6. Interesting Fact about Taiwan:
One thing people don’t really expect out of Taiwan is its gay-friendly atmosphere, but
Taiwan is super gay. The island supports some of the most progressive protections
for LGBT people in Asia.
17. Be sure to ask follow-up questions.
1. What's your favorite color?
Has your favorite color changed as you've grown older?
2. Do you have a color that you hate?
If so, what is it? Why do you hate it?
3. Do you think colors affect your mood?
How does red make you feel?
How does green make you feel?
How does blue make you feel? What do you think of orange?
4. Do you think different cultures have different meanings for colors?
5. Can you think of different idioms or expressions involving color?
What's a "black and white" matter. What does it mean to "see red"?
What does it mean to "feel blue"? What does it mean to "be yellow"?
6. How many colors are in the rainbow? What are they?
What's the color for sadness? What's the color for anger?
What's the color for death? What's the color for jealousy?
What's the color for cowardice?
7. What color clothes do you like to wear?
What colors do you think look good on you? What color shoes do you like to
wear?
8. What do you think is the strangest color for a car?
9. Do you know anyone who has dyed their hair a strange color?
27. Let’s go out tonight
A role-play for an evening out.
28. The Situation:
• You and your friend have nothing to do. You decide it would be
fun to go out somewhere and then to a restaurant.
• Look at the different activities and choose which place you would
like to visit. Then look at the map and choose a restaurant.
• Ask each other:
• What place?
• Where is it?
• What is showing there?
• What does it feature?
• What is the admission fee?
• How do you get from the show to the restaurant?
Vocabulary:
feature: 特點 impressionist - 印象派 Vincent Van Gogh -梵高
exploration - 探索 voyage - 航行 Magellan – 麥哲倫
aquarium - 水族館 planetarium -天文館 Mars -火星
natural disaster - 天災 destruction - 毀滅 Pompeii - 龐貝
civilization -文明 ancient –古代 pharaoh -法老
Ramses - 拉美西斯 Renaissance -文藝復興
Leonardo Da Vinci - 達芬奇
29. 1. Rimidi Hotel
2. Angelo’s Pizza
3. Plaza Hotel
4. The National Museum
of History
5. Yamaha Sushi
6. Grand Park Aquarium
7. The Villa Hotel
8. The Cherryton Hotel
9. Ike’s Steakhouse
10. Kim’s Korean BBQ
11. The Planetarium
12. Brandon Hotel
14. The Museum of
Natural History
15. The National Science Center
16. Greek House
17. Tamale’s Mexican Diner
18. Museum of Modern Art
19. The Central Hotel
20. Kung Pao Chinese Cafe
21. The National Museum of Art
22. Viet Noodles
23. Mark Burger
24. The Museum of Civilization
25. Cheesecake Restaurant
26. Fiddle Hotel
27. Neptune’s Seafood House
30. Sample conversation (followalongonyourmap)
A: Hey , let’s do something tonight.
B: Sure. What are you thinking / do you have in mind / do you want to do ?
A: Why don’t we check / We could check out / How about checking out the
Museum of Modern Art?
B: What are they showing?
A: They are having a show on Impressionist Painters. It’s featuring Van Gogh.
B: That sounds good. How much does it cost, and where is it?
A: Let’s see. The admission fee is 12 dollars. Right now we are on the corner of
Maple and 7th, so we’ll go down Maple till we come to Broadway. Then we
turn right on Broadway. It’ll be in the middle of the block on your left.
B: OK. And after that we can go to Neptune’s Seafood House.
A: But I’m allergic to seafood…
B: Oh yeah, I forgot about that. How about Yamaha Sushi?
A: Didn’t I just tell you I’m allergic to seafood? Are you an idiot?
B: OK – Jeez! How about Ike’s Steakhouse?
A: Yeah, whatever. I hate you. Where is it?
B: From the museum, go down Broadway and turn left on Oak Street. It’s
between 6th and 7th Avenue. It’s in the middle of the block on the left.
