“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein Neither. I don't live my life as though nothing or everything is a miracle, but some things. So, I'm not a saint, or a confirmed negativist, idiot, but an ordinary man. “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein It's really a cute word! Haha~ “If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.” ― Albert Einstein It really trains our ability to express ourselves. “A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.” ― Albert Einstein
What English level do you currently have? Are you happy with this level? How to evaluate yourself?
A1:
Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
Can introduce yourself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where you live, people you know and things you have.
A2:
Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment)
Can communicate in simple and routine task on familiar topics.
B1:
Can deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling in an area where the language is spoken.
Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
B2:
Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.
C1:
Can express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.
C2:
Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read.
Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations.
Do you always answer the phone like that? Sometimes. That’s not the way to answer the phone at work!
We’re supposed to be friendly and professional. I mean it. 我是说真的。 I wouldn’t want to tell our boss about this.
Much better! 好很多了。Becca is available. May I ask who is calling?
Here you go. 给你(递上电话给Becca)
I’ll call back later. Goodbye. Why did you use a different voice? 你干嘛变声啊? Did he do a good job just now? 那他刚才回答得好吗?
Don’t worry. Aabron won’t even know it’s me. 放心,他不会知道是我打的电话。 Honey, aren’t you a little old to make prank calls? 恶作剧电话。These are not prank calls. They are tests.
What specials will you have next week? I want to call him next.我想再call他一次。
Aaron told me the café phone rang a lot last night. 电话响很多次。
I can’t believe you had all those people call me! 我不敢相信你让他们打电话给我。
Look at the caller ID? He wants to know why you just hung up on him. 你为什么刚才挂他电话。
Then you have to transfer. 所以你得转车。
Then you’ll have to take one of those first. 你得先乘这些车。How much is the fare? 车费是多少?
Or you can buy a pass. I have one that lets me ride 20 times.
他说:
不建议听英文歌学语法,但是可以学发音、连读、略读、rap里的俚语等等都可以。不要把所有精力都放在听歌学英语上,不然你的英语说出来有时候会有点奇怪。
1、英文歌中没有第三人称单数。she don't know/ it don't come。因为don't是一个音节,doesn't是两个音节。他们是故意这样的。
2、双重否定,在口语和英文歌当中仍然是否定的意思
3、英文歌中特别喜欢用ain't,因为它可以指代is not,are not, am not, have not, has not等等。所以英文歌当中一般不说 it isn't easy,而是说 it ain't easy. 因为ain't可以代替isn't等,而且isn't是两个音节,ain't是一个音节。
The problem now becomes how can I encourage those tiny subatomic entities, which make up the real me, dance so that I may live with others more gracefully, more grace-giving?