A complete English language course part 5

... common WEAK PRONUNCIATION otherwise. Here are some that we have had already – if you have the cassettes/ CDs, listen again to the Dialogues we have had so far and see if you can hear the weak pronunciations. ... HRIS : Thank you! Language point 13 – weak forms A number of very common short words in English have two pronun- ciations: a FULL PRONUNCIATION when they are given special emp...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 22:15

... Colloquial English The Colloquial Series Series Adviser: Gareth King The following languages are available in the Colloquial series: *Afrikaans *Albanian *Amharic Arabic (Levantine) *Arabic of ... Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data King, Gareth. Colloquial English: a complete Engl...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 17:15

... there are a number of compre- hensive and reliable works readily available on the TEFL market, and at a reasonable price. I have made sparing use of the IPA phonetic alphabet (and in a broad rather ... shy away from grammar, and a glance at the index will show how central a component of the course it is. In explaining the grammar in the body of the book, while aiming to keep techn...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 17:15

... OK Adrian? A DRIAN : OK. G ERRY : Do you like vanilla ice cream? A DRIAN : Yes. G ERRY : What about strawberry? A DRIAN : Yes. G ERRY : What about chocolate? A DRIAN : Yes. G ERRY : What about ... what about . . . ? In Dialogue 9, Ben asks Justine Where’s Helen?. Then he wants to ask the same about other people – he says What about Gerry and Adrian? and What about Justine?. We use Wha...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 16:15

... going to sail to New Zealand in my yacht – Really? Norman’s bought another horse – Really? Chocolate is an aphrodysiac – Really? More than a billion people speak Chinese – Really? Stuart adds Like ... Rosemary. A NN : Rosemary, this is Marian – she’s from Brighton. R OSEMARY : Hello, Marian – what do you do for a job? M ARIAN : I’m a teacher. R OSEMARY : So am I! Where do you teach? M...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 16:15

... bus.’ Language point 20 – phrasal verbs A PHRASAL VERB is a VERB + ADVERB which together have a special meaning. For example, carry on in Dialogue 4 means continue – it has nothing to do with carry. ... important thing about phrasal verbs is that they often (though not always) have a meaning that is different from the separate meanings of the verb and adverb. For example, turn up me...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 22:15

... is always countable! Another word for tin is can, which is used in the UK particularly for drinks. For an explanation of uncountable and countable nouns, see Language point 23 below. Language ... that sells meat greengrocer’s – shop that sells vegetables restaurants – places where you can sit down and eat a meal pub – place where you can sit and drink alcoholic drinks and eat food rail...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 20:15

... one, but I had another coffee. W AITER : Ah . . . sorry about that. You were right, and I was wrong. 56 Language point 26 – ‘two coffees’ We saw in Language point 23 that words such as coffee are UNCOUNTABLE (UC), ... what it is. C/ ASSISTANT : Leave it out for now – we can fill that in for you later. S U : Oh look! Now I’ve made mistake with my phone number. Shall I tear it all up and st...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 20:15

... we can end up at the Indian for a late dinner? M IKE : Great idea. They can try out Indian food, and we can get a taxi back home. S ANDRA : I’ll go and ask them what they think. Dialogue 4 Andy ... Sarah and John are having a similar discussion, but they’re hungry! S ARAH : Shall we eat in or go out for a meal? J OHN : I don’t know – I can’t decide. We make like negative by using don...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 20:15

... restaurant and eating there takeaway – a meal bought at a restaurant and taken home to eat; also means the shop option – choice chips – potatoes cut up and cooked in oil order ahead – use the ... mean either eating out (which we’ll talk about in the next unit) or a takeaway – and in Britain there are usually plenty of choices either way. The cheaper option is a takeaway – going to a...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 05:15