Lesson Notes Tôi là Phil. = I'm Phil Anh/Em là người nước nào? Tôi là người Anh. = WHere are you from? I'm English. Anh có phải là giáo viên không? Vang. Tôi là giáo viên Are you a teacher? Yes, I'm a teacher. Anh có phải là giám đốc không? Vang, Tôi là giám đốc. Anh có phải là Bac Si? Không. Tôi là giáo viên va giám đốc. Tôi học tiếng Việt Nam. Toi sống ở thành phố Hai Phong. Anh học tiếng Việt bao lâu rồi? Tôi học tiếng Việt hai tháng rồi.

Des expressions idiomatiques anglaises ! Des expressions idiomatiques anglaises ! « to tighten your belt » Pour «tighten your belt» signifie que vous devrez commencer à dépenser votre argent plus attentivement, car il n'y a pas d'autant disponible dès maintenant. Par exemple: «Maintenant que tu as perdu ton emploi, nous allons devoir « tighten our belts » pour payer les factures." « A face like a bulldog chewing a wasp » En anglais, si on décrit une personne comme ayant “a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp” " c'est à dire qu'ils sont moches ou peu attrayant en raison de l'expression de la drole expression qu'ils ont sur leur visage. Par exemple : « Ma femme avait un visage comme un « bulldog chewing a wasp » quand je l’ai dit que j'avais perdu mon emploi et que nous aurons besoin de « tighten our belts » ! »

L’expression idiomatique anglaise: “A little bird told me” L’expression idiomatique anglaise: “A little bird told me” Si tu ne veux pas dire à qqn d’où tu as entendu de l’information, tu pourrait dire “A little bird told me” (un petit oiseau m’a dit). Par exemple, tu pourrait dire à un collègue “Un petit oiseau m’a dit que tu vas être virer! Tu devrait commencer à chercher un nouveau post dès que possible.” En français, est-ce qu’on peut dire aussi “mon petit doigt m’a dit”? Quelle phrase idiomatique est la plus commun en France?

L’expression idiomatique anglaise: “to change your tune” Ça fait longtemps que je n'ai pas parlé français, donc j'ai décidé de faire une traduction par jour pour revenir à un bon niveau. Je vais traduire une expression idiomatique anglaise pour que vous puissez obtenir une certaine pratique d’anglais aussi! Voila.. L’expression idiomatique anglaise: “to change your tune” Si quelqu’un a “changed their tune” cela signifie qu'ils ont changé leur opinion ou leur façon de parler de quelque chose. Par exemple: “Oh, tu as “changed your tune”, avant tu pensais qu’ici etait le meilleur endroit au monde pour le travail, mais maintenant tu veux partir. Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé?” Alors, comment dire “to change your tune” en francais? “changer la musique” ?

英文习语: “The hair of the dog that bit you” 英文习语: “Hair of the dog that bit you” If you drank too much alcohol and now have a hangover, you may want to drink a drop of “the hair of the dog that bit you”. This means that a little bit of what made you sick might make you feel a bit better. 如果某人喝了太多酒而宿醉，他可能想要来一滴“the hair of the dog that bit you”。意思就是说呕吐一点点可能会让他舒服很多。

English Reading Exercise As requested by ngoclinh92, here's a Reading Exercise. Everyone welcome to have a try: "Text Messaging turns 20" Instructions: 1) Read the headline "Text Messaging turns 20" and guess if the following sentences are "True" or "False" 2) Read the article and check your answers. Good luck. 1) 1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F). a. The first text message was sent by the creator of the World Wide Web. b. The first text message said "Merry Christmas". c. The abbreviation "SMS" means "Super Messaging System". d. Almost nine billion text messages are sent worldwide every year. e. An average US teen supposedly sends around 60 text messages a day. f. People blame SMS for a deterioration in writing standards in kids. g. An abbreviated, shorthand language has been created by texters. h. The texting acronym "LOL" is in the dictionary as "Lots of Love". 2) Here's the article: One of the information age's biggest successes has celebrated its 20th birthday. The very first, simple, text message was sent on December 3rd, 1992. It was sent by software engineer Neil Papworth to his boss at the British mobile phone operator Vodafone. It read simply, "Merry Christmas". Little did they know that their humble mode of communication would take the world by storm. SMS (Short Message Service) is today a multi-billion-dollar industry covering every corner of the globe. An estimated nine trillion text messages are sent globally each year. Everyone from presidents to schoolchildren to villagers in remote parts of developing countries relies on it to communicate. SMS is now an integral part of daily life for most of us. It is the preferred method of communication between family members. One study showed that the average American teenager sends up to 60 texts a day. It has also spawned countless original and innovative business strategies from sending cash overseas to voting in online polls. However, SMS has also been blamed for a decline in language ability and an increase in traffic accidents. A new sub-language has spread worldwide as texters find short cuts to write their messages as quickly as possible using the fewest possible characters. Texting shorthand such as LOL (laugh out loud) and OMG (oh my god) has even entered the Oxford English Dictionary.

Business English Exercise: Fill in the missing words Due to popular demand (well, not really)...here's another Business English Exercise for you. This one is about Heineken. You need to choose which word best fits into the gap. If you want to make it easier, the words to choose from are right down the bottom. Answers in a few days. Good luck. Phil Heineken is one of the world’s most ____________ brands of beer. It was established in 1873 in Amsterdam by Gerard Adriaan Heineken. He saw a ____________ to introduce a ‘beer ____________’ in Amsterdam’s cafes. Today, Heineken is brewed by 40 breweries in 39 countries around the world. It’s website says: “Heineken has been able to ____________ one of the world’s leading consumer and ____________ brands for more than 130 years. It confronts ____________ the challenges in many of our markets to deliver ____________ profit growth, but also focuses on building the long-____________ future of our brands and business.” Heineken is one of the world’s leading brewers in ____________ of sales volume and profitability. Its principal brands are Heineken and Amstel, but it also ____________ more than 200 international brands, including Foster’s, Strongbow cider, Kingfisher, Tiger, and Newcastle Brown Ale. --- --- ---- --- ----- culture organic popular term owns corporate market remain terms directly

Business English Exercise: Correct the tense I'd like you to choose the correct tense of the verb in the brackets, please. Leave your answer in the comments and I will share the correct answers in a few days. Here's an example of the first one for you: "Adidas is one of the world's top sporting brands." Adidas .......... (be) one of the world’s top sporting brands. It is based in Germany and .......... (include) other brands like Reebok in its group. The three parallel bars that .......... (form) its logo is known worldwide. The company .......... (buy) these “Three Stripes” from a Finnish sports company in the 1950s. Adidas has .......... (provide) quality sporting goods for decades. They .......... (create) a very strong brand loyalty among consumers. Many people .......... (wear) Adidas clothes and shoes as a fashion statement. The company also manufactures other products such as bags, glasses and watches. Adidas .......... (be) heavily into sponsoring sports stars and teams. It is involved in sponsorship deals with the top soccer, rugby and cricket teams all over the world. Its current marketing slogan perhaps .......... (sum) up the company’s success - “Impossible is Nothing”.

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