etfit4, 66. --1- Ait .r.. f 72. Ri-f-A., T Vt. 80. 18* INTRODUCTION 1 1 Thy English Phrase lxlok are grouped by subject. and are selected for their rec s. brevity, and relevance tothe needof newly arrived residents of the UnitedStates.They are, for thmost part, presented in the forrg.ef short.two-line dialogues. 1 vocabulary in the 19 units& over --The phrases and supplementary a wide range-of situationsand serve to introduce new Chineseresidents' to the dailactivities. of American life.The two wordlists provide termswhich are mosfi frequently' heeded.Ln manyphrases,the im- portant Eng sAc5rds and their Chineseequivalents are ur)derlined. The cassette tapes which accompanythis1phrasebook are available--- separately.* and-provide spoken models of boththe English and Chi- * nese phrases. ... e TWo wordlistsChinese-English andEnglish-Chineseare added to the book for reference.The Chinese-English wordlist is'groupedby subject; the Engli§h-Chinese wordlist isin alphabetical order. As"with all Prasebooks, this one is notintended as a step-by-step textbook for earning English.It is intAdeas, a'handy reference book for immediate e when English phrases or w e needed. k is largely an adaptation of theVietnamese This phras It is based on EnglishPhroseboo (CAL. 1975) by Nguyen Hy Quang. needs as experienced by Indochinesefamilies who have been arriving in the United States since 1975.This Chinese edition has been adapted and translated by Chd- Van -Tran. 'a *For further informatiorPon the tapes or ourother Indochinese resources Prospect St., N.W., Wash- contact:Center for Applied Linguistics, 3520 ington, D.C.. 20007; (202) 298-9292.4. tivii, g t 3 40' fl 47. 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I LI 'ZI z \ ti) it frit inz /* L z /2"."c 1K Pi citi )1a iHr pz. cz z. t P IV t IC ±J ,Nat n ine\ /Antz\ cAt UNIT 1 COPING WITH THE I.ANGUNGE BARRIER t. What is your name? --My name is 1."Ping Kuang. (I am sorry) .I don't understand., I don't speak English (very well). I don't know veryitnuch English. Phase speak sloly. I still don't understand.. Please say that agairl. Do you understand? --Yes, I understand. --No, I don't understand. (Speaker pointing to a fork:) What is this iniEnglish? (What do you,nall this?) - --It is a fork.