I would like to actually to put you in their shoes. A classmate newly bought a BMW and blocked your way. He got a new haircut, okay, here, new haircut, a new car. And then, you want him to move his car, then what you would most probably say to him. There's three choices. A, Hi, Peter, you got a new BMW. B, Hi, Peter, could you move your car a little bit? C, Hi, Peter, your new haircut looks great. Which one would you choose? I mean naturally, you make a very natural guess. [FOREIGN]. Hey Peter. [FOREIGN]. Hey, you got a new haircut. [FOREIGN]. New BMW. [FOREIGN]. New haircut. [FOREIGN]. It's so difficult to book your haircut. You know, you need to do that, to do the booking one month in advance. [FOREIGN]. Hi, Peter, could you move your car a little bit. [FOREIGN]. What you really want is to move the car. Simply move the car. Why don't you tell me earlier? You wasted me a lot of time. This is his logic. Okay? So my suggestion is that if you look deeper into our thinking mode, you will see that most Westerners go direct. This is our thought. Okay? And sometime we put it this way. They go directly to the main point. And we try to shun away, to do a round about, and by doing this we hope that they know this is what we want. Okay? This is the tragedy. [FOREIGN]. Okay? So the suggestion is, for the previous situation, if I were you, then I would do this. Hi, Peter, could you move your car a little bit? Okay? [FOREIGN]. Open the door and then he was sitting on a seat and then you probably may want to say, hey that's a brand new car? Yeah. [FOREIGN]. That new haircut looks great, uh-huh. [FOREIGN]. Wow, you have noticed me. You have noticed my new car or my new haircut, you take care of me. Uh-huh. But at the same time, he got a time limit, okay, and he knows that he needs to drive away the car. Yes? So this will work. Now, I wanted to do some practice. Say, when you disagree with someone in class discussion, and what do you say to start your arguing? Just imagine that you are starting overseas. This is a classroom discussion. In a group, there's someone was saying something that you don't agree with. What do you say to start your arguing? [FOREIGN]. Well I agree with you in abc, blah, blah, blah. [FOREIGN]. Then what will happen? Before you really want to say but or however you were cutting in, okay? You were cutting in and then someone will say, I don't agree with him. [FOREIGN]. I am sorry, but that is not the case. [FOREIGN]. Okay? [FOREIGN]. Okay? And they will respect you [FOREIGN] I'm sorry but that's not the case. Okay. [FOREIGN]. And you can also say well, I don't mean to interrupt, but what you have just said is not true. [FOREIGN] interrupt, okay? [FOREIGN] I don't mean to interrupt. [FOREIGN] I don't mean to be rude. [FOREIGN] Interrupt, okay? [FOREIGN] I don't mean to interrupt, but. [FOREIGN] This is what you need to say, okay? On other occasions, you do not want to be interrupted. Then what do you say? Many times, Chinese students were interrupted. Because the thinking mode that we have been talking about, that we save the most important one to the last. So we were frequently interrupted. And still you didn't make your point, okay? [FOREIGN] You're interrupt. [FOREIGN] What do you say? [FOREIGN] Let me finish, okay. This is direct and simple. [FOREIGN] Let me finish. [FOREIGN] Let me finish. [FOREIGN] Let me finish! Please! [FOREIGN] Okay? So, this is what we can learn out of this. Yes. And I would say, the second thing, the second aspect, is about a global perspective. What we're talking about that I would advise you guys to use some common terms, or some names that the English world knows better, and for this, I would like to ask you guys to listen to Yanglan's speech. And it was, Yanglan was called the Oprah of China. [FOREIGN] Global perspective. [FOREIGN] >> Thank you, Yao Ping. [FOREIGN] Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Before I introduce our cultural programs, let me tell you one thing first about 2008. You are going to have a great time in Beijing. Many people are fascinated by China's folk legends and history. So example, back to Qing Dynasty, which wass the 11th Century, people in all countries started to play a game called [FOREIGN] which is regarded as the origin for football. A game so popular the world is also participating. So now you would probably understand why our women's football team does so well today. There are a lot more wonderful and exciting events waiting for you in the new Beijing, a modern metropolis with 3,000 years of cultural treasures woven in to the urban tapestry. Along with the iconic imagery of the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall, the city also offers an endless mixture of theaters, museums, discos, all kind of restaurants and shopping malls which will amaze you and delight you. But beyond all that, this is a city of millions of friendly people, who love to meet people from around the world. They believe if the 2008 Olympics is held in Beijing it will help to enhance the harmony between our culture and the diverse cultures of the world. And we guarantee their gratitude will pour out in open expressions of affection for you and the great movement that guide. We do know cultural programs, education, and the communication will receive the highest priority. We seek to create an intellectual and sporting legacy by broadening the understanding of the Olympic ideals throughout the country. Cultural events will unfold each year from 2005 to 2008. We'll stage multi discipline cultural programs, including concerts, exhibitions, art competitions and camps, which will involve young people from around the world. During the Olympics these activities will also be held in the Olympic Village, and in city for the benefits of the athletes. Our ceremonies will give China's greatest and the world's greatest artists a chance to celebrate the common aspiration of humanity and unique heritage of Chinese culture and that of the Olympic movement. With the concept inspired be the famous Silk Road our torch relay will break new ground. Traveling from Olympia through some of the oldest civilizations known to man, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Byzantine, Mesopotamian, Persian, Arabian, Indian, and Chinese carrying the message share the message, share the peace, share the Olympics. The eternal flame will reach new heights as it crosses the Himalayas over the world's highest summit, Mount [FOREIGN], which is known to many of you as Mount Everest. In China, the torch will pass through Tibet, Cross Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, travel the Great Wall, and visit Macau, Taiwan, and 56 ethnic communities will make up our society. On its journey, the flame will be seen by and inspire more human beings than any previous relay. I'm afraid I cannot give you the full picture of our country programs within such a short period of time. Before I end, let me share with you one story. 700 years ago, amazed by his incredible description of a far away land of great beauty, people asked Marco Polo whether his stories about China were true and Marco answered, what I've told you was not even half of what I saw. Actually what we have shown you here today is only a fraction of the Beijing that awaits you. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe Beijing will prove to be a land of wonders to all of you. To athletes, spectators, and worldwide television audience alike, come and join us. Thank you Mr. President, thank you all, now I'd like to give the floor back to Mr. He. >> [APPLAUSE] >> So just now you have watched Yanglan's speech bidding for Olympics I have some simple questions to ask you guys. Did you notice when she was talking about Song Dynasty, what else did she say immediately? [FOREIGN] 11th century, yes. When she was talking to and then, Everest which is a name that better known in the English world, I mean this is very basic. And important. But I believe there is something you can learn out of this, right? I even told you later on, she explained football, okay. In order to be a good English presenter or speaker, I believe this is the first lesson. My practical advice is that you want to keep the whole world in your mind, their history, their timeline. You need to timeline things in world history and know how your country's history interacts with the world culture. The world history. And what we are going to do together, okay, I'm saying that we are doing the team work. The whole course actually is team work. It is helping us to be a better English presenter. We'll build up a tool file, okay. [FOREIGN] But what we do is that we're also going to that in the English version. [FOREIGN] The Renaissance. [FOREIGN] And even I ask you guys to memorize Odus important times. These are the dynasties we frequently mention in our speeches. Like Qin dynasty, Han dynasty, Tong, Yuen, Ming, Qing. At least you know that this, like the Tong dynasty, the 6th century to 9th century. [FOREIGN] And you may also want to build up what we call the counterpart list. [FOREIGN] Chinese version of your Twitter and they immediately get you, right? Alibaba in the beginning, and then [FOREIGN]. Well this the Chinese version of eBay, and they know everything, immediately. So what we need to is that we want to build up a list. When you see this English name, then you try to find out their Chinese counterpart. This will be a good exercise. Some famous scenic spots [FOREIGN] and you've got to know that in English. I'll leave this as your homework, you can do it later. [FOREIGN] acres of land. [FOREIGN] miles. This is something that you need to do that automatically and natural-like in your mind. Another practice is that you would like to do this exercise by yourself, like ask yourself, who are these guys? Okay, Oprah, Susan Doyle, Joe Wang, Sister Teresa, Steve Jobs, Julia Roberts, OJ Simpson. Many times when they are talking about a certain figure you know, they need to have some background knowledge about that. We can also build up the list as long as possible, okay?
