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标题: my first time to talk with a foreigner ----Sam . [打印本页]
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-15 20:35     标题: my first time to talk with a foreigner ----Sam .

after I applied for adding Sam to my friend through QQ , Sam finally agreed with me today . at noon , we talked with each other happily via typing words and sending the massages to each other . however , at about 6:00 , Sam made a call for me on his own . I was so excited that I did not know how to express my feeling and my words ! Sam comforted me , and asked me to take it easy . gradually , I have made myself come down . but , you know , it is my first time to talk to a foreigner , and it must be rather tough for me to understand his words , at the same time , I also felt a little nervous , in addition , there may be something wrong with my headset because I could not hear his voice clearly . I often begged his pardon ,which I thought that I was sure to make him bored . nevertheless , to my surprise , he was very patient and kindhearted . I like to communicate with such a good friend .
作者: kuangye678    时间: 2011-5-15 21:55

i also wanna talk with foreigner but i afraid that i can't open my mouth.i envy you.
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-15 21:59

回复 2# kuangye678


    hahaha``don't envy me ! you also can do it . you know , it is my first time to talk with a foreigner in english . so I really felt confused and did not knew how to express my ideas when I talked with him through audio . although it is very tough , I will continue practicing my spoken english with him in my spare time . I believe I can achieve it .
作者: kuangye678    时间: 2011-5-15 22:04

回复 3# 陈秀玲


    i believe you can achieve it.come on.
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-15 22:15

回复 4# kuangye678


   
作者: 莎莎dawn    时间: 2011-5-15 23:12

So proud of you~!I believe that you must be more comfidient in your spoken Enlish.I envy you,too.
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-15 23:27

回复 6# 莎莎dawn


    hahaha````````thanks for your encouragement , I will be confident in myself , and practice more .
作者: alexander.zh    时间: 2011-5-16 12:48

本帖最后由 alexander.zh 于 2011-5-16 13:04 编辑

I'll share my first time to speak to a foreiger for all of you here;9 years before, I enterd a langer firm as a electric engineer to work with a finlander ,I must speak english with him, at first I was shy to open my mouth, and then my boss a Taiwan man told me that if you want get the promot in this company you should have the good skill of english (include speaking, writing,reading) or you would be out,so I tried to open my mouth to speak aloud ,it  was lucky for me that the Finland was not a english speaking country, his mother language is Finnish ,so I dared to speak to him, aha!!!
After work in that company three years I came to the current company,it is a big firm in the world too, in 2008 I got the new job position as the Dep. manager ,the big boss is a foreigner,all the communitions are use english so I had to kick off my english learning ,hope this time I would persist and make a larger improve;
作者: dragon520    时间: 2011-5-16 16:50

Open your mouth and don't shy.
Though their speed almost fast even have local accent.
Of course,it's very difficult when you talk with a foreigner at the first time.
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-16 18:53

回复 9# dragon520


    you are right .( it is " don't be shy " not "don't shy ")
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-16 19:05

回复 8# alexander.zh


    wow！that's great ! I hope I can work like you in the future !
作者: xiaomeixin    时间: 2011-5-17 09:29

I had many times talking with foreigners face to face in the past two years.But now I left that company and don't have the chance to talk with foreigners again.What a pity!
作者: miffy930    时间: 2011-5-17 09:38

I envy you too,can you tell me how to know foreign friends?
作者: alexander.zh    时间: 2011-5-17 12:28

回复  alexander.zh


    wow！that's great ! I hope I can work like you in the future !
陈秀玲 发表于 2011-5-16 19:05



    I think you can do better than me. Now many staff in our company who located in Beijing office have good English skill ,can talk with the foreigner fluently and write English e-mail express angthing they want ,I jealousy them;
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-17 14:51

回复 14# alexander.zh


    thanks for your encouragement . I also believe you can make it through your effort ! come on !
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-17 19:00

回复 8# alexander.zh


    do you need a foreign teacher to practice spoken english with you ? it will take you 2 yuan per minute . but it really makes sense . I like to chat with him so much . I am sure that I will pass BEC Vbecause of practicing english with him for a long time .
作者: alexander.zh    时间: 2011-5-18 12:51

回复  alexander.zh


    do you need a foreign teacher to practice spoken english with you ? it wil ...
陈秀玲 发表于 2011-5-17 19:00



    thank you ,it's no need now,because our company have offer the chance for me to take part in English training in the school ,the teacher is a American, hehe ! 2hours every weekend;
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-18 13:28

回复 17# alexander.zh


    wow ! that's great ! I also hope that I can communicate with foreigner face to face . that must be wonderful !
作者: alexander.zh    时间: 2011-5-19 12:35

回复 18# 陈秀玲


    when you enter a Euramerican company you will face to kinds of foreigners, at that time you will find many funny things to work together with "laowai";I think the foreigners are  the diffrent humorous compared with Chinese,always they can make you laugh in spite of yourself,I like to work with foreigners;
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-19 13:00

回复 19# alexander.zh


    yeah, I do agree with you . everytime I talked to Sam , I felt very happy because of his humours . and he is really generous , easy-going and kindhearted , I really like chatting a foreigner even if my oral english is poor . but , due to his encouragement , I will practice speaking english out more as possible as I can . I believe I can make a great progress through this way . come on !
作者: alexander.zh    时间: 2011-5-20 12:04

回复 20# 陈秀玲


    yes,come on!
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-20 12:07

回复 21# alexander.zh


   
作者: iris925    时间: 2011-5-20 17:44

The first foreigner I speaked to(not speak with) is an arab. I called him because of work needs. I am so nervous and couldn't get any one word except "Hello",what a shame!I don't know what he said,I don't know how to do.After a little pause, I speaked the things I wanted to express and then heard "Ok".  Then I said 'Bye" in a hurry. Oh,so terrible for me.
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-20 17:46

回复 12# xiaomeixin


    you should keep on working there .
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-20 17:48

回复 23# iris925


    hahaha````just take it easy ! but it is really hard for our first time to talk with a foreigner . only when we chat with him for several times can we adjust ourselves to it .
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-20 17:50

回复 13# miffy930

I just know him through my friends . it is my first time to know a foreigner and make a good friend with him . maybe you can find several foreigners via msn or skype .
作者: iris925    时间: 2011-5-20 17:52

回复 25# 陈秀玲


    You are exactly right.
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-20 18:21

回复 27# iris925


   
作者: Sanmal    时间: 2011-5-21 19:16

My friend Julia, who lived at London for a long time, she has a lot of english friends too!  
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-21 19:39

回复 29# Sanmal


    would you ask her to introduce some foreigners to me ? I'd like to make friends with them .
作者: Sanmal    时间: 2011-5-21 20:10

回复 30# 陈秀玲

They are just students like me... you may make a Facebook account, and search for Julia Cots Capell. And then, you can talk with her, and ask her to introduce them to you! But you should know that Julia is a spanish girl, more than 50% of her friends are spanish, she has a few British friends.
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-21 21:36

回复 31# Sanmal


    I do . but it is forbade in china , so I can not go to browse this website .
作者: Sanmal    时间: 2011-5-21 21:45

回复 32# 陈秀玲


    Oh really? My friend Sanna can browse the webside when she's on vacation in China.
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-21 22:30

回复 33# Sanmal


    maybe she had spent some money doing that .
作者: hnashilei    时间: 2011-5-22 11:01

I have been foreign country for business several times ,i thought the foreiner could understand me ,but sometimes i could not understand them, because they spoke too fast.
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-5-22 11:20

回复 35# hnashilei


    great ! I hope I can go abroad one day ! both of us should practice listening to english and speaking english more .
作者: miffy930    时间: 2011-5-23 09:13

回复 26# 陈秀玲


    thanks.
作者: aizero    时间: 2011-5-23 21:14

it seems good ，if it was me ，maybe i don't have courage to talk to him
作者: 陈秀玲    时间: 2011-6-15 09:57

回复 38# aizero


    just take it easy !



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