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The One Where Monica Gets a New Roommate (The Pilot-The Uncut Version) Written by: Marta Kauffman and David CraneTranscribed by: guineapigAdditional transcribing by: Eric Aasen (Note: The previously unseen parts of this episode are shown in blue text.) [Scene: Central Perk, Chandler, Joey, Phoebe, and Monica are there.] Monica

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Sinking & Thinking

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Dialogueevin: I woke up the other day having had a very vivid dream of a person I had met the night before at a party, but I had just met the first time.Marni: Really?Kevin: It was a little bit creepy.Marni: Why was it creepy?Kevin: Well, just because I didn’t know that person and I feel like it’s sort of an intimate space…Marni: Yeah!Kevin: ...

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Dialogue Mason: I, I have lot of DVDs, so whenever I feel like watching a movie with a friend I usually have them check out my collection first। Last night… Marni: Do you have an impressive collection?Mason: Well, yes, I do, actually. But they picked a weird one, one I haven’t watched in a long

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I - IntroductionsOpening the MeetingWelcoming and Introducing ParticipantsStating the Principal Objectives of a MeetingGiving Apologies for Someone Who is AbsentII - Reviewing Past BusinessReading the Minutes (notes) of the Last MeetingDealing with Recent Developments III - Beginning the MeetingIntroducing the AgendaAllocating Roles (secretary, participants)Agreeing on the Ground Rules for the

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001 See you later.A: I have to go.B: See you later.002 What’s up? A: Hey! What’s up?B: Nothing much! As usual.003 It’s on me. A: The beer is on me.B: Thank you.004 I mean it. A: Do you really want to quit your job?B: I mean it.005 Check, please. A: Check, please.B: Yes, sir.006 Mind your own business.A: What were you talking about?B: Mind your own business.007 Hold on. A: May I leave a message,

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A tongue-twister is a sequence of words that is difficult to pronounce quickly and correctly. Even native English speakers find the tongue-twisters on this page difficult to say quickly. Try them yourself. Try to say them as fast as possible, but correctly!A proper copper coffee pot.Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascals ran.Long legged ladies last longer.Mixed biscuits, mixed biscuits.A box

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The past simple tense and past participle of all regular verbs end in -ed. For example:base verb(v1)past simple(v2)past participle(v3)workworkedworkedIn addition, many adjectives are made from the past participle and so end in -ed. For example:I like painted furniture. The question is: How do we pronounce the -ed?The answer is: In 3 ways - / Id/ or / t/ or / d/If the base verb ends in one of

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When we say a sentence in English, we join or "link" words to each other. Because of this linking, the words in a sentence do not always sound the same as when we say them individually. Linking is very important in English. If you recognize and use linking, two things will happen:you will understand other people more easily other people will understand you more easily There are basically two

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HomophonesHomophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) spelling. For example, the following two words have the same sound, but different meanings and spelling:hourourIn the next example, the two words have the same sound and spelling, but different meanings: bear (the animal) bear (to carry)Usually homophones are in groups of two (our,

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Sentence stress is the music of spoken English. Like word stress, sentence stress can help you to understand spoken English, especially when spoken fast.Sentence stress is what gives English its rhythm or "beat". You remember that word stress is accent on one syllable within a word. Sentence stress is accent on certain words within a sentence.Most sentences have two types of word:content words

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Word Stress in EnglishWord stress is your magic key to understanding spoken English. Native speakers of English use word stress naturally. Word stress is so natural for them that they don't even know they use it. Non-native speakers who speak English to native speakers without using word stress, encounter two problems:They find it difficult to understand native speakers, especially those speaking

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Always remember that English is not "phonetic". That means that we do not always say a word the same way that we spell it.Some words can have the same spelling but different pronunciation, for example: I like to read [ri:d]. I have read [red] that book. Some words have different spelling but the same pronunciation, for example: I have read [red] that book. My favourite colour is red [red].

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While you are working, you will need to send information back and forth to business partners or to clients and customers. Since email is covered in its own separate section, let’s work on sending packages through the mail and the fax machine."Hi Jack, I have the final documents requiring your signature. I will have them delivered to you by tomorrow. If you can sign them and return them, we can

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When you call someone and they are not there, you have to leave a message on their voice mail. Remember to state your name, your company, and what the phone call is regarding. Then leave your phone number even though you think they have it."Hi Mary, this is Josh from ABC Company. I have some questions regarding the financial data you sent me yesterday. Can you give me a call back when you have

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Receiving a Call"I believe Joe Carry in marketing can help you with that. Do you have his contact information?""I’m not sure about that. I’m pretty sure Mitch Smith will be able to answer this and other questions. Let me give you his number."Making a Call"Can you redirect me to that person?""Can I get his contact information?""Can I get his phone number?""What is the best way to contact her?""Can

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If you receive a question from a client or customer that you do not know, you can either tell them that you will find the answer for them, or tell them to call someone else. Let’s learn how to do these things professionally."I don’t have the answer right off hand. I’ll need to find that information for you. Will it be ok if I call you back in about 30 minutes?""I believe I can find that

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Talking on the phone is very common in the office. You will be in a situation where you have to call someone, receive a phone call, leave a message, return a call, and a variety of other tasks. We will use this lesson to cover all the details about making and receiving phone calls.Receiving a call is probably the easiest."Hello, this is Mike.""Microsoft, this is Steve."Calling someone is a little

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"I have to go. I have a meeting I’m late for.""I have to go to a meeting now. I’ll talk to you later.""I forgot about my 1:00 meeting. I don’t have much time for lunch.""I’ll finish the feedback form after my meeting.""I’ll be in meetings all day today.""I have five meetings today, so I won’t have time to help you with this now. Let’s set up a time for tomorrow.""The meeting went an hour over.""

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It is common to talk about meetings afterwards. Sometimes it is to say how useless it was, or that you were bored, but there are times when someone might ask you for feedback. Other times, you might want feedback if you were the person holding the meeting. Let’s cover these here.Asking for Feedback"What did you think about my presentation?""Did you think the meeting went ok?""Can you provide

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If you have to talk in a meeting, there are three general reasons. You might have to ask a question, state your opinion, or you will have to ask for clarity on something you didn’t understand. Let’s see some of these sentences.Raising a QuestionDepending on the type of meeting, you might have to wait for the meeting to end before asking a question, you might have to raise your hand to ask a

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If you are the meeting organizer, then there are times when you have to cancel a meeting. Here are some sentences you can use for this situation."There are four people who will not be able to attend the meeting tomorrow. I am going to reschedule the meeting to a more convenient time.""The director asked that we postpone the finance meeting until the quarterly report comes out. So I’ll send an

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There are many questions to ask before a meeting. If you are curious about what the meeting will cover, you will need to ask the organizer of the meeting. You can also ask things like how long the meeting will take, and who is coming to the meeting. Let’s try a couple of these sentences."Hi Jack. Do you know who is coming to your meeting at 2:00?""Who all did you invite to the triage meeting?""Hi

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Taking a planned day offThese are the easiest to request. If you are caught up with your work and you want to take a vacation or personal day, it is as easy as asking for it."Can I use a vacation day this Friday?""Will it be ok if I use a personal day this Thursday?""I have to catch up on a lot of errands, so can I use a vacation day on Monday?""My parents are coming into town. Can I take

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"Martha? This is Jack. I have a fever and I will not be able to come in today.""Hi Mary, I have to use a sick day today. I’m feeling terrible right now.""Hi Steve, this is Mark. I wanted to let you know that I am too sick to come in today.""Hi Andrew, this is Josh. I’m pretty sick so I will not be able to make it in today. I was feeling sick last night and thought I would be better after some

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This is a little easier than explaining to your boss why you are 10 minutes late. You can think of an excuse ahead of time, or tell them about an appointment so you can leave early. You can use the same excuses as the ones I mentioned earlier. You just have to change the wording a little and make it future tense."I have to leave a little early today. Is it ok if I finish my work at home?""I have

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If you are going to be a lot later than 5 minutes, then you should call your manager and tell them about it."Hi Barbara, I’m going to be 30 minutes late today. My car is having trouble this morning, so I arranged for a ride with a friend.""Hey Jack, I’m running a little late today. I just got out of my dentist appointment and it was longer than I expected.""Mark? This is Pat. I’m stuck in traffic

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When you work for a company, there are times when you are late or you can’t make it to a meeting. Sometimes you are sick, or sometimes you are stuck in traffic. We will study sentences you need to know to say why you are late or can’t make it to work.LateSome jobs require you to ‘punch in’ when you get to work. ‘Punching in’ keeps track of how long you worked. Many hourly jobs use this system.

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If you can’t find a file, you can ask around."Do you know where the ABC file is at?""Do you have the ABC file?""Is anybody using the ABC file right now?""Did you check the file cabinet? It should be there.""Check the bin. Sometimes people throw it in there after they are done.""Oh… it’s in my desk. I forgot to put it back.""It’s in my office. I’ll get it for you."If you see a file or a book you

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"Do you have a business card?""Could I have one of your business cards?""Can I have your business card?"Responding to these questions are very easy. You can just say ‘sure’ or ‘no problem.’"Can I get your phone number or email address?""What is the best way to contact you?""Can I get your contact information?""Let me give you one of my business cards.""My contact information is on my business

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For general statements about being tired at work or being sick of work will be covered in the ‘Talking to coworkers’ section. These types of statements shouldn’t be said to everyone."I’m busy with work.""Can I do this later?""Does this have to be done now?""When do you need this by?""When is the deadline?""I’m not going to have time for any other assignment until Thursday.""I’ll try to free up my

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Every company has their own rules about animals, dress code, break time, vacation time, and many other policies. Let’s take a moment to learn how to ask about these policies."How long are we allowed for lunch?""How long is our lunch break?""If I only take a 30 minute lunch, can I leave 30 minutes earlier?""What time should I report to work?""Is there a strict policy on working hours?""Are we

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please note: Just click on the title to download your free copy! You will need Adobe Reader to view our free e-books; click here for a free download। Rich dad, poor dad is a classical book for a reason. It teaches you fundamental principles that really make a difference in the way you think about money. I was surprised to realize that specific mindset is so important. Not only that but the book

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There are many things to say while in the office। Something can go wrong with the printer, or you could be wondering why a package didn’t arrive। The next several short lessons will be about Basic Office scenarios।"Do you know what’s wrong with the printer?""Who do we call to report a problem with the printer?""When is the printer going to be fixed?""The printer next to the break room is broken।

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In this conversation, we initiated the conversation and talked about the other person। However, sometimes you will not have anything to talk about। In order to keep the conversation alive, you should think about topics such as the weather.One: "Hi Mary।"Two: "Oh, hi।"One: "How are you doing?"Two: "I’m doing alright। How about you?"One: "Not too bad। The weather is great isn’t it?"Two: "Yes। It’s

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Many people believe small talk is very boring and not personable. Although that is true, there are many places where small talk is very important. In the western culture, strangers talk to other strangers frequently. On the other hand, small talk is not so common in the eastern culture. Because strangers are friendly to one another in the western culture, small talk is very important to master in

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Being able to speak specific sentences is good, however, it is more important to be able to say a whole paragraph when talking about topics such as the weather. I’ll have a specific lesson about putting sentences together in a future lesson. But I’ll give one advice now. Basically, make about 10 sentences. After you know your ten sentences about this question, you can say all of them one after

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In this session, we are primarily going to practice speaking key sentences that will help you carry a conversation about the weather.Asking about the weather:"Do you know what the weather will be like tomorrow?""Do you know if it's going to rain tomorrow?""Did you see the weather forecast?""What is the weather like in Korea/Seattle/Los Angeles?""How is the climate in Korea?""Does it rain much in

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It’s unfortunate that some countries still use the Fahrenheit system. It would be so much easier if everything was in Celsius. But because the United States still uses the Fahrenheit system, knowing the conversion of Celsius to Fahrenheit will help when speaking to Americans."How do you convert Fahrenheit to Celsius?""Well, you subtract 32 from Fahrenheit, multiply by 5 and then divide by 9.""How

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Winter has many differences between locations. Some places might be extremely cold like Korea, New York, Alaska, Greenland, etc, and some places might be perfect like Hawaii, Los Angeles, Mexico and other hot places.Hot places that enjoy pleasant summer warmth:"I don’t think we have a winter here. During the winter months, it’s still 80 degrees. So everyone loves the winter months because it’s

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In this section, we will learn about the four different seasons along with the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit. Also, we will learn about weather in different parts of the world. In the next session, we will practice more dialog. But this is a good starting point when learning to hold a conversation about the weather.Summer:Depending on the location, summer can be warm and pleasant or

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Study some examples and then we will be at the practice session.Person A: "Why didn’t you come to my party last night?"Person B: "I’m sorry I couldn’t make it. I had to go visit my grandmother at the hospital."Person A: "Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. Is she doing ok?"Person B: "They just completed a small operation and the doctors said she should recover."Person A: "Did you get a chance to go to

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When asking questions about the past, you can ask questions like:"How did you enjoy the movie?""What time did you get home last night?""How was your date with Jackie?""How was the traffic going to the airport?""What have you been up to?""What did you do last weekend?""How was the party?""How come you didn’t come to class yesterday?""How did your presentation go?"Here are some ways you can answer

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In daily conversation, talking about the past is done very frequently. Whenever you meet a friend, you always tell each other what you have been doing recently. Friends are always interested in each other so they want to know how you have been spending your time in the past.Today’s lesson is going to target past tense communication. This goes hand in hand with the last two lessons and changing a

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Let’s use this time to incorporate what we have learned so far.Person A: "Bob is in the hospital, did you get a chance to visit him?"Person B: "I’m going to see Bob tomorrow"Person A: "I thought you had to meet John tomorrow?"Person B: "I’m going to meet John at the airport at 6 O’clock tonight"Person A: "I’m going home now, do you want to head out together?"Person B: "No Thanks. I’m going to go

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When asking questions about the future, you can ask questions like:"What are you going to do tonight?""What are you doing next week?""When do you plan on doing your homework?""When are you going to eat dinner?""What time do we have to leave for the airport?""What should we do tonight?"There are many different questions you can ask. By changing a few words, you can make numerous questions properly

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Talking about the future is something that is done very frequently. Whether we are talking about our dreams or simply telling someone what we will do tomorrow is all spoken in the future tense. As in the previous lesson, this isn’t a grammar lesson. This lesson is to provide many different sentences using the future tense.In the previous lesson, we concentrated on present tense using ‘I am’When

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The present tense is more common in writing. As you can see by all the explanations I am giving, they are all written in the present tense. That is because it is instructional. Instructional writing is more commonly written in present tense. However, stories in novels are written in past tense.The reason past and future tense is used more commonly than present tense when speaking is because

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In this lesson, we are going to learn how to communicate to someone using the present tense. However, because this isn’t a site teaching grammar, I do not want to spend too much time on details. I wanted to include this section primarily to show many different sentences using present tense and to have a dedicated practice section with only present tense sentences.This lesson is a little shorter

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A different situation you can tell someone you are bored is when you are simply talking with a friend concerning a part of your life that is boring. For example, if you have a boring job, you can explain to your friend how boring it is."How is your work these days?""Work is so boring that I’m going crazy.""I ran out of things to do and management is too busy to give me more work. I tried to find

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The conversation when you call someone might sound something like this."Hello""Hi Jane, this is Jill. Do you have time to talk?""Hi Jill, sure, I was just watching TV.""What are you watching?""I was just watching a re-run of friends. How about you? What are you doing?""Nothing much. I really wanted to start studying for the Psychology test coming up, but I can’t seem to motivate myself."As you

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Being bored means having nothing to do. When someone is bored, they often call people and try to entertain themselves or try to find something to do with a friend. So being bored is a good starting point for conversational English.There are a couple of situations you can express to someone that you are bored. Most commonly, you will call a friend and tell them that you are bored or ask them to do

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Let’s look at several example conversations. Then we can move on to the practice section.Person A: "Hi, my name is Steve. It’s nice to meet you."Person B: "I’m Jack. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Steve."Person A: "What do you do for a living Jack?"Person B: "I work at the bank."Person A: "What is your name?"Person B: "Jackson."Person A: "What was that again?"Person A: "Hey John, how have you been?

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"Hey John, how have you been?""Hi Bob, how are you?""Hi Nancy, what have you been up to?""Andy, it’s been a long time, how are you man?"If you meet someone unexpectedly, you can say,"Hey Jack, it’s good to see you. What are you doing here?"or"What a surprise. I haven’t seen you in a long time. How have you been?"If you see the person at a restaurant, you can say, "Do you come to this restaurant

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Greeting someone you never met:"Hi, my name is Steve. It’s nice to meet you."You can respond to this by saying,"It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Jack."Another common question to ask is"What do you do for a living?"You can respond to this by saying,"I work at a restaurant.""I work at a bank.""I work in a software company.""I’m a dentist."Usually, you will not need to ask for a name. It is implied

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Each of the following sentences contains a gerund, shown in bold:Smoking is bad for your health!Would you mind opening the window?I apologize for having been rude.Gerunds are the -ing forms of verbs used as nouns, and the English language is full of them! The word itself, gerund, is an interesting one. I would be prepared to bet that no more than half of all native speakers of English have ever

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Usage is about individual words and phrases; there are no rules or logical explanations for the way they behave - it's just how we happen to say things. For the learner who is looking for patterns in language, this can be frustrating because usage has to be learned case by case.A first example will help to make this clear. The word often does not seem to be too problematic. The student quickly

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The basic rules of sentence stress are:content words are stressedstructure words are unstressedthe time between stressed words is always the sameThe following tables can help you decide which words are content words and which words are structure words:Content words - stressedWords carrying the meaningExamplemain verbsSELL, GIVE, EMPLOYnounsCAR, MUSIC, MARYadjectivesRED, BIG,

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WHO makes small talk? People with many different relationships use small talk. The most common type of people to use small talk are those who do not know each other at all. Though we often teach children not to talk to strangers, adults are expected to say at least a few words in certain situations (see where). It is also common for people who are only acquaintances, often called a "friend of a

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Telephone LanguageHere are some typical phrases that you can use in a telephone conversation.Answering the phoneHello? (informal)Thank you for calling Boyz Autobody. Jody speaking. How can I help you?Doctor's office.Introducing yourselfHey George. It's Lisa calling. (informal)Hello, this is Julie Madison calling.Hi, it's Gerry from the dentist's office here.This is she.*Speaking.**The person

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English speakers love to talk about the weather. It is a way of breaking the ice (starting a conversation). People talk about the weather on the phone and in person. Friends and family talk about the weather before they discuss what's new. Co-workers talk about the weather before starting a hard day of work. Even strangers discuss the weather. Learn the proper vocabulary and expressions, and you

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The Presentation...say it,Most presentations are divided into 3 main parts (+ questions):1INTRODUCTIONQuestions2BODY3CONCLUSIONQuestionsAs a general rule in communication, repetition is valuable. In presentations, there is a golden rule about repetition:Say what you are going to say,say it,then say what you have just said.In other words, use the three parts of your presentation to reinforce your

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(To any of you firends, you can use these)How's everything? What's up?what's new?What's happening?(You can use these anytime,but they sound like that you are not that close)How are you?(for the first meeting)Nice to meet you.(To the people you know,but you don't know them well)Nice to see you again.(To your fiends that you haven't seen them for a short time)How have you been?(To your firends

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1.I’m an office worker. 我是上班族。 2.I work for the government. 我在政府机关做事。 3.I’m happy to meet you. 很高兴见到你。 4.I like your sense of humor. 我喜欢你的幽默感。 5.I’m glad to see you again. 很高兴再次见到你。 6.I’ll call you. 我会打电话给你。 7.I feel like sleeping/ taking a walk. 我想睡/散步。 8.I want something to eat. 我想吃点东西。 9.I need your help. 我需要你的帮助。 10.I would like to talk to you for a minute. 我想和你谈一下。 11.I have a lot of

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Understanding English slang is very important in learning English. You probably have the same confusion. You have accumulated a lot of vocabulary, but when you talk to a native American, you still don’t understand what they talk about, because they use a lot of slang. For example, if a person says: “Let’s hang out tonight.” You may think what “hang out” means. If you explain this phrase literally

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How to learn English: This question is always asked by students.Some of them mentioned a very popular book entitled Don't ever study English! containing a "Five Step English Study" program. The learner summarizes the steps belowStep 1: Select one audio tape suitable for your English level. And just listen. Don't try to understand everything the speaker says.Step 2: Without a script, write down on

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Feeling nervous when speaking English This question came from someone who has lived in the US for a long time but still hasn't learned English very well. She wrote how nervous she was when she had to speak.reply: The best way to learn English in your situation is to dive into it like diving into a pool of water. Watch English TV and movies, read English newspapers, listen to English radio, talk

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There are 4 key skills when you learn a language:listeningspeakingreadingwritingWhich one of these is the "Odd-One-Out"? Which one of these is different from the other three? The answer is speaking. The other three you can do alone, on your own, without anyone else. You can listen to the radio alone. You can read a book alone. You can write a letter alone. But you can't really speak alone!

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Two simple definitionsto hear: to receive sound with the earsto listen: to try to hearYou are very good at languages. That's obvious, because you already speak one language very well - your own! And if you can learn and speak one language well, then you can certainly learn and speak one or more other languages.But did you ever ask yourself: "How did I learn my own language?" In fact, you never

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Introduction: Standard American English TipsSpeaking English is not only about using proper grammar. To use English effectively, you need to understand the culture in which it is spoken. Here are a number of important tips to remember when speaking English in the United States.General Points to RememberMost Americans only speak English: While it is true that more and more Americans speak Spanish,

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Pronouncing every word correctly leads to poor pronunciation! Good pronunciation comes from stressing the right words - this is because English is a time-stressed language.Difficulty Level: Hard Time Required: VariesHere's How:tag. The content following each tag should be no longer than 200 characters. Make sure the last tag includes a tag. -->Learn the following rules concerning

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Try this short exerciseSay this sentence aloud and count how many seconds it takes. The beautiful Mountain appeared transfixed in the distance.Time required? Probably about 5 seconds. Now, try speaking this sentence aloud.He can come on Sundays as long as he doesn't have to do any homework in the evening.Time required? Probably about 5 seconds.Wait a minute the first sentence is much shorter than

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Does this situation seem familiar to you? Your English is progressing well, the grammar is now familiar, the reading comprehension is no problem, you are communicating quite fluently, but: Listening is STILL a problem!First of all, remember that you are not alone. Listening comprehension is probably the most difficult task (noun=exercise, job) for almost all learners of English as a foreign

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The ability to make 'small talk' is highly valued. In fact, many English students are more interested in making effective small talk than knowing correct grammar strucutres - and rightly so! Small talk gets friendships started and 'breaks the ice' before important business meetings and other events.What is small talk?Small talk is pleasant conversation about common interests.Why is small talk

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Here are some tips to help you improve your pronunciation.First of all, don't worry about not having a native-English accent. It's important to be able to speak clearly, so that people can understand you. However, it's almost impossible to sound exactly like a native English speaker if you are learning English as an adult in a non- English speaking country.However, there are many things that you

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Improving your English speaking skills will help you communicate more easily and effectively. But how do you become a more confident English speaker?Practise where you can, when you can. Any practice is good - whether you speak to someone who is a native English speaker or not.It's important to build your confidence. If possible, use simple English sentence structure that you know is correct, so

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