Title: Cell Phone

Target vocabulary: cell phone / charge / APP

Target Sentences: Let’s take a selfie. Let's take a selfie together!

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How do you say 'phone ringtone' in English?

Let's listen to ABBA's 'Ring Ring'.

Conversations (H: Host / G: Guest)

H: Welcome to Ren Ai Bai Ling Guo. This is Jamy. I'm Teacher Zhi Shuo.

G: This is Jamie. I'm Teacher Yi Fei.

H: (Phone rings) What's that?

G: That's my cell phone. Excuse me. I'll turn it off now. I'll turn it off right away.

H: You just said 'cell phone'. What is a cell phone?

G: Cell phone means"mobile phone".To say 'I'm playing on my phone', you sayI’m playing ON my cell phone.

H: Cell phone means"mobile phone". To say 'I'm playing on my phone', you say I'm playing ON my cell phone.

The most tragic situation when using a phone is when it runs out of battery and needs to becharged.How do you say 'charge' in English?的英文怎麼說呢？

G:'Charge' in English is called Charge.的英文叫做Charge。

H: Charge, to charge. My phone needs charging. May I borrow your charger? My phone needs charging, can I borrow your charger?

G: Sure! Here you go.

H: Thanks. By the way, my phone has a lot of A-P-P's. Why are these programs called A-P-P's?

G: A-P-P is short for application, which means"application". Application sounds a bit long, so we take the first three letters and pronounce it APP. Don't say A-P-P anymore from now on.

H: So applications are pronounced APP. Look, I downloaded a camera APP, and the photos it takes are so cute. I want to take a selfie with you, how do you say that in English?

G:'Selfie' is calledselfie. To say 'Let's take a selfie together!', you can sayLet’s take a selfie.

H: Let’s take a selfie. Let's take a selfie together!

H: Let’s review today’s lessons.'Mobile phone'is called

G: Cell phone.

H: Cell phone, mobile phone.'Charge'is called

G: Charge.

H: Charge, to charge.'Application'is called

G: APP.

H: APP, application.'Let's take a selfie together!' in English can be said as

G: Let’s take a selfie.

H: Let’s take a selfie. Let's take a selfie together! Say cheese!

H+G: Cheese!

H: Thank you for listening to Ren Ai Bai Ling Guo.

H+G: See you next time.