Old Uncle"in Shanghai dialect The Shanghai dialect is very different in pronunciation from Mandarin and Cantonese There are several sounds that are not found in any other Chinese dialects. The bulk of the vocabulary is the same, but there are lots of variations and unique words and phrases. Like any dialect rooted in one place, it has more color and richness than an official compromise language such as Mandarin. However, as Shanghai is the window to the world, there are many borrowing words in Shanghai dialect, like "last car","dozen","steam", "salmon","fitting," Kashmir' emptycents","stick","much","boy","roof","spring","wase","plug","cement","par-ka", chance","on sale", "microphone", "pass","valve", "starter"and so on II. Language points New words and Expressions 1. come up with 2. brilliant 3. win over 4 6. sli 7. ingredient 8. from head to to 10. hold one's breath 11 comp 13. behalf. 15. proceed to do sth Explanations and examples come up with: find or produce( an answer; a solution,ete:)找到,想出(答案、解决方法) 1). I hope you can come up with a better plan than that 我希望你能想出一个比这个更好的方案来 2) He came up with good ideas for the product promotion 他想出一个推广产品的好方法。 2. brilliant:a.1. full of light shining or bright in color光辉的,明亮的2. highly skilled, unusually good, very clever出色的,才华横溢的,聪颖的 1). The rooms were all painted brilliant white 所有的房间被粉刷成明亮的白色。 2)“ Did you like the film?” thought it was brilliant.” 你喜欢这部电影吗?”“我觉得它太出色了。” 3. Win over:gain(sb.’s) support or favor争得(别人的)支持或恩惠 1). He disagrees, but we can win him over to our point of view 他不同意,可是我们能说服他赞同我们的看法 2). They' ve won over a lot of villagers since she's been leader of the party 自从她成为这个党的领导者之后,他们已经赢得了众多乡村居民的支持"Old Uncle" in Shanghai dialect The Shanghai dialect is very different in pronunciation from Mandarin and Cantonese. There are several sounds that are not found in any other Chinese dialects. The bulk of the vocabulary is the same, but there are lots of variations and unique words and phrases. Like any dialect rooted in one place, it has more color and richness than an official compromise language such as Mandarin. However, as Shanghai is the window to the world, there are many borrowing words in Shanghai dialect, like "last car", "dozen", "steam", "salmon", "fitting", "Kashmir", "empty cents", "stick", "much", "boy", "roof", "spring", "waste", "plug", "cement", "par-ka", "chance", "on sale", "microphone", "pass", "valve", "starter" and so on. II. Language Points New words and Expressions: 1. come up with 2. brilliant: 3. win over. 4. arrange. 5. eve. 6. slice 7. ingredient 8. from head to toe. 9. anticipate. 10. hold one’s breath. 11. spot. 12. compel. 13. behalf. 14. clue. 15. proceed to do sth Explanations and examples: 1.come up with: find or produce (an answer, a solution, etc.) 找到，想出 (答案、解决方法) 1). I hope you can come up with a better plan than that. 我希望你能想出一个比这个更好的方案来。 2) He came up with good ideas for the product promotion. 他想出一个推广产品的好方法。 2. brilliant: a. 1. full of light, shining or bright in color 光辉的，明亮的 2. highly skilled, unusually good, very clever 出色的, 才华横溢的,聪颖的 1). The rooms were all painted brilliant white. 所有的房间被粉刷成明亮的白色。 2) “Did you like the film?” “I thought it was brilliant.” “你喜欢这部电影吗？”“我觉得它太出色了。” 3. win over: gain (sb.’s) support or favor 争得 (别人的) 支持或恩惠 1). He disagrees, but we can win him over to our point of view. 他不同意,可是我们能说服他赞同我们的看法。 2). They’ve won over a lot of villagers since she’s been leader of the party. 自从她成为这个党的领导者之后，他们已经赢得了众多乡村居民的支持