1.租房场景

　　首先辨别是租房还是买房。for lease 与for sale

　　房子的类型：flat, apartment, dormitory(dorm), student hotel,youth hostel

　　一般房子有的家电或设施：bedroom, kitchen, stove, fridge, microwave oven, washing machine,air-condition, electric fans, radiator, electric stoves

　　床上用品：pillow, pillow case, bed linen, sheet, mattress, blanket, towel

　　房子位置：road(rd.), street(st.), lane,

　　门厅的叫法：hall, lobby, porch

　　租房的规律：not near the center, not near the railway station, fall from the bus stop, near the airport, noisy, shared kitchen, insects, a stranger in the next bed, have no privacy, have to prepare some repellant ,insects haunting.

　　另外电话询问看房子时可以使用：

　　Is it available now? when will it be available?.

　　Is there a telephone? how far is it from…….? is it furnished?

　　What is the rental price? how is it cooled /heated?

　　2.餐厅场景

　　有关咖啡：instant coffee, real, espresso(功夫咖啡，蒸馏咖啡), cappuccino,brewed coffee,

　　关于食物：fish and chips, value for money, greasy……………

　　3.图书馆场景

　　borrow, lend, renew, available, out on loan,

　　newspaper, journal, periodical, current issues, reference books,

　　category, catalog, date of expiry, be overdue, be due,

　　pay fines, loan, period circulation desk,

　　check out, reserve books, return in time, interlibrary service,

　　can’t /mustn’t lend it to others.

　　reserve books：指某一段时间比较抢手，热门的书目，资料的租借时间缩短。如果很多同学想使用同一本参考书，图书馆就会reserve this book.

　　考点：作品名称，哪年出版，作者姓名，student card, library card，借出费用，几时到期，欠款多少等。

　　4.地理场景

　　一般是司机，导游，bbc programme介绍某个地方，城市的基本情况。主要包括：

　　u　名字，行政区划

　　u　人口，语言风土人情

　　u　好处，不利

　　u　吸引人之处

　　distance from nearest city, population,

　　advantage/disadvantage

　　注意转折词汇的运用：however, nevertheless,

　　on the other hand

　　education, main industry:

　　climate/weather: wet and windy, cold and wet, rainy, cloudy.

　　shape: rectangle

　　5.选课场景

　　涉及选课主要是对语言的选择：portuguese, italian, russian, arabic, mandarin, standard chinese,cantonese, spanish.

　　选择级别：fundamental/elementary，intermediate，advanced

　　选课的时间，日期，申请人：applicant, enrolment，admission office，foreign student office, international student, oversea student

　　6.度假场景

　　度假地的选择，交通工具的选择，住处的选择(这部分与租房类似)

　　付帐：check(美国)cheque(英)

　　express way(高速公路)， express train(高速列车)