Short & Sweet
Hello for the last time...
It was a pleasure to read your latest blog Yumi, and to find out a bit more about you. India, Thailand, Singapore... you are quite well-travelled! Where else have you been, and where would you like to go if money were no object??
I know how it feels to live in a country where you don't feel confident about speaking the local language, Yumi - I had the same experience myself in Turkey and also Argentina. It's quite tough at times. But I'm pleased to hear that you found the people in Singapore to be friendly and kind - it makes all the difference. Please could you tell us some of your top tips for surviving in a foreign country when you don't speak English so well...?
I'd like to answer a few more of our readers' questions... Firstly, thanks for all your answers to the question about an opposite word for 'outgoing'. You can see the correct word (it's a compound word, Benka) later on in today's blog.
Now, there is no real reason why you can't call a man who likes shopping a 'shopping king', Naheed, and I like Ernesto's comment that 'it fits better to a businessman who owns a big retail empire' - but I think you will hear the phrase 'shopping queen' more often!!! 'Shopping queen' is also a compound noun, Benka: it's made by combining two words to make a new word.
Emiliano, if you want to know the meaning of 'a woman after my own heart' - I explained it in my first blog ;-)
And for Ibrahim, Gulsun and Tulay: I lived in Istanbul from 1996 - 2001. I spent most of that time working at a language school called Interlang in Bakirkoy (a suburb of Istanbul) and then I worked at Istanbul Technical University - in Sisli! - for a year. I really loved Istanbul and Turkey - in fact I'm going to do a 'Mavi Yolculuk' in about 2 weeks' time! 'Mavi Yolculuk' means 'Blue Cruise' - a sailing trip round the Turkish coast - a beautiful part of the world.
Well, this is my last blog Yumi (so no homework from me today!!!), and it is now my very great pleasure to place you in the capable hands of Amy Lightfoot, the incoming teacher blogger, who will be with you for the next few weeks. I'm sure you will all make her feel very welcome.
All the very best, Catherine x
Vocabulary
well-travelled this is an adjective which we use to describe someone who has travelled to many different places
if money were no object if you could easily afford even the most expensive things
incoming the opposite of outgoing
short and sweet we use this expression to describe something that is brief but enjoyable
Comments
Good Bye Catherine! I hope you enjoy your trip, and it´was realyy nice to meet you. Best wishes, Ana Paula.
Hi and bye dear Catherine! It was a real pleasure to read your blog, but it is sad that you are leaving us. It was short, sweet, and also helpful that we had you on board. All the best to you.
Hello Catherine. Goodbye for now, but please stay within hearing in case we would call for your knowledge. The short and sweet moment you spent with us wasn't in my favour. I had no luck to hear or at least read the answer to my question about what makes Allendale your favourite. attraction. Don't fret about it; I'm just kidding. I know we are in the capable hands of Amy who will make us learn English with great competence. Kind regards.
Hi Catherine! You are a capable teacher either, really good for such an older student as I am. You explained lot of grammar in a short time, now I understand well -ing form of a verb after a preposition. I read your post twice and slowly and it was useful. Please say hello to Paul, he has such a wonderful taem! I really appreciate you all each time I spend reading information on the LE site. Recently I started to follow the language points from the Flatmate programme and foud it very useful. Please pass on my big thank you to all your colleagues and William (the name of only one man in my family!). I feel lucky having find this source of good knowledge and entertainig as well, which encourages me to work and be happy despite speaking any real word till now.
Dear Catherine, We are sorry to see you go. The way You write your blogs has something very compelling about it, so much so that a lazy person like me had to sit up & take notice and finish the exercises immediately. I absolutely loved reading your blogs. Best wishes.
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