Outline

Topic Sentence: All foreign students have the same difficulty--the English barrier.

A. Difficulty for the words of English.
1. Out-dated English words not spoken anymore.
2.The compound words.
a. The phrase of "work out" is not the same as the word "work" itself.
B. Difficulty for pronunciation.
1. The different emphasis of the same word.
a. The word "conduct" has different pronunciation as a noun or a verb.
2. Different accent in northern and southern America.
C. The generation gap in high-tech imformation.
1. The newly technological terms in backward countries don't exist.