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Listening: names, numbers and introductions
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Listen for the important words
- You do not need every word. Listen for names and numbers.
- Listen twice. What is her name?
- Transcript: Hello! My name is Anna. A-N-N-A, Anna. Nice to meet you.
Listen to clip 1. What is her name?
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A-N-N-A spells Anna.
Spelling names aloud
- English speakers spell names letter by letter: A-N-N-A.
- To ask, say: How do you spell that?
- Transcript: — Good morning! What's your name? — My name is Tom. T-O-M, Tom. And what's your name? — I'm Wang Fang. Nice to meet you, Tom. — Nice to meet you too.
How does Tom spell his name?
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He says “T-O-M, Tom”.
Match each spelling to its name.
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Each letter is said separately.
Numbers and phone numbers
- Say phone numbers digit by digit: one three eight.
- Zero is often said as oh: nine oh seven.
- Transcript: My phone number is one three eight, two six four, nine oh seven. That's one three eight, two six four, nine oh seven.
Complete the phone number: one three eight, two ___ four, nine oh seven.
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two six four — the missing digit is “six”.
Introducing yourself
- The pattern: I'm … / I'm … years old. / I'm from …
- Transcript: Hi, I'm Li Ming. I'm twelve years old. I'm from Beijing. I like football and music. Nice to meet you.
True or false? Li Ming is from Shanghai.
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He says “I'm from Beijing.”
Translate into English: 我叫王芳,我来自北京。
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I'm + name, and I'm from + city.
fifteen or fifty?
- fifTEEN — the stress is on -teen.
- FIFty — the stress is on the first part.
- ❌ My grandfather is fifteen. → ✓ My grandfather is fifty. — stress changes the number!
-teen or -ty? Sort the numbers
13–19 take -teen (stress at the end); tens take -ty (stress at the start).
Listen to clip 5. How old is the grandfather?
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FIFty has the stress at the start — he is fifty.
Your turn
- Say your name and spell it aloud. Say your phone number in English.
- Introduce yourself in two sentences: I'm … / I'm from …
- Listen to clip 4 again and catch four facts: name, age, city, hobbies.
Write your own introduction in two sentences: your name and your city (or your age).
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Example: “I'm Chen Jie. I'm from Shanghai.”
Keep the ear working
- Tomorrow, before you reopen this page: spell your name and say two phone numbers in English.
- New words you like? Save them from Daily English and review them later.
- Next in this course: have got — and more listening units are coming to this strand.