Surprises
Good evening!
I agree with what your comment on surprises in sports events, Antonio. Great fun when they happen to the other team! Although maybe England will need a few surprises to stay in the competition.....
It's interesting to hear what you say about bilingual dictionaries; that they don't help your reading. Naheed, in a comment on your post, agrees with you. Maybe, as you suggest, monolingual dictionaries are useful for beginner-level students, but post-beginners benefit more from an English-English dictionary. I've noticed though, that many of my students at York St John University College now have electronic dictionaries that are both bilingual and English-English!
What a great idea to memorise bits of film dialogue. Be careful what kind of films you watch :)) Instead of saying, 'seeing a film I adore to memorise dialogues...', you could try, 'when I see/watch a film, I adore memorising dialogue...'. That 'When I .... I ...' is a useful phrase. 'Adore' is one of those verbs that is followed by verb-ing, not to-verb.
You mention the phrasal verb 'drop out' from the film Eyes Wide Shut. Another useful phrasal verb is 'look up', to talk about checking words in your dictionary. For example, 'I looked up every new word in my dictionary'. Or you can split the verb and the particle, 'I looked every new word up...'. When did you start reading novels in English? Do you do it to learn more words/phrases or just for enjoyment? Maybe both! Is reading English language novels something you can recommend to other learners??
One final language suggestion, 'aren't been meeting for so many time' should be 'haven't met for so long'. 'For so long' is another useful phrase; subject + verb + for so long. The opposite of 'so long' (a long time) is 'not very long' (a short time). Compare, 'they have known each other for so long' with 'they haven't known each other for very long'.
My dad is driving back from London, and his secondary school reunion, on Sunday afternoon. I expect the roads will be completely empty from midday onwards, when everyone (except my dad) is at home in front of the TV watching England play Ecuador. Please say 'in bocca al lupo' for England.
I'll be back here on Monday evening. My nine year old daughter has seen me doing this blog at home and now wants one of her own! We found blogspot.com and set a blog up for her. It was easy and free of charge. She wrote about her likes and dislikes, but I had to ask her to delete the part about who she doesn't like at school before she published it! Do you think I was right or wrong to force her to change her blog?
Have a good weekend. See you on Monday!
Rachel
Comments
Helloe.I`m very happy to have a chance to send this comment like this.Thank you for giving me that chance.This is a first time I send a comment.Forgive me to call you Rachel.Rachel,in your blog you said , 'Adore' is one of those verbs that is followed by verb-ing, not to-verb. I looked up the word `adore`in my English-Japanese dictionary,not an electric one.I think that Antonio said`adore to memorize...`is wrong. But synonymous word such as `want?`is followed by to-verv.So I think he used the words/phrazes.As a Japanese I can undestand his such expressions.Learning English or other language is difficult,isn`t it? I`m a begginer-level learner.But I adore keeping lerning English from now on. See you then.
Hello Rachel, I think that as your daughter is nine years old, although she might not realise, she always needs your help as well as your advice. When I was younger, I used to want to do things on my own. But now I understand that my parents are usually right :) and that they always wish the best for me. I think you were right to force your daughter to change her blog. I guess you did it gently to show that you respect your daughter (you must be a nice mother as you are a nice teacher). I am really gald to enjoy your blog. Thanks a lot :) Best wishes for you and your family :)
I think it is not good to force your little daughter to change her blog. She should feel free to write whatever she want. Otherwise, she might lost interesting in it.
you definitely should allow your daughter to do it. It is there no matter whether she post the awful part. First, it a good way for your daughter to release her outlook, benefical to her mental health. She should have her own means to make her comfortable by relieving her feelings. Second, the reason why you oppose to it is, I guess, that you're afraid that part to be seen by others, especially the involved some one. Virtually, it don't need to worry. The most dangous place is the most safe place. There is few probability to happen, due to the existence of hundred millions of blogs. Thank you for offering me a chance to communicate with you.
Hellow,Rachel.I'm Chinese.Today is my firt time to see this blog.I like it very much.From your word you say you force your daughter to delect the part about who she doesn't like at school before she published it.I don't think it is right.The kid should have their own like.If the adult think it not very well,we could let them know in the circumbendibus way.Have good time!
Hi Racial, I think you have done a right thing. Your daughter is very lucky to have you as parent. Some Bloggers may feel anonymous and free to express themselves, but they still have to be responsible for what they write in their Blogs. Naming and shaming people you hate doesn't happen in the real world. If you had let your daughter do the same on her Blog, she would have degraded herself. You saved your daughter.
Hi Rachel, just read through your blogs. Like them very much as they were not only like an diary but also have a touch about the right way of using English. I wonder if you could help me to get the answer which I have always wanted to know. You see, I told a friend of mind that "long time no see" is not a proper English instead of "I haven't seen you for a long time" but he said that Hollywood movies always said so. Am I wrong then? I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. Thnak you.
Hi: Tanks of your and your nice progeram, Iam realy the learning nglish languages to this way.TKS Ahmad shah Thery.
I liked your suggestions. I would like to go through it, but problem is that, generally we don't understand how to use phrazes, therefore, u r requested to send me a phraze list & guide us how to use it. Sandeep G Punde
i would like to improve my english with bbc thanks to your help
i've got some difficulties to learn english. i hope your suggestions.
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