This Slideshow on the BBC News sites "More than a Handshake" discusses some of the cultural differences among nationalities in a business setting. If your country isn't listed, how are your customs the same or different from those listed?
The U.S. is listed but you will see variances in different parts of the U.S. The South tends to be less formal in my experience than many other areas.
I invite him to go on Skype so that we can practise our speaking skills. At first he don't really like my idea and said that he is not really comfortable with his pronunciation. Then I replied and said "that's why we are here at Englishclub to practise our self and to learn more about in English, don't be afraid I my self too I have a pronunciation problem with my words. Don't say that you can't, If you will never try. You will never know." And then I convince him with what I've said.
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Summer is ending so both teachers and students should start getting ready for the following school year.
So what I always do is make a list with the things I have to do or I want to do, so I can make my life easier when I start work!
When I was still at college, we had to read a list of books, one of these books was "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka.
When you start to read it, it gives you a sense of depression, but in my opinion, all these negative feelings can be turned into hope for the future....
The book is about Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, who n his bed to find himself transformed into a large insect.
This transformation was not a punishment of some kind. It happened because sometimes things .... happen. The s
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but
shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little,
drive too fast, get too
The below list of pronunciation spellings is merely a continuation of the one on my blog "Fun with Phonetic Symbols - #1". Since the maximum characters for the aforementioned blog is used up, I'm forced to open this additional page. To those who are participating enthusiastically in the fun, please refer to the following list as well, in addition to the one on the principal blog! Thank you! Happy learning, guys!
Pronunciation Spelling from No. 166 onward:
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/ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpi:diə/
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I am a fourty-five-year-old housewife. Up until this week , I had never learned how to debate. In school, even at university, often at work, definitely in parent meetings, to say "no" and "disagree" was clearly a big no-no. I think this sad custom derived from the ignorance of debate. It looks to me that debate allows people to exchange their opinions without being emotional. I think this is really great.
I have learned how to debate in English for the first time at university. I took a short de
If you want to keep up with the current digital pace of doing things, you sure have to learn how to type faster. Typing with two fingers, sitting in a lousy position and looking at your keyboard while typing are some of the habits that you have to avoid in order to type faster and get things done more quickly. In order to help your brain and your ten fingers master the keyboard, you have to learn touch typing. With enough practice you will be able to improve your touch typing skills especially i
How long can you stay alone by yourself. with no TV, no music, no book, no computer,... Only by yourself.Not forcing yourself, but pleasurably. It doesn't mean you start thinking of every things ( since far last time up to now).No, but there is another purpose.
If I say that I haven’t loved anyone, it means I’m telling lie myself
If I say that I’ve loved you, it seems that I’m telling lie to you
And in a day without you, my steps wander around sadly
And every day I miss you, my heart can’t sleep well
Honey, please sulk as yourself at the first days we start loving
Honey, please be indifferent as if we’ve broken
If I say I want you to go away, it means that I really want to be by your side.
And when I say that I want to forget you, it means that I’m always mis
You throw with two words
And gone without any hesitation
I was heart-broken
The hope gone again
I was set to be alone in the world always
You want me to show you
And I want u show me too
I want show after I see u
You said you’ve promised yourself
Show till you dream came true.
I wanna ask what’s wrong with my little request
Am also sincerely
I thought u would be my one
How can u find me again
Make me believe u
But gone like the wild wind
Deeply warmed me, cooled me
But now hurt me
The memory was the hard one
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Imagine yourself to be a crowd’s favorite. Everyone’s eye is upon you as you walk into the aisle or even sneak at the classroom where the professor is giving out his soul to the discussion. That is indeed an awesome feeling to have or grab. It is so simple to learn how to become naughty; wearing a swim wear in a formal gathering; that is naughty. Taking off some bogey while presenting a paper or even talking to a friend; that is naughty. Laughing boisterously in a reflecting moment;
It’s true that “home is where heart grows”. To me, home is the most hospitable place in the world which welcomes me all the time and is ready a comfortable vacancy for me to lie down, shout and sing and eat like a horse without being afraid of others’ eyes. That’s why coming back home every time free is my fondness.
I was my parents’ home this windy day, having enough time to enjoy durian, coconut water and also taste food my dear mom cooked as well as buy my cousin a schoolbag
A fine example has boundless power
As I have been told before
Now I find her
She is my model
Her sincerity touches my heart
Her kindness reminds me to treat friends well
She is my model
And you also know her
—— Sister sewar
EID MUBARAK
