Imagine you're on a plane, your seatmate

wants to know where you're from. What do you say?

Hi! Alisha here. There's no need

to worry, in this lesson, you'll learn how

easy it is to tell somebody where you're

from. Gustavo and Anna are having just

this kind of conversation as their plane

lands in New York City. Let's watch!

Excuse me, but is that the Statue of Liberty?

Yes, that's right.

So are you from New York?

Yes, I am. And you, where are you from?

I'm from Brazil.

Really? So are you from Rio?

No, I'm not, I'm from Sao Paulo.

Oh! Sal Paulo.

Now the lesson focus. Here's how to talk

about where you're from. Ready?

Do you remember how Gustavo explained

where he was from? I'm from Sao Paulo.

First, is a contraction meaning "I am" - I'm.

Next is the word "from"

and last is a place named "Sao Paulo"

Together, it's I'm from Sao Paulo.

The structure is "I'm from"

plus the place name. You can use it with

cities, countries, or even with regions.

Imagine your hometown is Shanghai, what would you say?

I'm from Shanghai.

now imagine you're from Egypt, what would you say?

I'm from Egypt.

Do you remember how Anna

asked Gustavo if he was from Rio de Janeiro?

Are you from Rio?

First, is the second person singular form of the verb "to be" - are.

Next, is the word "you"

after this is the word "from"

and last is a city named Rio.

Together it's "are you from Rio?"

The structure is "are you from" plus a

place name. it's similar to the above

expression "I'm from Sao Paulo" except

that the verb to be which has been

contracted with the word "I" to make "I'm"

has been moved to the beginning of the

sentence, and put in the second person

along with the subject. Are you from Rio?

Now imagine you meet someone on the

plane, ask him or her if he or she is

from Los Angeles.

Are you from Los Angeles?

now imagine you meet someone with an Australian accent,

ask him or her if he or she is from Australia.

Are you from Australia?

Now, if you have no idea where someone's from you can ask

"where are you from?"

In this case, the

place name has been removed and the

sentence starts with "where"

it's also said with a different intonation.

Together it's "where are you from?"

Imagine you meet someone new but have no idea

where they're from, ask them where

they're from.

Where are you from?

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想象你在飞机上，你的同座

想知道你来自哪里。 你说什么？

你好！ 艾丽莎在这里。

不用担心，在本课中，您将了解到

告诉别人您来自哪里是多么容易

。

当他们的飞机

降落在纽约市时，古斯塔沃和安娜正在进行这种对话。 让我们来看吧！

对不起，那是自由女神像吗？

是的，这是正确的。

那你是纽约人吗？

我是。 而你，你来自哪里？

我来自巴西。

真的吗？ 你是里约的吗？

不，我不是，我来自圣保罗。

哦！ 萨尔保罗。

现在上课重点。 以下是如何

谈论你来自哪里。 准备好？

你还记得古斯塔沃是如何解释

他来自哪里的吗？ 我来自圣保罗。

首先，是一个缩略词，意思是“我是”——我是。

接下来是“from”这个词

，最后一个是一个叫“Sao Paulo”的地方

，合起来就是我来自Sao Paulo。

结构是“我来自”

加上地名。 您可以将它与

城市、国家甚至地区一起使用。

想象一下你的家乡是上海，你会怎么说？

我来自上海。

现在想象你来自埃及，你会说什么？

我是从埃及来的。

你还记得安娜

问古斯塔沃是否来自里约热内卢吗？

你是里约的吗？

首先， 是动词“to be”的第二人称单数形式——are。

接下来是“你

”这个词，这是“来自”这个词

，最后是一个名为里约的城市。

合起来就是“你来自里约吗？”

结构是“你来自”加上一个

地名。 与上面的

“I'm from Sao Paulo”类似，只是

将动词 to be

与“I”缩合构成“I'm”

的动词移至

句首，并放入 第二人称

与主题。 你是里约的吗？

现在想象你在飞机上遇到某人

，问他或她是否

来自洛杉矶。

你来自洛杉矶吗？

现在想象你遇到一个有澳大利亚口音的人，

问他或她是否来自澳大利亚。

你来自澳大利亚吗？

现在，如果你不知道某人来自哪里，你可以问

“你来自哪里？”

在这种情况下，

地名已被删除，

句子以“哪里”开头，

它也以不同的语调说。

合起来就是“你来自哪里？”

想象你遇到一个新人，但不

知道他们来自哪里，问

他们来自哪里。

你从哪里来？

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