我的英国 你的英文 (Alan Palmer 作者)

Hello everybody,

Nimen hao, Wo jiao Alan. Wo hui shuo yi dian pu tong hua. Wo xi huan nimen shuo ying wen

This is my new English language guide website for my Chinese friends. In this website I will make podcasts (MP3) for beginners and intermediate learners of English from China.

I was in China in 2006. I went to Taiwan, Hong Kong and also to Great China. When we say Mainland China in English we mean Great China.

I enjoyed my visit to China. I enjoy learning Chinese. I am learning very slowly, but I will keep learning it.

I am 51 years old, which means that I am not so young, but maybe not so old either. I am married with two grown-up sons. My sons are 28 years old and 26 years old.

Here in my new website I will talk about my country and my region. I live in the North of England near Manchester.

England is a nice country to live in. The weather is sometimes quite wet. We do have quite a lot of rain. But also, the countryside is very pleasant and we do not have extremes of weather.

In summer, a hot summer’s day around 28 degrees celcius. In winter nowadays we do not have much snow. When I was young, there was much more snow in winter.

I am not a professional teacher – so I prefer to say I am a language guide.

To guide you today. I suggest that:

You listen to this recording a few times as you read the text.

Try to speak some of the words out loud to compare with my pronunication

If you feel like it, then read all the words out loud

Don’t try to read or speak too quickly – take some time

Use a dictionary to make sure that you understand the text

Listen to the little “push” or “stress” on each word. An example is the word China. It is CHIna not chiNA. This will help you with pronunciation.

I hope you like my new website

Zai jian

Alan