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lunes, 16 de junio de 2014

Overused Business Expressions in the Office

Overused and many times annoying words you need to understand but should to stay away from.
‘Thinking outside the box’ – To think freely, to explore new ideas.
´Let´s think outside the box for a minute and find a solution here´.
 ‘At the end of the day’ – Something that you say before you give the most important fact of a situation. www. dictionary.cambridge.org
‘Touch base’ – or ´touch bases´: To talk to someone briefly, to make contact.
´110 per cent’ –  To give a little more effort than one’s maximum effort.anger-19063_640
‘It’s on my radar’ – Among things to do on your list, marked on your: ´to do list´.




















domingo, 25 de mayo de 2014

A Day to Remember: Memorial Day


Memorial Day:

Why Remember:

Sacrifice is meaningless without remembrance.

´´ We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.´´

Moina Michael

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America. Memorial Day is a US federal holiday. Memorial Day is celebrated on the 4th Monday in May.  The traditional Memorial Day is May 30.
 
 
 
 


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jueves, 26 de septiembre de 2013

Idiom of the week: Sitting Duck

Sitting Duck:


An easy target, an easy to attack victim.

Pronunciation: síting dak

Idiom -  (slang) a vulnerable, a helpless target

Example: Sitting Ducks: Soldiers come under attack from higher ground.

Stand up for your health or become a sitting duck for disease.

US east-coast cities are ‘sitting ducks’ for storms, says top Obama scientist

Quick exercise: Returning from its disastrous first mission over Bremen, the badly damaged plane was a ___________ ______, its crew battered and bleeding, their chances of making it back to England diminishing by the second.






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lunes, 29 de abril de 2013

Business Phrasal Verb of the Week: Shake-Up

Shake-Up: (Phrasal Verb) In depth reorganization, drastic rearrangement. To become upset by something.
Translation: Reorganización total. Enfadarse por algo.
I.e.:  Mitsubishi promotes M. Miyagi on shake-up.
Telephone-1-junePronunciation: Shéik óp


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viernes, 25 de enero de 2013

Pronunciación: Privacy o Privacy

Hola queridos estudiantes,
Aquí tenemos una de las tantas palabras que aunque se escriban igual suenan diferente de acuerdo al Inglés Americano y al Inglés Británico.

Definición de la palabra:
pri·va·cy
n.
1.
a. The quality or condition of being secluded from the presence or view of others.
b. The state of being free from unsanctioned intrusion: a person's right to privacy.
2. The state of being concealed; secrecy.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.



Pronunciación Americana:
Privacy : Práivessi

 
 



 
Pronunciación Británica:
Prívassi
 
 

martes, 4 de diciembre de 2012

Comments of the week:

Dear Mr Movaldi
I’m contacting you for the following reason. Before learning with your teachers I was a person who didn’t speak English and I had fear to speak. I’m sure that I need to increase my level and I make a lot of mistakes during my classes but now I feel confident to speak. There are many reason for that feeling, for example podcasts, articles , in summary all contents received in my e-mail that I have to read before the classes , but YOUR TEACHERS are the most important reason to feel me confident . They work hard every day to obtain the best of us and offering the best of them. I would like to do a special mention to the teacher Ernie. I feel good during his classes, I can not see him but he always seems happy and it is transmitted to me. He uses many types of contents (articles, idioms, pictures …etc) each class, in my opinion this is the correct way to learn because every class is different and I learn a lot of new vocabulary. I would appreciate it if you transmit my congratulations and thanks to them, in special to Ernie.
Thanks for your time and have a good day.
Best Regards One Student
medt_snow001

 
Ernie, I really liked this article, especially when you refer to the importance of being confident and self assured because I think that confidence and a good self-esteem are the key points for everything in life, studies, business,children´s education, love…because people will always see us the way we see ourselves. Y.S.

Ya he dado la clase con Cesar, y quería comentarte que tanto mi compañera de las 9.20h , (que solo ha hecho esta clase con él) como yo que, ya llevo varias, queríamos felicitaros por este profesor. Es puntualísimo, encantador y se amolda perfectamente a la persona con la que está realizando la clase, y para mí lo más importante es que te anima mucho, cuando lo has hecho bien y te corrige cuando no, y siempre con un maravilloso respeto y educación. En resumen un 10 para Cesar. C.L.
 

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jueves, 19 de abril de 2012

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lunes, 9 de abril de 2012

"Google", One baby that is here to stay...

By Ernie Os




San Diego, CA., April 8, 2012- English, like any language, like anything in life, is always evolving.

There are many examples of phrases that have almost inexplicable rules in grammar and the way they are read, spoken and understood.

One great example is the word "google".

How many of you know what the word "google" means?

Well whatever the definition of this word is, it definitely is a very important word for the majority of the world's modern day working class.  

If I were to ask any person on the streets about the definition of this word today, they would probably have a clear meaning of what this powerful word means to them in their everyday life.

The reality is a simple one, here's a bit of history about this iconic company:

Here are the founders of the mega search engine looking "cool"......



Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford University in 1995. By 1996, they had built a search engine (initially called BackRub) that used links to determine the importance of a individual webpages.



1995-1997

1995

  • Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford. (Larry, 22, a U Michigan grad, is considering the school; Sergey, 21, is assigned to show him around.) According to some accounts, they disagree about almost everything during this first meeting.

1996

  • Larry and Sergey, now Stanford computer science grad students, begin collaborating on a search engine called BackRub.
  • BackRub operates on Stanford servers for more than a year—eventually taking up too much bandwidth to suit the university.

1997

  • Larry and Sergey decide that the BackRub search engine needs a new name. After some brainstorming, they go with Google —a play on the word “googol,” a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. The use of the term reflects their mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web.
So as we know, the word "google" (sometimes a verb, and sometimes a noun), was actually born around 15 years ago somewhere in the Stanford area of California.

This is just a brief story about a word that has recently been given life by its mother tongue, but without a doubt, will be in the palates of many throughout the course of history. 

We should always remember that any language has it's own life, and this is what intrigues us and attracts many scholars to its wonder.

So next time you ask your English teacher a question about a strange word or verse, remember that the answer can really be unpredictable,

Thanks,

Ernie Os. 
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lunes, 19 de marzo de 2012

Clase de Hoy

Acabo de tener una hora de clase con David y no he visto pasar el tiempo.
Es encantador (como todos vuestros phone-tutors).
Simplemente para que lo supieras

S.P.
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Mil gracias ;)
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