part 1

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1 "I am here." Where is "here"? Where are you? Where do you live? Who are you? What is your name?

2 "I am here" is the first statement in English Through Pictures, Book I (EP 1). That book uses about five hundred words of English in a great number of different ways. Using those same words, together with about the same number of new words and more pictures, this book (EP 3) goes farther into the language. This new book uses about a thousand words of English.

3 Are you a man or a woman or a girl or a boy? What is your country? Is the country where you live now the country of your birth? Do you see on this page a map of the country where you live? Is it Germany, the Philippines, Brazil, Australia, Kenya, or some other country? There are millions of readers of EP 1. The book is used in almost every country.

4 "What is your name?" the man on the right asks. The other man answers: "My name is Jean Schmidt." "Where do you come from? What is the country of your birth? Where were you born?" (These are different ways of asking the same question.) "Geneva, Switzerland," answers Jean Schmidt. "Have you any relations in this country?" "Yes, I have one. My uncle, my father's brother, lives in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A."

5 "When were you born? Give me the date of your birth. What is your age?" "I was born on January 10, 1970. I am thirty-five (years old)." "When were you at school? How long were you there? How many years were you at school?" "I was at school eight years." "What work do you do? What is your occupation?" "I am a cook."